Black Sheep

San Francisco Fun

November 13th, 2004

We had a blast in SF yesterday! We drove up highway 1 (kind of a long drive, but pretty) and parked in a parking garage down the street from Artfibers, which also happened to be a couple of blocks from where our little “stairway tour” started.

First things first. Artfibers. If you come to this wonderful, beautiful city, you have to visit Artfibers. It’s unique. You can’t find the yarn that they sell there anywhere else in the world. Okay, first let me show you my new stash enhancements (God, I’m so excited I can hardly contain myself!):

This was a bargain. All of this for a little over a hundred bucks! And that Chai on the far right? Pure silk. You get a 10% discount if you buy over $100 of yarn. They also made a pattern for me (see the Chai pic). They took my measurements and made the above pattern for me based on my specifications and measurements, as well as my gauge (they had me knit up a swatch of Chai). So this sweater is going to fit me perfectly! AND it’s going to be silk, baby! Yeah! Not only that, Kira (the woman in the picture on the website), actually called me and told me that there was a tiny little mistake in the pattern and told me how to fix it. This message was waiting for me when I got home. I was so impressed with that! I love this yarn store, and I will be going back. This time with some knitty girlfriends. My husband started to get a little bit tired of waiting for me (I can’t blame him).

After my yarn bliss experience, we went on our “stairway walk”. Again, highly recommended if you come to SF. The book is Stairway Walks in San Francisco and it is written by Adah Bakalinsky. This tour took us through the Financial District and along the old waterline of the SF bay. You are led around to some various historial sites, and up and down some of SF’s famous stairways. It was amazing! There were a couple of really cool stairways that wound through incredible gardens and past some really old houses. Eventually the tour walks through China Town, which is always a fun destination. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the walk:

Oh, I can’t forget Klarlund. I’m am nearly finished with the second sleeve. Maybe she will be finished today.

My yarn diet officially starts……..now. My poor credit cards. I just paid my bills. Oy oy oy. Time to get them paid down a bit. I think I am going to put some cash in jar each week or so to save up for the yarn to make Butterfly. I am so in love with that sweater. But it will just have to wait. This girl is on a budget

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Entry Filed under: Yarn Stash, Klaralund