Do you have a friend who is an occasional bad influence? The one who persuades you that 'just one more glass' won't make a difference in the morning, or that you don't really need all those hours sleep tonight ? Well, in the case of yarn, my bad influence is my friend Goo.
It started when Karen from Didyoumakethat.com wrote a post which included some socks knit in self striping yarn. Of course, I followed the link to the Etsy shop and found not one, but two yarns that I liked the look of.
Now, I'm trying not to buy more yarn (please can we ignore the souvenir yarn from Sweden), until I've destashed a little bit - so there's no reason to be buying more. However, Goo pointed out that anything I buy from Etsy would raise money for my Brownie unit (via Easfundraising) and that I should buy it as an 'end of horrible job' present.
Sold.
So, when I got a note through the door from Royal Mail, saying that there was a package for me to pick up, I wasn't surprised to see this on the side:
Having paid for the yarn in Canadian dollars, I was surprised to hear that the yarn had come from New Zealand - as in, Southern hemisphere.
I love the internet for letting me buy from people the other side of the world. I also loved the cute cats, which decorated the packaging....
And, oh my, do I love the yarn which was inside! Each yarn was in its own box, which was as pretty and clever as anything:
See the yarn peeping through the kitten paw?
I ordered two colourways. Jaffa and Jumping Jenny.
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| Jaffa colourway - orange and purple |
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| Jumping Jenny colourway - green and purple |
The yarn is 75% washable merino and 25% nylon (natch) and feels and looks as gorgeous in real life as it does on the screen. In fact, it only seems kind to leave you with one more picture to gaze at.....
Thank you Goo for being my bad influence!
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