Familiar with Debbie Bliss’ Toy Knits? I think being able to make little toy creatures for kids has got to be one of the greater joys in life. I made one of those lamb kits - it had giant boucle wool, filled with lanolin, and wool stuffing…I need to photograph that little guy and show you. His eyes are crooked and his ears don’t match, but he has become the fearless mascot of my knitting basket. Today I discovered Vivian Høxbro (thanks to a link from dangerouschunky). Vivian is the author of Domino Knitting and she also has some adorable free patterns for dolls and teddy bears. So cute! Love it love it love it.
I’m headed to San Francisco this weekend and hoping to finally make my way to some SF Yarn Shops. Art Fibers is on my list - does anyone have any other suggestions? We’re also headed to Monterey and Carmel; trying to see as much as we can before Bob finally moves home at the end of this month. He’s been in Oakland for 4 months, which was about 3 months, 3 weeks too long! 
Happy weekend knitting!
November 19th, 2002 at 2:05 pm
Ahh! Sorry not to have seen your post sooner. It’s probably too late now, but when in SF (maybe in the future?) you should go to Imagiknits - it’s located on Sanchez & 18th near Dolores Park and the Castro. It’s new and it’s pretty fabulous. Enjoy…
November 19th, 2002 at 11:46 pm
Thanks, Michelle! I actually just missed Imagiknits because it was getting late on Saturday when I was downtown. I’m going back once more this weekend and will give them a try…