it was suggested to me today that, in regards to my last entry and my continued declaration of yarn starvitude, that i had "got the wrong end of the stick." that, in fact, "the experiment has worked in every way: you broadened your array of sources (both in terms of who provides yarn and in terms of what one might use to knit), you were inspired in new ways, you let the materials drive their own projects, you got off the hamster wheel enough to see that there are sound reasons for you to participate in the retail yarn business--because that business provides you with what you need to make what you want, stuff you can't get elsewhere. You know you're not just falling prey to consumerist "see the shiny thing, want the shiny thing"-ism, because you said yourself that you have specific things in mind that you want to do....But maybe part of what you've learned is that 6 or 8 months is enough of a break."
yeah! what she said!
"The blog makes it sound like you feel it's shamefully self-indulgent to buy yarn if you already have yarn. I disagree: I don't think there's anything wrong with buying more canned soup because you're out of tomato and you want tomato, even if there's still plenty of other kinds in the cabinet, as long as you can afford it and you're not just throwing the lentil soup away."
well, again, she's right: the blog made it sound that way. not me. did she also say she'd bought me a case of tomato soup? that's cool, we eat that here.
so, in effect, i'd say, the moratorium is over. early. i can't get out of here today to do anything about it, but it is.
surprisingly tractable, eh? slippery, even.