Austin, TX and surrounding areas?

[LauraD]

Same here about trying to miss the heat! I will be the crazed brunette chasing her 3 year old around the store trying to keep all the yard from falling on her head:-)

[Abbily]

Did you girls go already? I would love to meet up with you there sometime! I have so far resisted visiting HCW because I know my wallet will not survive the trip... but I've been knitting since January and it's getting harder and harder to resist! I have never fondled Malabrigo either and I reeeeaaally want to!

[LauraD]

I have not made it down there yet, I was thinking close to 9:30ish...

[Abbily]

Oh well, I hope you had fun! I'll have to head down there on my lunch break one of these days.

[LauraD]

SO! I went! Malabrigo is just a buttery and dreamy as everyone raves about. And it's not crazy expensive! I got a little for my swap partner

[MarthaStarWarsFan]

I woke up at 345am this morning, couldn't sleep, so I knitted on my DW Scarf. Went back to bed around 800, then overslept, haha!

Ended up going around 1130. I bought 5 balls (some Intenso and some Emerald Blue) of the Malabrigo, 2 hanks of Debbie Bliss Donegal Tweed in burnt orange to finish up a Feather and Fan shawl (I like a heavy warm shawl), and 2 hanks of Tahiki Donegal Tweed (new to the store) in a lovely dark grey for hat and scarf for my BF.

The very nice girl who helped me out at HCW told me that 3 others had arrived ahead of me asking for Malabrigo..haha! I told her we were talking about it here...I'm glad they had quite a bit on hand, have a feeling it's going to go fast!

I wish I knew the best way to get back back and forth to Buda, though...that intersection at Oltorf and Congress is..well..."yucky" I guess I'd call it..way too many pedestrians and panhandlers in the street, not even paying attention to the "walk", "don't walk" lights...a lot of construction, too. Maybe I'll go up to Riverside next time, then get onto IH-35.

[LauraD]

I bought the Curcao, a mixture of greens, yellows and blues and the Amaroso, very intense reds. I plan to go back! You talked to the girl with the long brown hair? Did she offer to ball it for you? I had that done:-) I bought a hank of Alchemy Waterlily a couple of weeks ago from there and in my ignorance thought I could do it myself. It is sitting in a knot on my desk...When I have NOTHING else to do I work on it.

[phisch]

Yay for Austin rainy weather! No watering of the lawn needed. We have a lawn to take care of again :D

We just moved into our house last Friday and I love, love, love it. My son started 3rd grade this week...talk about change! Then we started getting furniture since we now have rooms to fill.

I did manage to find my knitting and my yarn but I haven't done more than 7 rows of the project I have OTN. Can you believe it? My fingers will forget what to do when we're all settled in and I get back my evening knitting time.

So...I haven't ventured over to HCW yet. How much is a skein of the Malabrigo? I'm thinking of making a belated b-day present out of some if I can swing the moolah.

[astonh]

Recommendations for Austin (NW or SW preferred) LYS? Beyond the Hobby Lobby, Hancock and JoAnn's?

[MarthaStarWarsFan]

Recommendations for Austin (NW or SW preferred) LYS? Beyond the Hobby Lobby, Hancock and JoAnn's?

Hill Country Weavers!

It's on Congress near Fran's Burgers, Guero's, Continental Club...umm...wait, here's the link!

http://www.hillcountryweavers.com/main.php

Everyone's so nice (and knowledgable) there, always new things to look at, LOTS of books...you'll love it...and all the yarn is fantastic! Addis needles are my favorite things right now.

Oh, btw, phisch, the Malabrigo was 10.20 when I went by on Wednesday...it's very nice...still trying to find a pattern I want to do, though.

Ahhh...rainy weather and 5 days off for me...guess I'll be doing a lot of knitting,