Narrow escape at the LYS

[Miss Crochet]

I was in the LYS today. Just looking, you understand. Just browsing. Just saying hello to my ol' buddy, the LYS owner. All of a sudden, I heard this:

 

"Psst! Psst! Hey, lady! Yeah, you with the red hair! Over here!!"

I turned around and spotted a shelf full of skeins of Italian mercerised cotton, in luminescent colours, all spruced up and perky, shuffling to peek out over the edge of the shelf.

"Yeah, we're talking to you! Look at us! Aren't we pretty? Aren't we gorgeous?"

"Get lost!" I said firmly, and pretended to look at the cross-stitch frames.

"How can you not want us?"

"I have enough cotton." Non-chalant. "I don't need any more purple yarn."

"But I'm not purple, I'm aubergine! You don't have aubergine!"

"That's true, but I don't need aubergine."

"You need me!"

"No, I don't. You're purple, too."

"How dare you! I'm not purple, you noddy. I'm indigo. That's something entirely different."

"Well, I don't need purple or indigo or aubergine, thank you very much. Go torture someone else."

"How about lilac? I've been told that I'm a particularly fetching shade of lilac. Who doesn't need lilac yarn in their stash?"

At that moment the door of the LYS flew open and I grabbed the opportunity to make a run for it. As I was trying to squeeze past the customer coming in, all the little skeins of cotton were jumping up and down on the shelves shouting, "You're going to regret this! You're going to rue the day you didn't buy aubergine yarn! You're going to start a project tomorrow and are going to need indigo! Your stupid purple yarn won't cut the mustard! You need us! You neeeeeeeeeeeed ... !"

 

Those fiendish little balls of yarn really know how to tempt a soul, don't they? Good job I have a will of steel!!

 

 

[Whhhhyyyyyy didn't I buy that indigo cotton? Whhhhhhhhyyyyyy? Whhhhhhyyyyyyyy?!]

[kittyloverdeb]

Too funny! Thank you for making my day ~ oh and good job at resisting the temptation!

[fc1123]

yes good job at resisting the temptation I'm sure it wasn't easy to do

[grannyannie]

Good job! I don't know if I would have had the willpower myself, but congrats to you!

[Tampa Doll]

Oh man I am laughing so hard Tampa Guy asked me what was so funny.

I then proceeded to read :bookhim your post. Now the 2 of us are laughing. Thank you so much for the good laugh. I really needed it.

Oh yeah, and good job in resisting.

[Elle]

OMGoodness, that was HILARIOUS! I loved every minute of reading that! Excellent story, and I'm SO proud of you for resisting the charms of those little skeins of cotton! Fiendish little things they are! And how they lie! They tell you that they're not addictive, but they ARE, oh they ARE!

:roflf

[mclendon1]

[crochet123]

 

That was hilarious. You have way more willpower then I do.

[TurtleLvr]

As I said before, you are too funny!

 

[bgs]

Great story and good for you using such restraint. But now it sounds as if the little demons have a stronghold in your mind. Hopefully they won't torture your soul and break down your will causing you to give in. But, hey, if you really need aubergine yarn, you need it.

[Autumn]

:laughroll:rofl

[DesertCrocheter]

Fiendish little devils. You are our hero for your stalwart courage in the face of the onslaught.

 

And maybe you should start a blog and start writing. While we love having your gifts to ourselves, you should share. But not if it takes you away from us and crocheting. There, I said it, selfish me.

 

Patty

[teapot]

way too funny!!!!! Now you could buy some for your online friends you know!!! I'm not at all picky!!!!!!!!!

[CLLinda]

:lol:lol

 

YOU MADE MY DAY!

 

[Granny Square]

I love your stories!

 

Buy me! Buy me! You know you NEED that indigo thread!! And aubergene is such an unusual shade, you really need to have some....

[amhmsh]

You are too funny!! I can just see you talking to the yarn balls, and them jumping up and down. I now see your face, since I saw a pic of you in the this is me thread! My ex is Irish, we have a daughter with a wicked sense of humor, I presume she gets it from her Dad.....so I just love your humor!

[imanurse55]

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!! You made me Laugh out loud:lol:lol:lol and it felt great- you have a great way with words:yes

 

 

and good for you resisting- you are a stronger woman than I!!

[autumn_nights84]

 

If it were me I wouldn't have been able to stand it and me saying well maybe one of you can come home with me would end up with me bringing a bagful of them home

[badrhinogillett]

 

I'm laughing so hard I'm in tears. That was hysterical.

 

Now, I've got to forward that to my mom. She doesn't have your willpower. I got her a magnet from Cafepress that said, "If Yarn were Meth, I wouldn't have teeth."

[cshell]

At this moment I imagine aubergine is telling indigo "she will be back".

 

Thank you Miss Crochet!

[LuvMaxine]

What brand of pretty, shiny indigo cotton that was taunting you did you not buy, inquiring minds want to know.

[Miss Crochet]

Oh, it's a new (well, new to me) Italian brand. I normally buy Schachenmayr Catania, which I love, love, love - it's like having a rainbow in your workbasket. But my LYS doesn't stock all the colours they offer. Before Christmas I was in the LYS and I saw the shelf stocked with new yarn and almost went weak at the knees. For a split second I actually understood how drug users feel, because I was going to fling my wallet on the counter of the LYS and shout "How many skeins can I buy for what I've got?" and then start stuffing my pockets with all the new colours! :lol:lol

 

Anyway, all the little skeins were begging me - begging me - to take them home, but I contented myself with a skein of apple green. And that's the thing: this is pure apple green. This is the colour of a perfectly-ripe Granny Smith apple. It's absolutely gorgeous. And it would look just BEAUTIFUL next to a skein of plum purple. Awwwww, maaaaaaaaan! I really have to resist! I have bags of yarn everywhere and this year I really have to start using what I have already

 

I might be able to get around it, though. The yarn is so nice that my sister in Ireland wants some as well, so I might be able to buy stuff for her. I'll get the rush of teh sale, be able to pet the colours, take them home and (hopefully) post them. Or maybe not. (Haha)

[crocheting turtle]

I love how you wrote this! You made my day. I have a huge smile on my face. Don't you know, I certainly would not have resisted. Good for you!

[CrisKad]

You're a fabulous storyteller! I usually can't resist. My willpower is awful!

[Daisy]

:rofl:rofl Thanks for the laughs today! Your story was too precious for words. As for me, I would have caved in and bought the yarn....at least one skein in each color . You do have strong will power. I wish I did!