Pinning Patterns

I stumbled across the rabbit hole that is Pinterest a few months ago.  One lazy spring Sunday, when I was probably waiting for the soup to finish cooking I innocently put together a few categories.  Several hours later I had acquired more than a few boards, & tons of images.  I liken it to thrift shopping.  Pinterest is about collecting.  A free kind of collecting, but a kind of collecting that nevertheless does take a lot of time.  If you're already wondering where the time you used to have before you met Facebook went, don't click on Pinterest.  And don't say I didn't warn you.  I am purposely not linking to it.  HOWEVER- I have been spending a lot of time looking at patterns lately, and it is certainly a great resource.  I have my own pattern board, which includes lots of Marimekko prints, so you can imagine my excitement when I saw this while I was walking up Broadway last week.....

There is already a tiny little Marimekko shop at the Crate and Barrel on Houston, but a free standing shop right next to Eataly, and right around the corner from New York Cake and Baking Supply?  It's too much- a trifecta of goodness!  Slow down New York!