Toronto

På vej hjem fra Cuba mellemlandede vi i Toronto. I OTTE timer. Jeg trængte virkelig til at være et sted, hvor folk talte engelsk, og hvor der ikke kun var butikker for turister. Derfor tog jeg (selvfølgelig) en tur ind til byen, efter at have studeret nøje på Ravelry, hvor der mon kunne være nogle garnbutikker?
Det tog lidt tid at komme derind fra lufthavnen, men det var ikke svært at finde til Queen Street West, hvor butikkerne ligger på rad og række.
Den første var Americo. Sikke da en fin og lækker butik! Kun deres eget mærke garn. Kun meget lækre kvaliteter.
Mit strikketøj var brugt op på vejen fra Cuba, så jeg købte et bundt meget lækkert lace-garn og startede et sjal på vej det sidste stykke. De var søde at vinde det op, selv om de egentlig ikke gjorde det i weekenden. Men man kan jo ikke flyve uden et strikketøj, vel?

Going home from Cuba, we had transit in Toronto. For EIGHT hours. I really longed to be in a place where people spoke English and where the only shops were not tourist-shops. So (of course) I went to town, after studying Ravelry very carefully to find some yarn shops.
It took a while to get there from the airport, but it wasn't hard finding Queen Street West, were the yarn shops are lined up.
The first one was Americo. What a great shop! Only their own brand of yarn. Very, very nice qualities (and expensive!)
My project had run out going there from Cuba, so I bought a skein of wonderful lace-yarn and started a shawl on the last bit of way home. They were really kind and wound it for me, although they normally didn't do that during the weekend. But you can't fly without a knitting, can you?

Den anden butik jeg besøgte, var Romni Wools Ltd. Den vildeste garnbutik jeg NOGENSINDE har været i! Der var garn OVERALT! De havde så ufatteligt mange mærker samlet på et enkelt sted at jeg har meget svært ved at forestille mig hvordan man kan gå derind og være bare lidt fokuseret.
Der var også rigeligt med strikkemønstre, såmænd, men mest garn. Lækre mærker. Også europæiske og skandinaviske (som jeg sjovt nok ikke havde den store trang til at købe.)

The second shop I visited, was Romni Wools Ltd. The most crazy yarn shop I EVER went to! They had yarn EVERYWHERE! They have an amazing amount of brands in just one place, and I have a hard time imagining how anyone could go in there and keep just a little focus.
They also had lots of patterns, but mostly yarn. Great brands. Also European and Scandinavian (which I didn't really had the need to buy, strangely enough.)

Kælderen var cirka ligesådan. Altså bortset fra, at alt garnet dernede var på tilbud!
Det var altså helt vildt! Nå. Men jeg købte et bundt strømpegarn i camouflagefarver. Det viser sig, at min ældste nevø formentlig vil ELSKE at få strømper af lige præcis det garn. Så det skal han da næsten have lov til......

The basement looked the same. Well - apart from the fact that all the yarn down there was on sale!
It was like nothing I saw before! Anyway. I bought a skein of sock yarn in camouflage colors. Turns out, my oldest nephew would LOVE socks in this very yarn. So I guess it's meant for his birthday......

Toronto var kold. Med sne! Duerne sad og varmede sig, som I kan se, men jeg nød det. Efter en dejlig bytur var der god tid til at tage tilbage i lufthavnen - til alle mine kolleger, der havde været meget bekymrede for om der var tid nok og var blevet i lufthavnen. Stakler.

Toronto was cold. With snow! The pigeons found a warm place, as you can see, but I enjoyed it. After a wonderful trip to town, I had plenty of time to get back to the airport - and all my colleagues who had worried a lot whether there was enough time and stayed in the airport. Poor things.