By Ann Nyberg
There are knitters everywhere. On Thursday evenings at Panera’s in North Haven, Conn. (see photo below left), you can find a whole table full of gals knitting and chatting away about their various projects, having dinner, solving the world’s problems and finding their zen all at the same time.
If you’re a knitter like I am, you find this kind of scenario just glorious. Creating something handmade that is all your own. 
Knitters are notorious for doing things for others. Much of the time they are making something for others. That’s how we roll.
As a little gift here’s a heart you can knit for that special someone.
Just to show you my knitting is very much alive and well, here’s a vase cover I did … yes, I know, a vase cover?
These artists have to find their yarn somewhere and one place to do that is at Saybrook Yarn, in yes, Old Saybrook, Conn.
It’s right down the street from the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. I serve on the theater’s board of trustees and don’t even get me started about how much I love that 250 seat venue … that’s for another post.
Anyway, at Saybrook Yarn you will find this to be a place that you will return to over and over. The owner and her employees are so friendly and so helpful. If you’ve dropped a stitch and it’s dropped down to who knows where, they’ll help you find it. The place is huge.
As I continue on with my Annie Mame blog, I will post about other yarn shops that I love in Connecticut … they have to be friendly or forget about it.
There are pattern books and needles and metallic threads in this shop. It’s just a great place to spend some time, hours really. It’s a soft ,cozy spot.
When you’ve had your fill of knitting for the day, don’t forget to spill out onto the streets of Old Saybrook, there’s a lot going on there, and again don’t forget to check out The Kate and its museum to the four- time Academy Award winning actress.
Katharine Hepburn was a knitter (see photo at right)—she called Old Saybrook her paradise.
Oh, by the way, my favorite site on the web for finding thousands of knitting patterns for free is Knitting Pattern Central … it’s all right there for you, truly, you’ll find every pattern known to man or woman. Just as many crochet patterns as well.
WTNH news anchor Ann Nyberg happens to believe the glass is half full and that there is magic in everything if you’re open to it. She believes in doing good for others, in enlightening people’s lives and in showing them the way. In Connecticut there are wondrous people and places to which she will introduce you in this column. This is a state rich in personality and in talent. She will share it all here with you. Think of her as kind of a one-woman, living, breathing, CT Chamber of Commerce! Read more from Ann on her blog at www.anniemame.com, where this article was first published.
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