tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post3689987325405370792..comments2024-01-20T10:43:50.527-08:00Comments on Yarn Floozies: belated blogiversary contestDottyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16525856640548305865noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-18711551158894441482009-03-01T16:10:00.000-08:002009-03-01T16:10:00.000-08:00Ladies,Yarn gathering must be a sickness!!! To get...Ladies,<BR/>Yarn gathering must be a sickness!!! To get up & stand in line for a sale in the wee hrs. of the a.m.!!! I have a stash but must refrain from shopping as I knit way to slow to get thru anymore!! No intersting stories except my weasling my way into the Wed. Night Knitters club. While stopping for a coffee treat my hubby & I would see the ladies knitting & spinning & of course liking different kinds of crafty pursuits (especially the fibre kind) I had to be nosey & investigate. My hubby's question was "why bother to spin when you can just go & buy". (The same could be said for his fly-tying) Gail & Sharon were kind enough to let me join their group. They have been very patient with their teaching, especially Sharon with the various "heels". I have managed to finish 1/2 dozen pairs of socks & am looking to broaden by knitting pursuits @ some point. <BR/>Happy Blogiversay!<BR/>KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-43632887217917627592009-02-26T01:08:00.000-08:002009-02-26T01:08:00.000-08:00okay my story it was close to my moms bday time a ...okay my story it was close to my moms bday time a couple of years ago. so well I wanted to finish my moms scarf and run short on money and I really wanted to finish it for her birthday so I spent a week we were packing at the time in order to move just collecting change around the house recycling all the cans and bottles and plastic i could just to get enough money to buy the yarn to finish the scarf finally i got the money and finished the scarf and she loved her present. thatas my story vbarton24 at gmaildot comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15972547240942899357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-32518278229078033042009-02-25T20:46:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:46:00.000-08:00I had a sex change operation so I could fit in bet...I had a sex change operation so I could fit in better in the yarn shop. Only joking! I mostly stalk on-line shops. Too many people make assumptions about men who prowl around yarn shops.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12435041527641632723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-59069736745938988562009-02-25T20:43:00.000-08:002009-02-25T20:43:00.000-08:00The LYS near work - about an hour from my house - ...The LYS near work - about an hour from my house - had an annual post Xmas sale. Great prices, but you had to get there early on the 26th. Every year we went to visit my parents in FL over Xmas and I would miss the sale. I offered one of my colleagues who lives near the store money to go there, but she said that she was going skiing that day and really didn't want to be responsible for possibly getting the wrong stuff given that she wasn't a knitter.<BR/><BR/>Finally, one year I went to the store the day before we left and begged - I mean begged the owner to sell me something on sale. NO DICE. Not fair. SO I thought I came up with a great solution - I would pay halfway between the full price and the sale price. NOPE.<BR/><BR/>The next year I convinced my family to come back on Xmas day so I could go to the yarn sale. I NEEDED TO GO.<BR/><BR/>So guess what. She decided not to have the sale that year and there was a blizzard in NJ when I could have been in south FL. I think it wasn't meant to be.purple-powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07020541712074673527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-23872714953112577522009-02-25T19:12:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:12:00.000-08:00I've become a yarn contest junkie. I never win, bu...I've become a yarn contest junkie. I never win, but I do try. I think that counts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-12855957593303062912009-02-24T21:30:00.000-08:002009-02-24T21:30:00.000-08:00My friend and I drove 3 hours to a yarn sale and d...My friend and I drove 3 hours to a yarn sale and dug thru literally dozens of bins of yarn to get it on sale. In fact I have not yet used a single skein of the yarn I bought, and I'm not even sure I like it. Sigh.Elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05698357440367685868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-6081496373674288422009-02-24T17:19:00.000-08:002009-02-24T17:19:00.000-08:00I think the wackiest thing I've done for a project...I think the wackiest thing I've done for a project is buy a whole bunch of Kureyon at a discount to trade for other skeins of Kureyon on Ravelry to make myself a Lizard Ridge blanket. I felt a little like a horse merchant when I did that. The blanket is now nearing the one-year anniversary of its start, and I still have two more squares to go, but I didn't pay full price for a single skein in it.