Jon agreed to let me have a China adventure all to myself so..... we went to find the yarn district !!!! Yes, China has sheep and wool, and it turns out, sable, angora, and bamboo and soy yarns! Every other storefront was closed, as it was a Sunday and the week before Chinese New Year so people were beginning to "go home" for the holidays. It seemed a bit deserted and rather forlorn when we arrived. The cab driver didn't really believe us that we meant to go to the address we had requested.(after all, we were two gui lo tourists wandering about an area that might be construed as a bit dangerous!) then, we turned a corner and there they were! women sitting and chatting, winding the swifts full and laughing: Baskets and boxes and bins and more boxes of 100% sheep woolen yarns - all rather fine- from very delicate fingering weights to DK to a light worsted. I don't think "chunky" has entered their knitting vocabulary just yet :) I ended up purchasing 7 boxes of...
Robbin Roshi Rose talks about knitting, singing and building musical community,the urgency of ethical politics, food - of course!- and life after the nest is emptied.