{"id":2732,"date":"2015-08-17T15:45:35","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/annetarsia.com\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2015-08-16T18:54:10","modified_gmt":"2015-08-16T18:54:10","slug":"the-knitting-boutique-glen-burnie-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/2015\/08\/the-knitting-boutique-glen-burnie-md\/","title":{"rendered":"the Knitting Boutique, Glen Burnie, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yarn stores are a very particular type of place.\u00a0 Unlike many types of stores, they have personalities all their own, and knitters have certain expectations when they enter one.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t really fair because they aren&#8217;t homes, they are businesses.\u00a0 But, somehow, when a knitter enters a good local yarn store (LYS), it feels as if we have come home.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/knittingboutique.com\/\">The Knitting Boutique<\/a> is a very good LYS, and I felt at home immediately.\u00a0 It is on the small, intimate side (&#8220;boutique&#8221; suits it well), with carefully chosen yarn lines, most of which are locally produced just for them, and reflect their Maryland locale.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend I taught &#8220;Annetarsia: Be the Boss of your intarsia&#8221;, and &#8220;Argyle socks&#8221;.\u00a0 The classroom was roomy and bright, and the students were enthusiastic and terrific knitters.\u00a0 This is a wonderful community, and I enjoyed my time there, very much.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2990-e1439748963942.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2723\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2990-e1439748963942-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2990\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2990-e1439748963942-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2990-e1439748963942-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2997-e1439748953668.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2724\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2997-e1439748953668-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2997\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2997-e1439748953668-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2997-e1439748953668-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2998-e1439748942419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2725\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2998-e1439748942419-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2998\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2998-e1439748942419-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_2998-e1439748942419-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3001-e1439748927192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2726\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3001-e1439748927192-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3001\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3001-e1439748927192-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3001-e1439748927192-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3005-e1439748912622.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2727\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3005-e1439748912622-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3005\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3005-e1439748912622-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_3005-e1439748912622-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My friend Donna Druchunas will be there, Sept 26-27, and I recommend that you check to see if there is space available for her classes, <a href=\"http:\/\/knittingboutique.com\/knitting-classes\/famous-knitter-series\/donna-druchunas.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For those who can&#8217;t visit regularly, check out their new <a href=\"http:\/\/knittingboutique.com\/boutiquepodcast\/\">Saturday Morning Breakfast Club Podcast<\/a>, and sign up to subscribe.\u00a0 This will at least give you a taste of the community, and connect you to them in a very entertaining and informative way.<\/p>\n<p>The sweater I knit from Sassafrass yarn, &#8220;Sassy&#8221; was a lot of fun to knit.\u00a0 The pattern is being laid out, now, and I&#8217;ll post here when it is available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2853-e1435847406258.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2684\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2853-e1435847406258-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"sassy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2853-e1435847406258-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2853-e1435847406258-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>Not being ready to stop knitting with the Knitting Boutique&#8217;s wonderful yarn, I picked up some Anacostia worsted in the &#8220;Baltimore Maryland&#8221; colorway.\u00a0 I&#8217;m planning to cast on for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/patterns\/library\/lenveloppe\">Sally Melville&#8217;s &#8220;L&#8217;enveloppe&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0 as soon as I finish the project I&#8217;m currently working on. Can&#8217;t wait to start swatching!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2685\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2685\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2856-e1435847473923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2685\" src=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2856-e1435847473923-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sassy\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2856-e1435847473923-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_2856-e1435847473923-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2685\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sassy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yarn stores are a very particular type of place.\u00a0 Unlike many types of stores, they have personalities all their own, and knitters have certain expectations when they enter one.\u00a0 This isn&#8217;t really fair because they aren&#8217;t homes, they are businesses.\u00a0 But, somehow, when a knitter enters a good local yarn store (LYS), it feels as [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,10,13],"tags":[73,72,221,222],"class_list":["post-2732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-blog","category-classes","tag-annetarsia","tag-donna-druchunas","tag-sassy","tag-the-knitting-boutique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2736,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2736"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bartonriveryarn.com\/annetarsia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}