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We're back, baby!

Life in Melbourne is slowly moving to "COVID normal". On Monday the Richmond Knitters returned to our in-person home at the Spread Eagle Hotel, generally referred to a "The Spready. I walked in and one of the wait-staff said "you guy are back, life is back" and I nearly cried. 

My very talented friend and fellow Richmond Knitter Dani (aka Half-Baked Handdyed) brought the mini-skeins that I bought last week. 300 grams and 30 colours. Look how pretty they are!  

Also, look how I got a dark rainbow and a pastel rainbow. (I'm thinking of knitting this shawl)

And then Suzanne had a destash (I love my friends who have "buying yarn" and "knitting yarn" as separate hobbies, so occasionally they have to destash or they will drown).

I scored a bunch of minis


Two balls of sock yarn (suitable for socks for Leon, or maybe abovementioned shawls main colour)


And another of these, Skein Yarns "Bendigo or Bust". Now I have two, and along with some coral pink fluff I'm going to make a Lovenote. And then, since it has just been announced that  Bendigo (The Australian Sheep and Wool Show") will happen this year, I will wear it to Bendigo.

We all plan tentatively at the moment. We all proceed with caution. But I'm also embracing hope. Being in the room, with my knitters, hearing us all talking at the same time, laughing, crying and just being ourselves filled me with so much joy. "Staying apart keep us together" 

but actually being together is such a delight. The 112 day lockdown was so hard, but now we are enjoying the benefits of it. This was supposed to be a post about yarn, but it's turned into an essay about so many other things. I guess that's part of the point about knitting. It's never just about the knitting.

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