Oh, Lakeside, what happened?\n\nThis used to be my absolute favorite yarn shop in Madison. Then they got bought by the people who run The Knitting Tree (which was my least favorite as they were always rude and unhelpful). I recently visited Wisconsin to see my family and was super excited to get into Lakeside as I didn't have the chance at Christmas. \n\nI was so so so sad.\n\nThe wall o'Cascade 220 is gone. ANY yarn in the coffeeshop room is gone. And what yarn was there was so sparingly spread out across the shop that it was just pathetic. The remodel job opens the space up a bit, but with an open space, it's even more obvious that the stock is so sadly low and it's nothing at all like the Lakeside of old. I miss sitting with my cheese sandwich and staring at the Cascade wall, plotting new projects. \n\nNo one greeted me. No one asked if they could help. And when I headed for the door (after a few minutes of searching to see if the things I used to know I could get there still existed), no one even blinked to see if they could be of help.\n\nIt's just pathetic now.