<BR/> <BR/>-cthulhulovesme on Ravcthulhulovesmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646116051865266260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-68175652603139716922009-02-24T16:38:00.000-08:002009-02-24T16:38:00.000-08:00I guess the extreme I went to was about a year or ...I guess the extreme I went to was about a year or two ago a friend called me to tell me amazon had cotton on sale for .49 a ball. I ran to the bank to deposit $$ and then bought oh maybe 100 balls. I thought about it later and decided to go back and get more but Amazon relaized their error it was supposed to be .49 off not .49 total. <BR/><BR/>Happy blogiversary...Aunt Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514317407057443626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-65758585671344822862009-02-24T11:03:00.000-08:002009-02-24T11:03:00.000-08:00In college I loved a certain LYS that was on the w...In college I loved a certain LYS that was on the way from my college and my parents home. Only problem is that it wasn't open on Sat or Sundays. So every week I would get out of my Friday class and make a mad dash to the yarn store... er... home... 3 hours away. I would be able to make it one hour before closing and would always make one or 2 indiscreet purchases... To this day my mother is convinced that the reason I was rushing home was to see my boyfriend... as if!MamaMayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16646344425686561507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-84816442793339664732009-02-24T08:27:00.000-08:002009-02-24T08:27:00.000-08:00Armed with 40%-off craft-store coupons that specif...Armed with 40%-off craft-store coupons that specify "one per customer, per day," I've handed a coupon, a skein of yarn, and a $10 bill to my three-year-old and made her go through the line in front of me. Hey, I'm obeying THE LETTER OF THE LAW, aren't I? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-15524296834780826662009-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:002009-02-24T07:00:00.000-08:00I got into trading yarn. I would decide I NEEDED s...I got into trading yarn. I would decide I NEEDED some particular yarn. Often it was discontinued or not available in my LYS. I found a yarn swap site and you could post a "in search of" and offer something in exchange. Not only have I found yarn that way, I've also gotten yarn I never even dreamed of trying when someone else offered it for trade.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17688503466581287123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-8079928567422135922009-02-24T04:50:00.000-08:002009-02-24T04:50:00.000-08:00not many difficulties (dont tell my hubby) if i se...not many difficulties (dont tell my hubby) if i see a sale .. then i find yarn buying irresistable<BR/><BR/>happy belated blogiversary!<BR/><BR/>diane<BR/>fraid2fly1@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-58439493698091390552009-02-24T04:48:00.000-08:002009-02-24T04:48:00.000-08:00oh, good question.. I don't really remember going ...oh, good question.. I don't really remember going to extremes for a certain project, BUT I guess I always go to extremes for my "potential new project" and store this huge stash which I wil most probably never use but I use some of it sometimes and then I don't have to run around looking for yarn, because it's there when I need it... ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-4073190134050691462009-02-24T00:44:00.000-08:002009-02-24T00:44:00.000-08:00One year I was knitting a sweater of my own design...One year I was knitting a sweater of my own design and I was absolutely sure I had enough yarn for it. Well, as things proceded I didn't. I planned to go yarn hunting in my hometown for more yarn on a Saturday - but happened to get a few too many ales on Friday night and barely made it at all. Arrhh, the horror - imagine not beeing able to knit all weekend...<BR/><BR/>Somehow I managed to get through all 7 yarnshops in my city before they closed on this given Saturday - and in the very last one I found something I could use. There was only one single skein in the right colour, but I was sure it would be enough. It wasn't...<BR/><BR/>I knew there was nothing more to do in my own city, so I called my best friend in a bigger city 4 hours away. She was so great - she went all over the place for me the following monday - more or less into every yarn shop and she is not even a knitter... She found two skeins for me and the next day I could sit home and comfortably finish my sweater. (Which, by the way, is one of my absolute favorites...) <BR/><BR/>And yes, I have thanked her multiple times and she has recieved lots of handknit things after this - she deserves it...<BR/><BR/>(And as a comment: She has now asked to lear how to knit, so every time I see her, we have a lesson over a cup of tea... Someday I'll hunt down great, great yarn for her too...)Little Miss S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08215375487664243479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-56563738076883156832009-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:002009-02-23T20:51:00.000-08:00Several weeks back I decided to cheat on my yarn d...Several weeks back I decided to cheat on my yarn diet and buy a skein of alpaca to make a hat for a co-worker. about 3/4 of the way into the hat I realized that the color work looked awful so I frogged it back to the ribbing to contemplate my next move. As I stroked the soft, squishy ribbing I thought about what a wonderfully soft sweater the yarn would make. The next thing I knew I was increasing and had made a yoke for a sweater. One skein wasn't going to be enough so I ran back and picked up the rest of the yarn in that color that the store carried. Now that the sweater is well on its way to becoming wearable I've realized that I'm still not going to have enough to complete the arms so I'll need to go on-line to hunt down more. And to make matters more complicated I've still got to find yarn for and make the hat originally promised for the co-worker. Yikes!Heidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10409844966813816495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-91781751236681345042009-02-23T18:07:00.000-08:002009-02-23T18:07:00.000-08:00I've literally worked for yarn. I was looking at a...I've literally worked for yarn. I was looking at a LYS and fondling yarns I knew I couldn't afford. The woman kept asking whether she could help me and I kept saying I was just