❓ #QOTD - What's the hobby you know the most about. Not necessarily one that you do or even like, but what's the one you're most familiar with? . Happy Friday, friends! Oh! Can #FiberFriday be a thing? Anywaze, I've got a whole gaggle of pics for y'all today; I couldn't decide on just one, so swippity-swipe away! . There's a pretty long yarn incoming. Strap in. (See what I did there? 😉). . The other month or so when I visited family, my mom let me at her yarn stash. "Whatever you want to take is fine," she said. Y'all, that is like letting setting a toddler free in a candy shop and telling them to go wild. <commence running around and squealing like a squirrel> 😆 🐿. . Okay, so here's the thing. My mom has been a craft queen for decades. So I got some really lovely stuff from her. Cotton yarn from Greece, silk and rayon, some lovely wool blends, tweed acrylic. What's in the first picture is a mere fraction of what I brought home from her. Thank you, Mom! 🧶 💖. . Now, my fiber knowledge game isn't very good, but I am NOT about squander these lovely yarns. So on the recommendation of one of @tlyarncrafts latest YouTube videos, I picked up a copy of "Yarn Substitutions Made Easy" by Carol J Sulcoski. . This book knows its stuff. We start off by examining what different yarns look like on the microscopic level and how those microscopic differences give different materials the traits they have. I'm only on section 2 and I already feel like buckets of understand have been dumped on me. Like Gatorade on the winning coach at the Superbowl. . Yeah, I know. This is peak nerdy, but if you're at all interested in fiber, I cannot recommend this book enough. . Side note: Do y'all see that fluffalicious pup beside me? Do you think we could get some good yarn from him? . . . . . #booknerd #books #booksarelife #booksaremagic #bookstagram #bookstagramcommunity #bookstagrammer #bookworm #read #reader #reading #lovetoread #bookdragon #bookwyrm #booknerd #booknerdigans #danafraedrich #yarnbooks #booksandyarn #yarnandbooks #bookandyarn #yarnandbook #yarnbook #yarnlove #fiberlove #crochetallday https://www.instagram.com/p/CLeRbOIs_Vx/?igshid=17pwqzase7ew9
