My favourite spots for yarn, craft, and creativity in London

[@kreativekymona]

Amsterdam is an amazing place to see and experience creativity.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@kreativekymona oh yes!! That’s on the list! My husband spent a gap year there in his 20s but I’ve never been!

[@jenniferstock1166]

I admired your work this weekend in the form of a collection of lovely Sweet Georgia yarn sets that had just arrived at my local yarn shop in Huntington, West Virginia. That's some reach -- and an instance of your vision and hard work sparking other people's imagination very far away from British Columbia (and not just through the internet). Thank you for sharing your experiences of London.

[@nicolelafontaine1720]

Thanks for sharing your familt trip, your thoughts about culture and creativity ! 🙏

[@SundayMorningKnits]

An absolutely wonderful video and it gave me so much to think about! I love how empowering your message about making is!

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@SundayMorningKnits thank you so much!

[@mcoknits856]

The sweater that you are wearing is lovely.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@mcoknits856 thank you! It’s one of my favourites too!

[@star_athena]

This was great, thanks for sharing! Inspiration is coming from videos like these and books. I’m not able to travel right now but I did in the past and hope to again one day. I know I’ve bored my companions with my love of museums and all things fiber in the past 😂. Love your take on your trip, it was the next best thing to being there! ❤❤❤

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thank you!! Thanks for watching. Yes, I think coming home and sharing ideas and inspiration is all part of traveling. Haha my husband’s favourite part is all the museums! I lean on my memories a lot too and hope you still get inspiration from your past travels 💗

[@tesshiva]

I’m recovering from Covid, sitting on my back porch and twisting the fringe on a scarf inspired by Fall colors. In listening to you, though, I’m inspired to look up and out over my railing, where I’m still seeing the greens of summer, and hearing the birds and breeze. You’ve inspired me! I’m thinking about color and movement - and how to weave that little one-note song in a thread or two throughout my next piece. Love your videos!

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@tesshiva oh wonderful to hear about your view from the porch! Wishing you a speedy recovery. Feel better soon! 💗

[@violetcarson5532]

Happy Fridaaaaaayyyyyyy😁 it's good to see you. Welcome back 🤗🤭. I love your videos. Have a wonderful day and weekend. Peace 🕊️ Love 💕 and Blessings 🙏🏾

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thanks for watching! Happy Friday to you too!

[@Loyal-cat]

I love love love Japanese textiles and aesthetics. I have traveled to Japan the last two February with two different quilting tour groups. Both had activities like making a Japanese doll used to celebrate Girls day, dyeing, weaving and shopping for cloth. I’m not a quilter but I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. I spent some time by myself after the tour in Tokyo and went through several museums and temples. Similar to London, Japan is known for blending old with new. Thanks for sharing your experiences and inspiration.

[@sweetgeorgia]

@@Loyal-cat yes!! Japan is amazing for inspiration as well! So lovely to hear about your trips too!

[@gail101242]

A number of years ago I too shared your experience of sitting in the Rothko room at Tate Modern and being totally overwhelmed by the emotions elicited by those great blocks of colour. Thank you for reminding me of that experience. As I have aged my world has become more localised (good for the planet I think) but I still get my colour rush and stimulation from visiting gardens. Plants and gardeners produce wonderful juxtapositions of colour and shapes, just sit in that garden and really absorb the wonder and the emotion.

[@lexycann910]

This is my favorite of all your videos! I felt the same way, coming back from a 10 day knitting/yarn tour of the West Country with a couple days in Bath- we visited the same yarn shop you did! Ten more days were spent in London and I am so hungry to go back! I missed the garden show by a day, last time, but plan to have it on the itinerary next time. Color, texture, history and so much respect for textiles, London has it all!❤

[@ReallyRelle]

Thank you for sharing your trip. Very interesting.

[@kreativekymona]

That's why I travel so much!! That's the way to learn.

[@rosekimknits]

I visited London and Bath in May. London is absolutely my favorite city for the reasons you cited. The architecture is hugely inspiring for me. So many beautiful and intriguing details down every street! I'm sorry you missed the Rothkos. When I was in London in 2019 we saw Red, a play about the creation of the paintings, with Alfred Molina as Rothko (you can watch it on YT). Then we were able to go and see the canvases. Just wonderful. I worked as a guard in an art museum when I was in college and they had one Rothko in the collection so I am very fortunate to have been able to spend many hours immersed in that painting, feeling its movement and intensity.

[@sweetgeorgia]

Brilliant!! I’m going to look up at production about Rothko. I love hearing the behind the scenes about artists and their work. A lot of it is just trying to understand their thought process or their creative process. Thanks for watching!! 💗

[@alaynerobin5251]

Ii 0:39 99😊

[@kreativekymona]

I love ❤ that!! Everything I make is valuable because I say so!!!

[@StephanieCerce]

Love this video! If you don’t mind sharing, where were you hoping to go in London for cone yarn? I hope you’re able to get there on your next trip x

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thanks! I was hoping to get to Knit Works London in Bethnal Green (knitworkslondon.com/). They have cone yarn and also machine knitting lessons and workshops. It looks like a fantastic place for machine knitting yarn. I hope we can go back too!

[@jacquelynsmith2351]

This makes me so sad I won't have a chance to explore London when I'm there in December. it's just a stopover on our way to Germany (but there's 3 yarn shops where we're staying in Germany, so yay!). I try to always get a locally dyed or spun yarn when I travel. In Santa Fe, NM, there's a woman who spins yarn from coyote, but it was a bit over my budget at the time.

[@sweetgeorgia]

Aww Germany is wonderful too! I hope you have an amazing time!

[@jacquelynsmith2351]

@@sweetgeorgia I've never been! Never been to Europe at all, actually lol

[@andreat1752]

Thank you for this entertaining and very inspiring video. 🤗 All the joy you had together with your family really shines through and made me very happy. By the way that's such a lovely sweater you're wearing. What a gorgeous color. May I ask you what pattern that is?

[@sweetgeorgia]

Thank you so much! Yes I feel like my face is exploding in that video, talking about traveling with my family hahaha. The sweater is Laia designed by Isabell Kraemer and I knit it out of our SweetGeorgia Flaxen Silk Fine in Beach House. It's one of my favourites! Wears really well, comfy, and goes with everything 🥰

[@sweetgeorgia]

Where do you go for inspiration and fresh ideas?

[@vicentacastillo363]

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