September 27, 2009

Long and Winding road yarn

Even though we are leaving very soon for Euro 3 (third trip to Europe), we took a very nice trip to Portland for La Boheme and IKEA this weekend. We also managed to get in a visit to the Japanese Garden.

Why IKEA again you might ask? Well, we were in search of a cabinet for storing linens and bottles of sorts AND a yarn winding station.

Yes. A yarn winding station that is in the form of a trestle with a shelf. Vika Artur is the name of the item. Here is someone else's picture as an example.

HERE IS A PICTURE OF MINE! I PUT IT TOGETHER THIS MORNING! I even caked a hank of Malabrigo Aquarella in the Solis colorway. This is for Alan's neckwarmer.

Isn't that just clever? I never know where to put each piece and you can only hold it for so long. Try winding 2,000 yards of yarn while holding the winder. Crazy!

2 comments:

  1. Wow - I didn't even know that IKEA had such a thing - very cool.

    I just purchased your bitty boo pattern - which is just too cute - and I had a small question so I came over here to see if I could get more info. I will send you a email in ravelry.

    Very nice blog - love the layout. Good luck with all of your new endeavors!

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  2. We'll be stopping in at Ikea on our way back home from St. George next week for sure. Awesome idea! Thanks for the photo. It looks great!

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