text: What a super cute shop in the Plateau Located right down Gilford from Metro Laurier it is in a great location and combines two delightful warm cozy things tea and yarnnnThe space is small but not crowded and holds a few tables a comfy couch lots of yarn and a picturesque tea bar in the back There is even an ittybitty kids corner with some games tucked in a little nook on the side Everything is bright and clean like your fastidious grandmas kitchen and parlor and it is very invitingnnIm admittedly a yarn snob and this shop seemed to be catering to me specifically A great selection of QuuebecoisCanadian specialty yarns paired with some classic imports All pretty highbrow Biscotte Cie Handmaiden Fleece Artist IndigoDragonfly Hedgehog Fibers Alchemy and some others I was impressed that they had a full range of Jameson ply jumperweight which is a very useful yarn but not always so easy to come by nnEverything was beautiful lots of luscious sock yarns in bright handpaints The downside was really that with so many nice things all very similarit is like an expensive cupcake boutique Fancy cupcakes are awesome and great to throw some cash at once in a while But they do not sustain you and if you indulge in all of them you start going into sugarshock I felt my wallet threatening sugarshock in this shop And I wonder how their classes work because although I am all for having beginner knitters learn on nice yarn I also know that not so many people like plunking down megabucks on their first project with silk and mohair and cashmere nnThat said I definitely took home a lovely skein of Handmaiden Casbah sock yarn my sweettooth fix for the moment and will probably come back the next time I want something extra special and local to send to a friend And the tea is tempting it might be just the right way to enjoy this shop with a cuppa and a long cozy sit in the shop windows with a knitting projectnnBy the way this shop seems to be mostly francophone but I am still new to the language politics around here so do not take this as gospel I just know that my friend and I were speaking English to each other the whole time we were there and the salespeople used exclusively French to us For what it is worth