20 comments

CattitudeFebruary 15, 2025

I can't remember who said it, but I read a quote the other day that the likelihood of running out of yarn on a project is directly related to the difficulty of getting more. Hope your have another skein!

marciekrFebruary 16, 2025

That would be a quote from the Yarn Harlot herself, Stephanie Pearl-McPhee.

CattitudeFebruary 16, 2025

I don't think it was, it wasn't a hyphenated name - but I looked her up after reading your post and love her quotes! 🧶

marciekrFebruary 23, 2025

Stephanie Pearl-McPhee. 2012. At Knit's End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much, Storey Publishing, p.12.

CattitudeFebruary 23, 2025

Thanks!

FeministunderyrbedFebruary 15, 2025

So close! That’s a pretty fabric.

ArtemisfacepalmedFebruary 15, 2025

Little heads up, this post is tagged NSFW and blurred out but it’s completely innocent. Might want to change the tag. Nice crocheting by the way!

Oktokki [OP]February 15, 2025(Edited February 15, 2025)

Oh, that was deliberate. It's gross, and I didn't want to give anyone the heebie jeebies. 🫠

And thank you!

ArtemisfacepalmedFebruary 15, 2025

Oh sorry, I guess I didn’t get the joke! This is why I need to drink coffee before I say anything 💀

Oktokki [OP]February 15, 2025(Edited February 15, 2025)

Lol to be fair, it was a corny joke. My nightly edible kicked in just before this happened, and when I'm high I think people being unreasonably dramatic is hilarious - so I was like, "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" It scared the shit out of my dog.

(This is my dog. Her name is Rosa, and she's a splendid, brilliant queen who is perfect in every way. Also, kind of an idiot. But she means well, and she's real, real cute.)

FernLadyFebruary 15, 2025(Edited February 15, 2025)

Are we the same person? When I’m high I put on dramatic personas, much to my amusement and my boyfriend’s confusion 😂😂😂

JBeauvoirFebruary 15, 2025

what a beaut!

PiquedInterestFebruary 15, 2025

I hate it when that happens! You're so close, too

Oktokki [OP]February 15, 2025

hookus interruptus 😭

LapisLazuliFebruary 15, 2025

Oh I totally empathize!

PicklesFebruary 15, 2025

I'm interested in knitting and know how to do it a little, but very very amateur. Would you mind explaining to me what I'm looking at and what your joke means?

takshakFebruary 15, 2025

deciding that you really have enough yarn to finish the project and being wrong.

NB- not a knitter, but my mom is. I'm an embroiderer, and have played thread chicken with mixed results...

PicklesFebruary 15, 2025

Ah ok got it! Thanks!

SomeoneElseFebruary 15, 2025

Yarn chicken is when you have a limited amount of yarn and attempt to finish the row — like the game chicken, where two people go to do something (kiss, staring contest, whatever) and the first to back down loses.

Our poster here was crocheting. She (assumption being made) lost the game of chicken.

PicklesFebruary 15, 2025(Edited February 15, 2025)

Oh OK, thanks!! Actually it's funny I looked at this, concluded it was not knitting, then thought her title mentioned knitting so I referred to knitting. Looking again it does not say that haha.

Thanks for the reply!