Purl Soho - Tustin, CA

When we were in New York last winter, one of the many yarn shops I visited on my Yarn Crawl was Purl Soho.

I knew their warehouse was here in California and their cute little shop in Manhattan.

You know I follow their blog Purl Bee religiously...

But I also follow a local (Orange County, CA) blog called Inchmark!

Well, Thank God she had a post about the Purl Soho warehouse being open to the public 'cause my mom and I went!!!

This little warehouse has so much good stuff!

Mom was really excited about the material (as she's a quilter) and I was really excited about the yarn!


I was good, though and didn't buy any... (THIS time!)  :)

I did buy this cute retro material, though and I love it!

I LOVE these colors!  

I decided to make some retro cool napkins for our new 1950's table!

And I also made some place mats to go with the cool napkins!

YAY!!!!

I love this retro chair pattern!

This material is called Circa 50 from Birch Organic Fabrics and I think the name fits it perfectly!

Now...

I don't normally get into the whole 'organic' thing (I'm not a very organic gal) but I can tell you that there's definitely a difference in the feel of this fabric.

It does seem to be higher quality and it has a nice soft feel to it.  It's not scratchy, as some Cotton fabrics can be.

It feels gooooooood... 

 These came out cute, huh?

I love both sides and I love those colors! 

These will make great place mats for our new 1950's table, which I just realized I did not take a picture of our table and place mat together!

Will get it together and do tomorrow.

In the meantime...

What in the world is this and why did I not see it at the Purl Soho warehouse!

Must go back and buy this...
:)

The Purl Soho Warehouse is at:

15431 Redhill Ave

Suite D
Tustin CA 92780
(800) 597-PURL

It is open to the public and you can go from 9 AM to 2:30 PM, Tuesday through Friday.

For sure, go if you can!

New Project!!! - Asymmetrical Vest (pattern from Yarn Lady)!

Yay!  A new project to work on!

 After all these booties and crochet bibs, I was seriously looking for a new project that would

1. keep my attention
2. not be teeny-tiny

I have a lot of UFO's lying around but, why finish those when I can start something new?!

;-)

This pattern is from my LYS and I love it!

It's so fast and easy!

Now... I'm not typically a 'vest' girl. 

But I did think it was cute and I think I can funk it up my own way.  :)

I've finished the back so far...

And now I'm working on the right side...

The pattern didn't call for any specific yarn to use, so I'm using the Debbie Stoller Bamboo Ewe in Mercury, which I luv!!!

It's a gorgeous shade of blue-ish grey. 

You know I love my taupey neutrals. 

:)

Knit Placemats - 1950's retro table!

Yay!

Did I tell you we got a new dining room table?!

El Hub were up in Fullerton, exploring downtown when we came across this lil vintage shop where our table was waiting for us!

And I love it!!!

It's very retro.

It is an original table from the 1950's and it's in great condition, from the original owners!

Of course, now I feel we need some great placemats to go with it!

I'm liking these "Choose Your Own Adventure" from KnitPicks.

(anyone remember the old "Choose your own adventure" books from childhood?  

Or am I totally dating myself?)  :)

And I'm really liking these "Seedy Diner" placemats from Craft Leftovers!

They're really cute and pretty much what I had in mind!

OMG... and look at these!  I know these aren't knit but...

They're so cute!

These are from Swizzlestix, which has a TON of cute retro fun patterned stuff!