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Post by freelove on Oct 21, 2015 14:19:54 GMT
What is up with the price of yarn?! Has anyone else noticed that yarn has gotten outrageously expensive? Not just luxury fibers, but almost all yarn. I don't buy synthetics or "cheap" yarn because it does not last or wear well and I just don't like working with it. It is cheaper to buy a sweater than it is to make it now.
I am a spinner, but I sometimes want yarn in a certain color or I don't have the time to process the wool and then spin it. Sometimes I just want a commercial yarn. I can't spin as much as I used to, arthritis has slowed me down.
I do sometimes find good bargains online, but when I want something specific it is never on sale.
So, anyone else have yarn sticker shock?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 14:23:33 GMT
I agree. I was buying cones of yarn last year at this time. Now I just wait for them to be discounted. Glad I got my stash while the price was low.My gut says it's artificially inflated - just like the price of gas. So it'll likely drop at some point. Problem is - we need to make stuff NOW! ;-)
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Post by farmchix on Oct 21, 2015 14:26:53 GMT
I was going to crochet a blanket for the new granddaughter. My sticker shock convinced me to just make a quilt. I'm not a good crocheter, so at least I know I will do a better job with the expense. *sigh
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2015 15:03:00 GMT
I haven't purchased any in a while and I was in Joann's last night- and it really seems to have gone up- I don't use anything but the stuff from the craft stores-
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Post by Maura on Oct 21, 2015 15:57:09 GMT
When the price of oil goes up, the price of everything made from oil goes up, not just gas. Then there’s the price of transportation… I have lots of stash, but sometimes need what I don’t have. Most of what I have is wool, and now I’m knitting things that need to be easily machine washed and dried, so I have to buy. Using Plymouth Encore right now.
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Post by vickilynn on Oct 22, 2015 18:33:52 GMT
I just bought some Paton's Kroy Sock yarn. It's on sale on Joann's website. Shipping is free from 11 am to 5 pm today. Got enough to make socks and hats for brothers for Christmas. Paton's sock has some nice guy-like colors. Sometimes "guy" colors are hard to find.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 22:47:06 GMT
When the price of oil goes up, the price of everything made from oil goes up, not just gas. Then there’s the price of transportation… I have lots of stash, but sometimes need what I don’t have. Most of what I have is wool, and now I’m knitting things that need to be easily machine washed and dried, so I have to buy. Using Plymouth Encore right now. Except oil is remarkably low right now and has been for a while. |
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Post by Maura on Oct 25, 2015 23:08:06 GMT
But oil was up and it takes no time at all for the higher prices to be reflected, but much longer for lower prices to be reflected. And, once the price of a commodity goes up it’s real unlikely to see it come back down unless it is in the form of ‘sale’.
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Post by chickenista on Oct 27, 2015 14:18:35 GMT
Ebay is your friend. And so is www.yarn-paradise.com/Don't be thrown by this place, you buy in lots of 4 or more, and the shipping looks high, but if you compare what other yarns are at that yardage etc.. it ends up being not bad at all. And the shipping is fast! |
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Post by TommyIce on Oct 27, 2015 15:31:05 GMT
Ebay is your friend. And so is www.yarn-paradise.com/Don't be thrown by this place, you buy in lots of 4 or more, and the shipping looks high, but if you compare what other yarns are at that yardage etc.. it ends up being not bad at all. And the shipping is fast! Enabler! LOL That closeout area looks dangerous.  |
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Post by freelove on Oct 28, 2015 14:58:46 GMT
Yes, online sales are great, but sometimes I need a very specific color or type of yarn. I have a stash of yarn that is just not quite the right color or drape or texture. What I need is never what is on sale.
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Post by vickilynn on Oct 30, 2015 19:59:02 GMT
Something I thought of (while knitting today) is that on Ravelry folks sell extra yarn stash for less than what they paid for it. Can take advantage of their impulse purchases.
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Post by Wind in Her Hair on Oct 31, 2015 12:05:05 GMT
I, too have benefited from "destashing" on ravelry.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2015 6:15:36 GMT
My wife and I have flea market booths. We love to buy and sell yarn when we find it. We buy almost any type, as long as it is in good condition and has no odor.
There has been a considerable uptick in our yarn sales this past month. After looking at our sales report for Friday and Saturday, someone must have come close to clearing us out of yarn.
If you are all saying that yarn has gone up in price that much, it might be the reason we sold so much over the weekend.
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Post by bopeep on Nov 2, 2015 15:22:40 GMT
The price of yarn has really gone up (so has fabric), but I found some Red Heart Soft Baby Steps yarn at Rose's, it has 204 yards, for $1.00. So I bought enough to make a blanket and a lovey blanket for our Grand #8 due in February. I also got a couple different colors, I looked and looked until I found everything I thought I would use, I got it on Wednesday because they have a senior citizen discount that day.
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Post by freelove on Nov 3, 2015 14:20:17 GMT
yes, bopeep, I noticed that fabric has gotten very expensive, too. It doesn't pay to sew anymore. I was buying fabric on ebay and getting large pieces of really good fabric very inexpensively. I have not been sewing so I stopped buying fabric. I looked recently at ebay fabric and I was shocked at how much the prices had gone up. The same suppliers that I was buying from now are selling the same quantities and quality for at least 3 times the price.
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Post by Use Less on Nov 3, 2015 15:23:26 GMT
Yarn seems to be one of those things where retail price is just a LOT. I also think this is true of other craft supplies, costume jewelry, decorations for any "season". Hereabouts, yarn goes begging for buyers at charity stores: full skeins and totes full substantial odds n' ends, and those fancy yarns, too. I haven't done a lot of knitting or crocheting in a few years, but it's still tough to leave that nice stuff there.
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Post by bergere on Nov 10, 2015 19:27:31 GMT
Lets say you bought some Roving for $70.00. You spin it up and people want it for $40.00 ..... funny how that works.
I normally just sell enough yarn, so I can buy some more Roving to spin. I can't afford to let it go for less than I paid for it. As pretty soon,
I won't be able to afford any roving.
And it would be nice to get a little something for my time too.
Its getting a lot harder to sell things, I can't compete with stuff out
of China and I can't compete with people that have their own sheep.
Back when I had wool sheep, could offer yarn a little cheaper, but it still cost me to have it turned into roving and so on.
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Post by freelove on Nov 11, 2015 15:14:38 GMT
bergere, I, too, have tried selling handspun and found that it just didn't pay. I didn't buy roving I processed it myself from wool that I bought from people who raised the sheep. I had to sell it for a price that didn't come close to paying for my time. I ended up using most of my yarn myself and I did better selling handknits made from my handspun, but still didn't pay for my time. I bought a spinning wheel with money that I made selling handknits.
I was not talking about handspun when I started this thread, that is an entirely different subject and beautiful handspun is worth every penny that it costs. It is, however, a hard item to sell because most people don't realize what goes into producing that yarn and sadly most don't care.
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Post by bergere on Nov 11, 2015 16:36:14 GMT
Ah,,,
My Mom also said store bought yarn is going up a lot.
Sorry you are having the same problem with handspun. Some areas of the country, could sell it fairly easily, like in NW WA on the wet side. People did not
mind paying for something handmade.
Group of us, that did farming, had orchards and so on, we would some times trade.. all worked out well.
Here... not so much. They all want it free or for prices the Chinese products have. Frustrating to say the least.
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