Where are all the knitting stores going?

I admit, I'm at fault, too. I love Ebay, I love buying endlots and seconds of Cherry Tree Hill, I am tempted into Lorna's Laces and Koigu. Such the dilettante. NOT compared to some other Ebayers who seem to buy hundreds of skeins of sock yarn each week. Did I mention I am in my "reading" phase of being in love with sock knitting?

But meanwhile, I read in the Times that Goldman's Yarns in Hartsdale was closing. I'd never made it there before, so I went - shopped their 25% off everything sale and scored some lovely merino and even more reasonable Cascade Quattro. Just last week, though, I was in Bedford and swung by Lee's Yarns to find - gasp!- an empty storefront with a poetical poster referring knitters to Flying Fingers - a "short" drive down the Saw Mill. Not exactly. Lee's WAS my source for Karabella Aurora. To say nothing of a GREAT sale bin. Flying Fingers is just too rich for my blood. They're friendly and I love the red sofa (although I dare not sit on it, not feeling enough a regular), but they feel boutique-ey and I'm not as comfortable. I could shop at Lee's salesladies notwithstanding - but let's not speak ill of the dead- much more comfortably. It was roomier and one felt free to roam and browse.

We're running out of LYS around here....