about Sommerfuglen on Mon May 31 02:23:00 +0000 2010
What a fabulous store - an Art gallery/museum/Aladdin's Cave for knitters! This was the first time I had seen so many finished sweaters, hats and scarves where previously I had only seen pictures, and yarns that I had only seen on web sites. Many kits and finished articles from Danish knitwear designer Hanne Falkenberg, Rowan magazines (again, I have rarely seen these before), many new books, gorgeous scarf pins, tons of buttons. I wandered around in a daze petting the merchandise while my husband and son went off for lunch. Very helpful staff who left me alone until I asked, and they speak excellent English. Luckily for me and my credit card I was so overwhelmed that I only bought one scarf pin and a Rowan magazine from Summer 2006 , who cares, it's still gorgeous, and I am probably never going to make anything from it anyway, I just drool over the pictures! Quite expensive, but so is everything else in Scandinavia, compared to North America. Definitely a destination store.
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about Sommerfuglen on Mon May 31 02:23:00 +0000 2010
What a fabulous store - an Art gallery/museum/Aladdin's Cave for knitters! This was the first time I had seen so many finished sweaters, hats and scarves where previously I had only seen pictures, and yarns that I had only seen on web sites. Many kits and finished articles from Danish knitwear designer Hanne Falkenberg, Rowan magazines (again, I have rarely seen these before), many new books, gorgeous scarf pins, tons of buttons. I wandered around in a daze petting the merchandise while my husband and son went off for lunch. Very helpful staff who left me alone until I asked, and they speak excellent English. Luckily for me and my credit card I was so overwhelmed that I only bought one scarf pin and a Rowan magazine from Summer 2006 , who cares, it's still gorgeous, and I am probably never going to make anything from it anyway, I just drool over the pictures! Quite expensive, but so is everything else in Scandinavia, compared to North America. Definitely a destination store.