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I need to stay away from online ordering ...

It's too easy, isn't it?  Browsing a website, slinging things into a virtual basket, telling yourself you're not going to make it as far as the checkout.  Then, in a moment of weakness you're clicking on the Paypal button and - oops! - you've done it again.  Ordering more crafty stuff when you're supposed to be using up what you've got and not buying more.  Guilty as charged, m'lud.  My excuse is that the yarn was half price, and it was four 100g balls for a tenner.  So I bought twelve in these luscious colours.   It's from www.woolwarehouse.co.uk and the brand's Yarnsmiths Lagoon DK.  (It's 100% acrylic, but you're not getting pure new wool for that price, are you?)  I've ordered from this company before, and they send everything out in organza bags, which make very useful storage bags.   The thing that looks like a processed cheese slice is actually a piece of felt!  I ordered a single square of it as I wanted to check w...