BellaOnline Forums Hobbies and Crafts Knitting Where do you buy yarn?

I agree with you, Marge, about buying yarn or knitting books as a souvenir from travels. I have way too many knick knacks and at my stage of life, I'd like less clutter, not more!

I noticed that Joann's is starting to carry more organics too. I try to use the coupon in the weekly paper every week, at least, even if I just buy a nice skein of yarn with it.

Well, it use to be Walmart till the remodel and they discontinued the majority of their yarn. Now I have to travel to another town to go to JoAnns or buy from the interent.

Good thing I have a large stash of regular yarns. So mostly what I buy is for my knitting machines and I get that off of ebay.

One thing I know almost nothing about is how to buy yarn for knitting machines and I was unable to address it in any of my articles. I will have to fix that lack of knowledge very soon.

Is it possible to wind your own cones from hanks or skeins?

I love yarn its crazy how much I have at home. I can't take my youngest son with me to the stores, he won't let me buy more. He says I have to finish a project first.
But when I do....Hobby Lobby here in my town has a wonderful selection of yarns. I wouldn't make something to wear out of them but I love making afghans from their yarn.
If I need high quality yarn we have 2 wonderful shops here in town I got to. I can feel it and sit and knit or crochet for a bit. Love it. and was pleasantly surprised to see one of them mostly catered to college kids. So a new generation is coming up knitting. I like to see that.
Also my favorite online shop is herrschners, I buy from them probably more than anywhere else. I love their sales and when I am looking for cross stitching items I cant help but get some yarn as well.

Thanks for reading,

In a few weeks I'll be heading to Michigan to visit my parents, they have a Hobby Lobby in the vicinity I'll have to check it out. (But before I do, I too should finish a project or two).

Marge, Thanks for the cross cable links! I've been looking at that stitch. It takes me a while to think over the instructions for a stitch before I actually try it. I think this stitch would make an awesome scarf.

We're in the midst of getting a new roof. The contractor's wife is opening a new resale shop in a few weeks and already has a large bag of yarn set aside for me, and has promised me all that comes in. She has some needles too, so I'm hopeful one might be a cable.

With all the banging, I can't really do anything but knit right now.

Buy yarn? Well...I do have to admit that I do buy a bit on rare occasions. But mostly I just spin my own

I just bet you do! That is something I'm waiting for my second child to move out and I can turn her room into a studio!

For me it started out at Woolworth's then to stores such as Joanne's. If I were a professional serious knitter (making sweaters for sale) I'd go to a Yarn Shop that carries good quality yarns. I only have made afghans or yarn crafts so it doesn't really matter (but cheap yarn is definitely out)

There is still time to make a sweater for yourself