looking. Finally I said, what I love I can't afford, so I'm just looking and storing up what I love in case things change. I was wearing a sweater I'd designed and she asked me about it. When I told her I had designed it, she asked whether I'd like to teach some classes. Well what do you pay, I asked. When she told me, it was pretty low, so I asked would she pay twice as much in yarn and she said sure (since the markup was about double)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00532652933398811468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-5397615845588000732009-02-23T16:36:00.000-08:002009-02-23T16:36:00.000-08:00before ravelry was around, i was wanting to do som...before ravelry was around, i was wanting to do some scarf knitting--but i'd become homebound with chronic illness so i couldn't go to a LYS to pet the yarn. i ended up calling store after store online, and asking them about different yarns and softness and scarfability. the yarn i'd favored for scarves previously had been discontinued, and i was a relatively new knitter who didn't really know much about yarn. ppl on the phone were courteous despite the vague nature of my questions, and i ended up using a gorgeous colorway of cascade pastaza.JuliaAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14194852178084970477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-82144825528914744752009-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:002009-02-23T15:47:00.000-08:00One online yarn store I like has a quarterly conte...One online yarn store I like has a quarterly contest - for every newborn hat you send them (which goes to their local hospital for newborns and preemies), they enter you into a drawing for a $50 gift certificate to their store. Now, I'm a poor college student and don't have a lot of cash to spend on fancy yarns. But I did have several skeins of baby yarn laying around. For about three weeks, I spent every spare moment knitting and crocheting fifty-five hats to enter their contest. And I won! First time I ever experienced fine wool and silk yarns.Steffihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308149192809815164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-85160495101272584432009-02-23T13:16:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:16:00.000-08:00I'm afraid I can't match these stories, I'm pretty...I'm afraid I can't match these stories, I'm pretty calm about my knitting. The farthest I've ever gone to get a certain yarn is to scour the net. I was disappointed not find it, but I lived through the experience.One Sheephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00511357025316848186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-63770219020471319402009-02-23T13:12:00.000-08:002009-02-23T13:12:00.000-08:00I've stayed up until 3 am looking for just the rig...I've stayed up until 3 am looking for just the right yarn at just the right price...and not finding it...then a few days later...going with my first choice.|chee-uh|https://www.blogger.com/profile/05462557871001132036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-85848055275461472542009-02-23T12:58:00.000-08:002009-02-23T12:58:00.000-08:00I'm on a typ of "yarn diet", the only rule of whic...I'm on a typ of "yarn diet", the only rule of which is yarn must be bought from thrift shops. There are several Goodwill stores here in SF, two of which I visit regularly. Goodwill has a central distribution center, and I've discovered that when large lots of yarn are donated, they are split up and sent to several stores. When I found yarn that I really liked in both my usual storea, I bussed all around SF to visit the other 7 stores to see if I could get more.Kitten With a Whiplashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03398822257651862516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-26658464109769911052009-02-23T12:20:00.000-08:002009-02-23T12:20:00.000-08:00Oh my. I have to confess. My LYS has an bin in whi...Oh my. I have to confess. My LYS has an bin in which there are odd balls sold very cheap. Always on a budget, I used to go in all the time and prowl through the bin, but the owner would always sort of growl at me. So I begged my husband to go in and get me anything that was a natural fiber. She NEVER growls at him. SO now for my birthday, Xmas, Valentines day, my gift is whatever he's gotten me from the bin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-32829834548079193992009-02-23T12:07:00.000-08:002009-02-23T12:07:00.000-08:00I make Stitch Savers (5elementknitr.etsy.com). I'...I make Stitch Savers <BR/>(5elementknitr.etsy.com). I've given up actually being paid for them - trading with people who have sock clubs and want to use them as swag. Need the money, but want the yarn more!5elementknitrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595545440993534260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-20545726453617568722009-02-23T11:53:00.000-08:002009-02-23T11:53:00.000-08:00I haven't really done anything crazy .. yet.... I ...I haven't really done anything crazy .. yet.... I did ask Chris to mail me some from the US to finish a sock though..mrspaohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385625296306389489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3254929565755439732.post-43711904547129029952009-02-23T10:14:00.000-08:002009-02-23T10:14:00.000-08:00I haven't done anything really crazy for yarn... y...I haven't done anything really crazy for yarn... yet. I try to knit with natural fibers but I don't have a lot of disposeable income so it's more that I don't allow myself to go into debt accumulating luscious skeins that I cannot afford. I have the strength to go to my LYS and pet all the lovely things and walk out with none or one.Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14452536489629296834noreply@blogger.com