Knitting in Florida

  Florida, the sunshine state, and I must admit I saw some of the best sunsets in my life, was home for me the last few months. You all have read about my good and not so good visits to a few Florida yarn shops. Well in between finding yarn stores near or in Tampa […]

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Saturday Spotlight – My Pretty Brown Dolls

    This week in the spotlight we have dolls. I am proud to give you Yolanda Jordan, the beauty and talent behind My Pretty Brown Dolls.  If you have been reading the blog for a bit, you will remember the first time I featured this talented lady and her wonderful crocheting. Well lets see what

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Bribags by Bri Woods: Saturday Spotlight

  Bribags: what are they and who is Bri? is that what you are saying when you read the title? Well come on in and find out! I am super excited to kick off the return of the Saturday Spotlight with the very talented Bri Woods. First let me tell you that I am embarrassed

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4 Reasons Why I Love Four Purls Yarn Store

  Four reasons seem small, but you will see why I love this place.  As I stated last time I posted it was time to go back to a yarn store and I decided to go back to Four Purls in Winter Haven, Florida. This is the place I stopped in before the dreaded “other

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When a yarn store visit goes wrong

Wrong is WRONG and I am a firm believer of that; therefore, I try very hard to avoid negativity, even when it’s dropped in my lap. 28 days since I have set foot in a yarn store, 28 days since I got my feelings hurt, 28 days ago it all went wrong. I didn’t realize

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Mother’s Day without my Mommy

  Mommy day is approaching and unless you live under a rock with NO connection to the world you can’t avoid it. Wait what?? Why  avoid a day dedicated to your Mommy GG? Is that your question? Well my mom is…well the last 4 years I dreaded mother’s day. Folks posting pictures with their moms…UGH

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Follow the fiber? I think I will

  Follow the fiber..yup I sure did! As you all know I am in Tampa and I am on hunt for yarn stores. It is operation find ALL the fiber!! hahahahahahahaa. Like I don’t have enough at home already..but that is another blog post. Let’s talk about Four Purls, the yarn store I plan to

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The ONLY yarn store IN Tampa

  Tampa,  what  fiber treasures do you have in store for me? Huh? Must I go outside of Tampa to find a yarn store? The answer is NOPE!! Today, right down the street from the hotel, I found the ONLY yarn store in Tampa. Yes I did and this little treasure is called Roxy’s Yarns come

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No yarn left behind….ever

  Yarn, I love it all and have used and purchased it all. I woke up this morning at 7am..why I don’t know but went surfing on FB to see what I missed this week. Well I came across a post that bothered me and it was about cheap yarn and needles.  It was about

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Stash: a place for yarn

  Stash, we all have one. It is the place our yarn lives..the place that patterns wait to be made AND it is a Store in St Petersburg Florida that I had the honor of visiting today. The store has the best name if you ask me. Stash, a place for yarn…perfect! We all know

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