I saw some yarn lying on the floor today. It was a lovely, deep, plum purple colour. I picked it up, intrigued. I saw the top of a huge picture of a woman on the label, and I turned the yarn around so I could see all of her – I was wondering what the yarn looked like knit. But the woman wasn’t wearing a hat or a scarf or a poncho made from the lovely purple yarn – no, she was wearing a heavily beaded earing and a pearl-coated tank-top. I was confused. Whats the point of putting a random woman on a yarn label?
Curly silver letters were on the label, too. “Vanna White.” Hm. Perhaps she’s a famous knitter or something. Oh wait…Vanna…isn’t she that person on Jepordy or Wheel of Fortune or something?
More curly letters – far bigger than the last. “Vanna’s Choice.”
The white-toothed, two-tone haired woman who looked younger than she should stared back at me, her sparkling earing flashing. The words above her head said “The yarn for all your projexts. I know you’ll love it as much as I do.”
I don’t think the yarn company’s using Vanna’s face to sell their product - I think they’re trying to scare you into buying it…like threatening a child: “If you don’t buy this yarn…Vanna will eat you!”
