| Re: Knitting
It's probably best if you start out with an ordinary worsted yarn, or at least not anything too exotic, until you get the hang of it.
My mother used to get a lot of yarn catalogues, and since she lived with us for a while we still get them. Also, we used to go on these expeditions to all sorts of speciality yarn stores. Most of the stuff we found that way was too expensive to actually buy, but it was nice to look at it and dream about using it.
But the last time I was in Michaels (a large chain of craft stores in parts of the US -- some of you may know what I am talking about, some not, depending on where you live) they had a pretty extraordinary selection and most of it was very affordable.
Tango sounds familiar, but I've never heard of Sweetpea. Rosemary, are you familiar with any of the hand-dyed Collinette yarns? They are absolutely gorgeous, but very expensive. |