July 08, 2003

Cotton and ribbon and lycra, oh my!

Got yarn? I do. Lots! See above photo. Oh, and here. Don't forget here, too. Oh! Is that Rowan 4-ply cotton I see before me? Phildar flamme coton, falaise, coton microfibres, bouton d'or rabanne and balzane...yep, I'm swimming in yarn.

It's those blasted sales, I tell you. When I buy yarn, I usually buy it with a project in mind. Apparently, it's dangerous for me to walk into a yarn shop and buy yarn that's on sale when I don't have required yarn amounts for projects on hand. I went into the yarn shops, had a fit of madness complete with beads of perspiration on my forehead, and snatched at full bags of discounted yarn, while I sing-songed out loud, "This lot is for a tank and cardi...this lot is for a sweater for the kid...and this one's for the heck of it. Ring it up, lady." When I finally came around to organizing my new yarns into ziplocked bags, I discovered that I had [surprise!] bought two to three times what I actually needed for my projects. Either I think I'm an XXXXXXXXXXL size or I'm planning on knitting three or four exact duplicates of the same garment. So! I've decided to start sharing bargains with fluffa! readers. Wanna dive into my stash and come out with some choice French yarns? It'll be an ongoing thing and I've already got something for you up at my "stash diving" page. Expect more, soon.

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