Comments on: Cuckoo for Cuckoobatts!

By: pretty

pretty — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:26:51 +0000

hello ….umm, just a question. I was looking on the internet for someone i cud learn to knit/crochet from as a hobby. I am in Germany, solingen and have always wanted to learn it. Tried in high school but I guess I dint pay much attention then! Know anyone in the area who cud give me a hand?? Thanks

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 18:49:41 +0000

Oh I love these batts!! and would love to know where you sell them??? and hope you enjoyed Germany!!! I haven’t been back in a long time but it is beautiful!! and love your blog!! I will be back found you on Craft Magazine!!! awesome sweater and shawl patterns!!! too fun! thanks and sorry if I missed where your shop is or where you sell your batts?? likely under my nose!! Hugs Linda

By: Nikol

Nikol — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:07:28 +0000

It’s for the best I didn’t know, because the bus into town from the dock left without us and we were stranded on the shore. I’d've been in tears, had I known. Of course, if I’d known about the yarn bounty, I would have gotten up at the ass crack of dawn and on the first bus into town…. In any event, I did get some splendid local wool pencil roving in natural dark brown and tan from some local sheep farmers who set up a little table of wears on the dock. And a suitcaseful of that sturdy plain wool 2ply they sell by the kilo at the Central Market in Riga.

By: Patricia

Patricia — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 15:47:12 +0000

Oh, I wish I had seen this post before now! I was just in Riga and Saaremaa in earlier this summer– I was living briefly in Riga and got a chance to visit Saaremaa. In Saaremaa, I definitely recommend a little yarn shop called Talupood (sp?)– I bought so much yarn there (locally produced wool stuff) that I had to ship it home from the Estonian post office. In Riga, there are beautiful Latvian mittens to buy by the ton…as far as yarn goes, I didn’t see a lot of locally produced fiber there but there are plenty of yarn shops in town. I am sure that there is great local wool to be had in other parts of Latvia, though.
Hope the trip was great…

By: Nikol

Nikol — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:01:10 +0000

Ooh, pooh! We’re leaving around the 20th, I think. Too bad!

By: Bekky

Bekky — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:51:47 +0000

Hi Nikol

Copenhagen used to have lots of amazing yarn shops but there are two that are still there. The boat stops in the harbour (Norreport) so the shops are walking distance, from the boat you can walk to the main shopping street StrÃ¸get – however on the way if you go along a road called FiolstrÃ¦de there are two quite good LYS, one stocks Hanne Falkenberg kits and lots of really interesting yarn and the other is a little bit more ‘European’ and has yarns from all over the place.

I’ll also be in Copenhagen from the 24 – 31 August visiting my family, if you’d like a tour guide i’ll be happy to oblidge – I hope you have a great time :)

By: diana

diana — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:10:45 +0000

dear nikol,

can’t believe it: you will be in germany!? it would be so great, if you could visit me in frankfurt. but you will be only in berlin, won’t you? :-(

otherwise, please, please let me know, i’ll organize a big knitting-party for you at my store ;-)

greetings, diana

p.s.: did you ever receive the pattern for my sweet-valentine-something?

By: Kelly Sue

Kelly Sue — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:43:14 +0000

Have a wonderful trip!!

By: Nikol

Nikol — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:31:08 +0000

Just thought it was cool that someone else had their name spelled like mine…..LOL. Love your site!

By: Jill

Jill — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:12:57 +0000

Have fun on vacation!