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Yes! I have a repeat order. This is from Kathy again that I am testing a pattern for. I’ve printed off the pattern and and am even now rushing off to start. I’m going to have fun!
This is for Esperanza, who didn’t leave an email ID. I had two sources of yarn (most if not all of it non-natural fibres) in Delhi. Both of them were in South Delhi, I don’t have much idea about shops in the other areas.
1. Munirka Market, there is a store called Sushila (depot?), which sells yarn in hanks by weight, and has several different gauges of yarn. On the same row (this is the main road of Munirka) there are a couple of other stores which sell labelled skeins of yarn as well as other yarn in hanks by weight. You will have to do your own winding with these.
2. Sarojini Nagar market, in the lane where they sell vegetables (trust me, this is the best landmark) there is a line of stores amongst which is one craft store which sells yarn – again mostly by weight and unidentified. They also do needles/hooks/notions. I’m sorry, but I don’t remember the name of the store. But again, there will be several other stores selling yarn.
A couple of things to note about yarn/needles/other material in India.
In my experience, we do not get any of the following here:
1. The international brands of yarn/needles/hooks (Pony is locally made)
2. Complete content information on yarn labels
3. Larger sizes (higher than 5 mm) of needles/hooks.
4. Natural fibres, including cotton, wool, and so on.
5. Plastic hooks/needles
I might be wrong, but I haven’t encountered any of these in India.
You say you will be going to Jalandhar/Punjab. I think you might have a better source there, since I believe a lot of the yarn manufactured in India is in fact made in Punjab (Ludhiana, mostly, I think). You might have better luck finding natural fibres and larger size needles/hooks there.
I hope this will help you. *Please* write and let me know of your experiences. I’d love to build up my “database” about knitting/crochet supplies in India.
7 people came to my site by searching for “crochet cocoon sweater”. 2 each looked for “postcrossing” and “poncho pattern crochet 3.50mm hook” (ouch!). 1 each looked for “free crochet baby hat patterns using size 10 thread” (yikes!) and “etaria crochet”.
Yay! For the first time in weeks, someone has actually come to my blog via a search engine. I never did find out 
what a “GAP guru” was, which the only previous search term used to find my blog.
More goodies in the mail today, woohoo! From Michele over at Crochetville, I got more Christmas in July-in August goodness. She sent me two delicately-worked bookmarks and a card filled with stardust! Thank you so much, Michele!
And then I got my second postcard from postcrossings. This is from Wyando from Germany, who is on holiday in Sweden. I love the kitten! Wyando is, by the way, webmaster for the German support site for Bookcrossings.
Borrowed these two from a library nearby, through some friends who have access.
The Ruth Rendell cover is not the same as the copy I’m reading, but I couldn’t find that one on the web…
Saturday afternoon chillin’
Originally uploaded by gillicious.
No words needed.
Just this morning I blogged about PostCrossing.com, and already I got my first postcard. From Thorsten in Germany, showing the Schwarzwald in winter. (Maybe it can be called Weisswald…just kidding).
Just thought I’d mention two interesting net-movements I’ve signed up for recently.
One is BookCrossing.com, which involves reading a book, registering it on the website and then “releasing” it, which means you just leave it in a public place for anybody to pick and take away, or give it away to someone. I thought it was a cool idea, and first heard of it from a friend’s signature on Crochetlist.
The other is a phenomenon in its infancy, PostCrossing.com and is basically a list of people who send each other postcards from all over the world. Sort of like penfriends, except, whether you continue corresponding or not depends entirely on you. I heard of this from Barbara aka Nashville Crocheter.
Well, I finally mailed my doily for the Doily swap this morning. I played cheapskate and used ordinary airmail (only Rs 45 = about US$ 1) this time. I’m keeping all movable extremities and organs crossed as I wait for news of its arrival, which I’m told should happen in about 10 days time. Let’s just double that for sanity’s sake, shall we? After all, the swap only ends at the end of this month….
And that’s not to mention whether my victim partner likes the doily or not.
Anyhow, no pics here until she gets it.
There is some light in there…
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