A time of great uncertainty, a feeling of looming catastrophe, and no one to believe in except a little Italian grandfather who is telling us to wash our hands and stay home.
Because of the governor’s decision, Yarn Gallery will not be open to the public for the next two weeks. However, I will be available to help you with your projects or (hopefully!) to sell you new projects, by appointment, during regular working hours. You can text me at 610-375-9099. Identify yourself if you’re not already on my contact list and tell me what you need. We’ll arrange a time to meet.
I expect all of us, including me, to be responsible. Don’t come if you have a fever or a cough. Period. Stashes were invented for times like this, and if you have none, well, I hope you have as much resistance to the virus as you have to buying yarn you don’t immediately need.
I won’t be posting any new classes at this time, until we see what this amounts to. By all informed accounts, it will be big. The problem so far is that, until widespread testing is being performed and results are known, we don’t have enough information. So we have to be careful.
Wouldn’t it be nice if all we had to worry about was whether the yarn shop is open or not? Nevertheless, I’ll be keeping you up to date on our plans.
Meanwhile, I want to thank everyone who sent condolences on Jackson’s passing. He was the sweetest-natured dog I ever had and I miss him like crazy. As you may know, Jackson was rescued, and some people made donations to pet-related charities in his name. I’m sure any support during this crazy time would be much appreciated by the local Humane Society or the Animal Rescue League.
So, to end this downer of a post on a more cheerful note, here are some suggestions for projects you can pick up in a minute.
We received Noro’s newest yarn Tsubame in all the available colors.
This gigantic (656 yd!) ball of silk, wool, and nylon is soft and beautiful and ready to knit into one of these lovely wraps from the newest Noro Magazine (patterns are also available on Ravelry), or the project of your choice.
You could also combine 2 colors into a smashing lighter-weight Night Shift Shawl; check out these projects on Ravelry that combine two colors of Ito, the heavier, woolier Noro giant.
We also received these cute packs of gradient sock yarn that are pre-rolled into 2 balls for perfectly-matching socks:
Meanwhile, I’ve been knitting like crazy. Lots of knitting = lots of time to process loss and fear of the unknown = staying calm and optimistic. I’ll show you next time, I promise!
