I guess I dream about as much as most people. I seem to do most things in my life in the range usually described as average. What I rarely do is wake up and remember what I dreamt about. One night recently I did remember though.
In my dream I was in a yarn shop with my mother and my husband. The shop in my dream reminded me of a store I used to love going to called Super Yarn Mart. Anyone remember those stores? They went out of business before knitting became cool again and I really miss them. Anyway back to my dream, shopping for yarn with these two was stressful in the dream and it would be in real life too. My mother who is 86 and confused sometimes was looking for something to do. She doesn't knit or crochet but does know how to do embroidery and needlepoint which this shop had. I was trying to lead her towards things I thought would interest her but nothing impressed her. All the while I was trying to browse yarn for myself and any time I paused to pet something soft and pretty, you yarn lovers know what I mean, my husband would say "Buy it!" That's irritating because we all know you have to see all of the yarn and then think about what you want to make and have the yarn tell you what it wants to be and find yarn that works for both those ideas. (Just me?) I woke up before I got yarn for myself or got my mother settled on what kind of project she wanted to do.
Move forward a couple days. Jim was getting ready for work and I was going through my email. I get newsletters from Yarnspirations, Lion Brand, Knit Picks, Webs and Herschnner's and was reading one of them when he glanced at my tablet screen. Guess what he said? Yes it was "Yarn? Buy it!"
That sounds lovely and supportive however I am on a major crusade to work down my stash of yarn and fabrics. I feel good about how I am or was doing too. It has been more that a year since I bought any new yarn, that is until last week. Walmart got me with Summer Nights by Lion Brand. Four skeins came home with me. I want to make some of my veggie/market bags with it. I have made and sold those bags with plain crochet thread. I think the bling in the Summer Nights Yarn along with the pretty colors will make them stand out from the competition on Etsy whenever I get to reopen my shop once our settled retired life starts. Current thinking is that may happen next June.
With yarn and projects on my mind browsing Zazzle for cute things was so easy! Below are affiliate links to some of the cuteness amazing artists there have to offer.
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