Rare Treat–A New LYS
This was a rare treat–a new yarn shop to visit!
The Blue Purl, right on Main Street in Madison NJ. (Their website is going to be TheBluePurl.com, I was told, but wasn’t actually active yet–but here’s a nice review of the shop.)
I admit, I thought the front was a little off-putting–there’s nothing in the front window except some geometric wire and a sign on the window, so it almost didn’t look like it was open for business … but it is. And the moment you walk in? It’s just beautiful. Tons of space.
I really loved that you can walk around without tripping over displays and various kinds of clutter. The hardwood floors are gorgeous, the built-in yarn bins are beautiful, and the whole place was airy and just really classy. Nice yarns, too–Noro, Rowan, Debbie Bliss, Cascade, just to name a few–not to mention some smaller companies. They had a smallish book and needle selection, but, no problem. It’s a good start. Inventory is hard to come by when you first open, and they’ve only been open about two weeks. The owner (Maura) was really nice, as was the other person working there, Rebecca. (At least, I’m pretty sure the name was Rebecca.) I love it when people are FRIENDLY!
Did I buy something? Of course I did. This skein of gold/orange yarn. I’d say it was yellow, but it’s color name is “Orange You Glad” so we’ll compromise on saying gold. Also a few buttons … because I’m on a button kick.
Other than the yarn shop, Mom and I had coffee (really good coffee, actually) just up the block at a little coffee house called “Drip.” We stopped at Whole Foods to buy some coffee beans because their coffee is not only darn good but remarkably cheap–which isn’t something you can say about many things at Whole Foods.
We took Chappy for a walk–but no extra snow romping. The path to the little playground wasn’t shovelled and I really wasn’t up to trudging through 2-feet of snow in my sneakers to get him to the gate. He didn’t mind though, he was just so happy to be out of the house.
I spent most of the afternoon sorting through buttons … but I’ll tell you more about that tomorrow.
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That looks like a GORGEOUS store…so much more open than any of the LYSs is my area. And I love that light fixture!
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IN my area. Not “is”. Need caffeine.
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[...] CAN show you the yarn for my next pair of socks, though. This is the yarn I bought at the Blue Purl in Madison a couple months ago. (Come to think of it, why haven’t I been back yet?) The color’s name is “Orange [...]