Yarn Nirvana FOUND! Berroco to the Rescue!
July 27, 2010 at 10:28 pm Leave a comment
Today, I made my way to Vienna, Virginia to a wonderful, little yarn oasis called Uniquitites. I have been searching high and low for a replacement yarn for the now discontinued one that I have been using in my current design. It was a tiring expedition but I finally found the perfect metallic yarn made by Berroco.
The folks at Uniquities were very helpful…..I must say that I have talked to several LYS owners over the past two weeks and they were all very helpful too. You may be wondering why I did not simply order it online. Well, I have made a little promise to myself to always support crochet-friendly LYS’s whenever possible. I want to keep these guys in business. Where would we be if the online discount yarn stores pushed out all of the friendly around the corner ones? I guess my motto is – support small business too. These often family-owned operations have been the staple of the country’s economy and I want to see them stick around. Besides, when you factor is shipping, are you really saving any money?
Back to Uniquities….I couldn’t resist sharing a bit of all this place has to offer. It is now my new favorite spot in Vienna.
And, here is my new yarn…..
I now have to make two versions of the same design but it will be worth it since I plan on submitting this one for publication and I know that using a discontinued yarn is a big “no, no.” Besides, I plan on gifting the first version to my mom…She will be thrilled! Shhhh….she’s my biggest fan 
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