I'm Back!

Hey all, after that somewhat brief hiatus, I've decided to come back and continue the blog.  I probably won't be posting every day, but I'm aiming for two or three times a week at least.

What: crochet trim
Price: $8-$15
Place: Top Trimmings (39th street b/w 7th and 8th) B&Q (38th street b/w 7th and 8th)

I thought that considering how 'in' crochet embellishments are these days, I would go ahead and post about them.  Most recently (maybe within the last month or so), all of our interns have been asked to go sourcing for crochet trimming, more specifically: crochet neck and back pieces.  I will say this: they aren't really so hard to find.  The one hard thing about having to buy them for a company is the fact that any given store only carries a small quantity of each piece.  But for everyday, personal use, finding one is no trouble at all.  In my experience, the best place to go for crochet anything is Top Trimmings (www.shinetrim.com) which is on 39th street between 7th and 8th avenues.  It is a two-story shop so they have a lot of products.  The crochet things are on the second floor.  Not only do they have a pretty decent selection of the neck and back pieces, but they also have crochet trim by the yard, as well as actual yards of crochet on bolts (like fabric).  The majority of their selection of their neck and back pieces are pretty large, but they have a fair selection of smaller ones as well.  They also have a very good selection of all sorts of crochet by the yard in white and off-white (mostly). 

Now, if you're having some trouble finding what you're looking for at Top Trimmings, you should try B&Q, which is on 38th street between 7th and 8th avenues.  They are both owned by the same people so they kind of fill in the gaps of the other one.  They don't have the selection of Top Trimmings (by a long shot) but the things they do have are pretty good.

The one complaint I do have about the selection of crochet trims, is the lack of black trim available.  It isn't so hard to find, but actually finding one you like is another thing.  The stores that do offer black trim have only a very small selection compared to the white and off-white times.  Some girls I work with even had to go as far as dying a white trim that they liked to black (which ended up being more like a very dark brown sort of color).  It's just too bad that there isn't more black trim available, considering the fact that black is such a basic color.