wheeeeee new yarnses!
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ysobel(yes, I did choose this icon deliberately. *grin*)
So ravelry has a group (well, technically I'm sure there's many, but this is afaik the biggest one) for people who are destashing, i.e. selling. It's kind of fun to browse through sometimes just to see what yarns there are.
Very occasionally, this can be dangerous.
Usually I can resist. I'm not running out of yarn, there's very little that I actually /need/, and with the exception of, say, a full skein of Wollmeise for $10 (which would be a little worrisome and also would be snapped up faster than the speed of light), I can just say "ooh pretty" and then move on to the next one.
(Or sometimes, "gah that is scary" and move on to the next one. Especially when it comes to clown barf yarn.)
But then the other day I came across one that was made of 70% mink 30% cashmere, which made me go !!! and which was purple so therefore an awesome color; and the same person had a yak/wool in a red-purple colorway, and while (unlike the mink) I had heard of yak yarn I had never actually tried it. And then since I was getting stuff from him /anyway/, there was this gorgeous frosty-light-blue merino/bamboo that was just sort of calling my name...
...yeah.
Yarn came today (it is v. easy to tell yarn packages, given that they weigh next to nothing and are squishybig) and I am full of glee. Especially about the mink/cashmere one (or, as I have started to call it, cashmink) because OMG SO SOFT you have no idea. ♥_♥
So ravelry has a group (well, technically I'm sure there's many, but this is afaik the biggest one) for people who are destashing, i.e. selling. It's kind of fun to browse through sometimes just to see what yarns there are.
Very occasionally, this can be dangerous.
Usually I can resist. I'm not running out of yarn, there's very little that I actually /need/, and with the exception of, say, a full skein of Wollmeise for $10 (which would be a little worrisome and also would be snapped up faster than the speed of light), I can just say "ooh pretty" and then move on to the next one.
(Or sometimes, "gah that is scary" and move on to the next one. Especially when it comes to clown barf yarn.)
But then the other day I came across one that was made of 70% mink 30% cashmere, which made me go !!! and which was purple so therefore an awesome color; and the same person had a yak/wool in a red-purple colorway, and while (unlike the mink) I had heard of yak yarn I had never actually tried it. And then since I was getting stuff from him /anyway/, there was this gorgeous frosty-light-blue merino/bamboo that was just sort of calling my name...
...yeah.
Yarn came today (it is v. easy to tell yarn packages, given that they weigh next to nothing and are squishybig) and I am full of glee. Especially about the mink/cashmere one (or, as I have started to call it, cashmink) because OMG SO SOFT you have no idea. ♥_♥
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Date: 2011-04-14 06:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 06:34 am (UTC)I've been part of a yarn club -- sock yarn in one of them -- that does Doctor Who themed yarn. HOw could I resist? So now I've got Ood yarn, Ten yarn, Weeping Angel yarn & Nestene Consciousness yarn and the April shipment will get here just in time for the next season of Doctor Who! OMG you should SEE Ten and Nestene Consciousness. Even if you don't know/love DW, the colours are to die for and Ten is SPARKLY. And they're all gloriously soft.
They're both from indie dyers because I'm a geek and I love indie business. Nerd Girl Yarns and Schumtzerella yarns. <3 I'd link you, but you'd probably punch me... ^_~
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Date: 2011-04-14 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 10:39 pm (UTC)The first is Nerd Girl Yarns and she's a really lovely person. Her ravelry name is Linuxchic and she has a group for fans of her yarns. And she's inspired at least two others I know to take up dyeing as well and she's helped promote them and their endeavors, if that tells you what a doll she is.
The other is Schmutzerella Yarns. She, too, has a group and is a doll to work with. She's dyed up custom colour ways for me on random bases ... she's just a great person to be around. And she recently quit her "day job" to take up dyeing full time. She's a good businesswoman and extremely dedicated.
Anyhow, have fun! What's your Ravelry name? Would you mind if I added you there? (Totally different username there; I'm goofy like that.)
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Date: 2011-04-15 01:13 am (UTC)And I totally would not mind being added! I am isabeautiful on there. :D
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Date: 2011-04-14 01:34 pm (UTC)Not that there's anything wrong with that. *g*
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Date: 2011-04-14 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 02:26 pm (UTC)Not a crafty type at all but those sound preeeeeetty. /ogles/
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Date: 2011-04-14 04:44 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 06:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 10:03 pm (UTC)and your closing smiley makes me think "hey, there, you with the hearts in your eyes..." *g*
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Date: 2011-04-14 10:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-14 10:46 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-15 03:49 am (UTC)(I can't criticize; I just helped someone local destash because they're moving to another country *eyes her own stash ruefully*)