When I signed up for Soctoberfest I figured that not only would it be a great way to de-stash some of my sock yarn, but it would give me an excuse to try Magic Loop.
Evidently the cosmos is not interested in me learning a new technique.
Sunday I decided to take a drive to my so-called Local Yarn Store. In reality, it's not all that local... it takes at least half an hour to get there. On back roads. During the non-snow months, the drive is fine, but once the snow flies it might as well be an hour and a half because the roads suck so much. So we drive... Seth and Sebastian came along just to get out of the house for a bit. We drive into the parking lot to find it closed.
Now seeing that this is Maine, and there are still plenty of places that close up tight on Sunday, I just chalked it up to bad luck. One of my friends occasionally attends a knitting group at the store on Monday nights from 6:30-9:30PM, so at work yesterday I figured I'd drive back out after I got out of work at 5. Drive through rush hour traffic... to get there and find that the store closes at 5PM. They close at 5 and then re-open at 6:15 for knitting group members only.
This is starting to kind of suck nuts. On my way back home I think "Well Michaels usually doesn't have bamboo circs in small sizes, but screw it... I'll just go and get a new set of dpns so I can at least start the damn socks."
Michaels only has dpns in 10s. Wtf? And their circs only go down to a 6. So I guess no one in the area knits socks.
There is another yarn store in this area... down the street a bit. So I called this morning to find out if I could get there and back during my lunch hour to find that they are closed on Tuesdays.
I'm beginning to feel like my best option would be to drive 40 minutes south to hit Halcyon, but considering the amount of gas I have drained in the past two days ($2.36 for a gallon of gas is not a bargain!), I don't see that being feasible until I get paid in two weeks.
I don't get it... I don't understand why it's so doggone hard to get a set of size 1 needles!
posted by Sara @ 10:30 AM
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I think the reason you cannot find them is because you WANT them. Seriously. They are always there when you DON'T need them...
I always have that problem. For some reason, despite my rather large stash of needles I always discover I need a "strange" sized needle at about 6pm on Saturday evening, right after the only yarnshop in town has closed for the weekend. If you are having trouble just getting anywhere that sells needles and is open when you need them you might try ordering them online. You can get most brands at elann.com and they ship priority mail so you get your stuff in a couple of days. They also have a much wider selection than many knitting stores because they have more space. There are plenty of other online stores too, (some of which have very good reviews) but the only one I've used for needles is elann.com and I don't want to recommend anywhere without first trying them.
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