Why I no longer buy yarn

 

 

 

 

First, the yarn porn This is all soft sweater cotton/acrylics blends or 100% cottons for summer tops. I've got an awful lot of yarn. The wool is in the freezer, to kill any moths or eggs lurking in it. This is almost all Patons yarns and a thin cotton yarn called Trés Chic. The novelty yarn porn comes later. The yarn on top of the boxes is cone yarn, lovely and destined for summer tops also.

This is the reason why I wont be buying yarn anytime soon. It was wise for me to do this because leaner times come for old ladies. Remember this law though: sock yarn does not count in the stash. That is the first general rule of yarn acquisition. No sock yarn counts against a knitter's over all score when she, or perhaps we should say she or he, is evaluated by a spouse or other relatives. The mere mention of sock yarn can disqualify a judge. They must know the proper way to do their math! No really does mean NONE!

We can indulge our passion for color and little short row knitting that takes us around the bends in our lives without feeling any guilt at all. We can claim the benefit of it's being psychologically soothing in this "untidy" world that others are busily imposing their own realities upon, yes?

Today I sorted old,as in used, men's ties. An innocuous looking suitcase-the old hard-sided cloth covered kind- in the storage room, which has spent it's time being a floor stand for tote bags full of yarn, did NOT have the woolly afghan in it, it had about a hundred old ties. Sadly, only three or four were silk and so most are useless because there are already hundreds sorted for "crazy" and "ugly quilts" (see side bar for this one) as well as for comfort doll bodies, see side bar.

Can I throw the remainders out? Can I throw a piano out of a window? No, I cannot. Those ties deemed unworthy of any of the duties assigned to ties in the workplaces/studios/sewing room will be carted off to the Good Will, or to Sally's, and cheerfully passed on to others to do good things with, bless them! This is the same with the wax injector and most of the casting equipment. I'm going back in time to a simpler way of doing things. Less mess, less junk.

Once I saw a documentary of blacksmiths in an African village who were making bolts to repair a steam engine? They make bolts by hand with the simplest tools. They even put a hex head on them, as well as threads with another hand tool. Low tech will win the day for us if things go bad. We can trust that our ingenuity will not fail us. I'm trusting low tech casting. Ancient castings did not require so many tools. Two cuttlebones, a knife, some wires. and some molten metal. I love the way we were taught to do this first before anything else. I'm saying a big "Thank you" to my teacher, David, where ever you are.

So, knit on Sisters! Knit on in Peace. And if the wolf comes to the door, chase him down to the street, with the roll of duct tape in your hand, and tape his feet down to the concrete sidewalk. He's not going anywhere after that. I promise.

That's all the yarn porn for this evening session.

J doggie needs me to hold him. He is getting painfully slow and tired.. I hope it's nothing to do with the insect invasion and the resultant chemical infusions around and about the house. He sees his Vet in June, or sooner. He's a very good little boy.

Good night everyone.