Well this will be yarn shop number 2 in the San Ramon area, Walnut Creek, California to be exact. What a blast I had at this shop. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.
First off, I got pissed off because I didn’t get a picture of the store front, so we’ll have to settle for this:
But inside the store:
The wonderful ladies inside the store that invited me to Barnes and Noble to eat and knit later:
These elegant California Ladies were a hoot to be around. They are all fabulous knitters, loud, dynamic and full of energy. Surely picked me up after having a long day at work. Conversations ran from topics like butt cracks, junk in the trunk of black booties to hot Asian/Korean/Chinese men and breast cancer. What a night!!!!
And the stash!!!!! BAD KENNY. REMEMBER HOW I VOWED NEVER TO HAVE STASH?????
So, if you are ever in the Walnut Creek area, please be sure to visit
Fashion Knits
1538 Newell Avenue,
Walnut Creek, CA 94596
phone 925.943.3994
PS: There is one regret though, I didn’t get to meet the owner……. she was out of town. So, Janelle, if you read this, know that The Boy Who Knits from Houston visited and supported the local yarn shops of Walnut Creek!
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What is that beautiful plummy yarn? You can just tease us with that little Kinneared shot, you know!
Looks great, maybe we can have some cofee nexxt time you come.
I once got out of a yarn store with a pair of inexpensive needles. That was it. Of course, all I did was walk straight in, pick up the needles, pay, and leave (which is someone illegal, I understand, but I had to do what I had to do).
The main reason I did that was that I’d spent $200 the week before in the same store without even trying.
Visited my mom in Indiana and the bank teller told me about a new yarn shop there so I *had* to visit. Only spent $70 that time.
(Not a problem so much if I was working, but I’m not. Love the freedom of being unemployed. Don’t love the lack of incoming $ so much).
Enjoy your visit to the left coast, enjoy the yarn stores, and indulge a little (or a little more!). What’s wrong with having a stash?
And if you ever get to the Midwest, I can direct you to a few nice stores here…
Tell the Pacific I said hi!!