And You Think We've Got it Cold

"I'm bored," Nanuk said to his best friend, Jack, a white harbor seal who sat beside him on the ice.

"We could go sliding," Jack said.

"Did that."

"We could build a snowman."

"We have an army of those."

"We could build a snow seal."

"We have two armies of those."

"We could tease Clem," Jack said.

"Yeah, we could. Although the last time we did that he got really mad and almost ate us," Nanuk shivered remembering the incident with the polar bear.

"Yeah, and I got in trouble from my mom," Jack sighed.

"I'm going home," Nanuk stood up. "See you tomorrow Jack. We can get together and do nothing again."

Nanuk sauntered home to his igloo where his mother had just finished pulling everything out. She had cleaned the rugs and put everything back. "There you are," she said. "I have some soup for you."

"All right," Nanuk sighed.

"What's the matter, Nanuk?"

"I'm bored. Everything's the same. Everything is white and cold. There's nothing to do."

So Nanuk's mother sat him down with soup in the warm igloo, and after he ate his soup she brought out some buffalo yarn she had got in a trade, and some seal tusk needles she had made, and taught him how to knit.

Nanuk caught on quickly and happily knitted the rest of the day. The next day he took his knitting to show Jack and sat and knitted while Jack slid along the ice and into the water.

Nanuk learned how to make hats and scarves and took a hat and scarf to Clem and said he was sorry that he had teased him so much. Clem was so happy with his hat and scarf that he went and found female bears and showed off his new hat and scarf. The female bears oohed and aahed over them and they all wanted at least one set of their own. Clem came back to Nanuk with orders for the hats and scarves and promised to pay him in fish for his family.

Before long, Nanuk was helping his family by knitting warm pieces of clothing and trading them away for the things his family needed and for more yarn. The animals loved to pay in food and protection. He made a deal with Clem to carry him everywhere on his back and Clem happily sported Nanuk's knitwear.

Nanuk figured out how to do cables. Then he figured out how to take different colors and make pictures. Nanuk's designs became famous in his community and soon he was teaching others how to knit and selling his patterns to the new knitters.

When Nanuk grew up, the community got together and sent him to a university far away where it was warmer. He became a famous knitwear designer and sent money back to his community. Everyone was so proud of their Nanuk.

Nanuk found he liked the warmer weather better but he often came back to ride on Clem's back and go sliding with Jack, and then Jack got too old to slide and Clem got too old to carry Nanuk and eventually even his mother got old and soon there wasn't any more family to come back too even though the community still celebrated him.

Nanuk lived a very long life travelling the world and making knitwear designs. Long after he died legends were told about him and how Nanuk had helped his community building warm houses and schools by knitting.

This week's sale...is Nanuk! It's a textured yarn that's great for trims and on its own. 

75% OFF

Berroco Nanuk

67% Wool, 33% Nylon

70 y/65 m/50 g (5)

Regular Price: $12.35

Sale Price: $3.09

Posted by Anna Maria Junus (happy employee who is grateful she doesn't have to knit while sitting on a snow bank by a lake of ice).