Filati, Riga

Hvis jeg nu lover, at dette bliver det sidste indlæg om Riga, kan I så klare det? I får lige det sidste med om garn, nemlig.....
Der er en anden, ret stor garnbutik, nemlig Filati, som ligger lige omme bag krudttårnet, på Zirgu iela 3.
Denne garnbutik er noget mere traditionel = garn på hylder, og har et ret stort udvalg af alt muligt. Indehaveren taler en smule engelsk, mens damen, der ekspederede os, snakkede med sig selv på lettisk og ind imellem forsøgte at kommunikere med 2 engelske og 3 tyske ord. Men det gik fint alligevel.....

If I promise that this will be the last post about Riga, will you be alright? I'll just tell you the final yarn details, you see.......
There is another, quite big, yarn shop, which is called Filati, and is located very close to the gun powder tower, on Zirgu iela 3.
This yarn shop is more tradtional (yarn on shelves), and has quite a lot of different types of yarn. The owner speaks a little English, while the lady selling us the yarn, was talking to herself in Latvian and sometimes tried communicating with 2 English and 3 German words. But nonetheless, everything worked out very fine.

Jeg købte hørgarn (de har altså et eller andet med hør derovre!) og lidt baby-alpaca samt noget lace-garn. Er ret spændt på det der hørgarn. Det skulle jo være forfærdeligt at strikke med, men dejligt i brug!
Der er mere garn hist og pist i Riga. Vi så lidt garn i en større butik med folkedragter og vanter, og endvidere i en lille butik, der vistnok hed Stine. Som solgte vanter, strømper m.v..
Og på markedet! Der solgte de kauni-lignende, en-trådet uld til bare 100 kr for et kilo! (Ih, jeg skulle have købt noget mere!) Det var dog bare en enkelt dag der var marked, men hvis du falder over det, er du heldig.
Fra i morgen kan I høre noget mere kedeligt hverdagsliv igen.... Vi snakkes ved!

I bought some linen-yarn (they have this thing about linen in Riga!), a little baby-alpaca and some lace-yarn. I'm excited about the linen. It should be horrible knitting it, but very nice when finished and washed!
There is a bit more yarn here and there in Riga. We saw a little yarn in a larger shop with folk-costumes and mittens, and some in a tiny shop called Stine. Selling mittens, socks and so on.
And in the market-place! They sold kauni-like one-stranded wool for just 20 dollars a kilo! (Oh, I should have bought some more!) The market was just for one day, though, but if you meet it, you are very lucky.
From tomorrow and onwards, I'll tell you more boring, everyday stuff again...... See you!