Ryan and I recently inherited his mother's first sewing machine due to my increasing interest in sewing and quilting and her eagerness to teach me. The problem is that it needs a tune-up before being fully functional (the old Brother has been sitting unused for quite a few years), which means we had to take a trip into 'Cloth Castle', which means a lot of gorgeously oh so tempting fabrics... and yarn... I wasn't aware of their small selection of yarn until I started nosing around the back and found 50% off Mission Falls 1824 Wool in a plethora of colors.
How can a knitter resist $3.40/ball superwash merino!!! YOU JUST CAN'T!!!
And so I am now the proud owner of 41 balls of Mission Falls 1824 Superwash Merino. I chose four different colorways I could foresee myself using and even combining if necessary and bought them all out.
It's a good thing that Ryan has stopped questioning my addictions and smiled and responded with "Nice!" when I checked out with a shopping basket piled full of yarn.
Oh right, sewing! I'll have my first sewing machine by next weekend and Ryan's mom has promised to teach me how to thread it and clean it and all that nifty stuff (she sewed her wedding dress on it, so she knows her way around the machine!). I am super excited to start quenching my log cabin obsession and desire to create a million sewn home wares.
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Whoo-HOOOO!!! Welcome to the ranks of sewing knitters...both are incredibly addictive pastimes, with a huge tendency to "stash acquisition"!!!
Congrats, Mae!
Lisa
Sweet, a new sewing machine AND a crapload of really nice but cheap on the wallet yarn?? What a score!! Do you have enough room in your place to hold your yarn stash and your soon to be huge fabric stash?? Ahh...let the fabric hoarding begin! ;)
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