16.10.08

Y is for yarn.

I've been knitting a pair of legwarmers, thigh high and gaudy as hell, and I have to admit there's a certain flexibility in birch dowels that I adore. They warm to my touch and bend without breaking no matter the task at hand, and I know beyond a doubt that I can count on them when I need them. In short, they are nothing at all like me.

8 comments:

  1. here's hoping you make up some new letters past 'z' or else have a whole new series of posts lined up for when we run out of alphabet.

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  2. please understand that i am only giving you this advice because i consider you a friend: don't hold your breath.

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  3. Did you know they just recently added new letters to the alphabet? I can't tell you what they are, though, because they haven't been added to my keyboard yet.

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  4. well, they're not on my keyboard either. which means i can't use them.

    DARN.

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  5. Wait. Birch dowels? Like, for knitting? I thought you had to use sharp, pointy metal sticks or scythes or something. Birch dowels?? Really?

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  6. yes! i get my needles from peace fleece. birch dowels milled in lithuania, assembled and hand-painted by russian artisans. they are gorgeous.

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  7. I have never seen anyone compare themselves to a dowel before. Brilliant.

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  8. see? this just confirms everything i've always thought about you, and that is this: that you are much too kind for the likes of me.

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