When Tom and I were in Boulder, I asked the man at the information desk on Pearl Street where the yarn shop was. I thought that I remembered reading in one of the knitting books that there was one in Boulder, so on a fluke, I thought it was worth a try. Well, he knew! He said that the shop used to be on Pearl Street but had moved farther down Broadway.
To my surprise, dad said that we would go find it. We did! WOW, that was a knit shop... It was called Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins, Inc. The shop was about 25 times the size of Yarnia (the local shop that just opened in our neighborhood). They had everything! If I knew more about yarn, I could have probably come away with a wish list - or enough yarn to make eating for the rest of the week impossible!
I asked to see their needles, I figured that is a more permanent piece of a knitter's collection than yarn would be, so she showed me these! Let me tell you, they are great, although a bit costly. I checked the internet and found the price I paid to be the same as the online price at other stores.
I used them on our trip to make this scarf... there is no difference in the shape of the stitches as yarn will not hold a square shape after being dropped off the needle, but there is ONE huge difference that makes the cost balance out. I am always dropping my needles. NO, not stitches, NEEDLES! But, with these, you can grasp them better - less dropping. On this scarf, I think I only dropped the needles twice, quite amazing for knitting in the car, at the pool, and with the girls jumping around! So, even though the owner of Yarnia said that she thought they were a gimmick, I don't think so!
BTW, they are BEAUTIFUL! And, being a kinesthetic person, I love how they feel in my hands!
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