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15 hours ago, lissie said:

We are doing a cruise which includes Sydney NS next month. Someone in Nova Scotia has a mobile yarn shop which is on the wharf when the ships come - what a brilliant way to monetize your yarn stash problem! 

 

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14 hours ago, erdufylla said:

 
Oh man, that makes me want to go on another New England / Eastern Canada cruise again! It’s not quite at the port, but I love the yarn shop in Ketchikan, AK that’s right off Creek Street. I bought some lovely hand-dyed yarn by a woman based in Sitka last time I was there. 🙂

 

I think I bought some of her yarn as well! I also really liked the yarn shop in Juneau that's on the second floor of an older building. 

 

The shop that sells yarn in Skagway was closed when I was there last year, sadly, or I would have been 4 for 4 (I also went to Baaad Anna's in Vancouver before boarding.) 

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18 hours ago, lissie said:

We are doing a cruise which includes Sydney NS next month. Someone in Nova Scotia has a mobile yarn shop which is on the wharf when the ships come - what a brilliant way to monetize your yarn stash problem! 

I knew there was a reason I wanted to go Nova Scotia!  (Of course, have SABLE myself. . . )

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30 minutes ago, Tryingtocruise said:

I knew there was a reason I wanted to go Nova Scotia!  (Of course, have SABLE myself. . . )


I mean, once you hit SABLE status, what’s the harm in adding a little more? Go big or go home. 😂 No, but seriously — I contend that crafting and collecting crafting supplies are two entirely separate, if related, hobbies. I get just as much joy from browsing and buying new yarn, pens, paper, paints, etc. as I do from actually knitting, drawing, etc. Even if they go unused for a decade or more, I’ve still already gotten a nice dopamine hit just from the process of acquiring them and adding them to my hoard. 🥰

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On 6/27/2023 at 3:05 PM, erdufylla said:

(And yet, every time I visit a new city, I still always try and hunt down a local shop to find some unique hand-dyed yarn or fiber to add to my stash. And I refuse to feel guilty for it. I’m supporting a local industry and artist(s), and yarn is squishably easy to pack.)

That’s not adding to stash—that’s a souvenir!

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On 6/27/2023 at 5:07 PM, erdufylla said:

 
Oh man, that makes me want to go on another New England / Eastern Canada cruise again! It’s not quite at the port, but I love the yarn shop in Ketchikan, AK that’s right off Creek Street. I bought some lovely hand-dyed yarn by a woman based in Sitka last time I was there. 🙂

I love that shop in Ketchikan! Such great hand-dyed yarns and super staff! Can’t wait to visit again next month. 

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15 hours ago, neeuqdrazil said:

 

I think I bought some of her yarn as well! I also really liked the yarn shop in Juneau that's on the second floor of an older building. 

 

The shop that sells yarn in Skagway was closed when I was there last year, sadly, or I would have been 4 for 4 (I also went to Baaad Anna's in Vancouver before boarding.) 

[quickly googling Skagway yarn shops …]

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6 hours ago, ALFwhoknits said:

[quickly googling Skagway yarn shops …]

The Skagway store had moved to a new location when I was there last June. I was heartbroken when I found the closed store, as I remembered it from previous visits. I'm glad I took a closer look because I saw a note on the door that showed the new location, just a bit farther along Broadway. I hope they're still there. 

 

I bought some beautiful yarn from the woman in Sitka on that trip. 

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I found the tiny shop in Sitka on my cruise last fall and added more souvenirs to my StABLE. 😉

 

My cruise next month is made up of back-to-back Vancouver-Whittier/Whittier-Vancouver cruises so I’ll make two stops in each port—plenty of time for yarn enabling! I haven’t found any yarn shops in Whittier, which isn’t surprising given how small the town is. If anyone has tips for where to look there, please share them!

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1 minute ago, ALFwhoknits said:

I found the tiny shop in Sitka on my cruise last fall and added more souvenirs to my StABLE. 😉

 

My cruise next month is made up of back-to-back Vancouver-Whittier/Whittier-Vancouver cruises so I’ll make two stops in each port—plenty of time for yarn enabling! I haven’t found any yarn shops in Whittier, which isn’t surprising given how small the town is. If anyone has tips for where to look there, please share them!


A really good place to research that is on Ravelry. I bet there’s an Alaska group there that would fill you in on all the local info. 

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On my first HAL cruise (1999), there were regular Arts & Crafts activities on non-port days.  We did a lot of different things - origami, making boxes our of paper, needlepoint and cross stitch.  I fell in love with HAL because of those sessions.  We had similar activities on the next three cruises, then everything stopped.  Other cruise lines would have a needlepoint or cross stitch session on non-port days, but nothing on HAL.  I thought this was a thing of the past, but am delighted to read that at least one HAL ship has someone doing Arts & Crafts activities.

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2 hours ago, ALFwhoknits said:

I found the tiny shop in Sitka on my cruise last fall and added more souvenirs to my StABLE. 😉

 

My cruise next month is made up of back-to-back Vancouver-Whittier/Whittier-Vancouver cruises so I’ll make two stops in each port—plenty of time for yarn enabling! I haven’t found any yarn shops in Whittier, which isn’t surprising given how small the town is. If anyone has tips for where to look there, please share them!

 

No suggestions for Whittier, sadly, but I can HIGHLY recommend Baaad Anna's in Vancouver - they have a really lovely selection, and at least when I went, were very friendly. 

 

It is on the other side of the Downtown East Side (DTES) from the port, and in a slightly rundown neighbourhood, but it's a fantastic shop. (No connection, just a happy customer!)

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8 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

The Skagway store had moved to a new location when I was there last June. I was heartbroken when I found the closed store, as I remembered it from previous visits. I'm glad I took a closer look because I saw a note on the door that showed the new location, just a bit farther along Broadway. I hope they're still there. 

 

I bought some beautiful yarn from the woman in Sitka on that trip. 

 

I was there at the very end of April/start of May, and they hadn't opened the new shop yet. 

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3 hours ago, 3rdGenCunarder said:

I do a lot of research before I travel. I use googlemaps to see if it's a town I can just wander in. I search for "bakery" and "ice cream" and "brewery" and "yarn shop." 

 

A traveler after my own heart!! I even have my hubby trained to include stops at local yarn shops in our itineraries. 😉

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6 hours ago, erdufylla said:

Ooh! I was just discussing my trip to Amsterdam next summer with my Mom, and she pointed out that Stephen West’s yarn shop is there! *adds to itinerary*

I told my husband that was one of the main reasons I wanted to take a cruise out of Amsterdam.  I realize the chances of him being there a minimal but I hope he is.  He's such a nice guy.  I met him a couple of years at Vogue Knitting Live.

 

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