Design dreaming

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What do you see when yarn inspires you?  A blanket, an accessory, a chic outfit or household item?  Does color entice you in a specific direction?  When you follow that inspiration with hook and yarn in hand does it often become something else or what you first envisioned?  Oh, quell my curiosity please and tell me!  Are we alike in that most often what I envision becomes something else entirely?

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