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Anybody here knit…..collect hand dyed yarn?

Gilly knitter

I’ve searched on here and found some knitters ( crocheters) from a few years back but wonder if I’m alone here in my rather obsession of yarn? 

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  • You are not alone! Defo not alone. Dawn and Triker are the same I just read and so am I. I literally have lots of tins and boxes full of materials and fabrics. Got lots of adorable buttons. Every year I make myself a new soft hat and scarf. Like Dawn said it meets my sensory needs which shop bought stuff never does.

    It's also so soft to hold and touch. I used to sit with my gran and watch her make clothes, baskets and dolls. She taught me so much about it. 

  • in reply to Bookworm

    Funny you mention the B----- word. I can't handle clothes that have the round fastening things. I think it's my Synesthesia I can't deal with the object or the word - makes me sick. Wierd, huh?

    But oddly, I started knitting because I needed cardies which don't have them.

    With yarns, I have a thing about self phasing yarns, repetitive stitches while colour generally changes through your fingers, transfixes me.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Oh the good colour changing yarns are the best! I like the gradual changes, not the abrupt striping ones.

  • in reply to Dawn

    I used to think I'd leave mine to my knitting group or spinning guild, but I haven't been to those since covid. Hopefully I'll meet more knitters/crocheters/weavers before I die! I think once can always find a local knitting group that might appreciate it though.

    Although I do have the dreaded moths so actually probably nobody would want any of mine Disappointed

  • in reply to AuTriker

    SABLE lol. Got that. Just who do I bequeath my remaining stash too. Lol. I'm in stitches now ... metaphorically and literally.

    Maybe if I crochet blankets for the cats protection league from now until I peg it, I'd use up the stash and keep generations of kitties warm, lol?

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  • in reply to Dawn

    I used to think I'd leave mine to my knitting group or spinning guild, but I haven't been to those since covid. Hopefully I'll meet more knitters/crocheters/weavers before I die! I think once can always find a local knitting group that might appreciate it though.

    Although I do have the dreaded moths so actually probably nobody would want any of mine Disappointed