knit-addict

I love Shopping

I had the pleasure of spending Saturday fondling yarn, with my mom and Brooke (need to talk her into starting a knitting blog). Our first stop was Imagiknit, which just happens to be my favorite shop ever. They have expanded and moved into the space next door so the store was kind of in chaos. However, the staff is great and helped find what ever we needed. I am always amazed at how much they pack in there. I picked up the yarn for Freya, I couldn't resist. The funny thing is I picked up the yarn shown in the picture and I am not that fond of blue. I also had to have the yarn for either Willow or Honey. I also picked up some goodies for my Secret Pal, but I can't tell you what they were. My mom also purchased Ribbon twist for one of the cardigans and Brooke made off with a really cute knitting bag/stand combo. After Imagiknit, we ran across the street for tea at Samovar. They have great Ginger waffles, unfortunately I only had time for some chai and a scone to go.

The next stop was the Urban Knitting Studio in Hayes Valley. It has a much different feel and look than Imagiknit. It is very modern with dummies in the window wearing adorable Ponchos and a knitting lounge or husband parking area right behind the dummies. They don't seem to have as much yarn as Imagiknit but their staff is very friendly and helpful. I picked up some Kid Classic for one of the poncho's that was hanging in the window. Some day there will be pictures. More Ribbon Twist was purchased by my mom and Brooke purchased some yarn for a scarf. After, that we walked up and down Hayes street. They have some great shops and cafes, I could have spent the whole day there.

Then we were off to downtown... That's were the fun begins ;) We had tentatively planned lunch with my little brother. We were originally going to meet at the Thirstly Bear which is next door to where he currently works. However, we decided to eat at the cafe in the W (wouldn't recommend it). So back to the drive across town, we make it to the 5th Street garage and try to park. Not good. We drove around for quite sometime chasing down the poor pedestrians we saw if they looked like they were headed to their cars. We then ran/walked to the Cafe in W. You have to understand that my Mom is always very early to everything, at least 15-20 minutes early. So we were racing to the Cafe to meet my brother. Needless to say there was a missed connection and my brother didn't join us. That threw everyone into disarray, however, we stopped by the gift shop at the MOMA and were able to hang out with him for awhile(actually browse the store is more like it).

We then marched up to Artfibers, were we all picked up a little something. I purchased yet more yarn for a poncho and Brooke and my mom grabbed a few balls. That is definitely a place that you have to feel the yarns. Some of them look like they would be soft and they are just horrible and others are so soft. We made our way to the cashier and found out low and behold there is a sale room. Well, we couldn't just purchase what was in our hands so we all headed back to browse the sale room. Of course, we all came out with new additions to our previous horde ;) We then headed back to the MOMA to pick up my brother, we dropped him off and headed home ourselves.

That was my day from 9:30am to 9:30pm. I loved every second of it to, well for the most part the parking thing wasn't so great.