Shop's new home

 So my big Saturday thing was to go down to the grand opening of Quixotic Fibers in its new space. I got down there shortly after they opened. They weren't as slammed as they were in the 2024 opening, but the new space is also at least four times bigger,, so people could spread out more.

They have a nice separate classroom now (on Saturday, they had "discontinued colors" of yarns on clearance arranged in there) and they have a tiny kitchen to make tea on the knit nights, and they have a nice big table out in the main room for people to sit and knit at. 

They didn't have a LOT more things as yet, but the owner did say that their stock isn't so crammed together now so it's easier to see.

It's also a more open and sort of "upscaley" feel

 This is the entryway from inside the depot (they are in a repurposed train depot - back in the early 1900s it was the M-K-T depot). 

And the main room (there are other spaces with more yarn, too. I think they currently do have more dk/worsted than they did before)

 The yarn on the chair and the table were a "trunk show" of a new dyer they are carrying; it is a bamboo yarn, the line is called Auxanometer. 

I bought two skeins - I have a simple garter-and-lace shawl pattern I want to do with it

The color is called Egyptian Stucco; it is a denim-y blue with some white and brown mixed in.

I also did get some sock yarn. The blue skein is called "Fireworks" and was one of the on-sale discontinued colors; the green one is a newer color called "prickly pear." I am very fond of that shade of slightly-acid green:

  

 

They also had a number of Toft (a UK firm) crochet kits; they have a line that's based on Staffordshire pottery. I bought the one that was supposed to be like a cat figurine. I already opened the kit so here's a photo of the front of the instruction booklet:

That color is a dark blue, not a black.

And they have a nice door to the outside, and it overlooks the little courtyard - it will be a nice place for people to sit and knit. 

 

I hope they have a really long and successful run here; it's one of my favorite places to go and maybe someday I get a hotel room and go to one of their knit nights (I do not like driving on the interstate after dark so I'd probably have to plan an overnight).