Monday, April 18, 2005

Yarn Find and the Evolution of Communication

Remember the beginning of the Landscape shawl from last Friday’s post?  Well, it’s been frogged (sigh) because, as you all pretty much know by now, your obedient blogstress here periodically (but completely) forgets how to count.  Grrrrr.....  I may try it again later, or try another shawl completely.  The project is not dead - just delayed.  Besides, I love the color of this yarn too much not to do something big and splashy with it :)

Saturday, while dad and I were out pottering around, I found this in one of those little “dollar” type stores that specializes in inexpensive and mass-produced Chinese imports.

It was very inexpensive and a find I hadn’t expected to run into.  I have only seen Woolease sport weight in one place in my area and that shop has since gone out of business.  So I was very pleased to see this.  The color selection isn’t superb, but it’s certainly acceptable and this will be wonderful stuff for socks - at least that’s the plan today :)

We seem to be rapidly adding a couple of phrases to our “family language” The first comes, courtesy of Goldie.  A lovely, mellow animal most of the time, he has one facet that can be absolutely maddening.  All cats bathe.  Goldie bathes for hours at a time.  This isn’t a problem if he’s, say, in another room.  But a while back, fresh from the litter box, he jumped up onto the back of Myria’s recliner (one of his favorite spots) and began his marathon ablutions.  This, of course, resulted in Myria getting nudged and jostled and, of course, the chair vibrated to the rhythm of the cat bath.  Finally, after about twenty minutes, she turned to Goldie: “Can’t you ever settled down?” she said, shooing him off onto the floor.  “And you have toilet feet!”

I just about fell on the floor laughing at that and the phrase has passed into our common vocabulary as a version of “That’s the last straw!”

The second phrase comes from the SpongeBob Squarepants: The Battle for Bikini Bottom”.  SB is not a show we watch, but the game is a pretty fair platformer and we’re fond of that type.  This is a fun game - tweaked on several levels, though I’m certain folks familiar with the TV show will probably be less freaked than I was at the thought of little, square underpants representing the main character’s health level.  SpongeBob starts out with four of these underpants and when he’s hurt, he loses one.  Lose them all, and he dies.  But there are, of course, underpants to be found all over the landscape - up on cliff edges, or in closets or caves.  When SpongeBob manages to retrieve them, he utters one of a variety of phrases such as “Fresh as a spring breeze” or (my personal favorite) “I feel like a new sponge!” That latter phrase has become common at casa de wolfandturtle at the end of a meal or on emerging from the shower, etc.

Just cracks me up :)

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1. what an excellent find at the dollar store- i really love the variegated one and the rose/lilac one- we have dollar stores in the towns around here, but they tend to handle very ‘dollar items’ and i’ve never seen any kind of fibers at one- whine and sigh with envy!

   you will find the perfect project for that brilliant red eventually- just keep it marinating until then-

   stay happy-

   Posted by  on  04/18  at  01:47 PM
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2. Oooh, pink sock yarn, very tasteful.

   Posted by Pamela  on  04/18  at  02:08 PM
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3. Barb - No fear, the red will some into its own eventually :) In the meantime, it seems as though I’m destined to do socks!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  04/18  at  02:14 PM
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4. Pam - Yes indeed. If the color’s right, you’re halfway home!

   Posted by Robbyn  on  04/18  at  02:16 PM
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5. I’m totally using “I feel like a new sponge!” from now on. haha.  A couple years ago I scored TONS of wool ease sportweight for a dollar at Wal-Mart.  (They also had regular weight and chunky) I don’t know why it was a dollar, but I didn’t ask questions!

   Posted by Laura  on  04/18  at  02:27 PM
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6. Laura - Cool deal!  This was a bit more than that but still less than half what I’d seen it offered for before - when I could find it.  And since the sport weight balls have mega-yardage, I know I can get a pair of socks out of each one.  Tres nifty :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  04/18  at  02:55 PM
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7. What an awesome find..... I just started the “Truly Tasha” shawl for my Mom in law. I am using that same shade of rose in worsted weight. I have never found the sportweight around here. That will make lovely socks. I love the “Feel like a new sponge” phrase. Your posts always make me smile.

   Posted by Maureen  on  04/18  at  10:33 PM
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8. hehehehehe....just wanted you to know you got me laughing. “I feel like a new sponge”...hehehehe

   Great find on the yarn...even IF you’ll be using it for socks. ;)

   Posted by Bron  on  04/18  at  11:12 PM
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9. Maureen - I don’t know if it’s convenient to you, but the store is in the Shaw’s plaza (next to the water park?) in Portsmouth, NH.  I don’t get up there very often - guess I just happened to hit it at the right time :)

   Posted by Robbyn  on  04/19  at  12:06 AM
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10. Bron - Saturday before heading out, I had to stop and adjust something (senstive skin and clothing tags aren’t a good combination) and when I had things arranged comfortably, I said that to Myria.  And then we both cracked up :)

    Posted by Robbyn  on  04/19  at  12:08 AM
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