Jayne hat knitters, unite!
So I’ve been telling the last few people who ordered Jayne hat kits that it could be a week before I get to mail out their package, because I am waiting for a shipment of yellow yarn to come in. I joked that Browncoat knitters are single-handedly creating a yellow yarn shortage. More yellow arrives on my doorstep today or tomorrow, by the way.
At least, I thought I was joking about us causing the shortage.
I went to the Needlecraft Center in Davidson, NC today because they had some rust yarn (which, yes, I am now very low on and also waiting for) and they mentioned that they had googled the hat and found a picture of it. I said that was me, and they treated me like some kind of minor knitting celebrity. I feel more like a knitting curiosity, but I’ll take it anyway.
Anyway, I explained about my supply chain problems, and they said, “Oh, we can order cones from the mill too!” Needless to say, I was all over that. As it stands, the yarn has to go from Nebraska to Oregon, then from the middleman in Oregon to me in North Carolina, and shipping is a bitch. So they called the mill.
LYS: “Yes, I’m wondering if you have cones available of Sunburst Gold, Autumn…”
Brown Sheep: “Oh, you must be knitting those caps!”
Yes, it’s apparently true, we ARE causing a shortage of yarn. I pity the person who just wants to make an autumn leaf sweater, but can’t because of those damn Browncoats.
But I don’t pity them too much. Go us!!
Ha! Go us!
Though now I’m glad the hub won’t be taking his hat to work. I don’t think I could turn down requests from his coworkers.
Ha! Go us!
Though now I’m glad the hub won’t be taking his hat to work. I don’t think I could turn down requests from his coworkers.
That is SO COOL.
That is SO COOL.
I second this comment!
You ARE a knitting celebrity after all! Mills know about the hats! Hehe.
I second this comment!
You ARE a knitting celebrity after all! Mills know about the hats! Hehe.
I can see the CNN graphic already…. a Jayne hat, very small, zooms to fill the screen, then slowly rotates in faux 3-d while a bass-heavy thrumming plays in the background. Overlaid, in silvery block letters, appears the words
TVINI: A WORLD IN CRISIS
Seriously, though, that really is pretty cool. I’ve never caused a regional shortage of anything, much less one spanning from NC to Nebraska.
One time I did, however, get the last cheeseburger at my uncle’s barbecue, and everyone else had to have hotdogs. So I’ve got that going for me.
I can see the CNN graphic already…. a Jayne hat, very small, zooms to fill the screen, then slowly rotates in faux 3-d while a bass-heavy thrumming plays in the background. Overlaid, in silvery block letters, appears the words
TVINI: A WORLD IN CRISIS
Seriously, though, that really is pretty cool. I’ve never caused a regional shortage of anything, much less one spanning from NC to Nebraska.
One time I did, however, get the last cheeseburger at my uncle’s barbecue, and everyone else had to have hotdogs. So I’ve got that going for me.
Hah! I had a skein of Autumn Harvest in my hand today and thought of those hats.
God. Getting acknowledged by Brown Sheep. That’s hardcore.
Hah! I had a skein of Autumn Harvest in my hand today and thought of those hats.
God. Getting acknowledged by Brown Sheep. That’s hardcore.