What is there about online yarn stores!?!?!?!?! You can buy at midnight in your jammies with a glass of wine. You don't have to spend an hour or two driving or a day on a plane. They are with you whenever, where ever you need them. And now that you have PayPal, well, it is all very quick and easy. LYS may once have been my main source of fiber but I must admit most of of stash comes from online stores. Just like fiber festivals where you can visit many sellers in a very short time, you can travel all over the world buying yarn in an hour. I used to get all of my Kauni from an online store in Denmark before it was sold in the US. I hope you will visit my favorite online stores and when you do tell them Jan sent you.
There was a time there was no doubt; most of my yarn purchases were from LYS. Now I think I buy more yarn online. Just like having favorite LYS, I have favorite online stores. Let me talk about some of the online shops I've shared with you over the past four years. My very first online store was Webs. I used it when I needed something but didn't feel like getting in the car and going to Ann Arbor or Toledo. I really didn't impulse buy. It is always such a surprise to get your discount at the end. My downfall was when online stores started sending me emails. Now I have my list of co-conspirators who on a weekly basis send me things I can't live without. I have no idea how Noble Knits found me but they did. I think they heard, "If you want to sell a lot of yarn, find Jan Parson." Once or twice a week I get a "sale of the day" email. They have great sales with fabulous yarn but they are just for one day. You know where this is going, don't you!?!?! I'll get the email and before I know what's happening, I've bought on sale yarn. Some is so inexpensive that I just can't pass it up. Then there is Little Knits which does the same thing. On sale for today only. Mostly, they are great yarns not just "I want to clean out old yarn." Then they'll have the "discontinued colors" and you know what that does to me. Noble Knits and Little Knits. If you haven't visited them online, please do. Websters also found me. Another co-conspirator to my yarn stash much in the same way as Noble Knits and Little Knits. They send and I buy. Earthfaire makes my heart sing. About once a week I get an email with spectacular patterns which have been kitted so all you have to do is buy. She picks out marvelous patterns and scrumptious yarns. I can't resist. My queue has many projects I've purchased from Earthfaire. When Dick had his heart surgery, I was looking for a specific book to study while Dick was hospitalized. I couldn't find it anywhere but wonderful Earthfaire got it for me and set up a special section that only I could buy from. After that I will buy anything she puts out. One of the issues has become separation of pattern from fiber. Most of the patterns are purchased on Ralvelry but the fiber purchased from Earthfaire. Sometimes, really more than I want to admit, the pattern and fiber gets separated and I don't have a clue what plans I have for the fiber. Do you remember this? I bought this from Caterpillar Green that wonderful online store which only sells its own yarn which knits up to make amazing shawls. This is one skein of yarn. Caterpillar Green is now called Gage. I have almost as much Caterpillar Green yarn as I have Twisted Fiber Art. I have a couple of tubs of this gorgeous yarn just waiting for me to decide how to use it. I have discovered a new online store which I adore. It is called Kitterly. That means they kit up exquisite kits just for me. I have purchased several kits which you will see when I finish them. Then there is Miss Babs which I just discovered. Kathy bought some yarn which I couldn't resist. The colorway is called Zombie Prom. Isn't it beautiful!!!!! This is worsted in merino and silk. Some people say they don't like to buy yarn they can't touch, but can't you tell just by looking at this how yummy it is going to feel. Then there is online store/LYS/fiber festival seller Twisted Fiber Art. I think I have purchased more from the online store than either of the other options.
What is there about online yarn stores!?!?!?!?! You can buy at midnight in your jammies with a glass of wine. You don't have to spend an hour or two driving or a day on a plane. They are with you whenever, where ever you need them. And now that you have PayPal, well, it is all very quick and easy. LYS may once have been my main source of fiber but I must admit most of of stash comes from online stores. Just like fiber festivals where you can visit many sellers in a very short time, you can travel all over the world buying yarn in an hour. I used to get all of my Kauni from an online store in Denmark before it was sold in the US. I hope you will visit my favorite online stores and when you do tell them Jan sent you.
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Holly Love-Marihugh
5/6/2018 05:38:13 pm
Love, love the Zombie Prom.
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Jan Parson
5/7/2018 04:36:36 pm
Thank you! I hope you enjoy reading Knitting: A Love Story. I enjoy knitting it and writing it. Visit often. Comments appreciated.
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