After two weeks in my new home-for-a-year, DC, I thought I would post about my observations of knitting here so far. I have found two yarn shops in DC so far - the well established and known Stitch DC in Eastern Market, which is a fantastic, eclectic space with classes as a particular strength, and the fairly newly opened A Looped Yarn in Dupont Circle, which has a fantastic range of stock and a great knitting circle on Thursday nights. I also discovered the Serenity farm stall at Dupont Circle Farmers Market (weekends only) where hand spun and dyed wool from specialist breeds is sold.
There are more yarn stores in the suburbs of Maryland and Virgina, I believe, but I have yet to venture that far - all in the weeks to come!
I didn't, in the end, pack much in the way of yarn and am kind of glad I didn't as the climate here is different; much, much warmer at the moment than London would be so actually I feel like knitting lighter, summery things still. I had some laceweight alpaca silk with me in deep red, and as I was also feeling short of cardigans and things to throw on during cooler evenings, I have started a feather and fan shrug, pattern from a free Ravelry link. A pic will follow. Thanks to A Looped Yarn for the bamboo circular which I am loving!
I am also in knitting magazine heaven here - at almost every bookstore and outlet I can buy any of a selection of 10-15 or so magazines! Having picked up the latest Piecework and Interweave Knits, I am poring over them with plans for what to knit over the coming winter, when I will definately need warm things, and I am looking forward to sampling some of the American yarns I can't get easily in the UK (eg cascade, berroco etc).
