Winter shopping in Moscow. Part I. Bias scarf with ribbed cables.

This winter I spend some weeks in Moscow. At first it was raining, then it was freezingly cold... but nothing can stop a knitter to go shopping.

My favorite shops now are:

"Semenovskaya pryazha" shop situated in the Moscow Spinniing Factory http://msf.ru/ , where you can find any kind of russian yarn for hand and machine knitting and cross-stitch kits. 

There I bought "a little" of mix alpaca/wool yarn "Peruanskaya alpaca" of Pehorka factory http://pehorka.ru/ The colors you can see in my stash on Ravelry.

This yarn is very soft and is perfect for hats, cowls and scarf, also for warm cardigans and vests for adults and, thanks to wonderful colors, children.

For now I knitted this little scarf  for my daughter http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/bias-scarf-with-ribbed-cables

These are cross-stitch kits my aunt bought.

The second shop is a new hobby center called "Loft" http://LoftCenter.ru/

In that shop you can find anything to express your creativity. There are also different work-classes for adults and children. The choice of yarn is not so vast, but still rather good.

These are some accessories bought there.

Even cute needles for children.

My precious collection

Another passion - cross-stitch. Unfortunately, there is so little free space in our appartment. The walls are covered with furniture. May be, someday, we'll have a new house to decorate. One room for one particular issue. For now, I'm collecting the most beautiful books and magazines. And an enormous amout of patterns found in internet. The main problem is to choose.  Later I will show some projects, completed and in process.