glad i could help! i forgot to mention that there’s a store in cary, too. it’s called “shuttles, needles, and hooks.” i’ve never actually been there. i tried to find it one day. i had gotten directions from a customer while i worked at jo-anns. she said that if you weren’t looking for it, you’d go right by it. well, i was looking for it and i STILL went right by it three or four times! :?? i’ve been told it’s a great place run by really nice “little old ladies.”
the main problem i have with acrylic is that it’s not warm. at all. i made a hat with some red heart and have discovered that you don’t wear acrylic to keep your head warm. i still love my hat. it looks really cool. but i definitely won’t rely on it if the temperature ever drops below 30! :rollseyes:
i just did another google search and discovered that there’s one more store in raleigh. at least i think it’s a store. it could just be a “factory.” what i found wasn’t really clear. but at least i have a name. “stokes county yarn co.” the info i got was a bit confusing. it’s supposedly in a city/town called “cooleemee, nc” and has strange area and zip codes, but google maps shows it as being downtown off of st. mary’s street (it goes right through downtown). very strange. :-?
maybe it’s like the vatican of knitting. :rofling:
I’m new to forum and new to knitting but not new to NC/SC. I grew up in NC and transplanted to SC about 25 years ago–so I guess you could say I’m a half-n-half! I am definitely feeling my way through learning knitting and I’m teaching myself. I have managed to pick out a combination style that just seems to work best for me. I learned to crochet first so it seemed more natural to hold my yarn in my left hand but I really throw just not with my right hand. Anyway, I’m delighted to learn there are so many knitters close by.
omg
no way!!??:shock:
October??!!:cheering:
my birthday is in october too…
when in october!!!??!!
mine is the fifth
i’ll turn 22 this year
:happydance:
lindsay, did you notice any yarn shops while you were on okinawa? i plan on visiting my brother at least once while he’s there, and if there are any i definitely want to check them out.
I know I shouldn’t but I need to ‘complain’ about my yarn store visits. This is trip number 2 I’ve made to Knit one Stitch too. I’ve had the same lady twice and I must say she hasn’t been all that friendly to me .:pout: She has made me feel like I’m not welcomed at all. Plus I will say, I do like the yarn selection a lot better at Charlotte Yarn. So I don’t think I’ll be heading back there unless I NEEEEED something, but I think they are about the same distance from me, so Charlotte Yarn might win out anyway.
it’s melissa, but don’t worry about it. i’m actually used to people calling me michelle! :rofling:
i started an irish hiking scarf last night with some of my [SIZE=“1”]acrylic.[/SIZE] :ick: thankfully, i had to frog it by the end of the first cable row. somehow i only had 3 stitches left on the needle when i was supposed to have 6. i really don’t like working with that stuff. i’m amazed that i managed to knit an entire hat out of it without going crazy. it almost has a squeaky texture. strange, i know, but sometimes you just gotta mix the senses. i do it all the time. anyway, i think i’m just going to put all my solid acrylic in the next yardsale. how’s that for de-stashing? :yay:
i think when we were born they were both very popular names. as i was growing up, one of my best friends was a michelle. people got us mixed up all the time. it was great fun! :roflhard:
if it is the one in Huntersville, they were super nice when we were all there. :shrug: They had a mardi gras theme going ad seemed really friendly to me, but it could have been because they were having that promotion. doesn’t meant they are always like that.
I just wanted to speak up in favor of the guild. I am sorry for Shandeh’s past experience with it but I can tell you that this past year as a member I have not at all had that sort of experience with them. [SIZE=1][I](And think you’ll find that if you return, you won’t see very many faces there that you may have seen before when you had a poor experience. If you can ever make it.)[/I][/SIZE] One think I know about knitters is that they are very kind hearted and are understanding. I hope you will be too. The guild is a great resource for shared knowledge. We meet the first tuesday of each month, from 6pm to 8pm at Providence Baptist Church. You can see details on our blog.
Also, as Tvini stated earlier, there is a weekly knit night at the Books-a-Million in Cotswold mall every wednesday. We usually arive around 7pm (some get there earlier but there’s always someone there at 7) and meet until late - usually 9:30 or 10pm. We have a blog so people can google knitting in charlotte and find their way to us. But it’s not updated often. The meeting time never changes and is never cancelled.
Also also - the South Charlotte SnB (a yahoo group you can find here) meets at the Panera Bread on South Tryon by 485 on alternating Monday’s and Tuesdays starting around 5pm until late.
:yay: