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Posted by Dr. Brat on February 10, 2008, 12:19 pm
Naomah wrote:
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> I have heard of ArtYarns but not the Ironstone.
Ironstone is lovely stuff - you can see more about their yarn and others
here: http://www.yarndex.com Use the dropdown under brands to pick
Ironstone.
They also make kits although I don't know how you'd obtain them:
http://www.fibershop.com/ironstone/ironstone.shtml
And at yarndex.com, you can browse by country of origin. There's a lot
more from Austria than from Germany, though.
Elizabeth
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Posted by Dr. Brat on February 9, 2008, 10:44 pm
Karen C in California wrote:
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> But if you
> wanted to make a sweater for anyone larger than a toddler, there wasn't
> enough of any one color, and the colors they had didn't go together well
> enough for me to want to mix&match. Hence, I don't think I ever bought
> any yarn there, and neither did any other serious knitter.
I think I qualify as a serious knitter (people pay $60-80 for my
scarves) and I buy single skeins of yarn all the time. I'm always
looking for something unusual to add to my stash. I wouldn't bother
with Pattons, Caron, or Lion Brand, as I can get them anywhere. What
I'd look for, if I were a tourist, is Great Adirondack, Prism, or some
locally made hand-dyed yarn.
And don't forget the sock knitters. I don't knit socks, but most of my
knitting friends do, so wonderfully colored sock yarns in skeins large
enough to make one pair would probably sell well - just the kind of
souvenir a knitter might like. I'd be far less likely, when travelling,
to buy enough yarn for a sweater, because I'd have to carry it all and
I'd be concerned about miscalculating my needs, and then what? Better
to buy sweater yarn locally or on line.
Elizabeth
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Posted by Karen C in California on February 9, 2008, 11:15 pm
Dr. Brat wrote:
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> Karen C in California wrote:
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>> But if you
>> wanted to make a sweater for anyone larger than a toddler, there
>> wasn't enough of any one color, and the colors they had didn't go
>> together well enough for me to want to mix&match. Hence, I don't
>> think I ever bought any yarn there, and neither did any other serious
>> knitter.
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> I think I qualify as a serious knitter (people pay $60-80 for my
> scarves) and I buy single skeins of yarn all the time.
OK, but in this town, we have an excellent LYS, which is where the
really serious knitters go.
LNS didn't advertise to the world that they had yarn; only XSers/NPers
were aware of it -- when LNS was closing, I mentioned to a group of
knitters that they could grab yarn on clearance there and not a one of
them even knew where the store was. And these are girls who know every
store within 100 miles that has anything that can possibly be used for
knitting. I know one of them went to the clearance sale, and bought
nothing because even at clearance prices it didn't call to her.
I did see people wander over that way, but I never saw anyone with yarn
actually in their basket, which says to me that what they stocked was
not what the customers wanted to buy.
I don't make baby clothes or socks out of yarn labelled Dry Clean Only.
Logic which had apparently escaped the person who ordered the yarn.
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Posted by Dr. Brat on February 10, 2008, 10:22 am
Karen C in California wrote:
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> Dr. Brat wrote:
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>> Karen C in California wrote:
>>> But if you
>>> wanted to make a sweater for anyone larger than a toddler, there
>>> wasn't enough of any one color, and the colors they had didn't go
>>> together well enough for me to want to mix&match. Hence, I don't
>>> think I ever bought any yarn there, and neither did any other serious
>>> knitter.
>> I think I qualify as a serious knitter (people pay $60-80 for my
>> scarves) and I buy single skeins of yarn all the time.
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> OK, but in this town, we have an excellent LYS, which is where the
> really serious knitters go.
Right, but Naomah was asking for advice for what to stock in the
situation where there won't be an LYS. I thought it was important to
mention that there are people who buy single skeins of really nice yarn.
Elizabeth
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~living well is the best revenge~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
The most important thing one woman can do for another is to illuminate
and expand her sense of actual possibilities. --Adrienne Rich
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Posted by Gill Murray on February 10, 2008, 3:29 pm
Dr. Brat wrote:
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> Karen C in California wrote:
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>> Dr. Brat wrote:
>>> Karen C in California wrote:
>>>> But if you
>>>> wanted to make a sweater for anyone larger than a toddler, there
>>>> wasn't enough of any one color, and the colors they had didn't go
>>>> together well enough for me to want to mix&match. Hence, I don't
>>>> think I ever bought any yarn there, and neither did any other
>>>> serious knitter.
>>> I think I qualify as a serious knitter (people pay $60-80 for my
>>> scarves) and I buy single skeins of yarn all the time.
>> OK, but in this town, we have an excellent LYS, which is where the
>> really serious knitters go.
>
>
> Right, but Naomah was asking for advice for what to stock in the
> situation where there won't be an LYS. I thought it was important to
> mention that there are people who buy single skeins of really nice yarn.
>
> Elizabeth
I might point out, that is *exactly* what Elizabeth managed to coerce
me into doing when we went to "her" shop in Mass. I had absolutely NO
intention of buying yarn, just cross-stitch souvenirs, and she "enabled"
me into paying over $30 for *one* skein of luscious silky soft yarn..
However it was gorgeous, lovely to knit up, and gave the recipient of
the scarf a lot of pleasure. With some of these luxury yarns, one skein
is all one needs for a fun, on the road, project.
Gillian
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> I have heard of ArtYarns but not the Ironstone.