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It's Good to Get Out of the House

So this weekend, I drove to Seattle to pick up Paul.  We got in town with just enough time for me to run into my favorite Seattle LYS (local yarn shop) before it closed.   I try to stay away from yarn shops because I have a SABLE (stash acquirement beyond life expectancy).   In other words I need no more new yarn since I own six boxes full of yarn already.  But this shop is so cute I can't help myself and the artfully arranged shelves of colourful yarn gives me great pleasure. My tape yarn (at least new to me) Fortunately or unfortunately I found the yarn above.  As you can see it is really a webbed tape and not a yarn at all.  Since I wasn't sure what to do with it, I asked and the helpful shop owner showed me a rather lovely scarf  and give me the easy instructions to make it. Using a #8 or 5 mm needle pick up 8 stitches along one side of the tape.  Then cast off those 8 stitches using stitches you pick up on the same side of the t...