Brigitte and I spent a lot of time walking through the Beaches, which is a lovely neighborhood in Toronto near Lake Ontario. *scrabbling sound*
There we go – Lake Ontario! The first Toronto yarn shop we visited was the Naked Sheep.
I do love their naked-butt sheep logo. Just down the street, we discovered…
…Wild Earth Cafe, which had some tasty gf treats!
The next yarn store we visited was Romni Wools a few days later, when Lorraine volunteered to show us some sights. We just peeked into Lettuce Knit (we already knew we’d be coming back for Knit Night), then hopped into the car and checked out Romni Wools.
All I can really say about Romni is “Whoa.” I’ve never seen so much yarn in a single store before. Obviously, I was too overwhelmed to take a picture. When Brigitte and I had recovered a bit (from yarn fumes and spelunking in the basement), we headed over to the Purple Purl.
Isn’t this an amazing dress?! I’d never knit it or wear it, but it was pretty cool to see:
Purchases? What purchases? … Look! Over there! A streetcar!
“I feel very philosophical today. Hmm. I think… I feel really sleepy.” -Chaos
Neatnik loves street cars/trolleys. Perhaps I should navigate back here after school…
Lovely LYS promotional footage! ;o)
Wow! Yarn shops everywhere you look!
Chaos, sleep is better than philosophy any day.
The dress is kinda cool, I like it but your right won’t wear anywhere. At least not in public. *grins*
Hmm, Chaos, sleep or philosophy?…sleep would be my pick.
Sometimes when I thinks, I falls asleep, too, Chaos. So many yarn shops, so little time!
Huh, it’s red. (Ours are mostly green, being the Green Lines. As are the ones in Boston.)
So many yarn shops… Wasn’t that a great day?! And uh, where are those purchases?! *grin*
Someone’s going for his vaccines today…
Great pictures! There are some really parts of Toronto, aren’t there?
Great pics!! There are some really pretty parts of Toronto, aren’t there?
Chris- That’s what you guys were doing- you should have had those lights on your helmets.
Many a knitter has gone down there…never to be seen again.
Oh, Chris love the pics! My favorite is the Tiger dress (I would so rock that out for my LSU game day)!! And I love the shop… The Naked Sheep!! That is my fave!
And the week comes to an end for Chaos’ birthday week… Sleepy… He should be from partying!
Hope you are having a great day and TGIF!!!
so many fabulous yarn stores within such a close distance. it oughta be illegal!
I wanna see the yarn! I know that you bought yarn – there is no way you could have gone all those very cool places and not bought yarn.
Was there a squirrel on the streetcar?
Scrabbling sound? I’m not sure I know that term.
So many yarn shops! I’m green with envy. I heard of a yarn shop that’s only 20 miles from where I live. I hope to finally get there this weekend.
If only I could give in to feeling sleepy like Chaos…
Have a great weekend!
Toronto looks like my kind of town! Oh, the Tiger dress is really something… What, no modeled shot?
Chaos: “Sometimes I sit and think. And sometimes I just sit… and sleep.” (with apologies to A.A. Milne)
No lack of yarn shops there, eh? WOW!!! One night, when I lived in Syracuse and tended bar at a beer/sandwich ratskeller kind of place… Well, we were drinking. The bar closed at 2 as usual. And I said, “hey, the bars in Buffalo close at 3 (or maybe it was 4)” and we all piled into a car and drove there. Forgetting that it takes at least 2.5 hours to get there. But we did get to watch the falls in the dark, and maybe saw the sunrise. Ancient history now, you know?
Nice distraction. You need the whole weekend to photograph the stash enhancement? 😉
Wow, lots of yarn shops! I didn’t realize……[the sounds of reservations being made..]
Looks like lots of nice yarn shops! That dress is amazing, but yeah I can’t see myself wearing it either.
that tiger dress is unbelievable
Does that mean there are going to be purchases seen next week?
That reminds me of a t-shirt I got in Ireland. Its a picture of a naked irishman. You can guess what it is. Yep, a naked sheep.
Looks like great shopping! That dress is impressive
Ooh, yarn crawl! The beach looks lovely.
Yup. Romni Wools is definitely overwhelming. Unless you have some kind of plan, you wind up wandering around with a glazed look in your eye…ask me how I know…
Love the beach 🙂 What a lovely lot of yarn shops.
Holey moley. That’s a lot of yarn shops. I think I need to move there.
And Chaos, philosophy puts me to sleep, too.