My Name is Sharon and I have a Yarn Addiction

One of my co-workers, who is a crafter, is cleaning house. She asked me if I would be interested in some
wool. I don’t use wool, yet, but I said I was sure I could find a home for it between my various crafting
groups. I expected a grocery bag or two of yarn.

Come in to work, and my chair was covered with two sweater bags full of yarn! I was shocked to say the
very least! And looking at it, it appears it is all acrylic, which is perfect for the various charity projects
that I am working on. I hauled it home on the bus and set it aside to sort it out somehow.

Then, I ended up at Walmart to get litter for the cats, and my cart seemed to drift over to the craft area.
Seeing as I have been reading on Ravelry that some Walmarts are getting rid of their yarn, I thought I
would see if there were any good deals. I ended up getting 4 balls of yarn at half off (2 of them are eco-
yarn from Red Heart that I was curious about; the other 2 I liked the colour). I also ended up with 3 bags
of mill ends – but these have 4 to 5 balls in them for 7 bucks, so that’s still less than 2 bucks a ball, which
is still cheaper than buying them separate. I do plan to use these in combination with the donated yarn
for my charity crafting. 

But as you can see, I have a problem. At least it isn’t anything dangerous or illegal, but it is still a
problem. Now I must get crocheting!

PS - Did I mention the yarn I got half price last week? Yah, I have a problem.

Looking for: Yarn!

I am looking for yarn to use for Charity projects.  It can be gaudy, it can be half a ball, and it can be whatever you can and are willing to donate.  Acrylic is lovely and wonderful!

I am currently working on blankets to donate to the animal shelters.  I know SCAT accepts donations and I will likely look into the SPCA as well.  I have made 2 blankets so far and would like to make a whole lot more.  For those yarns that I have less of, I am hoping to make cat toys that the shelters can also sell.  

And when the yarn gets to be too little for that, there is a lady in my craft guild who donates the itty bitty bits to a church who uses them to make dolls for packing dental supplies for a third world countries.  So many places will benefit!  Last time, I had a grocery bag worth of little scraps just from my own projects, and I already have a quarter of a grocery bag!

I ordered a Kindle!

Whee!  I can't wait for it to get here, but it is going to be taking a bit of a long route due to the extra fees that Amaon.ca charges.  That said, I have already ordered a case and screen protectors for it and I am looking at a skin to make it look pretty. :)

This one does have ads on it, but I hear they are unobtrusive and easy to ignore.  There are also some other freebies that come with it but I cannot recall what all at the moment.

I have a tonne of books already downloaded for it, free from Amazon, and my library has a program where you can borrow books to read on it.  :)

One of my favourite features is the backlit screen for reading in bed.  It is designed to be a low light unlike my blackberry which is bright.

Saskatoon Craft Guild Tea - April 13 & 14

The Saskatoon Craft Guild is proud to present our 70^th Annual Display and Tea on Wednesday, April 13 and Thursday, April 14, 2011 from 1:00 pm to 9 pm.  The Tea will be held at the Masonic Temple located at 1021 Saskatchewan Crescent (formerly Herman Avenue).

Admission is $3 and includes entry to the Display, the Tea Room and door prize draws.  Feature crafts include:  Quilting, Smocking, Crochet, Knitting, Needlepoint, Creative Stitchery, Hardanger and Rug Making.

Please come out, have some tea and dainties, and check out all the wonderful work that our members have done and enter the door prize.  You may win some of these wonderful homemade crafts!

If you are not into crafts, but you know someone who is, please forward this to them!

You can see some of the gorgeous items from last year here.

http://allaboutme-sharon.blogspot.com/2010/06/saskatoon-craft-guild-tea-april-2010_13.html

http://allaboutme-sharon.blogspot.com/2010/06/saskatoon-craft-guild-tea-april-2010_17.html

http://allaboutme-sharon.blogspot.com/2010/06/saskatoon-craft-guild-tea-april-2010_19.html

I won! I won! A crochet book!

Recently I started reading the blog at "Canadian Living"  (http://www.canadianliving.com/blogs/crafts/)  Since I started reading, she has given away several books.  All you need to do is post a comment on whatever topic she asks about and wait. 

Today, I got an emailing telling me I won the most recent giveaway!  What a great start to a monday!  I should be receiving this book soon!