Thanksgiving in New York City

It has been a very long time since I've posted. I'm in New York City, well technically New Jersey right now. I'm visiting friends for the Thanksgiving holiday and we came down early to tour around the city for a few days.

I found a few yarn shops and made it to two of them in the city. They were both in Greenwich Village.

The first was Purl Soho. It had a great selection of all natural yarns from merino wool to cashmere. The shop was very small and there was barely any room to move. They had a table in the middle and there were a few ladies sitting around it knitting. Plus, when you buy your yarn there they offer to ball it for you right then. I thought this was a very nice gesture. I bought 2 balls of Koigu sock yarn in a purple/pink/brown color way! It's gorgeous!

The second shop was called The Point NYC and was a cafe as well as a yarn shop. I was not very impressed with their selection but I loved the cafe idea. Most of the patrons of the cafe were enjoying some coffee and knitting away.

When I get home I'll be posting some pictures from my trip. I love visiting NYC, the people are amazingly friendly. Now I'm off to celebrate Thanksgiving with the rest of the locals by watching the Macy's day parade. Happy Thanksgiving to all the Americans!