My mom and her husband then came over for brunch, and she and I cooked together, making "scrambied" eggs, bacon (the maple kind), pancakes, berries and "Promosas" (prosecco and oj). We had a pretty table, yummy food, and very nice company. But wait, there's more!
So. I have the best husband in the world (aka TBHITW), and he said for Mother's Day my gift was CASH to go shopping at Nordstrom! Hooray! I am sadly in need of some new clothes. Then we decided I would go shopping ALONE (hooray again!) and that I could also have some CASH to go to Imagiknit in San Francisco. ALONE! See ya, family! I love them, but really, mommy needs her alone time.
At Nordy's I didn't find much. Murphy's Law, when you have money to spend, they don't have your size. So the sandals I had been eyeing online were not available but I found a cute pair of gold t-straps. Also found a cute pair of dark purple linen shorts. They are pretty short but they are really cute! Did I say they were cute? (They are) I ended up getting some tanks and tees at Target with the rest of my CASH.
Ok, now for the good part. I drove up to the city, singing loudly the whole way (remember: ALONE!). Imagiknit is in the Castro, but a few blocks off the busy area. Parking is a little challenging, but I got lucky and found a spot nearby. The store is on the corner of Sanchez and 18th and it looks pretty small from the outside, but wow, when you get in there, look out! There are two rooms, with very high ceilings, and very high shelves, packed full of yarn. Luckily I'm super tall so I could reach all the yarn, but I don't know what you would do if you were a shortie. The store is organized by weight of yarn and also by type of fiber. The first room has the cash register (needles and hooks behind the counter), and has animal yarn and fiber. They must have every color of MadTosh ever made. There are many luxury yarns and also staples like Cascade 220. I saw quite a few local yarns, some others that I had only seen online, and many that I had never heard of. The second room has plant-based and man-made yarn, and a large selection of books. They have a good sale section too; it looked like most things were 25 percent off and there was quite a bit to choose from.
I had heard some negative feedback on their customer service, so I was prepared to be snubbed, but the people there were quite pleasant, yay! The owner was there and she was friendly and helpful to everyone who came in. They didn't greet me immediately but I don't mind that. Three people were working and each one at some point did ask me if I needed help finding anything. When I told one person that I hadn't been to the store before, he excitedly pointed out some Malabrigio that was exclusive to the store. I wandered back and forth between the two rooms and finally chose a few items. I tried to select yarns that I couldn't get here at my nearby LYS. They don't wind your yarn for you, but there is a swift and ball winder that customers can use. They set up my yarn for me on the swift and I wound up my 1,000 yards of Egyptian cotton.
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| The first room: animal fibers. This is part of one wall. There is probably three times more yarn on the other walls. |
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| The second room: plant-based and man-made fibers. The wall to the right is just as full! |
My haul today was pretty modest but of excellent quality and was under budget too! On the left is a small cone of 100 percent silk from Habu Textiles. The large ball is my 1,000 yards of Egyptian cotton from Blue Heron Yarns. It's hand-dyed shades of light greens and blues. I'll be using the two of these together on my Irish Crochet Together Challenge. The two small skeins were on sale, and are Twisted Sisters Petite Voodoo Special Limited Edition 50-50 Merino and Silk. This yarn is so incredibly soft! I was thinking maybe a lacy long cowl or something...
This happy mommy came home in time for dinner. I hope you had a great day too!
Nice haul! Can't wait to see the FO's!
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