I ran out to Hobby Lobby over my lunch hour today. I was intent upon picking up some velvet posters for "my boy" to color. I did buy him some, and of course, I bought something for the sibs as well.

I was headed to the clearance wall to peruse the potential, and I decided I would take a cruise through the yarn section on my way. Eureka! Rack after rack of clearance yarn for $1.99!

Oh, my little heart was aflutter as I slowed to a crawl and scanned the shelves, top to bottom, as I meandered up the aisle. There near the end. 100% wool yarn! SCORE!!!

I immediately set upon selecting colors and matching dye lots and determining how many skeins/yards were matching up and what could be made from these amounts. Three of this one, four of another, and nine of that one over there....

In the midst of the frenzy of plotting, acquisition status, and mental arithmetic , I paused. It occurred to me... "How much of this would it take to do hats and socks for charity?"

There are a couple of charities that I would really like to do more for, but they require items to be made from wool. I have quite a bit of wool. Most of it is not suitable for hats for children and none of it is suitable for socks. The wool that I have is mainly for felting or weaving. As wool yarn tends to be more expensive, I cannot afford to buy it in a retail venue. My wool for charity knitting comes mainly from purchases on eBay where I can generally save at least 50% off of the retail price. However, I must purchase a fairly large quantity, so it is not an inexpensive prospect.

I purchased 6 skeins of worsted weight wool yarn and two skeins of sock yarn. I spent less than $16. I came home and checked the yardage requirements for the hat and sock patterns. I can make two hats and two pair of socks from the worsted weight yarn. I can make four pair of children's socks from the sock yarn. Not a bad deal at all!!

I'm going back tomorrow for more wool yarn.

I do not have a lot of extra money right now, but it makes me very happy to know that I can spend what little bit of money I do have to do something worthwhile to benefit someone else.

More tomorrow and possibly even a photo if I can figure out how to download the camera. LOL

Nine Inch Nails: Wish (1992)

Looks like it's shaping up to be a NIN kinda day. Still my favorite NIN track. Gotta love the fact of putting "fistfuck" into a lyric and winning a Grammy! LMFAO

Nine Inch Nails: Gave Up (1992)

Trent Reznor, the Sharon Tate house, Marilyn Manson, phrenetic energy - gotta love it.

Nine Inch Nails: Head Like A Hole (1990)

The track that started it all. If you've never bothered to listen to the lyrics, I would encourage you to take this opportunity to do so...

AmpedStatus: Economic Crisis = USA Riots

Some food for thought, perhaps.