tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post113703974456424337..comments2023-06-02T04:03:58.850-05:00Comments on Mollywobbles: I'm NOT Laughing.Aidanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06303266155929110011noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-29555700207785630962009-08-31T19:42:43.236-05:002009-08-31T19:42:43.236-05:00Crazy Cat Lady: I just re-read your comment, and ...Crazy Cat Lady: I just re-read your comment, and couldn't help but laugh out loud. "I stumbled upon your blog while I am at home sick with ebola, and really enjoy it." You must be a remarkably positive person. I've never known anyone who enjoyed ebola.<br /><br />I'd love to know how you contracted ebola. My beloved Myfanwe loves communicable diseases.Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303266155929110011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1138221133923928172006-01-25T14:32:00.000-06:002006-01-25T14:32:00.000-06:00Thank you for naming names! As a neophyte knitter...Thank you for naming names! As a neophyte knitter in Chicago, I appreciate it.<BR/><BR/>And kudos for your all-guy group...tho' I mean, guys are welcome at SnB...<BR/><BR/>I just wanted to say that I stumbled upon your blog while I am at home sick with ebola, and really enjoy it.The crazy cat ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756482461654002703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137558094301529612006-01-17T22:21:00.000-06:002006-01-17T22:21:00.000-06:00We must work in the same area! I too made the mis...We must work in the same area! I too made the mistake of venturing into this store on my lunch hour and was greeted just like you were - a bunch of women around the table and no one so much as glanced at me. I asked for a particular type and colorway of yarn and the owner (? I'm assuming) told me it was in the back and she'd only go get it if I was sure I wanted it. I have NEVER felt more unwelcome in any retail establishment! Like you, I vowed to myself as I was (practially) running away that I would never be back. <BR/><BR/>Now, I just have to work in a stop at Loopy Yarns - although they're not really along the way on my commute from north Mich. Ave. to Union Station.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137439156033062462006-01-16T13:19:00.000-06:002006-01-16T13:19:00.000-06:00OK -- Brenda said to name 'em and shame 'em, but o...OK -- Brenda said to name 'em and shame 'em, but only if I can say something else bad about them, too!<BR/><BR/>So the shop -- "We'll Keep You In Stitches", located on Chicago's vedy vedy expensive Oak Street -- has hours which are only convenient for the vedy, vedy rich or the very, very old. The hours are something like 10:00 to 4:30. I mentioned the odd hours and was told the owner (Betty) needed to get home for dinner. Like she's never heard of hiring staff? Another lady in the store said she didn't think anyone would come after 4:30 because they'd be getting ready for cocktails or dinner. It was like a twilight zone scene -- and I was the only person on the planet not filthy rich. I expected Noel Coward to step out from the stock room and mock me in song!<BR/><BR/>Anyway -- don't shop there. Go someplace where they want you. There are so many new shops in Chicago, why bother. As a great philosopher once said, "Mean people suck!"Aidanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303266155929110011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137438222483366422006-01-16T13:03:00.000-06:002006-01-16T13:03:00.000-06:00Oh, go on. Name and shame them! These prickly, a...Oh, go on. Name and shame them! These prickly, anti-social yarn shop owners of a certain age are need of a reality check, and I've a feeling you're just the guy to give it to 'em.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137293942864066442006-01-14T20:59:00.000-06:002006-01-14T20:59:00.000-06:00Just before Christmas, I heard there was a new yar...Just before Christmas, I heard there was a new yarn shop that had opened, near me. I went out walking one cold day to look for it; it was on a side street, but I finally found it! I was the only person in the store, other than the owner, I took her to be. Nice store, clean, looking expensive. And they were! Lots of nice yarns, but priced quite a bit too high.<BR/><BR/>I looked around at some -- she wanted to know if I was Christmas shopping! No, just looking. I looked at some felted bags she had, she jumped up to explain that THESE yarns were used. Thanks. Then she floored me by asking "Does she like to felt?" Who? I have no idea -- maybe the one I was supposed to be shopping for!! But she didn't put herself on my good list in my book!<BR/><BR/>I did find a magazine that I wanted -- Knit1, the Men's issue -- and left with that. I had decided I wasn't going to be shopping THERE, that is for sure. I did spot some really great feeling wooden needles as I was leaving, but for $40, maybe not! No, I won't be shopping there, I don't imagine.Tallguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733388422594420704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137091326580330532006-01-12T12:42:00.000-06:002006-01-12T12:42:00.000-06:00Whoa.. the store from hell! I DO hope you gave th...Whoa.. the store from hell! I DO hope you gave them a few words of farewell on your way out!Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04960617637819340725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17687362.post-1137081787051626382006-01-12T10:03:00.000-06:002006-01-12T10:03:00.000-06:00I absolutely love Loopy Yarns. They have some of t...I absolutely love Loopy Yarns. They have some of the best selection of sock yarns in the city, and it's no wonder because Vicki (the owner) is a sock knitter.<BR/><BR/>You'll have to e-mail me privately to name the Yarn Shop Which Must Not Be Named (or at least give me an address) so that I don't make the mistake of going there.the fiddlin' foolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139395792905529041noreply@blogger.com