Yarn in Maui

After I went for an hourlong morning walk along the water this morning, I drove to Lahaina to check out the waterfront shops. There were many art gallerys, jewelry stores, shops selling tourist clothing and trinkets. It is big business on the islands to sell tour actitives such as helicopter experiences, whale watching, diving adventures, Lu'au's and more. As one might imagine, there are a dearth of yarn stores in the Hawaiian Islands. I stumbled upon one with a focus on knitting, crocheting, needlework and sewing. It was a very small store and not surprisingly, predominantly carried cotton and novelty yarns. In this small store, I saw something that is definitely intrinsic to the Hawaiian Islands. They had crocheted, spiraled rope like lei's that had smooth crocheted "knots" interspersed with fuzzy yarn. I was quite intriqued by them. I strive to support LYS and this tiny store seemed to cry out for support (or at least that was my reasoning to Rob when I returned back to the hotel with a bag of yarn). The color is a rich tropical blue-green and is tactile reminder of this beautiful , wonderful location. I built a cairn of yarn and took a photo from the hotel room lanai . As luck would have it, one of the yarn balls fell off the balcony to the roof 4 stories below. I sheepishly had to call Westin security to conduct a rescue operation to retrieve my yarn. Needless to say, Rob found my plight quite amusing!