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November 4, 2005

Yarn-Anon


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Yes, that is a ball of yarn on fire. (Don't worry, it didn't come from my stash.)

Zarah, you ask, why is your friend Justin sacrificing a ball of yarn to the knitting gods?
That is an interesting question. He is actually receiving his prize from a summer-long poker game that has been taking place at my house each time I meet with my knitting group (Yarnaholics) -- all the boys associated with the knitters come to my house and gamble. (My husband cooked this up one day when as I was leaving to go knit.) But they weren't playing for money -- oh no, they were playing for the PRIZE. You see, they call their little group Yarn-Anon: "for those coping with yarn- and yarn-related addictions." (Hee hee! I have to admit it is pretty clever.) So it is only fitting that the winner of the tournament would get to have a ritual sacrifice of the one thing that cause them all so much misery -- YARN! (That is, when they're not enjoying their lovely new woolly hats and socks and things.) =)

Posted by zarah at November 4, 2005 10:00 AM

Comments

Oh that is just WRONG!!! He could have given his "prize" to his wife to knit him something with it!!! Not quite as therapeutic I suppose but still!

Posted by: Jeanie at November 4, 2005 11:08 AM

Please please please tell me it was some cheap ball of puke green acrylic. Please! You'd better watch out or soon you'll have a Lord of the Flies situation on your hands.

(Those boys are scary.)

Posted by: Jeannine at November 4, 2005 11:46 AM

Hey Zarah, I just found your site. Love the Orange scarf and the Min-pin. I am new to Springfield and to knitting. I am taking my first class at Simply Fibers on monday night. Sooo excited. Anyway just thought it was cool to find somone my age in Springfield in the blogging community. Take care. I'll keep reading. Stop by and check my site out.:)

Posted by: Bethany at November 4, 2005 6:38 PM

Oh, your dog is a dauschsund, my bad. Still a cutie-pie.

Posted by: Bethany at November 4, 2005 7:29 PM

I hope it was crappy yarn! Too funny. I'm not going to let my DH read this at all! ;-0

Posted by: margene at November 5, 2005 8:21 AM