Just a little yarn thoughts.

I recently purchased Stephanie Pearl-McPhee’s daily calendar for 2010. It’s called Never not knitting, a year of wit and wisdom from THE YARN HARLOT. If you haven’t read her “blog”, you are missing out. Even if you do not knit, her blog is very entertaining.


Each page of the calendar has something to make me smile. Since I can’t knit at work, I took the calendar and put it right next to my computer monitor so I can see it.

Example: “Knitting is good for you. Among a multitude of other benefits, it lowers blood pressure, helps teach you to relax and decreases the stress hormones that can make you sick and aggravate illness. So far, however, I haven’t been able to get my doctor to write me a prescription for yarn”.

This one made me laugh as I’ve often said that I’m addicted to yarn and I don’t want a cure.

Yesterday Tom picked up two packages (One from Yarn Barn KS and one from KnitPicks). As soon as he brought the boxes in the house, I was like a madman ready to tear into them and see what wonderful items I would find. I love Yarn Barn KS and KnitPicks as they have no problem shipping to APO (Military Overseas address). Sending packages to me requires the company complete customs forms and ship with the US Postal Service. Can’t use UPS or the like. Some companies aren’t as willing to ship to APO addresses or they send it through FedEx or UPS. If you send something through FedEx and UPS, it ends up going through New Jersey and sitting in a black hole for weeks. Items sent that way take at least 3 weeks longer to get to me. I know I’ve tested it. I ordered from Yarn Barn KS and KnitPicks and another company that insisted on sending with UPS. I got my Yarn Barn KS and KnitPicks orders 21 day’s before the other package arrived. So lesson learned, order with a company that’s willing to spend the time with the custom tag and US Postal Service.

The packages I got were busting out with yarn. I immediately started a project.