When we last met, I was bemoaning the fact that I couldn’t find any yarn needles. So, it was off to the local Michael’s where I learned that Michael’s doesn’t sell Chibis. I’m almost certain I bought some there once…but no matter, they aren’t available there now. Fine. I could, of course, order them but that would take too long. There are only about 25 yarn shops in the Atlanta area, but I’m trying not to buy yarn and I have almost no will power about yarn. (With a stash like mine, not buying more would seem so obvious, but I keep adding to it. Have I lost my mind?)
Anyway, off to Hobby Lobby. No yarn there to tempt me. (Okay, I admit it, I’m a yarn snob!) Bought the Chibis. Only one package of Chibis. What’s the deal? I remember that last year there was a brief period of insanity on eBay where a package of Chibis was selling for the price of a mortgage payment, but I’m not aware of any current Chibi supply and demand crisis. So, okay, bring the one measly package of Chibis home.
You know what happened next, don’t you? You could see it coming, a mile away. I opened up a drawer that I had searched like a bomb-sniffing dog a week ago and found…Chibis. Then I was looking for a size 10.5 24” circular needle in my needle bag. Didn’t find the needle (only 29”) but by damn, there were two Chibis in a hitherto-unexplored pocket.
Bottom line, I’m up to my antlers in Chibis. I’m sure they will disappear the next time I need them too—I can be as prone to conspiracy theory as anyone—but for today I have Chibis.
So I used them (quickly!) to weave in the ends of my four helmet liners. I’ll mail them to Whit today so I can cross that off my list. Here they are.
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