It was an amazing day to do a road trip - sunshine, warm breezes, not a rain drop in sight!
We arrived in Coralville in record time.
And found Crazy Girl Yarn Shop without much difficulty and we headed right in:
Brenda chats with the owner, Leslie:
Browsing, fiber fondling and discussions ensued:
The shop also has spinning wheels and drop spindles, along with roving & Brenda tried out a wheel - however, I couldn't get a decent (non-blurry) photo so I cropped it, but you can tell Brenda's enjoying trying out the wheel:
The lovely Lynn & Karen among the yarns!
Meanwhile, I headed over to the bead shop next door, the Chameleon Cache:
Erin Mullins is the owner and was exceptionally helpful in giving me advice and pointing me in the right direction for the knitted bead amulet bags I want to try out [the shop is way bigger, but you need to see it in person to believe it!]:
I made some purchases and joined the others in the yarn shop. After everyone completed their purchases, we sat and knitted or crocheted a bit while we chatted about things. We decided we couldn't put off going to lunch any longer and headed out:
It wasn't all that far where we were going - about a 5 minute drive if you don't have me navigating.
At the Hamburg Inn it was crazy, with a 35 minute wait. However, since it was Saturday and lots of events going on and around Iowa City, so it wasn't too bad a wait (the weather was just gorgeous, so it was a nice day to wait a bit). The food was good, priced right and if you go - try the pie milkshake!
From lunch we trooped over to:
The Knitting Shoppe
2141 Muscatine Avenue
Iowa City, IA 52241
+1 (319) 337 4920
Edyie Stika, owner
Edyie doesn't have a website, so the shopping bag I had will have to suffice.
Barb had some lengthy decisions to make about a pattern and which yarns:
Lynn and Nancy checking out patterns:
I can't believe these boots are still around - but they do help you sock knitters show off your work!
We did really well in finding which yarns we wanted, patterns that we couldn't do without and enjoyed ourselves with Edyie.
Then it was home again:
Thanks to Leslie, Erin and Edyie for their help and advice when we visited their shops!
