Crocheting vs. Knitting

Yes, I know, I know–curiosity killed the cat. But I can’t help to wonder a couple of things.
For one, why do most LYSs cater to knitting and hardly ever mention crocheting? Don’t they know that crocheters love and use yarn, too? For me, if I walk into a yarn store that doesn’t have something more [...]

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All Roads Lead to Wal-Mart

Sadly, it’s true. All roads do seem to lead to Wal-Mart. No matter where you go, you can count on finding this store along your way–which in my opinion, isn’t necessarily a good thing. I don’t like the place. And I really don’t like seeing its buildings littering every highway I go down.
I’m really surprised [...]

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Just call me Dorkette

I’m such a dork-wad. I had a package to mail out today for a swap, and not having a box or envelope appropriate to mail it in, I went to Walgreen’s on my way to the post office. I used my arm as a measurement of the items (which were all bunched together in bubble [...]

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LYS

I went to a LYS today. Well, it’s really not all that local, but it’s one I’ve been wanting to go to, and I was in the area, so we stopped by. I wasn’t impressed. I mean, there were some really awesome yarns there, but unfortunately, there was very little that had to do with [...]

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A Crocheter’s Rant

I finally did it. I made a trip to my LYS, only it’s not so local as being in my city–rather, it’s about 30 minutes away. When I first walked in, I was mesmerized by all the different yarns, some in a quality I’ve never seen before. I had to touch each one, then allow [...]

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