All the time we were in New York excitement was bubbling in my veins about going to the knitting shop, Purl, in SoHo. I’d seen it advertised in Selvedge magazine and I was so excited about going there while visiting the city. I remember first seeing the advert in the magazine and thinking that I would call in next time I was in town, but then realised it was SoHo (NY) not Soho (London). Gutted!
So on our last day – yes, I waited five days! – we took a walk off to SoHo to find it. In fact it was basically the only shop in New York that I was excited to go to which just goes to show how bizarrely my mind works these days.
When we found it, I was not disappointed. It’s quite unlike any wool shop I’ve seen in England – over here they’ve either all closed down and turned into charity shops or bars, or they stock a few Rowan colours, masses of gaudy acrylic baby wool and lots of naff tapestry kits with pictures of churches.
I didn’t take any pictures of the shop but here is their website – www.purlsoho.com
They stock so many yarns and so many fabulous colours plus fabrics and books and so on. It was all so pretty and the people so friendly!
After deliberating for ages I came out with a bagful of wool and a fist, very much not, full of dollars!
I don’t know what to do with them yet….hmm.
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