Stash Enhancement Procedure #4

1 - get it into your head that you want to start spinning yarn

2 - try to convince your boyfriend's mother (who just happens to have a hobby farm) to acquire a sheep or alpaca with a promise of learning to shear

3 - attend the local Sheep Shearing Festival you heard about from your ever-supportive mother

4 - become mesmerized by spinning and weaving done by members of the local spinning and weaving guild

5 - learn that there is a great spinning teacher at a new yarn store you haven't discovered yet (!)

6 - go to said yarn shop at the first available opportunity only to discover that they also stock mill-ends & discontinued yarns (for less than $4!) and bring them in on a regular basis

7 - pull out preferred plastic card with magnetic strip...