Rule number one about blogging is you must take your camera with you wherever you go. I wanted to take a photo of Elaine's Yarn Shop yesterday, but I forgot my camera.

Some of the things I like about Elaine's-- first, the owner (who isn't named Elaine) is very friendly and helpful. Second, she has a nice selection of yarn. Third, she has the shelves labeled with the name of the yarn, the price and how many yards are in each skein. Fourth, she has a lot of pieces knitted up and on display.

There are a few negatives that if they were fixed would really improve your shopping experience. First, because of her limited space she has a lot of yarn in boxes on the floor, most shoppers today don't have the time or inclination to get down on their knees to see what's in the boxes. Second, she has a lot of knitting books, but they aren't all in the same area, and some of them are stacked on top of each other rather than lined up neatly on a bookshelf. Third, most of the pieces that are knitted up don't have any references to which pattern or yarn was used.

All in all Elaine's is a good yarn shopping experience.