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[mousme]

I've been working on a shawl for my mother since the beginning of December that I have now dubbed The Hubris Shawl, because I seriously underestimated how long it would take me to finish. I was hoping to have it done by this weekend, but I have now run into a new snag, namely that I have run out of yarn. I went back to my FLYS (Friendly Local Yarn Store), but not only do they not have any of the right colour left, it's a specific brand imported from England where all the shops are closed until Monday and on top of that, the FLYS can't just order one skein from them because they have order minimums.

So right now I am stuck until I can find another skein of the yarn from the same dye lot (or at least a similar one). I can order one online, but the shipping is almost as much as the cost of the skein, and that is a lot more money than I was hoping to spend on this. It's already been a pretty expensive shawl (over $100 worth of yarn), but well worth it to spend on my mother. That last skein would cost nearly half as much again as the initial four skeins, and, yeah. My poor bank account is not in great shape these days.

I'm hoping another FLYS will have it in stock, but it will have to wait until I get back from Montreal this weekend in order to check for it. I'm lucky to have a few local options before I resort to ordering online, at least.

I've got a busy day ahead of me tomorrow, so I will leave all my other thoughts for a future post. Otherwise I will be here updating all night instead of sleeping.