London (UK) yarn shop review - Stash

I went to Stash yarns in Putney yesterday - lovely shop full of imported yarns, nearly all natural fibres.

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helpful staff. When I arrived there was a knitting lesson goingon and the five or six chairs in the shop were occupied by that.There was just about room for me to look at patterns and yarn as welland one of the owners helped me pick out a couple of very nicepatterns, one for an all-in-one romper or sleep suit - Oat CoutureBB213 if that means anything to anyone, called "rustic rompers" andanother called "pinwheel afghan" BB205, also by Oat Couture. Thepatterns are not laid out in quite the way I'm used to and I'm notsure about the needle sizes quoted, but then I always end up having touse a smaller needle, so I'll just experiment until I get the gaugeright. Both patterns are for double knit, though the afghan also hasinstructions for knitting it in a worsted weight yarn, which I'm toldequates to an Aran yarn in the UK. I decided that I needed"bombproof" articles, so I wasn't prepared to purchase yarn thatneeded to be hand-washed or that couldn't be thrown into a tumbledrier, so I left the shop without yarn, but I would definitely go backthere if I was choosing yarn for myself!In the end I ordered some Sirdar Snuggly from Agelyarns online - nowthat I have the patterns I can afford to wait for the yarn. Baby isn't due until June so I should have time to do a few items, and then of course, as Mum has requested second size and bigger, and the romper suit is a 6-month size, that can wait for a few months if necessary.

Thanks to all for the advice.

Nickie

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