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ysobelRandom link, which I found in an earlier post but wanted to re-post because it is still much with the trueness: Top Ten Reasons Knitting is Better than Therapy.
So anyway. One of the groups on ravelry is a destash group, where people who have yarn they want to sell will post a link to the for-sale area of their stash page, with prices listed. I usually end up looking at the yarns, going "ooh pretty" at some of them, and resisting temptation.
Sometimes? Temptation cannot be resisted.
I now have these pretty squooshy items:
I really shouldn't have gotten it -- but it was so *pretty* and the price was good and anyway I figured I needed a reward for dealing with the stuff going on at church.
(Shortest story: it is not fun being on session and a lot of people are upset with us. Slightly longer but still short story: We don't have the congregation size (and pledge income) to support the pastoral staff we have, so for financial reasons we had to let one of them go; it was a hard decision, because the two associate pastors are both amazing people; I was utterly wrecked about the decision, but couldn't talk about it because we had more or less a gag order until the letter got sent out to the congregation; and there are people that think we fired the wrong associate pastor, and people who are mad at the situation but putting it on our shoulders because being mad at people is easier than being mad at the universe, and people who think we should have tried other options, etc etc. It is not an easy time for the church at all, and I just want to hide until the storm blows over, but of course I can't.)
(...so instead I get yarn.)
I also stopped by a rummage sale and got the awesomest little backpacky bag ever:
The outside is knitted (machine, I'm sure, not hand) and there is a cord to cinch it closed and there is a silky-feeling black lining with a pocket, and it is utterly ADORABLE and perfect for a knitting project bag. *glee*
Also, in case anyone cares or is curious, I finally got a Flickr account set up for crafty pics. They're a bit out of order but whatever.
So anyway. One of the groups on ravelry is a destash group, where people who have yarn they want to sell will post a link to the for-sale area of their stash page, with prices listed. I usually end up looking at the yarns, going "ooh pretty" at some of them, and resisting temptation.
Sometimes? Temptation cannot be resisted.
I now have these pretty squooshy items:
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100purewool.com Merino Fingering - Fortress overdyed |
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Ella Rae Jaspe Wool, which might become this and/or this |
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Noro Kureyon - 236, which may become this or possibly this with a suitable contrast color |
I really shouldn't have gotten it -- but it was so *pretty* and the price was good and anyway I figured I needed a reward for dealing with the stuff going on at church.
(Shortest story: it is not fun being on session and a lot of people are upset with us. Slightly longer but still short story: We don't have the congregation size (and pledge income) to support the pastoral staff we have, so for financial reasons we had to let one of them go; it was a hard decision, because the two associate pastors are both amazing people; I was utterly wrecked about the decision, but couldn't talk about it because we had more or less a gag order until the letter got sent out to the congregation; and there are people that think we fired the wrong associate pastor, and people who are mad at the situation but putting it on our shoulders because being mad at people is easier than being mad at the universe, and people who think we should have tried other options, etc etc. It is not an easy time for the church at all, and I just want to hide until the storm blows over, but of course I can't.)
(...so instead I get yarn.)
I also stopped by a rummage sale and got the awesomest little backpacky bag ever:
The outside is knitted (machine, I'm sure, not hand) and there is a cord to cinch it closed and there is a silky-feeling black lining with a pocket, and it is utterly ADORABLE and perfect for a knitting project bag. *glee*
Also, in case anyone cares or is curious, I finally got a Flickr account set up for crafty pics. They're a bit out of order but whatever.