For our first free Wednesday of the study abroad program, I could think of nothing better than to go shopping. Several friends of mine who have lived in London had suggested visiting Liberty of London. I was under the impression that it was a department store, similar to Harrods, so I took the tube to Oxford Circus to find the store.
The first floor had scarfs, jewelry, and a chocolate shop. I continued up the many floors of the store until the 4th floor that was surprising filled with so many things relating to textiles. There was an entire room filled with gorgeous fabrics, another area dedicated to yarns and knitting materials, and finally more buttons and ribbons than I could count. I was so surprised by all of the fun things there that I spent about 30 minutes just marveling at the items.
One thing that Liberty of London had a lot of was premade tapestry kits. They reminded me of the latch hook kits I used to do when I was younger. Although I’ve never done tapestry work, I was so inclined to buy one to hopefully teach myself how. Although I decided against it that day, I plan to return to the store before leaving London to buy one. I think it would be the perfect learning craft, as well as an awesome souvenir.
Visiting Liberty of London was so exciting to me. I expected a department store full of over-priced clothing and ended up finding a textile heaven. I was inspired by the prepackaged kits to grow in my textiles ability. Regardless of the fact that this experience related to my major, I so much enjoyed looking at the beautiful fabrics, yarns and buttons. ~Lindsay
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