Maybe or Maybe Not.

Maybe or maybe not. That’s the answer. The question? Could this be two of the three bags of yarn I came home with from the Hobby Lobby clearance sale. Maybe, maybe not. OK, yes. Yes it is. But this was a yarn haul with a purpose. 

When I heard they were doing their clearance a little early, I knew I wanted to get some cotton yarn to make spa cloths. There was a Spa cotton at Herrschners I wanted but when I went to order it, I discovered they don’t have it yet. There was a manufacturer hold up. So it’s in the catalog but they don’t have it in stock and don’t know if or when it will be. That meant I had to scramble.

Hobby Lobby has Yarn Bee Scrubology Cotton which looks a lot like the Village Scrub Spa that doesn’t exist. I called the store to see if the clearance had started and the nice person said yes. So over I went. They had about 5 balls total on clearance. The other 4 they had were on sale but I didn’t get those. They also had the Sugar and Cream Scrub off which is half the regular yarn and half the washcloth type stuff. They were on clearance. Loaded up on that.

The last time I was there, I looked at their Fireside yarn because I wanted to get back into making prayer shawls. Yes, I already have some..and some Homespun, too. But there were some pretty colors. I selected two colors then put one color back and doubled up on the other. Came back the next day and picked up the third color. Also picked up some bulky recycled yarn because it was screaming cowls at me. Spent about $50 all told and if I were sell one prayer shawl made with the yarn I bought, it pays for the entire haul. Not bad at all. And truly, it has a task already. The Go Imagine shop will feature the BoHo style. The Etsy shop will feature the wearables and Divine Nine and the patterns. Abbey and Lincoln will have the faith based digitals. It’s all part of the plan.

This purchase will become spa sets, prayer shawls and something cushy. I did good. Now to get it in the storage bins.

A Funny Thing Happened

A funny thing happened on the way to the blog post: I realized I hadn’t done a lot of knitting or crocheting the past few days. It wasn’t because I was being lazy. I rearranged my schedule and front loaded the week with knit and crochet leaving the rest of the week doing all things that weren’t knit and crochet. I did manage to do some samples, though.

Immi asked about me making a baby blanket for her great grandchild. Once I got myself off the floor: If Immi is old enough to have a great grandchild and Immi and I are around the same age…how many portraits of Dorian Gray do I need hanging in my attic? Where can I get an attic?

I am almost obsessed with the puff shell stitch. Almost. It looked so much better in the YouTube videos. Both videos I watched have a 7 stitch cluster. I’m thinking it would look much better as a 5 stitch. Besides being more of a yarn hog than crochet normally is – I’m unraveling the green swatch as we speak and there’s so much yarn in that itty bitty sample. I have a green yarn river in front of me – it looks scary to me. Seriously, it’s freaking me out just a little bit. 

You might not be able to tell much difference between the 7 and 5 stitch but I like it a whole lot better. Look at the difference in how much yarn it uses. It’s not like you didn’t know I would change the recipe. Have you met me?