Honestly? I was relieved . This place sells yarn by the pound. You choose your fibers and colors, and they ply it right there. Just for you. Imagine the possibilities! But looking at the hundreds of cones on shelves- and I mean hundreds- I realized the combined effort of translating the only-in-french words, and the meters-to -yards, and the $CD to $USD all while making a color/fiber/plying decision would cause my brain to explode, splattering all the lovely fibres and causing an international KNITTING RELATED INCIDENT.
Instead we reversed our stroll and had a springtime sidewalk Montreal treat: sugar on snow. The propietor ladles hot maple syrup on ice and as it turns to taffy , you roll it up as a strip onto your stick. mmm-hmmm.
Anyway, I really didn't need any yarn, because Mason-Dixon Ann has got me fixated on this cotton Blue Heron yarn, in Old Gold,
as my next purchase, when I am ready to take the Clapotis shawl onto my needles for spring.
Now THAT's what I call a colorway. I love it--so burnished and coppery and metallic even though it's cotton. Get on it! It'll make a fantastic Clapotis. Get those boys some doves for distraction; if it gets dicey, you roast 'em up for a supper. The birds, not the boys, of course.
ReplyDeleteLOL about your tactics for gaining time in the LYS. There's a Baskin-Robbins down the strip mall from Threaded Bliss Yarns here. Enough said.