Yarnia

Oh man, you are in for some textile magic. The great land of Yarnia is now officially on my list of travel destinations -- and how fortunate, because Portland was already high on the list! Yarnia is a DIY yarn shop. You go there (or online) and can have your own custom-made yarns created. Exciting! Now watch this video and in six minutes I promise you'll want to travel to Portland with me.

If you're impatient and just want to get to the online yarn shop, click this Yarnia link, but the story of how her yarn shop came to be is so cute (thank goodness she opened her own shop up, I was about to head to Canada!)

Some of my favorite "house" yarns ready for the buying on her online site:

Neuville (sport weight)

Pomegranate (sport weight)

Mandheling (DK weight)

I have gorgeous doilies dancing through my head already. Guess I'll be crocheting on the flight to Portland as well.

Happy shopping!