Garn i Basel / Yarn in Basel

I frokostpauserne var der tid til at komme ud og se lidt af byen. Hvad er bedre at se end garnbutikkerne?
Den første hedder "Wollare" og ligger ret tæt på floden. Ikke nogen stor butik, men meget, meget hyggeligt. Alt var ordnet efter farver, hvilket var ret sjovt, fordi de enkelte kvaliteter overhovedet ikke lå i nærheden af hinanden.

During the lunch breaks, I had time to go see a bit of the city. What better to see than the yarnshops?
The first one is called "Wollare" and is located quite close to the river. Not a very big shop, but very, very nice. Everything was sorted according to color, which was kind of fun, since the individual qualities were located quite far apart.

Jeg købte noget meleret bomuld og lidt ensfarvet der kan komme i som striber. Desuden noget grønt multistribet, bare fordi det var så pænt......
Posen var rigtig fin og anvendelig, og så fandt jeg ud af, at jeg faktisk godt kunne gøre mig lidt forståeligt på tysk. Det var jo dejligt!

I bought a bit of mix-color cotton and some pink and peach for stripes. Furthermore some green striped, just because it was so pretty.....
The bag was really nice and practical, and I discovered that I actually know enough German words to communicate a bit. That is great!

Den anden hedder "Zum Roten Faden" og ligger lidt længere væk. (Men ikke længere end en god gåtur!) Den var lidt større og havde også en del Lana Grossa, ligesom den første.

The other one is called "Zum Roten Faden" and is located a bit further away. (Not further than a good walk!) It was a bit bigger and also held a lot of Lana Grossa, like the first one.

Den var præcis så hyggelig som garnbutikker kan være. Desuden var de bedre til engelsk end jeg var til tysk.....

It was exactly as cozy as yarn shops come. They were also better at English than I was at German....

Jeg fandt ud af, at det stadig går ganske udmærket med at købe garn! Lækkert uld/alpakka til en sweater. Købt, fordi det ligner papirgarn men er helt blødt. Fidusen er, at det er let filtet. Der røg også et nøgle lacegarn med. Fordi "det var så pænt". Suk.

I discovered that I still have my yarn-shopping super-powers! Yummy wool/alpaca for a sweater. Bought, because it looks like paper-yarn but is so soft. The trick is that it was slightly feltet. And then a ball of lace-yarn jumped into my bag. Just because "it's so pretty". Sigh.