Hong Kong LYS review

I'm back from Hong Kong...i got some yarn, visited some LYS...and i must say what an adventure i've had. I'm not all that familiar with Hong Kong, I've only been the couple of times, plus my map was in Mandarin, but my yarn information was all in english thus making it extra hard to match up the information with the map. In the end, I sorta used common sense & asking people for directions and just a basic wondering around to get thru the 3 LYS. I literally don't know how to get back to the ones i visited at the end, cuz i was just sorta setting out walking this a way and that a way...and just kinda bumped into it.



1. The elegant Co., it is as it's name implies. Elegant...ie snotty.okay, so snotty is just my own word, but i'm not sure they even acknowledged that I came into the store. sigh... i spent a good while looking too, at all the yarn & the buttons...finally i just gave up, and took a card and walked out. p.s. the place has moved, and it took me half as long to find the new place.

2. the new style Yarn Co., one located on the 2nd floor as us americans like to call it, but 1st floor as them british people like to say. It's tiny, but filled with people who show up and knit together. & this is what I purchased from there.



3. the paris cotton... the biggest store i've seen out of the three. I actually found what seems like matchable color for the hogwarts swap for the scarf... & i must say I have to get it straight now and realise that everywhere else uses mm not US numbers for needles. I accidently bought 6mm needles which is US 8, and I already have one. Well I guess since it's longer it's ok...at least it's not the exact same size. this is what i got from there.



At a knitting not related place, Muji, I picked up this simple ruler...just what i needed!!


I have more LYS to visit. some large some small. Oh! I found a amigurimi store right next to the hostel i was staying at. I always seems to run into those few taht don't speak English all that well there in Hong Kong. It's hilarious because Hong Kong used to be British ruled, so you think they'd all learn how to speak english at an earlier age, but nope. I always seem to run into those who don't understand. The tiny store had a lot of different cute amigurimis displayed...i know for sure that they give lessons...as for patterns to purchase...i don't know if they would just sell it to you without the teaching you. anyway...i wish i could have taken a picture, but i think they would have been offended. & yes, they also sell yarn there. www.sumyeeplace.com

I also found that near Causeway Bay & time square center on the one street that goes up the hill, that inbetween the streets there was this little one street farmers market type set up that also sold yarn. the yarn selection wasn't that great, and it was all scrunched up in little spaces, but i'm pretty sure those stalls would have cheaper yarn then the stores due to the fact that it's sold on the streets not in stores. I might be able to better gauge where it's at next time...if i stumble upon it again. at the end of the farmes market, it led to a raw meat market.

that is the end of my Hong Kong Yarn report. I have more smaller yarn stores to visit. shall report again next time!!