These are my random thoughts for the day : I found a new knit blog which attracted me by its title alone - "My yarn stash IS my retirement plan" - see link on the left. I am at one with the author and her way of thinking.
Right now I'm saving myself for the Knitting and Stitching Show in October.I'm going on Sunday which is the only possible day for me; however it's also the day when I'm likely to get a bargain as suppliers, particularly those from abroad, reduce their prices so they don't have to take yarn home.This strategy has worked for me before, but it's a tough call between buying yarn when you first see it or waiting and hoping for a reduction in the late afternoon if the yarn is till there.
Something intriguing I saw this week was "Who do you think you are?" a family history programme. The subject this week had relatives who were taken into care and sent to industrial schools where they were taught a trade. There was a photo of very miserable small boys holding their knitting! Some had made considerable progress with their work. This was in the early 1900's and served to remind me of my grandfather who taught me to knit and who made all his own sweaters and socks. He was born in 1882.
How much more exicting is it to be making socks now? I notice Get Knitted have the third collection of Opal's Rainforest series - not such attractive colourways as the earlier ones in my humble opinion.
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