[Diana in Wisconsin]

[moovova]

YES! Someone understands the importance of specific scissors, stored in specific locations, used for specific tasks.

Misusers should be shot.

[Persevero]

I managed to put out a little shrug last month. It's from a book I like, One Skein by Leigh Radford. I love using up one skein of yarn. I have collected about 100 of them. It's great to use them for something! Conveniently (?) I have a newborn preemie granddaughter in the NICU right now. It went to her. It is pretty small.

[Monkey Face]

LOL! Stealing that!

‘Face

;o]

[Hiskid]

In the barf department, our only yarn store has just put 3 knitted uteruses (uteri?) in their storefront window. Can you imagine the approving conversations that led up to that anti Roe v Wade Supreme Court decision? They have a big online business for those of you making buying decisions, Ewetopia.

[Jamestown1630]

One of my old bosses had a sign like that on his three-hole-puncher.

(I swear he was the model for the Red Stapler guy.)

[Qiviut]

The pattern is for Knitters, but the cabled pumpkin idea is SO cute .... you can do ‘cables’ in crochet, so the idea could probably be converted to crochet.

I am definitely going to see if I can make up a couple of these ..... a lot will depend on if I can find the right yarn in my stash - I don’t want to buy any more yarn (yeah, right! LOL!).

https://www.handylittleme.com/cable-knit-pumpkin-pattern/

[Qiviut]

So this morning, I finally made it to the Michael’s store that is occupying the former AC Moore site. It’s 5 minutes from my house - I could walk there, if I had to. The “old” Michael’s is still open (I asked) - it’s in an older shopping center, probably 15-20 minutes away, through traffic, so it’s a pain to go there. The parking lot is also a weird design so ingress/egress isn’t all that easy ... actually, that’s a ‘pain’ too.

The “new” store is a great facility that is only a few years old .... spacious, roomy parking lot that’s easy to get in/out of, etc. However, I was SUPER disappointed because they hardly had any yarn ... the old store had quite a bit & a selection of brands. With such a big ‘new’ store, there was one short row of bins & another short row that was 3/4 blanket yarn. There was hardly any brand variety. The yarn was so sparse, I almost walked right by it. Grrrrrr .....

I made a point to stop and talk to the ladies at the cash registers (weren’t waiting on anyone) and it appears this new location is not going to be expanding their yarn selection. I told them I was VERY disappointed - had been in AC Moore all the time, getting yarn for projects. They said they would “pass it on”.