We dressed for the inclement weather that we woke up to early yesterday morning, but by the time we met in Edmonds to catch the ferry across Puget Sound to Kingston, the sun was shining and brilliant and we were all wishing we had worn something different. The drive to Port Gamble is a quick one, about 10 minutes, and it is definitely one of those towns where if you blink you'd miss the entire thing. I think their saving grace is that there's a sharp 90 degree turn that you have to slow way down for, which gives you time to notice this adorable single street of shops. Here's where you'll find Heidi's store.
Of course, the cameras popped out as soon as I stopped the car. I hope Kelli got some pictures that she wants to share. There was so much to look at from the minute we opened the door and were greeted by sweet Gracie.
Resting after welcoming the Knitwits |
Baaaa-sking in the sunlight |
My favorite picture |
Seeing how things were displayed and how Heidi makes use of every little nook and cranny in her cute shop gave me so much inspiration for my knitting attic and how I want it to feel when it's finished. I hope my friends that come to sit and knit with me feel as welcome as we did in her shop and don't want to leave when it's time to go home.
We would all love to have stayed and hunkered down in the back of the shop in her comfy chairs, with the sunshine streaming in, and just sit and knit the rest of the day away. We'll definitely be back again, and The Artful Ewe will probably be our first and last stop of the day, so we can plan to stay a bit longer. Thanks, Heidi, for creating such a wonderful, inspiring space for fiber lovers to come and shop, visit and dream. I can't wait to come back! Oh, and thanks for spinning up the amazing Alpaca that I finally chose to bring home with me ~ I'll let you know what I decide to make with it!
Elemental Affects Natural Shetland Fingering |
Handmade shawl pin & buttons and new lace needles |
It looks like you ladies had a wonderful day :)
ReplyDeleteYou would love this shop, Karen!
ReplyDeleteWow, I think a trip to Kingston and Pt. Gamble is in my near future. It's on the way to Churchmouse. Hmmmmmm! Glad you all had fun. What about the Mongolian Cashmere?
ReplyDeleteshe was out but that just meant I had money to spend on other things ~ it was funny, when I walked in the door I was so overwhelmed by everything that I completely forgot about what had prompted the entire trip! Kelli is who actually remembered to ask about the cashmere!
ReplyDeleteyou and everyone else from Thursday group should go ~ spend the day (she's only open Fri thru Sun since she spends the rest of the week dying and spinning to stock her shop) ~ you'll spend a couple hours just looking and shopping and then you still won't want to leave....
Wow! What a wonderful store! I think next time I'm in WA, I'll have to hop a ferry!
ReplyDeleteKathi ~ you would love it since you're a spinner! It's definitely worth the trouble getting over there. I'll be curious to hear what you think.
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