Susanwills
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- (2016)
Are there any yarn shops along the camino frances in which to buy yarn and needles?
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great! thanks....In Saint Jean Pied de Port at 9 rue de l'Eglise is the shop Au Fil de Laure which has sewing and kniting supplies, ie notions in English ( la mercerie, in French).
For similar shops in Spain Google the term la merceria with the town name of each stop. For example Pamplona merceria.
Happy stitching and Buen camino!
wow, they wouldn't sell the Katia yarn! I want to knit along my trek, but want to carry on my bag...so can't pack knitting needles...perhaps a crochet hook?I'd looked up and written myself a list of likely yarn shops through Burgos and then in Madrid. That I forgot at home...Got fooled at least 3 times when stores were using yarn as decorations in their store windows and they didn't sell anything that had to do with fiber arts.
For example this window (click photo to make it larger): View attachment 24251
Also got fooled in Madrid when a store's window display was a bunch of the most beautiful artist's paint brushes (spied it while on my city walking tour and marked on my map where it was). When I got back to it last minute before heading out to my airport hotel, instead of being a high quality art supply store it ended up being, well, a big disappointment - mostly craft supplies and kid's stuff.
I've knit on planes for years and years using both wood and stainless steel circular needles and have never been challenged (before or after the advent of TSA). I pack nail clippers instead of scissors. On my camino I limited myself to knitting socks since it was just 100gr of sock yarn and the needles.wow, they wouldn't sell the Katia yarn! I want to knit along my trek, but want to carry on my bag...so can't pack knitting needles...perhaps a crochet hook?
I could have written that very comment!!I've knit on planes for years and years using both wood and stainless steel circular needles and have never been challenged (before or after the advent of TSA). I pack nail clippers instead of scissors. On my camino I limited myself to knitting socks since it was just 100gr of sock yarn and the needles.
If I purchased enough yarn for a blanket, it might displace my sleeping bag! I am thinking more like a lacy shawl, but not certain yet. I did have my needles confiscated once- on a short flight from London to Rome several years ago, but only the one time.I could have written that very comment!!
I've bought yarn in Santiago and Madrid and made a blanket to remember each of our caminos. I'll upload pictures when I can use the computer.
Wow, I am not that good but I agree my knitting calms me and seems to invite smiles and conversations with strangers.Last year someone posted that she planned to knit a special jumper as she walked the Camino to be an extra-special and personal souvenir of her journey:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...s-of-freedom-on-the-camino.38651/#post-382667
Me too - that's why socks were my carry-along project of choice;-)Oh my, those are indeed huge projects! Much more yarn than I could ever carry in my backpack.