Taos and Fiber

This past weekend we took our family up to Taos to go visit a few yarns stores. We went through Chimayo' and Truchas, it was a great drive!

The first yarn stop was in Chimayo, Los Vigils but it was closed again. Someday I'll catch them while they're open! Then up the mountain to Taos.

We went and checked out Weaving Southwest, wow! They had yarn in every color and the tapestries were amazing. I only got to take a quick pic of the yarns hanging outside. Don't they look yummy? The ladies there were so nice and I was happy huffing the wool fumes for a while. They had weaving, spinning and dying tools as well as books on all that and knitting too! Great place to stop by if you ever get the chance.

After that we walked a few blocks down to La Lana Wools, talk about fiber lust! They had everything, roving, mohair, a ton of different sheeps wool. Oh it was beautiful! The staff was very kind and didn't even mind that I had my kids with me. As a matter of fact they boasted that they were very kid friendly and that Mat could go ahead and touch because "wool bounces". So cool. They have a neat virtual tour on their site, don't drool too much.

After that we walked back to the jeep, on the way we stopped to see some sunflowers. Mat doesn't look all that happy but that's because a bee was buzzing him.

Next stop on our little fiber tour of the state, Edgewood!