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brooklyn general: for the handy among us
although my life and hers are completely different, i just cannot get enough of soule mama. maybe it is my love of little house in the prairie, but something about how she is raising her family, and doing all those crafts and making all those incredibly adorable outfits, sometimes just make me want to move to maine (oh right, i forgot it is quite chilly up there). so, while i cannot make a single thing (i did have home ed in 7th grade, and made some fine shorts — one leg was white with red polka dots and the other was red with white polka dots) my sewing skills never proceeded any further. and i know that was a real shame.
so while i definitely don’t sew, and have no plans to do that or even knit (even being bored out of my mind in china for days at a time couldn’t get me to crack those needles), i do appreciate a quality shop and brooklyn general store has got to be the be all and end all for fabrics, materials and yarns in brooklyn. located out in cobble hill along the bqe (right next to calexico if you want some spicy treats), brooklyn general store is quite big and full of fantastic finds. the fabrics are gorgeous — prints by kokka with little marching men, cars, musical instruments. other brands include tana lawn, michael miller and anna maria.
yarns of course come in all materials, marino wool in purples, blues, and pinks. there is claudia hand painted yarns. they have yarns from baby cashmerino from debbie bliss, road to china, schoppel wolle and the manos del uruguay wool. and then there are classes up the wazoo for sewing, fair isle knitting, photo embroidery, toy knitting (oh i so want one of these dolls via the waldorf model), crochet and pattern making. and if you don’t want to craft, or just want to pretend that you do, brooklyn general store has some cute items for sale too like swans island and ratzer blankets, hats by jomade and even a few wallace sewell scarves. brooklyn general store, 128 union street off columbia street, brooklyn, new york, .
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