Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Yarn District in Buenos Aires






Before I embarked on my adventure to Argentina I did some research on yarn stores. I found out that Buenos Aires has its own yarn district. This area covers about three city blocks although I only browsed a few in one area because my time was limited that morning I did enjoy just seeing how diffrent our shops in North America are from thiers.

One shop in particular that I wanted to visit was Milana (http://www.milanahilados.com.ar)
This was the first shop we visited. I was very impressed with this shop as it was bright and very well taken care of. When I entered the shop I asked one of the clerks working there is she spoke English and her reply was " Muy Poco" which means very little. I asked and if I could touch the yarns as they were behind a counter with scales on them that they use to weight the yarn....by the way yarn is sold by the kilo down there. The yarns were colorful and soft. Everything from lace weight to roving used to do hand felting or spinning. Although the shop was not very big it was still over whelming but wonderful. What to choose and what to take home with me. Not only was I buying for my self but also from PurlGurl -A as well.
After being in the shop for more than half an hour I made my choices. I choose an Acrylic and Wool blend that was very soft that is made especially for the shop and my other choice was a yarn from Uruguay which is right across The Bay from Buenos Airies. I was happy with my choices and I went on my merry way. I checked out a few more stores one called "nube" another called "Cisne". Nube had a larger selection than Milana but mostly Acrylics and far more expensive. Cisne was more Acrylic as well but nothing spectacular. Except for their window display which was a Swan done in skeins of yarn. I only wish I had had more time and money with me that morning but I am sure my husband is glad I didn't.


Monday, November 8, 2010

More Cozy Pictures




Hi all just a few more cozy pictures that my roomie took for me just before I ran the Qualifier .

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Killing Time On The Set


What do you do when you have hours to kill on a tv show set? Plan a yarn bomb of cource. I had brought some little Lady Bugs that I had used in my first bomb with me and decided I would make some leaves for them. So I found a really easy pattern on my favorite website www.ravelry.com and off I went. I was great cause it kept me busy and calm before going out there to kick some Big Ball Butt. Once I finished the leaves and sewing on the Lady Bugs I took it out side one of our tents and then signed the log its attached to "The Knitting Ninja Was Here " the picture here is not the best but I was just nice leaving something behind that was pretty and cute