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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

[labellementeuse]

*looks at stash* *tries to imagine amount spent on stash* *resolutely refuses* - and, hey, I'm a cheapskate. No silk in there. :-/

A lot of people still have the impression that knitting is a money-saver ... I mean, I think it still is if you look at your handmade items as one-of-a-kind excellent quality, but it's not as cheap as people imagine, sadly.

[elistaire]

Too funny! Obviously not a knitter.

Crafting keeps the free world economy moving along.

[cynthia1960]

Dear Customs Agent: d00d, you have *no clue*. I'm pretty damn sure I dropped at least $200 USD/CAD back in '09 on Canadian yarny goodness when I went to Montréal.

[jamethiel]

LOLOLOL

... With NORMAL yarn at $7-$8 a ball, and requiring 25-30 to do a mid-thigh cardigan in five ply.

Erm. DUDE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE.

[beachlass]

The last time I crossed the border was coming home from NYC.

I declared yarn and lego, and was similarly dismissed.

My yarn was from Habu, and the Lego was the kit for Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house.

So yeah. Probably more than Customs assumed.