WHEN A LONG STORY IS REALLY JUST A LONG STORY!

Do you remember the days when you could join a club  just by seeing an ad in a magazine, filling out a form, and mailing it to whomever was running the ad?

I did that with the Columbia Music Club.  I found the ad in my Mother's Good Housekeeping Magazine, tore out the form, filled it in and mailed it, and waited patiently for my first shipment of records to arrive in the mail.

I was 16.

I had just started my first real job at Don's Toys Hobbies and Crafts, and with my first pay-check I had gone over to Gambles Department store and purchased my very own stereo system.

Oh my heart still pitters a bit when I think of that Lloyds Stereo.   It had a turntable, a radio and a
8 track tape player.  Two Stereo speakers, headphones, and it all fit beautifully on a wooden stand - with wheels.  Be still my heart!

I had some Mono records that my older brothers had given me, and a few 45's - but I really wanted some good stereo LP's - so I joined the Columbia Music Club.

The first shipment of records arrived - I think I got 10 the first time around, because you got bonus records by signing up - after the first month you received 5 records every month.

What a blast!

That is until my parents found out - then - OH WHAT A BLAST!

I managed to acquire close to 40 records before they stopped showing up in the mail for good!

So what has brought this story to my blog?

Well -

I follow quite a few knitting podcasts on YouTube.  Great stuff - Love it!

Several of the hosts on these podcasts from time to time show what they receive in the mail.  Mostly gifts from subscribers, or other podcasters, or from companies they are endorsing through their channel.

Lately several of them have shown the same product which has arrived at their doorstep, so I started to pay attention.

The product is yarn, patterns, and accessories, and it arrives every month in a pretty turquoise box  from a place called Knitcrate.com.

The Box Yarn Club has several options of "crates" to choose from, and you get to Pick A Crate  - the crate of your choice, be it, a Sock Crate - which offers hand dyed sock yarn and sock patterns, or the Knitcrate Membership , which offers different types of yarns and patterns.  You can choose a palate of colours you want, or you can let them choose and have a surprise every month.

You can see where this is going - can't you?

It feels like I am 16 again, but this time I don't have to ask Mom or Dad!

But I do have to ask myself - is this something you really need?  Yes and No ..... Is this something your want....Yes!

So I am going to give it a try for a few months.  At the very least I will get some beautiful hand dyed yarns and some nice patterns.  I am going for the Sock Crate, because sock yarn is non-existent here in my neck of the world, and I have discovered that I quite like to knit and crochet socks.

So if you are inclined to want to be 16 along with me check out the link below.

knitcrate.com

BTW - This is not an endorsement - this is just a crazy knitter sharing some info to other crazy knitters!

End of story!