I have some graph paper (regular not knitting) and I'm really thinking about going and buying some colored pencils and making some charts of my own. I was thinking about some great designs trying to go to sleep last night. I'm not an artist in any way, but I used to mess around with drawing squares and colored designs alot in high school - I think that will come in handy, then again it could be a major flop... like when I thought I could design my next tattoo - lol don't ask... So maybe when Syd gets home from school we will go do that, we are going to a LYS we've never been to yet - Mass Ave. Knits.
Speaking of LYSs. Man, we went to one on Sunday, and well, I will never refer to it as a LYS again - it's a nasty, dirty, cluttered, yard sale in a building. I had called the owner about knitting supplies and she claimed she had what I was looking for (sock yarn, some dpn, etc.) but when we got there I almost fell over. There was so much dust on the merchandise I didn't want to touch anything for fear of a sneezing fit. And she didn't even HAVE any sock yarn. She did have some knitting needles, but they were just all thrown willy-nilly (yes, that's a word) in two areas on the wall with absolutely no rhyme or reason. So, the bottom line is - don't visit the Crafty Owl in Indianapolis.
We did visit Cottage Knits in Columbus a few weeks ago and everyone there was VERY nice. They had coloring books and toys for the kids and a quaint little knitting nook, where 4-5 ppl were knitting - all around my age or younger. The owner was super helpful, and they had a decent selection of yarn from what I could tell afterall it WAS my first LYS experience. :-)
Knitty Paws is also on our list of places to visit soon, I'll let you know how it turns out.
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