Custom yarn = long tough decisions

So me and DanDan (my girlfriend Danielle) just came back from a road trip to Montreal. My goal in Montreal was to find this yarn store called "La Bobineuse de Laine". We walked up St-Denis from Ste-Catherine all the way to Ave Mont-Royal. We took a bus and when we saw that the addresses were gettin close, we walked. We eventually found it though. It was a little shop full of bins of various strands of different fibres. Took mme a while to figure out that you picked a number of strands and they spin it to form your own yarn. After like 45 minutes of deciding, I eventually picked out a mix of acrylic of 4 black strands and 2 green strands for 1/2 a pound.
They spun it right in front of me on a little cardboard cone (which is awesome!)


LOOKIT!!!


DanDan got some too. Hers was pre-spun as a display. It matches her hair. She's planning of making a shawl with it.

If ever you're in Montreal, their address is 2270 Ave Mont-Royal East. Go there if you have the chance.

Nerd + knitting = nerdy knitting

Hi! I'm Chris.
If you don't know it yet, I'm a bigtime science nerd. I'm actually graduating from a bachelors in sciences specializing in chemistry next month. I've been knitting for about 3 years now (though I'd say it's more like 2 years, since one year was pretty much just doing garter stitch). I've also been crocheting for about two years now too. I'll share some projects, ideas and babble about knitting here. I'll probably ramble on about chemistry or something too, but you can skip that part if you'd like.

On with the knitting...