Many times when I’m planning a vacation or work trip, I’ll do some research ahead of time to locate the yarn stores and decide which ones I want to visit. And other times, I consciously steer clear of the temptation to fill any spare room in my luggage with yarn by not doing any research at all. But, even when I’m trying to be good, the yarn sometimes finds me.

For a number years I didn’t travel much. It seemed like I was constantly changing jobs or moving from apartment to apartment in New Y...