The dog and cat have a new game where, if I leave my knitting on the table at night, the cat attacks the knitting and knocks it on the floor and the dog munches the needles. Lesson learned to put away my knitting before I go to bed.
Today I went to my local knitting shop to pick up some new needles and maybe also some sock yarn. I had avoided this shop over the past year, even though it is the closest to my home and I like their inventory, because the one time I went there after they re-opened last year (they closed entirely in 2020), they had a locked front door that you had to knock on to get permission to enter and then insisted on maximum masking, distancing, plexiglass in front of the cash register, etc. My thought today was that surely they would be over all that by now, right? I mean, what did everybody get vaccinated for?
Well, no such luck! The door to the shop was locked so you had to knock to be let in. I was the only person in the place besides the owner! And I was told I could not come in the door without a mask. I was there and wanted the needles, so I donned the paper mask that the owner gave me, got the needles and left. I decided that was my last visit to the shop. Other knitting stores in my area are not as draconian, but they are still all masked up behind the counter and flatten themselves behind the cash register if you get within 6 feet.
So I guess mail order? Or maybe I should start my own shop? With a big sign out front that says "No masking allowed; get as close as you want!"
There are some segments of the culture that seem to have gone more Branch Covidian than others and, at least in my area, the knitting community seems like they the absolute true believers. I just can't understand what is going on in their heads...
What is it with the knitting community!!?
Today I went to my local knitting shop to pick up some new needles and maybe also some sock yarn. I had avoided this shop over the past year, even though it is the closest to my home and I like their inventory, because the one time I went there after they re-opened last year (they closed entirely in 2020), they had a locked front door that you had to knock on to get permission to enter and then insisted on maximum masking, distancing, plexiglass in front of the cash register, etc. My thought today was that surely they would be over all that by now, right? I mean, what did everybody get vaccinated for?
Well, no such luck! The door to the shop was locked so you had to knock to be let in. I was the only person in the place besides the owner! And I was told I could not come in the door without a mask. I was there and wanted the needles, so I donned the paper mask that the owner gave me, got the needles and left. I decided that was my last visit to the shop. Other knitting stores in my area are not as draconian, but they are still all masked up behind the counter and flatten themselves behind the cash register if you get within 6 feet.
So I guess mail order? Or maybe I should start my own shop? With a big sign out front that says "No masking allowed; get as close as you want!"
There are some segments of the culture that seem to have gone more Branch Covidian than others and, at least in my area, the knitting community seems like they the absolute true believers. I just can't understand what is going on in their heads...