TOO/TWO COOL & NEW!

I'm really excited to share with you that my all time favorite Yarn Store,

Alamitos Bay Yarn Co. in the Marina Pacifica in Long Beach Ca.

not only is offering (besides Knitting & Crochet) Weaving, Spinning & now 

Stitching on hand dyed fabrics classes.

Oh yeah!

The Fiber Arts are alive and thriving in Southern Ca.

The owner of Alamitos Bay tells me that the recent revival of weaving is keeping 

a lot of small owner yarn shops in the area alive.

I sure hope that's happening across our country as well.

In the last 10 years we have lost so many wonderful yarn stores here in the southland.

Every time one has closed it just hurts my heart so much,

because one of my favorite activities when I have time off 

is to travel far and wide to visit yarn stores.

And..........  I also recently discovered that one of our Alum,

Lacey Koch,

along with her mother,

 own a yarn store called 

Yarning for You in San Marcos, Ca. which makes me jump for joy.

I can't wait to visit her store this summer.

Her sister Leslie was one of my best ceramics students back in the day.

And Leslie and I just found each other last nite on FB.

What a small exciting world!

Redlands Yarn Co.

A new yarn store in the So.Cal area is Redlands Yarn Co.  Jim and I love to visit cities around the south-land that we've never been to, and we get a chance to do that in the summers when I'm off work.  I had heard that historic downtown Redlands is a picturesque city with a lot of great antique shops and worth the drive.  So off we went.  

Own Becky (bottom left) has done a beautiful job with her textile displays and has created a warm and friendly atmosphere in which to shop.  I found her very knowledgeable and outgoing, and it was a pleasure to visit her shop.  I was also impressed with the hand thrown pottery that she sells to knitters by ceramic artist David Porras.  They are lovely glazed stoneware pots that have a special pierced out area to pull your yarn from so it doesn't roll away from you and get tangled.  Pretty cool!

I wish you the very best Becky, we will be back!