All Things End, part II

[neadods]

As A Tangled Skein has put itself in the hands of a professional liquidator, there was no point in keeping it quiet(ish) - despite the announcement email saying that it would be a while before they told the public, by the time I got there the store was coated in hot pink signs telling the world to come strip it bare.

The knitters responded - the line was at one point over two hours long. Yet much of what I'd hoped to get was already gone - the comfy chairs had been claimed and removed; even the puppy snips were long gone. I picked up some back issue magazines for a buck, plus some Remix and... I forget the name of it, it's cotton, silk, bamboo sock yarn.

Knit Night is supposedly going to continue as long as the shop is open; nobody knows how long that is. There is discussion of moving the classes to Greenbelt Arts and the knitting circle to either St. Andrews, Franklins, or Busboys and Poets.

I foresee a time when Stitches East become the new MediaWest - the one time a year that I save up and travel long to talk to, learn from, and buy boatloads of stuff from people like me. Ironic that my once-hidden subculture is now bursting from TV through YouTube, but yarn is moving further and further away.

Comments

[evil_plotbunny]

I'm determined to get to Stitches East again this year. If you want to do part of the trip together, let me know. I know it's a long way out and many things can happen between now and then, but I figure if I start talking about it now, it might happen.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I have to see what my money's like when it hits - on the thought that I'd be done with the house I signed up for a lot of conventions this year. I may have to defer until next year.

But thank you for the offer!

[darthfox.livejournal.com]

Is that who that was? I stopped by around noon, when I was sent home from work today, and was a little too intimidated to ask who the suit holding the door open was. But I'd been in there for about two minutes trying to see how much Noro I wanted to buy when I realized that I was feeling too crummy to deal with the crowd and the queue, alas. So I came away.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

He's still there, lurking. I sort of want to smack him, but it's not his fault.

[jennetj.livejournal.com]

We have a local "Stitch & Bitch" group that has always met independently of any yarn shop - they meet in one of the local cafes. Knitters will always congregate, whether or not they can buy "stuff" when they do. It's the reason I do a stitch & bitch at MediaWest that's always well-attended. Even though we may be knitting in the panels we attend, getting together with like-minded craftspeople and schmoozing about it is always a draw.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

ChicagoTardis has a stitch and bitch too, usually up against the for-pay banquet. Not to mention the informal one that tends to form every morning in the lobby.

[faireraven.livejournal.com]

Is this the store that is across the street from Franklin's?

Damn. I didn't get there often (I live way too far away to do so), but I did like what they had.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

Yes. For a couple of years it was my Wednesday treat to take myself out to dinner at Franklins and then hang out there at the sit and knit. Their selection was excellent; the staff remarkable.