Town Talk
I’m such a yarn head. When I left my home in South Carolina, I gave away furniture that had been in my family for over 150 years, tossed anything that remotely resembled a collectible, packed everything I could in ten boxes and said, “to heck with the rest,” but the one thing I could not throw away was my yarn. The yarn took up a large chunk of room in the small Budget-Rent-A-Truck (an impossible thing to drive). And once in Baltimore, the first thing I got out of the moving van was the yarn. I’m just a yarn head—there’s no way around it.
There’s something wonderful about the prospect of what a skein of yarn can become. I can’t read patterns to save my life, but I can knit glorious blankets and make incredible dresses and shirts for my daughter, because yarn becomes my muse. The possibilities of what can be created make my insides dance. Corny, huh? But it’s true.
There are two yarn shops that I frequent a lot (and please, if you know of more, comment below!). Both have exquisitely gorgeous, quality yarn supplies. Both offer classes. And both have knit-alongs (planned and drop-ins).
The Black Sheep Yarn Shop
10868 York Rd
Cockeysville, MD 21030
410-628-9276
blacksheepyarnshop.com
LovelYarns
846 w.36th St
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-662-YARN
lovelyarns.com
Also, if you’ve seen the knitted tree in the papers or heard about it on the news, you’ll find it in Hampden at LovelYarns. (Psst! While looking for a photo of it, we found one from a young woman in London England laurafallulah.blogspot.com—quite a lovely writer and fabric artist—come on back to Baltimore, Laura!)
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