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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Home again, home again AND The Woolery

I obviously don't mind spending long stretches on the road and in hotels, or I wouldn't be doing this kind of work. But I have to admit that it was really nice to wake up this morning in my own bed, in my own house, with my own well-equipped kitchen to cook breakfast in, instead of trying to fix it in an electric frying pan on the end of the bathroom vanity in some hotel far from home.

We were out six days this time, one day longer than I intended. But I worked two additional inspections that came in during the week, and spent an enjoyable hour at The Woolery in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, just south of the Virginia state border. The Woolery is not your typical Local Yarn Shop, with walls of knitting yarn and, if you're lucky, a pretty good selection of books and needles and accessories. The first sight that greets you when you walk in the door is the greatest selection of spinning wheels and looms I've ever seen in one place, other than the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival (which I will be attending again this year). I should have asked permission to take a couple of pictures, but I was so bemused by the equipment, the fiber, the books (and yes, quite a lot of yarn), that I wandered around in a daze.

In addition to Schacht, Louet and Kromski wheels, they also carry Norwood looms. That is the brand I was planning to buy, so it's a good opportunity for me to have a hands-on inspection. I hadn't expected to be able to do that. The smaller Norwood loom folds down to a size that I just might be able to transport in the car, so it's likely that I'll buy mine from The Woolery later in the year. I wish I had waited and purchased my Kromski wheel from them. I got a good deal on my purchase, but I'm having to put it together myself, whereas I could have bought it assembled from them for only about $40 more.

I bought one of Anna Zilboorg's sock books, a Kromski niddy-noddy (what you use to make skeins out of your handspun yarn), a bag of pretty merino purple and teal fiber, and a couple of other small things, and then discovered that their credit card processor wouldn't accept my PayPal Mastercard. They reassured me that the problem was with their system, not with my card, and very graciously allowed me to write a check. Anna Zilboorg lives near me, and I've been trying to get my hands on all the rest of her books that I don't already own, so it was nice to find Socks for Sandals and Clogs.

I'm already hoping for another pile of inspections in the Tidewater Virginia area so I'll have an excuse to swing by The Woolery again. And of course, they do sell over the internet. So if you're a knitter, check out their website, and if you have an opportunity, do stop in to see them.

Back to my still unfinished Chain Link Socks, which will now not be finished by the deadline, even if I did nothing but knit today. Since one of my long-time computer customers called and asked me to look at her system today, I won't be knitting. Oh well.
posted by Liz @ 9:15 AM     |


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