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this is a rec for anyone that wants to get into a craft using yarn

DO NOT LET YOURSELF BUY THAT YARN. you will go into a spiral of buying more and more yarn. every single time you will convince yourself that it looks cool and that you’ll use it and then you end up with a huge collection of yarn.… but also yarn is very cool so do what you want with this rec ;)

@jopenga

Sep 19, 2024

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@courtneyalyce

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