A visit to Yarnia

Last month we took a drive up to Bremerton, WA to pick up a little something and on our way back we made a brief stop in Portland, OR.  I  just had time to check out one of the plethora of yarn shops in that city and I chose, "Yarnia" because it's been on my "yarn stores to visit" list for a long time and it is a pretty unique place. 

Yarnia is the only yarn shop where you can design your very own custom yarn blend. You choose the fiber, color, thickness, and amount, and they’ll create your custom yarn for you right on the spot.  

 

Or you can purchase one of the blends they've pre-made.  I was so impressed to see "wool free tags" on any pre-blended yarn.   Makes it really easy to shop.

Of course I couldn't resist the opportunity to create my own custom one -of- a- kind yarn.

 After great debate I chose some teal silk and two shades of rayon (a brown and a sparkle).

Then Kristina took my three choices and threaded them through their machine. 

And  wound them together onto a cone.

And it ended up looking like this!  I just love it.

Since the yarn is not twisted it is best to use wool-free yarn for a project with drape so I created a fingering weight yarn to knit up a scarf (which I have yet to design LOL). It will be interesting to see how it knits up. 

It turns out it was a good thing I got to the Yarnia store when I did.  They are transitioning to an on-line only store this month.  But the good news is that even if you aren't close to Portland, OR, you can now go to their website and choose from a vast variety of fibers and colors (they'll even send you swatches) and they will wind up your yarn (just like they did mine) and ship it out to you.  There are untold combinations so give it a spin -- I'd love to see your custom yarn!

Oh, and that little thing we picked up in Bremerton, WA?  His name is Kip.  

 He waited so patiently with my husband while I played with yarn -- I think he's going to be a great new knitting buddy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Sara B.]

Oh Hooray! You got your new pap! He looks like a sweetheart! I have one that looks similar that the breeder called a tri-hound.

[Wool Free and Lovin' Knit]

Yes, he is a hound tri-color papillon. His apparently looks just like his grandfather as a puppy and he was a beautiful dog. We are having fun with him -- getting retrained in the ways of puppy raising. I can't believe how much work it is -- after 9 years you sort of forget. Oh well, keeping us young!

[shelley b]

OMG that sweet little puppy! Those ears! What a doll. :)

Yarnia looks like a great place to visit...lucky you to get there before they close up their brick and morter shop! Your custom blend yarn is so pretty, can't wait to see it knitted up!

[Wool Free and Lovin' Knit]

Thanks Shelley, he is a sweetheart and I notice you have a cat by the same name. Yes, I was really happy I got to Yarnia before it closed. I wish there were more creative yarn stores like that around. We had at great one (Art Fibers) here in SF but sadly it closed out a few years ago as well.