Austin TX Yarn Store

A couple weeks ago I was down in Austin, Texas for work. I took some time to walk around the city and to visit the LYS (local yarn store), Hill Country Weavers.



Inside this quaint little yellow house are fibers galore! Oodles of yarn to oggle. They had a wonderful collection and the staff was very friendly. I had my hopes up that this was a crochet friendly store since Debbie Stoller was scheduled to appear for a book signing of "The Happy Hooker". Sadly, when I asked where the crochet hooks were, I was directed to a small part of a large wall devoted to knitting needles and accessories. There were about 7 aluminum hooks and 5 wooden hooks. That was it - and they didn't have the H hook I wanted to buy. It was sad. :( But I wouldn't say the store isn't crochet friendly because the staff I talked to were very nice. It's just not a great store for hooks. Like I said before - LOTS of beautiful, quality yarn for purchase. I had to stop myself from buying a hank of Fiesta yarn that cost $45. Gotta save that money for MS&W. in May.

So if you're heading to Austin, TX - check out Hill Country Weavers.

Happy Hooker in Austin

While looking at the Hill Country Weavers site to get directions, I looked under "What's New" and "Events" ...

Guess who's in town today!!

Yep - Debbie Stoller, author of "The Happy Hooker" will be at the store tonight.

I won't be able to go tonight because of work, but I'm still hoping to check out the store. I guess the store is officially crochet-friendly!

Hey Y'all!

I'm down in Austin, Texas this week for work. I'm hoping to find time to check out Hill Country Weavers (thanks to Crochetville peeps for the recommendation). The shop's site is quite posh so I'm excited to see what the store looks like and what types of yarn they have. Wish me luck that my directionally-challenged self can locate it. Good news is that my wonderful husband is joining me tomorrow, so I'm sure he'll be able to find the store and direct me to it. He'll also have to check out where the Bluebonnet Yarn Shoppe is and whether we can get there without a car.

The fingerless gloves convertible mittens are done and I absolutely love them! I'll try to post photos after I get home.

Have a great week, y'all! (<--proof that I'm in Texas)