We went on vacation to New Hampshire; we had a lot of fun! It was a pretty ride there and back home, but we didn't see many farms. Cities, yes. Woods, yes. Farms? Barely! We wonder why that is.
While we were on vacation one of our Mom's friends met with us. Our Mom's friend is a famous crochet designer and she knew we were interested in corn and corn products. So she 
It sure doesn't look anything like corn! And it doesn't look like the normal wool yarn our Mom buys where it has many strands twisted together. Instead this corn yarn looks like it's woven. It has a little bit of a "squishy" feel to it (but in a nice way), is fairly soft, and it is pretty to look at. Maybe when school starts in a few weeks we'll bring it in to show our Science Teacher, Mrs. Zea Mays.
The South West Trading Company calls this yarn "A-MAIZing." Since corn has a lot of starch it in (which breaks down into cheap sugar which is why it is in so much of our food), someone decided they might be able to make it into yarn. And they did! The website here has more information on it.
Tomorrow we're back to measuring!
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