Tuesday, February 27, 2007

M Visits LYS: A Play in Two Scenes

Cast of Characters

Me: that is I
M: 6'4" of curly-headed manliness
Rebecca: Proprietress of LYS
LatBTs: Ladies at the Big Table (four of them)

Setting
A dark and stormy lunch hour at the LYS

Scene 1:


Me and M enter LYS.
Rebecca: Hi again! How are you?

Me: Great. I'm here to look at sock yarn.

Rebecca: Let me know if you have any questions.

Me spots the Tofutsies yarn and completely ignores Rebecca. Rebecca doesn't seem to mind.

M: Is that the yarn you were looking for?

Me: Yes, it has soy silk fiber mixed with the wool so it will make a lighter sock for the warmer spring weather.

LatBT: Do you knit?

M: No, I'm just the cheerleader.

Me: Oh, look Panda Cotton! (Me moves around the display)

LatBT (holding a big sweater and advancing on M): Would you try this on for me please?

M: Umm...

LatBT: I want to see if my repair is invisible when the sweater is worn.

M: OK (starts putting the sweater on).

LatBT: You're much larger than the sweater's owner (eyes M quite thoroughly), but I think you'll do. Yes, I can't see the mistake at all. Thanks, Rebecca, for your help.

Rebecca: No problem. You did a great job.

M suddenly crouches down by Me sans sweater. He sticks to Me like glue.

M: The colors are really pretty. Which ones do you want?

Me: I really want the pink and white one, but I can't decide between these two.

M: Why don't you get both?

Me: I shouldn't...

M (still glued to Me): Sure, you should.

Rebecca: Here's a sock I knit with the Tofutsies. (holds out a sock to Me)

Me (taking the sock): Very nice. What size needles did you use?

Rebecca: I used twos for the cuff and size ones for the foot.

M: Do you need any size one dpns? (school-girlish sighs are heard from the LatBTs)

Rebecca, Me and M move to the front counter, where Rebecca starts ringing up the yarn.


M reaching for his wallet: My treat. (More sighes from LatBTs.)

Me: Oh! You don't have to!

M: My pleasure!

Rebecca: You've earned 10% off today.

M (signing receipt): Great! Have a good afternoon!

Rebecca: Thank you! You too!

Me and M leave LYS.

Scene 2
A few minutes later in Me and M's pick-up.


M (starting the engine): I thought for a few minutes that I would have some serious explaining to do back there.

Me (looking up confused from yarn bag): What would you have to explain in a yarn store?

M: That NO means NO!

Suddenly Me understands M's glue-like behavior in the LYS. A chilling image of Rebecca restrained at the counter by Addi Turbo cables and Me with a size 10 Brittany Birch needle sticking out of her chest as the LatBTs drag a protesting M into the back room of the LYS where all the Jaeggerspun Zephyr, Classic Elite Lush, and Frog Tree alpaca yarn is kept. Me silently resolves that if M ever accompanies her to the LYS again, she will be sure to have armed herself with her size 17 Bryspun needles in order to protect M's virtue. She pats M's knee in sympathy. They drive off into the lunch hour rain.

Finis.


M has recovered from his ordeal. And the yarn is beautiful:

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Three cheers for M!

12 comments:

Christy said...

I'm glad that he's recovered. It sounds like a scary experience for him ;)

Brigitte said...

Three cheers is right! That was great! And I love the yarn, I don't think I've seen it yet. You'll have to let us know how it turns out.

Anonymous said...

Snort :) Poor M. He sounds like a sweetie (and also? Those dovetail drawers are a beautiful thing. Wow.)

Soy socks, very cool. The Fleece Artist has just come out with a sea-cell and wool blend sock yarn (I just bought a skein of test-seconds of it from my LYS).

Jen said...

Lovely yarn, lovely man...what a trooper! My boy won't come within fifteen feet of a yarn shop!

Rachel said...

Very Funny! Our men are so wonderful for putting up with us knitting fiends!

Kristy said...

The last time my boyfriend (a mathematician) went with me to my LYS, he was helping the women there calculate the correct number of stitches to cast on :)

I'm glad you got some great yarn out of the experience, and I hope your husband has recovered!

Kim said...

Yay M! He was very well behaved to remain calm when affronted by such demanding LatBTs.

knittingphilistine said...

HAHA! Great story. And what a great M.

Alison said...

LOL! Great yarn. Really nice colors, but that could just be because I am a sucker for pink :-)

Anonymous said...

Wonderful post!! Very entertaining. :-) I hope you post how well you like the yarn in sock form. The yarn looks great in the photo.

Obsidian Kitten said...

omg! i never realized our significant others might need such strident protection in the LYS.

consider me forewarned

(and good thing i finished my coffee, or it woulda been spurting outta my nose)

Cheryl said...

Great LYS story! And thanks for your help with my Victorian Lace scarf while I was on vacation. I got it finished on the cruise, and it's blocking now.