You can’t plan a day like that! Yesterday was so unexpectedly fun and special!
My knitting peeps and I had decided to attend a special event at StevenBe’s Yarn Garage Workshop in south Minneapolis on Saturday. StevenBe is wonderful: he is warm, generous in all ways, inclusive, talented and creative. You may have seen him in knitting magazines as well.
Steven is wearing a handknit creation knit with bulky cotton and videotape
His workshop used to be a firehouse and is now an eclectic melange of knitting and gifts and all kinds of yarn. It overwhelms the brain!
Jacket festooned with dozens of buttons: almost too heavy to lift!
We shopped, we laughed, we noshed. I ran into many old and dear friends and Guild members. Ellen DeSilva, aka TwinSetEllen, mentioned her special project Warm Hats, Not Hot Heads — check it out on her blog. We had a great time and did not want it to end. So, off we went!
Next stop: Borealis in St. Paul. I must admit, it seemed a little tame after StevenBe’s! But we loved it just the same. We saw a T-shirt that I would have bought if they had my size. White shirt, black letters that said,
“I was born to knit. I am forced to work.” And another:
“K1, YO, k2tog, P1…If you understand this, we need to talk”
Then off to The Yarnery. We had a blast there, too, finding yarn and patterns everywhere along the way. Then to lunch at Cafe Latte — wow. So much fun.
What did I buy — some C-R-A-Z-Y yarn at StevenBe’s! Linie 282 Zico Yarn in black:
You use it to make this crazy scarf. I bought it in black for my oldest daughter and finished it last night:
The color of the sweater it’s on is washed out, but the scarf itself looks pretty true. Just a fun scarf and very fashion forward like my daughter!
I also bought a skein of Fiesta La Boheme in Peacock to make another Moebius Cowl. I love mine and get so many compliments, and this color is stunning:
We headed home happy as clams. I love my peeps and we enjoyed a thoroughly fun and productive day!
PS: Check out this article about Steven in the Pioneer Press! Thanks, Readers!
what a perfectly wonderful day!
Comment by delores — January 30, 2011 @ 11:59 am
Sounds like you all had a wonderful day……sorry I elected to miss it. I’d been out to lunch at Lucia’s in uptown on Friday so had a day of trendy shops and wonderful food that day. Saturday I was home, doing laundry, slaving away over a hot stove, opening business mail and messing with computer stuff. The good news was that we had dinner last night (I made a HUGE kettle of homemade vegetable beef soup), our elderly neighbor lady had dinner last night and our daughter Erika’s family will have dinner tomorrow night. And I’m way ahead of the game and organized for Monday. Loved seeing pictures of the fun I missed. Hope you’ve gotten your car back by now and aren’t being embarrassed by your “rent a wreck”. When I described you being velcro-ed to your car seat, Tom KNEW exactly what I was telling him. Hope to see you this week. Love, Cathy
Comment by Cathy Rootness — January 30, 2011 @ 12:37 pm
You should check out the Pioneer Press today. There is a great article about him. Thanks for the blog – I love having something to read from my hometown. Just love Borealis Yarns. You need to check out Lila and Claudine’s in Mahtomedi too. Great fun.
Comment by Pat — January 30, 2011 @ 4:11 pm
Yay! The Rosemount location was way too out of the way for me, but 35th and Chicago? Practically next door. Thanks!
Comment by kmkat — January 30, 2011 @ 4:41 pm
I am so sorry I couldn’t go. But I loved your photos and the crazy yarn you bought.
You are amazing, girl!
Comment by Kay - From the Back Yard — January 30, 2011 @ 9:29 pm
It was a hoot! I couldn’t pull myself away until past 2. Nicely done on the scarf – how often do you buy yarn and have it knit up in the very same day!?
Thanks for the plug on WHNHH, too.
Comment by twinsetellen — January 30, 2011 @ 10:06 pm
Following Pat’s recommendation, I found the article online: http://www.twincities.com/ci_17219427?IADID=Search-www.twincities.com-www.twincities.com.
Comment by Betty — January 31, 2011 @ 12:07 am
What a fun winter Saturday. Thanks for linking to the story about StevenBe. I put his store on my “must go” list for my next Minneapolis visit.
Comment by gale (she shoots sheep shots) — January 31, 2011 @ 10:56 am
That shop looks amazing! That chandelier is incredible!! Wow! What fun you must have had.
Comment by Barb — January 31, 2011 @ 2:58 pm
What a fun time! Looks like a great weekend! 🙂
Comment by Kym — January 31, 2011 @ 10:04 pm