Marin Fiber Twilight Zone
An adult woman and her mother walk into an unfamiliar yarn shop. Overwhelmed, they stop for a moment just inside the door, then the daughter approaches the counter, lugging a large shopping bag full of yarn. She addresses the tall man there who is leaning over some knitting.
"Hi. I got an email about 'cash for stash', and I have three pounds of yarn here."
The man (who turns out to be the owner of said store) looks up. "Oh, hi. I read your blog, and I've been expecting you. You just had a birthday, didn't you?"
Stunned silence follows as the daughter, caught completely off guard, tries to figure out how this man knows her, if he's a friend of a friend, how on earth he could have happened upon her blog. Then it hits her. "Oh, was it because I linked to your website? Do you get notified when someone links to you?"
"No. I just periodically Google 'Marin Fiber Arts' to see who's talking about us, and I saw your blog and recognized you from the picture."
Two days later, the daughter still bursts out laughing occasionally as she remembers this incident. It will stick with her for a long, long time.
The yarn? You want to know what yarn I ended up getting? Oh, sure. First of all, I must say that Marin Fiber Arts is a fabulous store. Warren, you rock, and so does that nice woman who was sitting in the corner knitting and consulted with me about the yarn I bought. I was so thrilled to see that they carried Lorna's Laces; I'd never seen it in a brick-and-mortar store, just online. Anyhow, with my $15 credit from my three pounds of stash that I'd brought in (Goodbye, Red Heart!), plus some of my birthday money from Poppa & Nana, I got three skeins of Lorna's Laces Shepherd Sport in the Irving Park colorway. I feel a Clapotis coming on...
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Lamb's Pride worsted, US 10 needles. This is a scarf that will be for sale at the school boutique next Saturday. It's currently 9" x 44", and I have plenty of yarn left. I'm thinking five feet will be about right, before blocking -- and she will get some strong blocking to emphasize those garter lace diamonds. What do you think?














