Japanese Stash Additions
Well, you can’t leave Japan without some Noro… especially when it’s a lot less expensive than buying it here in Vancouver! I couldn’t resist picking up a pack of Cash Iroha and a few skeins of Kureyon…
And I found some nice cabled cotton yarn, made by Puppy Yarn, called “Kona Cotton”. After a bad, splitty yarn experience with Endless Summer Lara, I’m pretty picky about cotton yarn now. This yarn will probably be for a version of the Honeymoon Cami…
Apparently, pink Chibis are a big deal. Not sure why. They come with four straight needles instead of the two slightly curved needles that come in green Chibis. In any case, I couldn’t find any pink Chibis in Vancouver, so I picked up one for me and a few of my knitting friends here:
And like I mentioned before — spinning seems scarce in Japan, but there’s plenty of cute packages of roving around. I bought two bags of each of “Candy Mix” and a fine Merino — 100g each.
Nevermind the fact that I haven’t yet made anything from a Japanese pattern mag, I bought another one!
And finally, at La Droguerie, I bought some 100% alpaca to make a pair of gloves and a big hank of lovely light blue kid mohair to make a scarf. La Droguerie is beautiful, but expensive. The staff were adorable, giving me a card with the location of their main Paris store and saying, “Next time you’re in Paris…”
Two things: (1) I’m so jealous!!!! and (2) I have a couple of Japanese mags you’re welcome to borrow. I write about them briefly here.
Glad you’re back! Looks like you had a productive trip! I have a Japanese knitting mag that I got from pinku that I have yet to knit anything from, not to say I don’t like most of the designs in there, I do!
But anyways, glad you’re back and I can’t wait to see the Paisely shawl. I still have so many things I need to finish!
Happy knitting and spinning! Angela
Wow, you really, really stashed! You got some lovley treats, I have to say, and the lilac shawl you started on the plane looks gorgeous.
If I had known about the Chibis I would have tried to put in an order with you
I dont want a pink one cause its trendy or cause it makes me an old knitter. I just want one cause it would match perfectly with my goodies bag 
How is that for vainglorious?
The rest of the goodies look yummy and if you want things from the Paris store- you let me know 
OH man, such a nice stash of yarn you brought back with you! I am jealous! I have a friend who went to Tibet for some field research and brought back this dirt cheap beautiful wool yarn. She gave me a skein and I just can’t use it… its too beautiful!
Hope your trip was wonderful! Sounds like you had a blast!
what yummy goodies!
Beautiful yarn! I love Japanese knitting mags. I started buying them when I crocheted more than knit, as the designs for crochet are SO much more trendy. I’m actually still crocheting a simple, but very cool scarf from one right now, while eyeing some of the knit designs for Christmas gifts.
Great stash additions…and what a way to fuel the pink chibi fire!
I was wondering if you could tell me the name or location of the shop in Tokyo where you bought your Noro stash. Thanks for your time.