I just realized..

Published on January 4, 2005 By dharmagrl In Misc

...how pathetic and sad I must seem to other people. Because of my hobby/pastime....my passion for knitting.

I found a knitting supply store in my area and I got so excited over it I called not only the store to tell them I was excited but my mother, my husband and my mother-in-law too.

This store is the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for me...now I won't have to make do with whatever WalMart or the generic craft store carries, I can go hog wild with mohair and wool/cotton blends and variageated colors and chunky and sportweight...and they even have hemp blend yarns! I've been dying to try that! Speaking of dyeing, they have yarns that you can dye yourself...Koolaide makes a good yarn dye, apparently. And patterns, they have patterns galore for all kinds of cool stuff; more needles than you can shake a stick at..circular ones and double pointed ones (necessary for socks and beanies), bamboo ones...beaded stitch markers so's you don't lose your place, row counters.....I could go on and on.

I'm going to be like a kid in a candy store. I'm going to go check it out this week with $20 in my pocket...than, when Dave's pay increase shows up on the 15th of the month I'm going back with my $100 allowance and fully expect to come out of there weighed down with yarn and supplies, totally broke.

Broke, but happy.

I just realized how sad that sounds.....

....and I don't care!

Comments (Page 2)

M-Post

on Jan 05, 2005

Then I'm almost scared to tell you about Sheep Street... lol It would be a decent drive from where your at (it's about 2 hours from Vincennes at least, though I'm not sure how far away you are from there...) and I'm pretty sure if you wen't it'd be an all day trip... I even know right where they get some of their wool at... the sheep flock right across the street from me... lol

Though I don't know too much about the store personally... I've heard my Mom manytimes mention that it's the quinesential knitter store and the fact that she says she doesn't need to go to any other knitting store speaks pretty highly of it because she's no where near being a novice knitter. Should I badger her to get sock knitting tips? She's been making me some of those for years now., and are THE best for winter... nothing warmer than wool socks

And aye, Vincennes has always been a sad town. From what I learned in College.. with my partail stupidity of being in the drugscene a bit, I learned that the town is a HUGE Crank town... Luckly I NEVER touched that stuff... I went more for the natural drug... lol So it really doesn't surprise me to hear that about the town =/

dharmagrl

on Jan 05, 2005

It would be a decent drive from where your at (it's about 2 hours from Vincennes at least, though I'm not sure how far away you are from there...)

I'm about 2 hours away from Vincennes, in the opposite direction (west). If you take Hwy 50 west and drive for oh, 130 miles, you'll run right into where I am!

I've heard my Mom manytimes mention that it's the quinesential knitter store and the fact that she says she doesn't need to go to any other knitting store speaks pretty highly of it because she's no where near being a novice knitter. Should I badger her to get sock knitting tips?

That's awesome. I'm no novice either, I've been doing this since I was 8 or 9.... so for an experienced knitter likt your mom to say that it has everything she needs...well that place really must be something! I'm doing okay with the sock knitting thus far, thanks...but I'll let you know if I run into problems.

with my partail stupidity of being in the drugscene a bit, I learned that the town is a HUGE Crank town...

Oh yeah. It's pretty bad for that now. My mother in law said there was a meth lab in a camper across the street from her house that got taken down a couple of months ago. She called to ask dave and I why she would keep finding half empty bottles of drain cleaners and other nasty stuff in the street.....we told her she probably had some idiot making crank close by, and sure enough, there was. In the 10 years that I've been visiting there regularly, even I've seen a decline in the quality of life there. Washington (dunno if you recall where that is) is getting just as bad.

How are you, anyway? How's it going with your girlfriend?

M-Post

on Jan 06, 2005

Well... I guess for the quick update I should say I'm girlfriendless again... No pity now!! I'm used to this so I handle break up's really well =P

Other than that, I'm spending this month going to Bally's, trying to get into at least some semblance of shape again, because early Febuary supposedly I'm due to ship out to California for my BT. I decided to enlist since no job's are coming my way at all. (and I busted my ass and tried DAMN hard to get one =/)

Oddly, the recruiters ALL pushed me towards Air Force. I wanted to go Navy like my Grandpa

According to them though, due to my ASVAB testing's they want me in the airforce. I don't know how they get to that but I can't complain too much... I've always loved the idea of flying, and though chances are I'd never be a pilot for them, I'd at least get to be around them, and could get a chance to maybe some day earn enough skills to get to pilot for recreational reasons

dharmagrl

on Jan 06, 2005

I guess for the quick update I should say I'm girlfriendless again... No pity now!!

None at all from me.....I didn't like her anyway (I know I didn't know her, but I just thought I'd say that to make you feel a bit better )

early Febuary supposedly I'm due to ship out to California for my BT.

Oooh......California? What Branch Of Service are you enlisting in?

According to them though, due to my ASVAB testing's they want me in the airforce. I don't know how they get to that but I can't complain too much...

So, are you joining the AF? That'd be really cool if you were....hey, why don't you email me? dharmagirl69@gmail.com (and I have n gmail invite for you if you want one) ...there's a ton of stuf I want to ask you!

Man, if you join the AF our paths will probably cross....it's a small military sometimes!

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