Yesterday the husband and I spent the day antiquing, and I saw all kinds of fun yarny things, like this cool swift:
It was functional enough that I was a little tempted, but it also would take up more space than my current swift, so I resisted.
I’m not a rug-hooker but I can certainly appreciate the colors and textures in this wall of wool:
I also came across what I think are spinning supplies. (I can’t remember what those wooden things are called, but they’re for spinning, right?)
And then I just liked this “Wool” sign. It would be pretty cute in my craft room.
This handknit child’s sweater was priced at only $25, which seems a little sad because I know how many hours when into the making of it. I mean, look at those cables!
But I successfully resisted making any impulse purchases. At the end of the day, we even stopped by a yarn store, and despite the call of the Anzula, I walked out with just the 9″ circs I wanted for making socks. Hooray for willpower!
bonnyknits 
totally cool- always interested in trying spinning.
I’ve been tempted, just have to tell myself I don’t need another fiber-craft hobby!
Lovely shop!
The wooden things are shuttles for weaving.
Here you can find a nice picture how they hold the yarn bobbins.
http://www.die-webstube.de
Oh, that’s cool! Thanks for sharing that!
🙂
Brian and I have been talking about going antiquing, but we don’t know where the good spots are. Suggestions?
Depends on what you’re looking for! In the past we’ve gone to the Brass Armadillo a lot, but this time we spent the morning in Greenwood. They have six antique stores and it was fun to wander through and see neat things, but we didn’t find anything tempting. We’re in a furniture mode lately, and most of the stuff there was more rustic than we like. But it was still a fun morning, and I could see spending a couple hours there and then having lunch or something. Then we went to the Mission Road Antique Mall for the first time in several years, and that was pretty cool. It’s HUGE, and really clean and has lots of beautiful pieces, including a few pieces of furniture that we really liked (barrister bookcases and an oak sideboard), and the prices seemed reasonable.
yay! mini circs!
I love that wool sign too! And the cable jumper is very cute, but you are right, should cost much more than that. Well done on the willpower x
Thanks! Although I have to wonder if I would have exercised such restraint if my husband hadn’t been there… 😉
Ha ha ha if you’re anything like me then probably not!!
OK, I can see how you got out of the antique shop unscathed, because really, you could MAKE a wool sign, right? But the yarn store? Anzula? That took some serious will power.
The child’s sweater is lovely and grossly underpriced. It kills me that people don’t; value their own work more.
I know, right?? And not just any Anzula–it was PURPLE Anzula!! I’m kind of kicking myself. Sighhh.
I do think the sweater was old, not a recent knit, so I’m sure the owner of the antique shop just ended up with this sweater and knew it was handknit but had no idea how much time and effort went into it and just kind of threw a price on it.
Can they ship the yarn to you? Lol.
You are probably right about the sweater. It is a pretty one.
Ooh pretty pictures great job resisting temptation
And I think I spotted a folded loom (to go with the shuttles 🙂 in front of the red woolen material 🙂 You really should have another craft for your spare time 🙂
Hahaha! Yeah, I totally need another fiber craft to learn.
Well done for resisiting! I certainly wouldnt have!
It was definitely difficult!