What the heck is up with the knitting blogosphere’s obsession with Cotton-Ease? “Discontinued!” they’re all saying. Everyone’s going naners. “Buy it now” for $25 for 4 skeins on eBay? Whatever.

And yet, I’d be lying if I tried to pretend that I haven’t been swooped up in all this hype. I was skulking around P & S the other day and I walked out with three skeins of Banana. What the ‘ell? I don’t even like bananas! Or yellow! This is, of course, in addition to the considerable stash of Bubblegum, Sugar Plum, Pistachio…

What am I going to make? A quilt? My three dozenth Tarot bag? A lampshade? The mind boggles.

What gets me is that I’ve peeked at the horse’s mouth and there’s no big discontinuation huzzah over there. For goddness’s sakes, folks, if you’re gonna get in an uproar, just go buy out the supplier. Save the eBay fights for when times are (incoming! sarcasm!) really tough.

I say this with the greatest amount of affection, mind you. I just don’t get it, s’all.