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Deborah Tomasello
Warming Up
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 Posted - 04/03/2012 : 04:15:25 AM
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Wow! From reading the above posts, I realize I am missing an entire sensory experience by NOT smelling wool. I smell everything, but it hasn't occurred to me to sniff wool. I will tell you something I've noticed when yarn shopping, which I find amusing:
Recently, my bestest knitting buddy and I made a trek to WEBS. It was a fantastic trip. When we walked in the door, I heard orgasmic gasps coming from here and there. I commented to Jeanette, who was not only not listening to me, but was off down an isle on her own orgasmic journey. We shopped for a couple hours and, even though I didn't "sniff," I "listened. When i go next time 9and I WILL go next time!), I will find a way to note the sounds at WEBS. What a great palce! Like a Disneyland for knitters. |
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CherylA
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 04/09/2012 : 08:17:34 AM
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Have used Addi Turbo Lace needles for past 2 years to knit socks, and they do not emit any smell. So they seem to indeed have solved the odor problem. |
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robinstephanie
Seriously Hooked
USA
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Posted - 04/10/2012 : 08:56:08 AM
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lol, Deborah, enjoyed your story! Imagining it in my head and it seems very funny/wonderful.
Robinsteph
Different is good. ~Matthew Hoover |
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emmyc
Chatty Knitter
USA
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Posted - 04/11/2012 : 04:40:41 AM
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Deb when I read your post I made noises myself. I recall the same thing when I first went into Webs and immediately lost my sister in law and didn't find her for almost an hour!
My small of group of knitting buddies and I fieldtripped to a new LYS. I think we kept track of each other by listening for noises( gasp!, ooh!, ahh! OMG this is soft!). It was like how pods of whales keep track of each other and communicate. Knitting herd noises.
emmyc
winchester ma |
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Caityrosey
New Pal
USA
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Posted - 05/01/2012 : 07:04:49 AM
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Now that you mention it, I think I do have a ritual:
Step 1: I spot something that interests me.
Step 2: Reach a hand into the bin and lightly stroke it. To I get a tingle?
Step 3: Then I pluck up a likely looking hank and cradle it in both hands, feeling the yarn on my palms and stroking it gently with the tips of my fingers. I examine the color closely. Does it look as attractive in the light as it did in the bin?
Step 4: I examine the band to verify the fiber content and weight of the yarn. I'm pretty good at gauging weight on site, but I'm always second guessing myself and have to check and double check this at least three times before I buy anything.
Step 5: By now, the warmth of my hands as lent a little warmth to the yarn. I don't purposefully set out to sniff the yarn, but this is the point at which I would begin to be able to smell anything "interesting."
Step 6: Decision time.I stand or squat in front of the bin, staring at the yarn. I pace the store, returning to the yarn at the end of each circuit. I pretend I don't really want to buy the yarn.
Step 7: I buy the yarn.
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