OMEGA YARN AT THE MEXICAN MARKET!!!

After my walk today, I remembered that my husband needed a can of jalapeno peppers, so I stopped at a tiny Mexican market that was on my way home, Maye’s Market at 15270 Manchester Road in Ballwin, MO. WOW! This tiny shop had a nice selection of food, including Coke in the bottle with SUGAR. But, they also devoted a significant part of their tiny shop to yarn, thread, and hooks! They carry Imra hooks with which I’m completely unfamiliar and Omega yarn and thread. They also had some sewing thread and needles. Didn’t see any pattern books, but the yarn/thread selection was decent – and the prices were very good.

Here are two links for the hooks:

http://creativeyarnsource.com/notions.html

and one thanks to Wheat Carr

http://www.prym-consumer-mexico.com/calidad_ing.html

I spoke briefly with Lindsay Rasch, the manager. She was very pleasant and helpful. I told her I had a blog and was going to write about her little shop. Maye is her mother but Lindsay runs the shop. I’m not familiar with a local Hispanic population that would support a shop, but such shops have sprouted up on corners all over the St. Louis Metropolitan area. I live in an area referred to as West County that is typically cosmopolitan. I had heard that Mexican markets might have yarn, but I had dismissed that possibility in the markets near me since they are so small. Wrong, again! And, happy to discover a source for well priced Omega yarn. I’m not a huge fan of the nylon thread, but I do like the OmegaCrys. Maye’s Market had a nice selection of OmegaCrys at $2.99 per skein – a great price. If I weren’t on a strict yarn diet, I’d have snapped up all of the soft aqua color!

Here’s what the Omega yarn looks like – in a Christmas variegated. It somes in several weights and is widely available.

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http://creativeyarnsource.com/nylon_thread.html

Omegacrys has a lovely hand and comes in a huge selection of yummy colors. Here’s a close up to show the stitch definition:

http://creativeyarnsource.com/omegacrys.html

So, get yourself to your local Mexican market, if you have one, and report back to us if you find yarn and/or hooks. BTW, I couldn’t find a link to Imra hooks on the net. The ones I saw today were all steel hooks. Would love for someone to link us to a website dealing in these hooks so we can learn more about them.

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I love throwback crafts during the summer, and making camp crafts at home or as part of a camping unit/summer camp at school is a great way to get kids engaged in some classic crafting.

The first thing I think of when I think of camp crafting is lanyards, and while I think of lanyards as being the full necklace style you wear around your neck, kids will probably get tired of weaving before then so you can make shorter lanyards for keychains like these from Oh Yay Studio. You can use plastic lacing, paracord or even yarn to make these.

There are tons of variations on paracord bracelets and keychains that are fun for kids to make. This keychain from Artsy Fartsy Mama is easy to make and fun for kids to use as backpack charms during the school year.

Friendship bracelets are another classic to make at camp or over the summer. The easiest ones are just braids, like these from The Soccer Mom Blog. The original pattern includes an essential oil diffuser button bead, but you can leave the oils out and just have a cute braided bracelet if you’d rather.

Or you can use yarn to make classic bracelets with this tutorial from Simplify Create Inspire. This one uses a cardboard circle to help keep your strands separate until you need to knot them.

While we’re on the subject of yarn, you can’t forget the God’s eye (which is the only craft I really remember making the time I went to camp). There are a bunch of tutorials for these, and once you start making one you’ll probably remember how to do it without any assistance. I like this one from Make and Takes, which includes fun beaded accents, too.

Bring a little nature into your summer crafts by decorating walking sticks for you next nature walk. You can paint them, like these from Crafts by Courtney, or wrap them in yarn like Babble Dabble Do did. Or find a Y-shaped stick to make a shaker like this one from Minie Co., or use them for weaving, which I shared at Our Daily Craft.

Do you have a favorite camp craft for kids? I’d love to hear about it!

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