Finding My Outer Goddess
I really do always go into yarn stores with the best intentions to not enhance my stash.
Really, I do.
But, inevitably, something happens -- some confluence of random magical fibery forces -- and I find myself, like some kind of addict, trying to convince myself that just one more little purchase really won't hurt. It will be quick to knit. It will be the perfect wardrobe addition. And I really don't have that much yarn waiting in my stash closet at home.
What is my excuse this time, you might ask? It's a simple equation, my friends, as shown below:
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Take one part sweater design I have been ogling for some time, mix it with one of the few yarn stores in the country that sells the Goddess yarn line, add it the good company of a great friend, wave over the mix with my magic Visa card, et voila! -- another yarn purchase.
But not just any yarn purchase. No, this yarn, Phoebe (by Goddess Yarns), is 100% Baby Alpaca in the kind of color that my skin was meant to be placed next to. This yarn is the softest yarn I have ever fondled, with a hand like an angel. And best of all... it knits up 18 stitches/4 inches, making the capelet that is my current heart's desire almost a quick knit
Hi ! Do you know you are tempting me to add "Phoebe" in my stash ? I can feel the softness of 100% baby alpaca even through the monitor !
Did I say "yarnivore" already? Yup, I did!
I have this vision of Theresa roaming the U.S. in a yarn monster costume, gobbling up luscious yarn.
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Aw, I'm just jealous cause I have no adrenaline-inducing project at the moment.
Yarnivore is the kind term for it. I think I need to go out and find one of those "wool pig" buttons that I've seen around the ring, even though it doesn't quite fit with a Baby Alpaca purchase.
Ohhh! I've been eyeballing that capelet for a while now...can't wait to see it knit up!
It really is an addiction, aided and abetted by well meaning friends and Master Card and Lady VISA.
That yarn looks luscious, I am envious.
I'm working with baby alpaca right now too and I've taken to shoving it in people's hands and saying, "Feel how soft this is. Isn't it heavenly?" My project is probably going to take forever to finish because every few rows I stop and fondle.
I do wish I had your color though. L O V E L Y!
The color is just making me drool. It's gorgeous.
Ack! Stop the madness! You're making want to make that capelet! It's beautiful....can't wait to see your version.
I'm going to Wisconsin in 48 hours. Should I leave the Visa at home?? Since I'm going to a farm and driving up at night, I'm determined to only take knitting with me and not start something new.