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That’s a shame!

FWIW, I don’t have ANYTHING near me, so when I yarn shop I order on line with Hobby Lobby. I wait for a sale, of course!

I don’t seem to find much yarn in the thrift stores anymore, either. Our St. Vinnie’s has a FABULOUS yarn sale usually in February each winter. They hoard all the yarn for this event. However, they move it from store to store (to be fair, I guess) and sometimes it’s just too far from me to make it worth the round trip of 50-60 miles depending on where they hold it. I skipped it last year for that reason. :(

It's done! Here is my 3rd Blue Ribbon Winning (?) crocheted afghan. This one is called, 'Four Seasons on a Driftless Farm.' 'Driftless' refers to our part of the state that the glaciers never touched, hence the hills and lots of rocks and contoured crop fields. It's A Big Deal with many organizations that work on preserving, 'The Driftless' in our state. It will look nice on one of the beds at the cabin post-Fair.

Pattern is from Caron, called 'Spectrum.' I've used their Simply Soft yarn for all of them. I've used the same pattern for five of these, now; just changed up the colors. It all started when my Sister wanted the afghan in these colors, which was the original pattern:

My next color pallet: Jupiter. Nature is the best inspiration!

Just waiting for the yarn to go on sale. It's about $70 worth of yarn for an afghan these days!