Whilst looking around, we got to chatting about how independent wool shops were disappearing and I was really shocked to learn that if you excluded the shops in Leigh-on-sea and Southend the next nearest shop as the crow flies is in Erith in Kent but I bet it is not a patch on Bodkins!
Here is the web link: http://www.bodkins71.co.uk/ and below are some pics I took on my trip there
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| Now you know that this is going to be good because... |
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| You start to dribble when you see what they have in the window, Rico, Debbie Bliss, Eco wools, Sirdar, Sublime... let me into the shop... NOW! |
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| The owner, Jo had escaped from behind the till and was sorting out piece of Mini Pompom work for a customer... it looked as though she was knitting up Rainbow Puffed Rice |
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| Just look and lust! |
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| My official driver for the trip - aka as my lovely sister Annette, and yes, she bought the pattern and wool so far she has only completed the front but it is only 12 hours later |
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| And the great thing about the shop is there is something for everyone's price range and we are not talking the dreaded Chemist's shop wool I bet you are all wondering whether I bought anything, well here it is but missing two balls cos I have already knitted up a bag from Nicky Epstein's, Knitting Block by Block which I will blog about soon  From designer wools, via mid range to affordable wools, this shop just rocks and the service is brilliant. I haven't even mentioned the buttons, ribbons, threads, pattern books, there is just so much in one little shop. Where can you stand and chat, swap sloe gin recipes, debate the erratum slips in books, to say nothing of knitting porn, you know when you just look at books and dribble? Do you know when I grow up or when I win the lottery, I am going to have a shop like this, I wonder if I should check my ticket now? PS - There is even free parking, it really doesn't get much better than this, does it? |
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