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sweatpea
Chatty Knitter
USA
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 Posted - 02/06/2006 : 8:01:41 PM
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Oh no! When I was first reading these posts, I thought I don't have a habit when I look at yarn, not me! Then I was at the LYS and I found myself doing something really silly, and sure enough I find myself doing it all the time I am looking and I know I have been doing this for a long time. So what is it you ask, I stick my finger in the center of the ball of yarn, hmmmm, so soft. Am I wierd? Don't answer that please.
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autumns daughter
Chatty Knitter
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caeebe
Chatty Knitter
346 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2006 : 07:30:59 AM
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What do you do when it is in a skein and not a ball?
I don't have any terribly wierd habits but I can wander around a small shop for an hour or more making decisions. Damn that budget.
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Pat in east Texas
Chatty Knitter
314 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2006 : 10:15:30 AM
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When nobody's looking, I do, too. |
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gibsongirl
Seriously Hooked
965 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2006 : 1:19:49 PM
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Haha--I read your post topic and knew immediately what you were talking about. And I agree with autumns' daughter about the Freudian implications of that sort of yarn admiration...yet I still do it. Especially with Kidsilk Haze or cashmerino.
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westcoastchica
Seriously Hooked
Canada
788 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2006 : 1:30:11 PM
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Yup. I do that too. :-) And sometimes when I've brought home the yarn and pulled out the "yarn vomit" from the center, I stick my whole hand in (if it's a big ball like Paton's Classic Wool). Yum.
Freud must not have been a yarnaholic. LOL.
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laurelflower
New Pal
USA
44 Posts |
Posted - 02/07/2006 : 2:22:15 PM
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Ha! i do this too..... you're not the only one. :)
"Always do right. This will gratify some and astonish the rest." -Mark Twain |
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midnightskyfibers
Gabber Extraordinaire
579 Posts |
Posted - 02/13/2006 : 8:10:01 PM
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I do too, especially once Ive wound the yarn into a center pull ball as the yarn is collapsing into the center.
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stlstricken
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 02/14/2006 : 06:53:00 AM
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I read this before and laughed out loud, and told my SO about it. To which of course I got the strangest look. Then he joined me for a trip to the LYS and had to laugh again when I caught myself doing just that. So I had him do it too. He just smiled and gave me that sidways "Did I always know she was this crazy?"
Steph
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Frustrated Gramma
New Pal
Canada
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Posted - 02/20/2006 : 7:20:29 PM
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I can't believe how many of us do that very same thing! My DH actually tells me that the yarn department is one place he will not follow me because I get a faraway look in my eyes when I get my finger into the middle of a ball/skein/roll of yarn and "wiggle". I keep telling him I'm checking for knots, but he says I'm enjoying it just FAR too much and refuses to stand around lest he be associated with a "yarn mauler".
Oh, what would Freud say about all this? I honestly don't care, hee hee hee.
Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional!! - unknown |
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Atavistic
Permanent Resident
6604 Posts |
Posted - 02/20/2006 : 7:30:57 PM
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Originally posted by Frustrated Gramma
Oh, what would Freud say about all this? I honestly don't care, hee hee hee.
He'd probably be more interested in your handle, "Frustrated Gramma!" [:00][:00]
Amanda,
who
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"Is that my Not-Mine Sweater? Whoever gets that Not-Mine Sweater is very lucky." |
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knittingkeri
Chatty Knitter
197 Posts |
Posted - 02/22/2006 : 10:08:48 PM
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Now I don't do this, but my non-knitter DH does it with almost every ball I get.... He says he's seeing if its soft, but I think he has a secret desire to knit like no tommorrow!!!!
Month 2 of the no - new - yarn diet!!!! Plus month 2 of the no more soda diet, guess which one is going better? |
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Brooke
Warming Up
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procrastiknitter
Permanent Resident
Canada
1415 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2006 : 3:39:45 PM
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I don't think it is weird so much as worrying. What would Freud say? Something to do with beach envy, probably. Or, you might be a female to male transexual in denial who has a yarn fetish.
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kdcrowley
Permanent Resident
USA
4773 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2006 : 4:12:57 PM
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You are all just too kinky for words.
Well words that will make it past the filters and not produce some VERY interesting ad results anyway. I shall leave it to your considerable imaginations.
Mistress Kelley of the Hellacious Sockknitting
Going to He** for buying sock yarn during Lent, but at least my feet won't be cold.
http://ceallachknits.blogspot.com
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iluvdeftones
Chatty Knitter
USA
116 Posts |
Posted - 02/23/2006 : 4:47:06 PM
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Hee hee! I do that too! My BF does it too because he appreciates how soft the yarn is. We never considered Freud while yarn shopping, though. Now I am going to think of that everytime![:00]
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
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ozknitter
Permanent Resident
Australia
3248 Posts |
Posted - 03/12/2006 : 03:53:54 AM
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Hi Evelyn,
You think that is bad, everytime I go to buy an iceberg lettuce I only stick my finger in the middle, I actually got caught doing it yesterday.
The man at the supermarket asked me what I was doing and I said "well if my finger goes right through it, its not much of a lettuce is it" and bought the one my finger didn't go through.
He was not impressed, I will have to send my daughter and husband up the street for a while, as they know how to behave and not go over the top.
Knit in peace and harmony.
Rose in Melbourne, Australia. |
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NuttyKnitter101
Chatty Knitter
338 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2006 : 7:19:24 PM
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I never really thought about it, but I do it too. I also roll a strand between my fingers. Whenever I stop to look at yarn, I have to be given a time limit. Otherwise I would spend hours looking at the single side of an aisle![:00]
If I am me,
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Stitching Fool
Chatty Knitter
196 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2006 : 3:34:02 PM
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Oh KnittingKeri,
your DH's desire is not to knit, my dear.
My habit is that I squeeze the ball/skein of yarn. Yes a squeezer and proud of it. Its definitely a sensory hobby...touch being tops with sight a close second.
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mwedzi
Gabber Extraordinaire
USA
515 Posts |
Posted - 04/05/2006 : 08:13:40 AM
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Ah FreudSchmoid! Who DOESN'T stick their finger in the middle? And like NuttyKnitter, I roll a strand between my fingers too. It's perfectly reasonable, since if I would be working with it it would be running over my fingers the whole time and I need to know whether that is going to be a soft smooth experience or a harsh grating one. And like StitchingFool said, working with fiber is very sensual, touch AND sight. No one thinks it's weird if you look at a ball of yarn real carefully on all sides (right?), so why should it be weird if you touch it thoroughly?
I will not be shamed!
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WendyB
Permanent Resident
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Posted - 04/05/2006 : 09:51:43 AM
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