“Yarn” in Spanish is “hilo.”  In French, it is “fil.” In Italian, “filato.”  In Maltese, “hjat.”  Any way you say it, the search for a Local Yarn Shop was just as exciting for me in Europe as it is in the United States!  The first yarn I saw in Spain, however, was from Denmark and made in China (but that didn’t stop me from buying some…). 

The rumor is true, you cannot touch the yarn in Spain.   Unless it is in a clearance bin, then you can touch it.  But they take all the info off the yarn so you don’t know the weight or fiber content… maybe that’s not such a good deal after all.

 

A lack of Local Yarn Shops (LYS) did not stop me from crocheting on this trip! I was hoping to be able to do a tribute to Dr. Seuss with photos of me crocheting on a train in Spain, on a boat with a goat (you get the idea) but I couldn’t find a goat….