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March 30, 2007
Mothman Vanquished
Confession time... I have no idea who "Mothman" is, I just thought it would be funny to see what came up when I typed it into the flickr search engine. Apparently, there's a statue built of him in West Virginia. And it's pretty creepy. But anyway....
After a thorough freezing of my entire yarn stash, as well as a dose of common sense from my better half, I've determined that moths were most likely NOT invading my stash. After all, wouldn't we have noticed them getting into our wool sweaters? And there's no dead moths in the bottom of the closet where I store my yarn (It's in a rolling cart with three wire mesh drawers - so anything like that should have fallen to the ground when I was rummaging through it to pack everything away in the freezer.
The good thing about this whole episode is that it's motivated me to use up the stash before I buy much more, and it has also forced me to work on one project exclusively. My MDK moss-stitch handtowel is almost done! Well, almost done according to the pattern. I might make it a little bit longer since it looks like I'll have plenty of leftover yarn.
Posted by zarah at March 30, 2007 6:16 AM
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I thought it was the larvae and not the actual moths that ate the wool - so I don't think you would have found carcasses. I'm not sure you're safe yet. :-(
I can't believe you're almost finished with the towel! I can't even find the time to finish my socks, much less start my towel!
Lastly, on our last vacation to Florida, Robert made us drive out of the way to Enterprise, Alabama to view the Boll Weevil Monument (destroyer of cotton)!! Check it out at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tips/getAttraction.php3?tip_AttractionNo==19
Posted by: Tammy at March 30, 2007 7:47 AM
The handtowel looks fantastic. I'm glad that the moths probably didn't get into your stash!
Posted by: Macoco at March 30, 2007 8:27 AM
Have you seen the movie, the Mothman Prophecies? Creepy, creepy movie.
Posted by: Jennifer at March 30, 2007 4:28 PM
Actually there is a movie about Mothman with Richard Gere (I am not sure about the last name spelling) Mothman Prophecy and it's of course-creepy. The entire town has a tourism based on Mothman-even more creepy.
Posted by: Edna Hart at April 1, 2007 4:14 PM
Do You Mean the latest KNITSIMPLE?-If so I just got it yesterday and the baby paterns are great for the new knitter as well as a quick project....did you desing them?
Posted by: Edna Hart at April 3, 2007 4:17 PM
I hope you are safe now ! I once had carpet beetle, and they kept coming back. Every summer, new beetles were flying around. It took alot of freezing and insecticide to get rid of them (and 3 years of repeating that). Thanks for a great blog - I also left a comment on your entry about sewing a backing to your afghan.
Posted by: Dominique at April 13, 2007 3:52 AM
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