I used to make a habit of visiting yarn stores while traveling. I loved the idea of it, but I quickly realized how spoiled I am. Here in the Austin area we have four yarn stores now, The Knitting Nest, Gauge, Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe, and Hill Country Weavers, which is where the real problem lies. Hill Country Weavers has everything! That little old house is crammed full of every color, texture, and fiber type imaginable. No other yarn shop could possibly compete, which is why I’ve stopped visiting stores while I’m out of town.
In March I took a road trip, visiting all of my relatives in Mississippi and Alabama, and while I was at my brother and sister-in-law’s house, Heather suggested that we visit the yarn store in Tuscaloosa. We stopped in at Serendipity Needleworks on the way home from Moundville, and it was such a pleasant surprise! There wasn’t a speck of novelty yarn or bad acrylic in the place!
Ellen Johnson, the shop owner, is friendly and gracious, and she stocks only the good stuff. She has Jitterbug, Misti Alpaca Hand Paint, Mission Falls 1824 wool, Blue Sky organic cotton, Debbie Bliss, and Lorna’s Laces. She has a great selection of needles, and bags by Jordana Paige, Della Q, and Lexie Barns. (And that’s not even getting into all of the needlepoint stuff!)
I always try to buy something from good quality shops, so I got some Blue Sky organic cotton I’ll need for my next project, the knitted chickens, and Heather bought a lovely skein of rainbow variegated yarn and some bamboo needles, so that she can learn to knit. If she takes to it, her new yarn habit will be well-served by this lovely shop.
- Saturday, April 4
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