Garn-shopning / Yarn-shopping

Vi havde noget af en tur rundt at kigge på garn.... Det lykkedes at finde 2 ud af 3 butikker, men de lå et godt stykke væk, så turen gik i taxa.
Den første var Kaleidoscope. En hyggelig, lille butik med mange fine mærker. En hel del engelske og amerikanske samt lidt danske. Der var ikke rigtig noget lokalt garn.
Den anden butik hed Fil de Luxe og lå i gå-afstand fra den første. Den var noget mere gammeldags, og indehaveren snakkede kun fransk. Ikke engelsk. (Så fik jeg lige genopfrisket tallene på fransk da jeg skulle købe knapper!)

We had some trip when we went looking for yarn.... We succeeded in finding 2 of 3 yarn shops, but they were located quite far away, so we took a taxi.
The first was Kaleidoscope. A really nice little shop with a lot of nice brands. Quite a few English and American, but also some Danish. They didn't hold any local yarn.
The second shop was called Fil de Luxe and was within a walking distance from the first one. It was a bit more old-fashioned, and the owner only spoke French. Not English. (So I dug out the numbers in French from deep within my brain when I bought buttons!)

I den første butik købte jeg noget vældig fint, grønt strømpegarn. Ren Blue Face Leicester, der skulle være godt til strømper fordi fibrene er så lange. Jeg skal vel snart igang med nogle strømper til mig selv, så meget som jeg har købt det sidste år af luksus-strømpegarn!

In the first shop, I bought some really nice, green sock yarn. Pure Blue Face Leicester, which should be great for socks, since the fibers are very long. I guess I should start some socks for me soon, since I bought quite a few skeins of luxury sock yarn in the last year!

I den anden butik købte jeg noget smukt, meget tyndt lace-garn. Jeg tænker, at et trekantet sjal med grønne og blå striber og en brun kant kunne være flot?

In the second shop, I bought some beautiful, very thin lace-yarn. I think it could turn into a nice triangle shawl with green and blue stripes and a brown border?

Knapperne er fra nummer 2 butik. Fine, røde knapper!
ChiaGoo strikkepindene er fra den første butik. Jeg har læst om, hvor fantastiske de er, og nu må jeg så lige prøve..... Der er nr. 3,25 og nr. 4. Det får jeg nok brugt.

The buttons are from the second shop. Nice, red buttons!
The ChiaGoo needles are from the first ship. I read about how amazing they are, and now I have to try them...... It is a 3.25 mm and a 4 mm needle. I'll definitely get to use these!

Endelig kom der en strømpebog med hjem. Den har fine, sjove mønstre, og strømpebøger kan man næsten ikke få for mange af, vel?

Finally, I bought a sock book too. It has some very pretty, fun patterns, and it is difficult getting too many sock books, isn't it?