My Sister Who Does not Knit
÷in ANY form of needlework.÷ SHE has a sister who along with a life long love affair with yarns÷ has
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an online yarn business that sells to fiber addicts worldwide.÷
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I recently told her about a treasured customer who had just purchased 4 skeins of Great Adirondack"s Pashmina
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Serengetti at $87 a hank.÷ This just happens to be, in my humble opinion, the most luxurious yarn we"ve ever
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stocked in almost eight years of business.÷ Who wouldn"t want all that beauty?÷ This is a hand dyed, American
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made luxury fiber not many knitters get to experience.
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Her reaction was " you mean to tell me someone spent $348 and then has to make a garment?"÷ " For that
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much money, I want it made and wrapped with a bow," she told me.
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How sad I thought.÷ She"ll never experience the creative joy of making a potential heirloom to be passed from
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one generation to the next.÷ I doubt she will ever know the sense of wonderment that 10 fingers, a ball of string,
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2 sticks and a healthy dose of imagination will produce.÷ "Just one more row," will never come from her lips,
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nor will she drive the family crazy looking for her missing needle.÷ ÷ ÷ She will never brag about her knitter"s stash
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and how she won"t ÷ live long enough to use up all the yarn she has.
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Imagine,my sister will never know the fun of opening a new bag of yarn and savoring the richness in the
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colors and÷ textures.
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I will have to accept the idea that she"ll never experience the adrenaline rush I feel touching a velvety,
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super soft yarn.÷ I"ll have to accept the fact that she"ll never call me to say her head is spinning with ideas,
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and when can I come over to help.
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Well, there"s always hope.
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