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I am officially on yarn probation.  I am not permitted to purchase any more yarn, no matter how on-sale it is, what a good deal it is, or how pretty/soft/fabulous it is.  This probation does not, however, preclude me from purchasing knitting accoutrements.  I am wanting the Needlemaster 200 kit.  It makes more sense to buy the interchangeable needles rather than buying a bunch of circular needles in different sizes.  I can't find it in the local stores so I will have to get it online.  Amazon has it cheaper than I have seen anywhere else.

I got a $25 gift certificate to Ragshop for Christmas so I went there today to see if they carry the Needlemaster kit.  They do not.  However, they had a sale on yarn: 25% off the entire stock and 50% off certain yarns.  With the certificate, I only spent $7.72.  But I had just spent $87 in Target ($107 minus a $20 gift card) when I only went there to get cat litter.  And I haven't even mentioned last week's sale on Pattons Classic wool at AC Moore.  Except I just did.  I'm not sure how much I spent.  Thus the reason for the probation.

For Christmas, I got two of the books from my Amazon wish list: Illustrated Knitting & Crochet and Organizing Your Craft Space.  The latter looked good online and had mostly good reviews, but I am going to return it and see if I can find something more practical for my living situation, and something that maybe mentions where the nice little storagey things were purchased.  Fortunately, sister got them at Barnes & Noble rather than online, so I can return it and peruse similar books to decide which would be best.  In the meantime, I purchased lovely plastic drawers and smallish plastic containers.  The drawers are already filled with yarn and I have to figure out what to do with all that jewelry stuff that I am not using at this time.