My boxes from The Loopy Ewe are usually full of brightly colored yarns — oranges, lime greens, purples . . but not the most recent order. As luck would have it, I placed my order AGAIN so that it arrived on Saturday. Note to Self: Do not order from TLE on Wednesdays!
Vince was home and when we got the mail, I grabbed the box and stuck it in the floor of the car. We were headed to the neighbors and while talking to them and getting back in the car, he noted the little “Box of Fun” sticker on the outside of the box.
Box of Fun
In the middle of talking with my neighbor, the conversation took an abrupt turn . .
Vince: No! Not another package from The Loopy Ewe!
Me: But . . it’s a BOX OF FUN!
Vince: I thought you weren’t buy anything else this whole year!
Me: But . . it’s a Box of Fun and it’s for a challenge!
My neighbor, not being a knitter, has no idea what The Loopy Ewe is and when I kept saying “box of fun”, I can only imagine what she was thinking I had ordered. Can I face her again? 
The truth is . . it was a box of fun but boring yarn.
January Yarn Order
All gray and brown. No red, no lime green, no orange . . boring brown and gray. Winter must be about to get the best of me!
Seriously, I wanted the grays to go with my coat and the brown is for a shawl that I plan to wear a lot so I figured brown was a good choice.
Hahaha!! That’s what I do with my fabric orders!! I hate it when he’s home and a package arrives. I get the “eye roll” and “just what you need – MORE FABRIC!!!”
I think that grey is beautiful … there is something about soft grey wool that always works for me. Well, works every day except today because we are in the middle of a burning heatwave
Oh, what we go thru not to get the eye roll. I have been known to throw something in the dog house until he goes to sleep. Only other crafters can understand our genuine need for more stuff.
The yarn looks wonderful…..you are just going to have to get your own post office box and have everything sent there. Sounds to me like it will be worth it.
That’s funny. A box of fun from the Loopy Ewe. I can only imagine what your neighbor thinks!
LOL I wonder if your neighbour went home and googled “loopy ewe”.
I “may” have purchased yarn in Raleigh yesterday on a business trip. Maybe, possibly, a “few” skeins of Noro….
I like brighter colors in accessories (and toys I knit!) but am having trouble picking anything other than shades of grey (or maybe espresso beowns) for all the sweaters I have planned. I LOVE a good rich neutral yarn.
I LOVE grays! I think your new yarns are beautiful!
Well I don’t knit, but I think those are nice warm luscious colors, especially if your to wear them. I think the loopy ewe needs to come in a brown nonidentifiable box, no bells and whistles on the outside.
My usual answer is it was free, or it was a sale!
Is here anything better than seeing that Box Of Fun sticker! LOL The receptionists at work even knows that a Box of Fun is well…. FUN. They love seeing that sticker when my packages arrive at the office.
LOL! I can only imagine what’s going through your neighbor’s mind! I think I’m a bit of the opposite in yarn purchases. I love the bright colors too, but I generally end up buying the more sedate colors that will go with mostly everything. I’m still working on that Minimalist Cardigan in grey — that moss stitch takes forever for a thrower like me!
We like sending you Boxes of Fun, even if Vince isn’t such a big fan.