Three Boutique Bears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So, I finally made my way to the boutique yarn shop up on Mills. I’ve been wanting to go to to The Black Sheep for a good while now, but never seemed to have the time and certainly not the money. Local yarn stores can be a bit pricey, we all know this, but that’s because the quality of the yarn is usually exceptional. A friend of mine offered to buy a skein of yarn and I jumped at the chance. “Hell yeah! Let’s go!” He caught a pic of me on the floor of the store, just admiring all the different yarns. I really liked the store. I look forward to going back. Especially when they have their open knitting nights.

While I was there I was able to snag some yarn……dang it. I can’t remember the name of the yarn. You would have thought I kept the label so I could talk about how it worked up in my hands, what it felt like and all that stuff, right? Nope. I stupidly threw the label away. All I remember is that it was from the UK and was a man’s name. Yep. That’s it. It was a fair enough yarn. Reminded me of Lionbrand’s Homespun. Lovely stuff to work with, very soft and pliant, but the bulkier weighted yarns always cramp up my hands. So, that was the only drawback. My hands were in a lot of pain. Would I work with that yarn again? Hard to say. I like the way the yarn felt, just didn’t like how my hands felt.

My friend snagged another pic, a rather nice one, of me working up some bears, with Mario perched on my lap. The whole set up is rare. Mario doesn’t care too much for people, and tends to hide when she hears a stranger’s voice come around. Nope, that day she claimed me, sat on my lap and demanded he take a picture of her “good side.” Notice I haven’t shaved in about a week? I’ve been busy trying to get all of those older orders finished by the end of September. But, with rent coming up, I needed some new bears to adopt out. So, these are the three bears that I worked up with that skein from England. They’re much bigger than my usual bears because of the bulkier weight. The yarn is made of acrylic, but its a nicer acrylic, in no way rough. These are definitely one of a kind because of the nature of the gradient in the yarn. Notice how their faces are all different. Oh! And notice how the one bear has smaller ears than the others? Ran out of yarn JUST at that moment, so I had to improvise. They’re all ready to ship with a signed card by me. Just click on the picture of the bear you’d like to adopt.

Ya’ll have a great Sunday! I gotta get back to work!

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