Sarah Jane’s Yarn Shoppe

Last week I was in El Paso, Texas visiting my sister.  While I was there we went and visited Rocketbuster Boots. 

Originally we went there to see the worlds largest pair of cowboy boots.  The boots are five feet tall and beautifully made.  Go to their website site and check out the story of the boots, rocketbuster.com

The real story at Rocketbuster is the custom boots they make.  Each pair is made by hand specifically to fit a person’s foot.  While we were there they were working on a pair of boots for someone who had an average size ankle, but a pretty big calf.  I know we have had several people making socks who had the same problem!  My sister and I not only had a chance to meet with the owner, who was lovely, but also with a couple of the other creaters of these spectacular boots.

Taylor and Gabe were placing real crystals onto a pair of boots while we were there, the boots cost somewhere around $3500. You can also see Taylor’s boots off the the left, they are handpainted.  Once again I encourage you to check out their website, the boots are unbelievable works of art, rocketbuster.com.  Wouldn’t it be great to have a custom pair of boots made with a sparkling ball of yarn on them, or maybe a skein of handpainted yarn!

A couple of weeks ago I decided to make matching hats for my husband and his three friends to wear on their annual ski trip.  While deciding what to make a lovely customer named Star came in and showed me her Rasta Hat that she saw on an episode of Knitty Gritty.  I fell in love with the hat and decided to make one for all the boys.  Over the next week the hats evolved and became even better.  I have already made one for my daughter as well.

For both of these hats I used Mirasol Sulka for the brim, because it is warm but not itchy at all.  On Flemming’s dreadlocks I combined Loft self striping yarn with some Mountain Colors Mohair, they have a very definite dreadlock look.  Sophie’s top looks a little more like a mop, it is made from Nikki, a thick and thin yarn from Cascade.  The hats were fun to make, and a big hit on the ski slopes!!

The boys said they had a lot of comments while swooshing through New York.  I used Noro Niji held with a strand of Ella Rae worsted for the hats beside’s Flemming’s.