rec and request for help

[sofiaviolet]

sl1 k2tog psso by carleton97 (MCR, Bob/Frank/Jamia, ~9k)

You guys. Bob owns a yarn shop. Eeeee! (Basically, this fic and Buy Handmade by jjtaylor are the fics of my crafty fangirl soul. Buy Handmade sustained me through "I'm going to learn to make SOMETHING, dammit" - which turned out to be jewelry - and sl1 k2tog psso is going to sustain me through "I'm going to learn to knit, dammit.")

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Anyone got recs for a yarn shop in or near Boston? T-accessible is preferred, although Ellie has a car and can sometimes be bribed or badgered into driving me around.

Comments

[zarhooie]

And see, I think that a place like WEBS, *especially* if you take the break in the middle, is a great place to go to get an idea for what is out there. So many people start with crappy acrylic and never progress past that. You can (and should!) practice and work with cotton worsted to get stitch patterns and technique down, but having a couple (or more than a couple) skeins of nice stuff around to play with when you feel like it... there's no better feeling.

Don't spend a ton your first trip and only get what you *really* love.

[sofiaviolet]

I mainly need to learn the starting and finishing bits - someone did once teach me the in-between part and I think I still remember it.

Lol weird way of learning. And I am going to go with synecdochic's whole "knit dishcloths!" thing, so cotton is good. We can probably use them. (Besides, I need to get revenge on my mom for her housewares thing. "You need pillows? Here's ten of them! You need flatware? Here's enough for sixteen full place settings!" etc.)