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Posted by Leslie on January 5, 2008, 9:50 pm
I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA, though
probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in my area
with, of course, no selection...
So I'm asking, what do you all use for a basic worsted weight wool?
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Posted by suzee on January 5, 2008, 10:36 pm
Leslie wrote:
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> I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
> weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
> cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA, though
> probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in my area
> with, of course, no selection...
>
> So I'm asking, what do you all use for a basic worsted weight wool?
I'd suggest Woolease, but HL doesn't have the worsted as far as I know,
just the thick one, and they don't have much else along those lines.
Hancock Fabrics carries it if there's one close to you. Online, there's
knitpicks.com with its Swish superwash; a lot of people like Plymouth
Encore and Cascade 220 washable which are available online.
sue
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Posted by Melinda Meahan - take out TRAS on January 5, 2008, 11:16 pm
Leslie wrote:
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> I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
> weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
> cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA, though
> probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in my area
> with, of course, no selection...
I don't know about it being the highest quality, but in my local town,
Beverly's Fabric carries the best selection of lower-priced yarn, and on
the internet, there is Marymaxim.com and herrschners.com
Also, smileysyarns.com has odd lots for dirt cheap.
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Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
work with excellence.
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Posted by suzee on January 6, 2008, 11:45 am
Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply wrote:
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> Leslie wrote:
>> I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
>> weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
>> cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA, though
>> probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in my area
>> with, of course, no selection...
I forgot to mention Paton's has some wool/acrylic blends and so do
Bernat. You can get a lot of these yarns online by the bag or discounted
http://www.discountyarnsale.com/cat_by.cfm
http://www.knitting-warehouse.com/index.html
http://www.yarnsupply.com/
sue
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Posted by Karlisa on January 6, 2008, 3:03 pm
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> Leslie wrote:
>> I'm in search of a plain, all wool or mostly-wool (but washable) worsted
>> weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
>> cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA,
>> though probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in
>> my area with, of course, no selection...
> I don't know about it being the highest quality, but in my local town,
> Beverly's Fabric carries the best selection of lower-priced yarn, and on
> the internet, there is Marymaxim.com and herrschners.com
> Also, smileysyarns.com has odd lots for dirt cheap.
> --
> Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your
> work with excellence.
Hey, Melinda,
Thanks for the heads-up on Smileysyarns. I've never heard of them and so I
now have their site bookmarked!
So much for my yarn diet.....
lisa
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The things that come to those who wait will be the scraggly junk left by
those who got there first.
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> weight that comes in many colors, has a good feel, wears well and doesn't
> cost an arm an a leg. Looking for something readily available in USA, though
> probably on internet, though, since only Walmart and HobbyLobby in my area
> with, of course, no selection...
>
> So I'm asking, what do you all use for a basic worsted weight wool?