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Yarn and april's fools

Yarn shop is now updated for the week. It's a bit light due to a great big case of the knits but there's 7 new yarns, some with multiple hanks and lotsa yardage, a few simple singles, thinner than normal, and 3 monster hat kits.

Also, in spinny news, I'm coming out with a new kit soonish and need a few test knitters. It's a very easy and quick knit, shouldn't take more than a night or 2 or 3 depending on your speed, I just don't have time to knit the 3 or 4 I'd like to have for photos. Here's how it'll work, you send me an e-mail saying you're interested, I'll send you the yarn and pattern, you knit it and send it back to me within a month (i'll have the dates soon, I've yet to spin the yarn, but will do that this week or next), I'll photograph it for the insert and website then I'll send it back to you as thanks! So you get to keep the knitted object! It'll be between 150-200 yards of crazy handspun. Anyone interested?

Like I said, I'm too busy to knit these sample myself. Why? Because I've got the cabled hoodie on the needles, fronts, back done, joined with a 3-needle bo and the hood picked up and knit maybe 2 inches; the bea arthur mess, fronts, back and one arm (which is, btw, bigger than the friggin back!) done; 2 pairs of socks, each one at the first heel gusset; and tomorrow I cast on for orangina. Busy. Pics soon.

Yesterday I learned a little something about my folks, if I'm ever strung out and strapped for cash, they'll believe anything and hand over their CC# without hesitation. Both of them. I called and the conversation went like this --

Me (loudly on my cell): B---, we're in trouble, Little Bit and I were trying to surprise you with a visit and we're stuck in Ohio. I must've left my wallet at the last gas station and since this ashole of a car gets a million miles to the gallon, I just noticed it and we don't have enough gas to get back and it's getting dark and we can't get a hotel cause we don't have any money. I don't know what to do.

B---: Oh man, oh man, have you tried bill?

Me: Yeah, I can't get him. I've tried for the last hour.

B---: ohhh, do you want me to try to get his?

Me: I'm not sure, I mean I can't get him and I don't know what to do. We're stuck in Ohio and I don't know what to do...

B---: I can give you my credit card number...

Me: did I mention that Little Bit and I are in costumes? Yeah, he wanted to surpise you so we're driving there and I'm dressed like Peter Pan and he's tinkerbell. I've got on tights! and he doesn't even have tights on, just a little fairy dress and wings.

B---: what? (snickering) oh man...

Me: We're in costumes!...

B--: can you get to a hotel?

Me: I'm not sure, I mean, we're in OHIO! in COSTUMES! in OHIO! and I don't even know if hotels are open on April fools day.

B--: Oh sure, they'll be open.

Me: on april fool's day?

B--: yes, for sure, they'll be open..

Me: are you sure? I'm not sure they'll be open on April fool's day...

B---: No, they...oh man hahahah...

and then my mom came into the room

B--: you know, you're mom is really good at figuring out what to do in these situations, here, talk to here...

My mom was actually much faster with her credit card info, I didn't even get out that we were in costumes and she had me going to a hotel, me giving them her CC# and them calling her to confirm and then I told here about the costumes and she, without missing a beat replied:

Oh, they won't kick you out for that, they won't, they can't!

Hehe. So, those numbers are as followed-- 4406 0203 0066.

Yeah, right.

Posted by jacey at April 2, 2006 09:14 PM