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[cme]

When you cross from Canada to the USA by rail, you have to fill out a form saying (among other things) how much money you spent on stuff you're bringing with you. Today I had the following conversation:

Customs Agent: Okay, you got 200 big ones. What'd you spend it all on?

Me: Well, yarn, and yogurt-

CA, incredulous: YARN?! What kinda yarn you BUY?!

Me, slightly guilty: Well, silk-

CA: OH. Wow. I was thinkin', how you spend $200 on yarn?! Okay, you're just fine, you go ahead now!

Me, to myself: Wow, he sure doesn't know much about yarn.

Comments

[notyourwendy]

Well, yes, if you think of it solely in terms of price of yarn. I prefer to think of it terms of hours of entertainment, and at that point it's VERY cheap (I'm a slow knitter).

[cme]

Yes! And I don't know about you, but for me, a lot of that yarn is entertaining me even when I'm not knitting it. Like when I keep it on my desk and pet it. :D

[randomness]

I don't know about you, but for me, a lot of that yarn is entertaining me even when I'm not knitting it. Like when I keep it on my desk and pet it.

You know me. I spend my time at Rhinebeck, etc. squooshing fiber and enabling all of you. :) And I don't even knit!

digitalemur may end up teaching me to hand spin one of these days, though.