Do you ever regret NOT buying something? I regret NOT buying the hottest red sari with gold embroidery while I was in India. I already have some beautiful white sari material that Jitty gave me as a present (after I ordered her to buy it :P), but the red sari would have transformed our bedroom into a true boudoir??!! I had it in my hands....I don't know why I didn't buy it. It wasn't that expensive - about 800 rupees I think which is about $20. Anyway, to placate myself I spent the weekend sewing on gold sequins and tiny, shiny beads onto the white sari. So far I have sewn about 30-40 into place and there is still hundreds to go. Now I know why hand-beaded stuff costs so much!!!
In other news, I finally made it to Avril on Saturday. It is THE cutest little yarn store. No commercial yarns here, and the range of bamboo yarns was amazing. Actually I had ulterior motives for the trip. I have been knitting a cute little top with cap sleeves using a Japanese pattern and on Saturday morning I hit a big roadblock. All of a sudden there were blank spaces in the pattern that I couldn't understand. After some reasearch I discovered that they were showing short row shaping on the shoulders....but then I couldn't work out what went where. I was desperate for help. There was no other customers in the store and after my initial embarassment I asked the store attendant if I could ask her a question about Japanese patterns. Anyway, she suggested that I just finish knitting the back piece in the store and that she would help me. It was great!!! I am over the moon that I have somewhere to go and hang out nearby where I can indulge in fibres and knitting over a cup of coffee (they have the cutest little outdoor patio as well). I also signed up for a felting class there next Saturday, which might be just me actually. Should be fun.
i'm going to kyoto in May -- and I'm really looking forward to going to Avril there. I can't wait. I'm not sure what my parents are going to do while I'm ooh and aahing over the yarn!
Posted by: devBear | April 19, 2004 at 09:25 PM
I've got to get to Avril! Sounds like the nicest shop. See ya tomorrow.
Posted by: Jennifer | April 19, 2004 at 09:44 PM
Buddy - "I regret buying the hottest red sari with gold embroidery while I was in India." ????? Think you need an extra word in there lovey.
mwa mwa. the grammar nazi.
Posted by: Kinki | April 20, 2004 at 10:48 AM
peace...i'll be in tokyo on Thurs...any recommendations for yarn stores to check out b4 I head to Narita?
Posted by: queen t | April 20, 2004 at 11:16 AM
umm, yeah thanks kinkers...just realised my mistake....it took a while to work out - that's a worry huh!!
queen t - how long are you going to be in Tokyo and what part of tokyo are you going to be in?? Email me and I'll try and think of some stores.
Posted by: kat | April 20, 2004 at 11:34 AM
So sad you didn't buy that hot red sari!! But, perhaps it was not meant to be.
That yarn store you found sounds wonderful! And your Japanese is probably so good you can just chat about short row shaping with the salesperson, too. Ahhhh, I am envious.
Can't wait to see the cap-sleeved T. Lately I've been dreaming about knitting a cap-sleeved T ...
Posted by: Mariko | April 21, 2004 at 01:47 PM
Good to hear you are finally sprusing that white sari up!!! I want to see it when it's done!!
Yes, it's a shame you didn't buy the red one. Hmmm maybe I should make a visit to India again this summer........
Posted by: jitty | April 26, 2004 at 12:36 AM