We spent quite a bit of time visiting with JF’s friends and family and traipsing around the city. In exchange, JF agreed to accompany me to the yarn district and act as my translator. (This is particularly hilarious if you know JF!) JF’s knitting aunts had warned me that the yarn district was huge, and could be a bit overwhelming, but I had no idea what I was getting into.
I have never seen so much yarn in my life. Three blocks of yarn stores, one after another, lining both sides of the street.
I’d say about 50% specialized in machine knitting yarns, and of the remaining 50%, half of those were closer to the acrylic end of the spectrum, but the remaining 25% (must’ve been at least 10 stores) looked like this…
Most of the shop employees didn’t speak English, so JF gamely translated, “do you have wool, very thin wool?” “No, she wants the kind that is only wool, to make something for the neck, perhaps a cape? Made of lace?” “She likes the thick wool too.” “How many yarn, um, things are in a kilo?” “Do you have any more in the back?”
The phrase he used most often, “She’ll take one kilo.”
15 comments:
Those last two photos look like heaven!
I am swooning. Swooning!
wow, i need me some of that yarn!
i'll take a kilo.
I'm sorry--did I get drool on your monitor?? Wow, those pictures!
My mom's first, favorite phrase to learn when going to any foreign country has always been "Where's the bathroom?" I'm thinking "I'll take one kilo" sounds like a really good one, too! (And clearly, additional numbers are important . . . two kilos, three kilos....)
Um, so I think I just had a yarngasm looking at those last couple of shots. Nothing like a little yarn porn early in the mornin'!
i had to stop myself while reading your post and say out loud -- yarn district?!? there are cities that actually have yarn districts?!? how have i never been there?
HOLY MOLY! why can't NYC have a yarn district???
How sad...The Sock is more worldly than I.....
Ok, you are so KILLING me with all this...yarn by the Kilo??? Oh my, I must find a flight to Argentina...stat!
Hi! I'm going to Argentina this summer, and you can imagine my delight when I googled "yarn shop Argentina" and found your post. Who knew there was a whole yarn *district*! Is it easy to find? Any stores I should particularly look for? Thanks!
I'm at esik at umich dot edu, or www.urbanehomestead.com.
do you remember the "address" or name of the Yarn district...? we are going to Buenos Aires in a few days... and my girl friend and I are addicts, and my husband might be cooperative to take us there?
please respond to me at my email below
Yours, Marilyn
So where in Buenos Aires is this yarn heaven? I have recently moved to BA from Texas and I keep reading about the yarn district but nobody post where in BA it actual is. Please put me out of my misery and share the location of "Yarn Heaven".
Thanks,
Mrs. Herbie
OOOps my e-mail is
the.wilbanks@gmail.com
Help! I am leaving for BA next week! Where is this street? Neighborhood?
betsyolson@mac.com
Hi I just came back from Buenos Aires last week and I did go to the beautiful yarn district on Scalabrini Ortiz, if you go by bus the #110 will take you there for only 0.30 cents.
I'm an avid knitter and being there I felt like a kid in Toy's R-S.
I brought back yarn in a big suitcase full to capacity....I think I spent no more than $180.00
I'm almost sure that it would had cost me more than $700.00 in the US
Most of these shops sell the yarn by the kilo; but you could buy as much or as little as you want
I really loved Mi Lana, this shop had specialty yarns and acrylics that were so beautiful and very inexpensive; I also liked Nube, Yanabey & Moussa....they had so many more.
In the same area you will also find stores that sell buttons, handles for knitted bags, etc.
It was soooo well worth it!
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