In Idyllwild
On my way up to mile-high Idyllwild today I stopped in Redlands at a very nice little yarn shop called The Yarn Deli. I happened on a sale too! Everything in the shop was at least 20% off and some yarns as much as 50% off. Even on a very hot day in a sizzling town, the yarn shop was crowded and ladies were buying WOOL! I picked up some more Noro Kureyon #182. You just can't have too much of #182. The Noro was 20% off. The prices at the Yarn Deli are a tad more than similar stores in L.A., but the Noro was still a good deal. I also purchased 3 skeins of a yarn I'd never seen before called Ashford Tekapo 100 gm Pure New Zealand Wool @ 50% off. The ladies at the Yarn Deli even gave me a hand-knitted sachet and a store ball point pen along with my purchase. Nice place!
I reached Idyllwild at about 2pm. It must be at least 20 degrees cooler up here than down at the base of the mountain. Perfect.
The Idyllwild Inn
After driving around a bit and re-orienting myself with the place, I checked into the Idyllwild Inn. Very cute place. I'm in a room called "Summer." The town looks much the same as it did when I was a camper up here over 30 years ago, except there are many more "new age" type gift shops. I couldn't find anyplace that sold Idyllwild postcards!
The Village of Idyllwild
View of Mount Tahquitz from the Village
Labels: Travel, yarny stuff
11 Comments:
Idyllwild SnB? You are so hooked up! The Inn looks so cute. I want to get my pine on. I gotta get to the woods. It looks so good.
Wow - it looks like a great place! And I love the colours in that Ashford yarn you bought.
What a beautiful place. Hope you have a perfect time!
Aaah, my blood pressure dropped 10 points blissing out on your photos...hope you're having a relaxing, lovely time! (are you getting your chakras cleaned while you're there? hee)
I'm thinking an Idyllwild knitting retreat might be fun....
I've never been to Idyllwild, and your photos make me think I may need to visit. And that wool looks fabulous. Have a great time!
Hey from Becka from the Commenting on Blogs Train from Ravelry!!!
What a lovely little town!
And a great yarn shop! Makes me want to do some yarn shopping - although, I could knit for several years on my stash yarn alone...I'm trying a yarn diet, but there are so many new yarns coming out that it's very difficult!! I MUST get some of the new yummies @ my favorite place...SWTC!!!
wow,the wool is beautiful and photos are awesome, I'm sheila from raverly train comment and I enjoyed ur blog thank you....
Is that SNOW on the mountain top?! OMG! I would love to be there right now. It was 95 here today! I think I am a little shorter than I was this morning due to melting!!!
*giggles*
From your friend over at the Commenting Train StitchMarkers4U!
Great pictures! We can always use more yarn when there is a sale.
Wow! I love the mountain view... It looks you had fun in the yarn store ;-)
Enjoyed your post on Idyllwild. I smiled when I saw you also ate at Cafe Aroma! BTW...there is a new shop in town that has a "limited" amount of Bernat yarn...and another shop that had STACKS of scarves knit by the owner and were selling for $38 each. So there is hope for employment in our old age!
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