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[firecat]

The etiquette I learned in my culture of origin makes me squirm at the LJ custom of posting one's gift wish list to one's journal (which isn't a judgement on people who do it, it's a statement about me) but this is too funny to pass up.

porcinea memes,
If there is someone on your friends list who you would like to have go buy a really nice skein of yarn for you, post this exact same sentence in your journal.

I have the beginnings of a stash of really nice single skeins of yarn and I'm trying to figure out what to do with them. I guess I could produce a weird patchwork garment. Or maybe annoy my cat by making a lot of little sweaters for her.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I'm e-mailing you about the swap idea. (-:

My ruana, which still needs some finishing work (finishing is my downfall!) was made via that technique, although using just three different yarns, and I love the way it turned out. More yarns would be even more fun, and I'm thinking it could be a great way to use up some skein-ends from other projects, too ...

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

I think finishing is everyone's downfall. :) I might be interested in this, as well.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

i want in on the skein swap thing! me me me! uh, i'm busy moving and dealing with the aftermath of same until middecember, but i am sooo excited!

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

-gasp- You said ruana! Nobody but Colombians ever calls them that!

[kightp.livejournal.com]

*laugh*

Colombians, knitters and old hippies, maybe. I've known "ruana" as the term for that particular shaped cape-like garment since the '60s, and one features prominently in Interweave's Folk Shawls pattern book ...