HONG KONG KNITTING FUN!
Yeah! My evening free in Hong Kong was GREAT!
I got to spend it with three lovely knitting gals of Hong Kong and a lovely Canadian addition by way of Taiwan! :-)



From Left to Right:
Siow Chin (and her youngest), Eva, me, Justine and Marjorie. We're pictured in the Cheer Wool Company -- a great store on Hong Kong Island!

Marjorie and I met Justine at the Causeway Bay MTR (subway) station and set out on our LYS tour with Marjorie as our able guide! We first stopped at a shop who's name I never caught - the kind of place you'd never find as it's tucked in the middle of a building on the 2nd or 3rd floor. Glad Marjorie was able to take us there!

I bought some RAOK yarn which is now winging it's way to the US...for who? I'm not tellin'! But I'll show you it! I HAD to buy it -- for the wrapper ALONE! It's Japanese yarn - 100% wool - and hopefully feltable...I can picture it's recipient felting up a nice bag with it! It's called James Dean "Road". They had various types all with his name...James Dean "Voice", etc.

I got some lovely yarn for a scarf for me...thinking the Ruffled Scarf (#36) in the current issue of VOGUEknitting International. It's Japanese yarn marked "Fascinating...knitting yarn."
They also had: Fascinating...for men, Fascinating...for mufflers, etc. very funny!




After this store, we headed to Cheer Wool Company to meet up with Siow Chin and Eva.
This is where we "hit the jackpot"...er...enhanced our stashes! To the left you see me and my stash bag and to the right Justine and hers! I mailed most of mine out! Who doesn't like a package from overseas?
One thing that I like about the yarn shops that I've visited in Asia...they keep the yarn in the bags.

1. It's cleaner.
2. Dye lots are kept together.
3. It doesn't topple down on you when you pull one color out! :-)

Most shops let you pull down the bags and carefully open them to touch the yarn, but a few like to help you. The staff in this shop was eager to assist, but didn't mind if we did it ourselves! :-) Having been there in January...the ladies said they remembered me (not sure how many caucasian red-heads that get in there!) Just a lovely lovely shop!


I did a wee little bit of stash enhancement here too...
The Green is for baby socks (I've a ton to knit up for babies on the way in my life!) The Pink I think I'll use for the Lace Leaf Scarf (#35) in the current issue of VOGUEknitting International.

There are two other yarns that I bought...but they are in the depths of my suitcase and won't be disturbed until I get home!

From there we went to a coffee shop nearby. Justine and I knit a bit while we all talked. Justine gave us each a great Chinese Zodiac Stitchmarker! She didn't happen to have my Zodiac sign, so I chose the Rooster -- since I'm meeting her in the year of the Rooster! :-)
Cute, isn't it??? We also got to meet James, Eva's boyfriend. Nice guy!!

Eva and Siow Chin had to go, so the 3 of us that were left went back to Causeway Bay, to the Times Square area for dinner. A GREAT no MSG Chinese restaurant!! Great food! Drunken Shrimp, a whole steamed Grouper and some chicken and veggie dishes. YUMMY! Thanks Marjorie!!! YUMMMY!

It was a great evening!
Justine also gave me information on where to find the LYS's in Taipei, Taiwan...my next stop!
Tomorrow I'll visit the fortune teller. It's been 5 years since I went! More then!