If I wanted to come across as pretentious I could just say that the quote is from a poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861).
But I have to confess only know that line because John Lennon used it in one of his songs on the album "Double Fantasy". But it does describe my feelings for this yarn pretty accurately.
Can anyone guess what yarn it is?
Why, yes. It IS a skein of Wollmeise in the Rhabarber colourway.
I will not reveal how I got this skein. But I wish to convey my most heartfelt thanks to a very dear friend!
Now, I could have bought a skein of this yarn when I visited the Wollmeise shop in Pfaffenhofen back in October last year.
But something must have happened to my brain while I was in there – I couldn´t think straight. There was a whole shelf of this stuff, but I just walked away. I think this is the closest I´ve been to experience true madness.
Certifiable. The men in the white coats will be coming for me any minute now.
I hope that this humbling experience will have turned me into a nicer person. But I´m not sure it had any effect at all. Except for making me stalk the Wollmeise online shop update every week ever since.
Rhabarberrhabarberrhabarberrhabarber...
Believe me – it´s been a really stressful period of my life. I´ve missed so many updates – some by hours, some by mere minutes.
One time there was actually some Rhabarber Wollmeise available – but I failed when trying to buy a skein. How frustrating is that? Teeth-gnashing!
I´ve seen some pretty impressive Wollmeise stashes over on Ravelry and I have no idea how they managed. I´ve only got one thing to say to these ladies:
RESPECT.
You are one lucky bunny! I love that colourway-and I have alot of rhubarb growing in my garden so I figure I should have some one day. And yeah how do some people have so much Wollmeise-I never seem to be at the right spot at the right time. Its not like I don't have any yarn !
Posted by: Chris | June 02, 2010 at 06:43 PM
I plan to stalk her booth at Knit Nation this summer. You will be there stalking with me, right? We can even keep secrets from everyone else by speaking Swedish.
Posted by: Sandy | June 03, 2010 at 07:08 AM
such beautiful colorway!
I spent a whole year wondering what on earth "rhabarber" was, having been told by my German hostess that I was enjoying her homemade "rhabarb' Konfitüre."
Only once I had rhubarb jam back in the States did I realize what it was!
Posted by: Carolinefryar.wordpress.com | June 03, 2010 at 09:42 AM
LOL, I love that color too:-)Now the big question is what will you knit using it:-)
Posted by: jackie | June 05, 2010 at 05:16 PM
You were IN the shop in Pfaffenhofen?? You walked away from the yarn??? Oh, my. I'm sure you must have just come from the nearest Biergarten...
Posted by: karin | June 09, 2010 at 06:00 AM
Yes, well... If you look at my blog post from October 2009 you´ll understand why my time in the Wollmeise shop was somewhat limited. Still, I did manage to buy some yarn for myself and a friend, so I didn´t come away empty handed. Afterwards I regretted not buying more, of course. I can´t blame this failure on anything – I was stone sober.
Posted by: Johanne | June 09, 2010 at 07:24 AM