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Substitute for... Wooly 10-31-2007
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Posted by Wooly on October 31, 2007, 10:34 am
My favorite fine yarn, and the yarn I was planning to use to whip out
Christmas gifts on the Duo80, is out of stock at Elann:

http://tinyurl.com/2z4ata

Anyone have a suggestion for something economical and of similar fiber
content and weight that is NOT from KnitPicks? Jaggerspun Zephyr
qualifies on the fiber merits but is a bit too pricy for me to use for a
dozen scarves!

Posted by DA on October 31, 2007, 11:27 am
> My favorite fine yarn, and the yarn I was planning to use to whip out
> Christmas gifts on the Duo80, is out of stock at Elann:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2z4ata
>
> Anyone have a suggestion for something economical and of similar fiber
> content and weight that is NOT from KnitPicks? Jaggerspun Zephyr
> qualifies on the fiber merits but is a bit too pricy for me to use for a
> dozen scarves!


Perhaps you may find something suitable here
http://yarn.com/s/sale-main.html

Color selection may be limited, but service is excellent.

DA


Posted by Shillelagh on October 31, 2007, 2:21 pm

> My favorite fine yarn, and the yarn I was planning to use to whip out
> Christmas gifts on the Duo80, is out of stock at Elann:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2z4ata
>
> Anyone have a suggestion for something economical and of similar fiber
> content and weight that is NOT from KnitPicks? Jaggerspun Zephyr
> qualifies on the fiber merits but is a bit too pricy for me to use for a
> dozen scarves!

I'll bet you already know this, but Elann has a service where they'll
e-mail you when the stock levels of a particular product increase.
There's a note on that yarn that says new stock expected before
Nov 1, so keep a watch on it, or click for the e-mail.

Shelagh



Posted by Vintage Purls on October 31, 2007, 8:09 pm
> My favorite fine yarn, and the yarn I was planning to use to whip out
> Christmas gifts on the Duo80, is out of stock at Elann:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/2z4ata
>
> Anyone have a suggestion for something economical and of similar fiber
> content and weight that is NOT from KnitPicks? Jaggerspun Zephyr
> qualifies on the fiber merits but is a bit too pricy for me to use for a
> dozen scarves!

What about something from Colourmart.com? They don't have an alpca/
silk blend but there is cashmere/silk or plain silk.

VP


Posted by Wooly on October 31, 2007, 8:47 pm
Vintage Purls wrote:
>> My favorite fine yarn, and the yarn I was planning to use to whip out
>> Christmas gifts on the Duo80, is out of stock at Elann:
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/2z4ata
>>
>> Anyone have a suggestion for something economical and of similar fiber
>> content and weight that is NOT from KnitPicks? Jaggerspun Zephyr
>> qualifies on the fiber merits but is a bit too pricy for me to use for a
>> dozen scarves!
>
> What about something from Colourmart.com? They don't have an alpca/
> silk blend but there is cashmere/silk or plain silk.
>
> VP
>

I checked ColourmartUK, too - color availability there seems to be a
crapshoot and right now they have a LOT of yellow-leaning blends which
unfortunately don't work terribly well on the sorts of complexions I
need to knit for :(

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