Margene put the yarn brain-worm into my knitter's head.
Beaversliiiiiiiide. Beeeeeaverslide. Oh yes, you know you want it. Then Leanne put the color I've lusted after on sale.
First we talk about yarn and fiber in addiction vocabulary. (Stash.) Then the metaphors become sexual.
The handle of the yarn is soft and yielding. It demands to be caressed. The primal sheepy smell is intact. It seduces the knitter through our most primitive sense, arousing emotion and creativity.
I told Mr. E that I could barely restrain myself from ordering every color I love, in sweater quantity lots, so I could drown in Beaverslide yarn.
Beaverslide merino 90%/mohair 10%, Glacier Blue
That is so true - it is either sex or food. Yarn is yummy, delicious, we fondle it, etc. Now, where can I get some?
Posted by: bev | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 09:46 AM
I've been looking at that same color. You'll love the knitting experience just as much (or more so) than the acquisition.
Posted by: margene | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 09:51 AM
I have not yet succumbed to the temptation of Beaverslide. I'm sure it's only a matter of time, however.
Posted by: Carole | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:07 AM
I was knitting (I know! Astonishment.) with Beaverslide last night. Good stuff.
Also, the word I use is Fiberotica.
Posted by: Juno | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Beeutiful!! What's it going to become?
Posted by: Kim | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Hmpf. Margene is evil. Pure evil - an enabler of the first order. (Although with BSDG yarn, most of us don't need much enabling, do we?)
Posted by: Anne | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Damn. I just ordered the yarn pack for Anne's damn mittens and now I want to order some damn Beaverslide. Damn.
Posted by: Marcia | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Oh, lordy, and that's just about my FAVORITE shade of blue in the whole world, too...
Posted by: --Deb | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Sale?
Posted by: Lyn | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 12:07 PM
That's pretty close to the color of Beaverslide that I'm knitting up for John. It is indeed heavenly. I keep burying my face in it and just inhaling.
Posted by: Lorette | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 01:28 PM
I could run through a whole list of appropriate song titles but I'll stick with "How deep is your love". It seems appropriate.
Posted by: Caroline M | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 01:38 PM
Must....not....buy...more...yarn.
Posted by: PumpkinMama | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 01:48 PM
I'm knitting with Beaverslide right now. Love it.
Posted by: Cheryl S. | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 01:49 PM
Dude, did you have to direct-link it? Really, now.
Posted by: Danielle | Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 03:10 PM
I think I fell into that picture.
Face first...
Posted by: gayle | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 12:43 AM
Not.Clicking.The.Link.
NOT.
Posted by: Ruth | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 07:50 AM
Want. Want. Want. But resisting until I made a space where some other knit-worthy yarn currently resides.
Posted by: Kathy | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 01:27 PM
What a way to go! Must. resist. evil. link.
Love your X!
Posted by: Lucia | Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 01:34 PM
Yarn fast. Repeat to self, yarn fast. Must not buy.
Gorgeous, though.
Posted by: kmkat | Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 05:56 PM