January 11, 2008
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Self Restraint
Remember the little slip-up in my destashing efforts I had a few days ago? I had a big test of my will power the very next day. I needed to get a purple ribbon to complete one of the mystery gifts (the purple one, duh), which meant venturing into Michaels and/or Hobby Lobby. I went to Michaels first, because it fit well into the path of my other errands. Turns out, Michaels doesn't have a fabric section, so they don't sell ribbon by the yard, and I certainly didn't need a whole roll, so I was going to head to H.L. when I noticed a very dangerous thing. Everything knitting-related was at least 30% off. Everything. Yarn. Needles. Notions. Everything. I probably spent 20 minutes touching different yarns, fantasizing about all the projects I want to make (Ravelry link, sorry! It will be open soon, they promise!), thinking about all the people I know who are having babies, etc. (Is there something in the water? Everyone is pg!) Anyways, it turns out that I do have a bit of self restraint, and so all I bought were these:
One tiny crochet hook (for fixing potential mistakes on my sock) and some stitch markers (I lose them all the time). I'm so proud of myself. =)
(PS - Got the purple ribbon at H.L. - and didn't buy any yarn there either!)
Comments (5)
I found a whole bunch of stitch markers I made you but then lost, if you'd like them!
lol - I probably wouldn't have been so strong and would have bought yarn.
I said I'd take a few weeks off knitting to allow myself some time to read but here I am going to the yarn store today because I really want to knit one of those giant cabled lionbrand blankets.
I am proud of you. I don't have that much restraint, but I have found that my H.L. doesn't have a great section of yarn or needles, so I don't find it as much of a temptation anymore. Also, I wish we had a Micheal's around here, but it went out of business (Long story of how the owner was bad with money and then embezzled it from another one of his stores...thus forcing him to close the store). It makes me sad, but I will deal with the cards dealt to me, and since I cannot afford to go to our LYS, because the prices are so ridiculously high, my temptation is being averted to knitting the yarn in my stash. I am sad to report that I don't really particularly care for my stash, since most of it was not yarn I bought myself, but yarn given to me. The yarn I do have I was stupid at the time and bought nothing but Red Heart, YUCK!!, and I won't knit that to save my life. Ahh...woe is me, but still very proud of you!
Yes, I'm very impressed. I went to buy some reinforcing yarn for the toes of a pair of socks I'm knitting and I left with more sock yarn! I don't know how you resisted in the face of such tempation.
i love the boye colourful aluminium knitting needles, but all they sell in the UK are boring plain grey pony needles. Aahh a place with lots of yarn is heaven...I love just looking and feeling them too.
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