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Yetzirah

Hype Everywhere You Look
Wed Apr 13 2005


I feel like a felted purse factory.

I was reading about a mental condition called "hypergraphia" this morning, wondering if I have it. I don't think I have it. But I am beginning to suspect I have "hyperfeltedbagia". This condition sounds much worse to me. Mostly because wool yarn costs a whole lot more than a cheap notebook and a bic pen.

I just KNEW something was wrong with me! I am NOT a hypochondriac. I don't think. . . . Well, perhaps a little bit. Maybe. Possibly. Oh crap, I don't know. All I know is my fingers are itching to begin the next bag. (And I didn't even show you the red and purple one I finished the other day for my mother in law) I felt like it made me seem mentally deranged to be cranking these things out for no apparent reason.

Half of me is saying, "Somebody stop me!" And the other half is saying, "Get between me and my yarn and you'll be taking your life in your hands!"

Well, there could be 1 percent of me standing in the middle of these two extremes, cowering in abject terror. But we won't go THERE.

Because beyond that point, there be dragons....

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13 Comments
  • From:
    AeolianSolo (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    There are worse addictions than creativity! :) Can somebody tell me why they're called "felted" bags when they're made of yarn? Seriously. I don't know. It may be a Jeopardy! question someday. BTW, your bags are lovely. And I don't say that to just every woman.

    --Solo
  • From:
    AQuietEvening (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    Is it a bad thing if we encourage your condition because we like seeing daily posts of new bags??? Except, um... sometimes I wonder how you crank them out so fast and well I....get a little jealous. :-)

    I have a date with my knitting needles on April 16th!

    ~QE
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    Nope, no petunias yet. The pots contain Torenia, Lobelia, Phlox and Pansies. The two planters on either side of them have Stocks in them.

    I'm working on hubby to put some hooks on the porch so I can have some hanging planters with Petunias, Geraniums and maybe Heliotrope. I haven't decided for sure what I want to put in them.

    Up here, K-Mart, Wall-Mart and Fred Meyers all have tons of Petunias right now. Maybe you're not looking in the right place?

    Hey, speaking of felted bags (your entry) where do you get your wool yarn? I've looked all over up here for it and all I find is 100 %acrylic and 100% cotton. Nothing else. I know I'm not looking in the right places, I just don't know where the right places are!

    Also, any idea if you can dye the cotton yarns like you do the wool?

    Alli
  • From:
    Waterspriteflying (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    Ooooh, pretty one! I gotta learn to knit!

    Hugs,
    Ani
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    hey mon amie I dont know why you dont recognize the truth you will open a felted bag boutique right next to the moulin rouge

  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    this one is funky looking very nice
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    Go Yetzirah!! Go go go!! ;o)
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed Apr 13 2005
    I left this for Allimom too...

    Cotton yarn will take dye, but you have to be particular about the dye. I think RIT dyes would be fine. Kool-aid not wash out but fade a great deal. :o)
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Apr 14 2005
    your felted bags always make me feel warm and snuggly :)))
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Apr 14 2005
    We all have our aberrations, and if making pretty things is yours, well, so be it. But it would be nice if you could sell some of them. At least pay for the Kool Aid you use to dye the yarn with.

    Shalom
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Apr 14 2005
    Each bag you create is just perfect

    This is the way I feel about reading.. book after book I have several chosen even before I finish one. O.. this one next, and then..... this one.. and then............
    It is kinda compulsive ... is it not?
    But at least in your compulsivity you create. . Creativity is good!
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Apr 14 2005
    you will stop calling this a disease this minute do you hear me stop now
    it is a beautiful talent what if Beethoven had spoken like this about notes part of me wants to take a permanent rest well where would the world be without his music
    and where would the world be if you stopped making these purses without a purse boutique
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Apr 14 2005
    gee mon amie I have left polite little comments for a long time I deserve this one au naturel
    hee hee
    love and lightning
    ichandra