| On the Road: Tripping in Tucson As an adolescent growing up in Tucson, I never once set foot in a yarn shop. I was an avid knitter, but I equated yarn and knitting with the East Coast, where my grandma had taught me to knit and kept me well stocked with yarn. Rediscovering Home On a recent trip to Tucson, I got a new experience of a town I thought I knew so well. The first thing you'll notice about Tucson's yarn shops is that there aren't many. Included in the Yellow Pages listings are a Southwestern souvenir shop that has no yarn and a needlepoint shop that carries fewer than a dozen skeins at any one time. Double Take But the next thing you'll notice - and this is quite remarkable - is that the most promising yarn shop in Tucson has not one but two locations. These shops are so successful that they even advertise on TV. What follows is a profile of both locations, an interview with their owner and founder, plus other entertainment options for the non-knitting members of your party. Enjoy! 
Purls North
Purls East
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