ON THE NEEDLES
Yes, I have several WIPs, having finally gotten around to starting my Christmas knitting. Being Christmas knitting, you’re just going to have to use your imagination. No photos posted until Christmas Day. Who said I couldn’t keep a secret???
BOOKLOVE
I’m right smack in the middle of this book, The Secret Life of Violet Grant, written by Beatriz Williams. Very escapist, a great book for cold days, with a fire in the fireplace and a cup of coffee within easy reach. I started and finished one called The Dressmaker, by Kate Alcott, a Titanic story with a different point of view. Another good one for a cold day.
GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS!!!!!
Wondrous Box Day, that’s what! Otherwise known as Yarnbox Day, it’s the day I want to hug my mail carrier. Look what’s inside this month!
Sorry for the fuzzy photo, but you get the color.
Yarn Outlaw
Bohemia Sport
40% Polwarth
45% Alpaca
10% Possum
Absinthe
OK, this possum thing is a first for me. Growing up way down in southwest Arkansas, in a town you could describe as “yew cain’t git thar frum heer”, I know about possums. Sort of cute, but nasty, scavengers that really do fake death when threatened, but could give you a nasty bite anyway. Is this the same kind if possum? How exactly do you go about getting possum fur for yarn? Shear it? Scare it and shave it while it’s playing possum, pretending to be dead? I’m very curious. More research needed.
This is what I think of when I think possum.
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin
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