Coned Yarn on Sale! I succumbed!

If you have read my previous post, you will know that I am a yarnaholic and love being surrounded by yarns of different colours. Every now and then (well all the time!) I get the urge to acquire more yarn. However, as I am on a tight budget I need to curb my urges. Unless I find yarn at sale prices! Happiness for me is coned yarn on sale!!

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Well, I found yarn at sale prices and, as hard as I tried, I could not resist my urges and succumbed. In fact, I may have gone overboard. I have spent next year’s birthday money!

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Where I get my yarn from

I have two go-to places (besides Gumtree or eBay) that I can find cheap acrylic yarn for practising my skills. Yeoman Yarns do cheap yarn packs here. BSK does clearance deals on it industrial coned yarns here.

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Now my favourite Facebook Group Machine Knitting have suggested a third option, that I had not heard about. Woolyknit.com. They have a sale on their Yarn2Cone industrial acrylic yarn. Wow. I have to have a look.

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As someone who cannot wear wool (itching and sneezing), I like acrylic for practice and cotton or cotton/acrylic mixes for wearing. These are the best for someone on a budget. My current urge for more yarn for practice meant that I need to find some bargain yarn.

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Yeoman Yarns Assorted Yarn Packs

My first stop, especially for 4 ply yarns is Yeoman Yarns. They have free postage on orders over £40. As yarn is heavy it is always good to get free postage. This was a pack that I bought last year to make Xmas present jumpers for my family.

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They offer a range of assorted coned yarn packs in a variety of thicknesses and fibres at amazingly cheap prices. You can see their range here. They are currently out of cotton packs but have plenty of acrylic. They have a 4 kg at £31.95 + postage but I prefer the better value 6 kg pack at £42.60 with free postage. I also check their other range of yarn for any coned yarn on sale.

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When you make your order you have a section to put down any requirements. You should state that it is for machine knitting and mention the gauge of your machine. For me it is for a standard gauge machine. I like to state what thickness of yarn that I would prefer and also include my colours likes and hates. Yeoman yarns will try an accommodate my preferences if they can. Sometimes they will email a photo of the yarns for you to accept. This is a great idea. I have been happy with my packs. Colours that I like can be used in a garment. Other colours can be used for waste or practice yarn.

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Clearance Yarns from BSK

Bedford Sewing and Knitting (BSK) currently have a range of high bulk industrial yarns (and some fancy yarns) on offer and they have free postage on orders over £50. You can see what they have on offer here. I searched for their cheapest deals and this is the parcel on coned yarn on sale that I received.

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Currently, they have a great range of shades of cones starting at £3 or £4. For example they have 500g of 2 ply wool/acrylic black slub at £4.25 and 500g of 2 ply cotton in royal blue. They also have 1.6 kg of amber acrylic 2/12 at £7.45 and a range of blue acrylics 2/28 at about £8. Where else can you get 1.5 kg of blue acrylic yarn at £7.95! I quickly filled up my online shopping trolley with £50+ of yarn that will give me months of practice. I like the 2/28 (thick 1 ply or fine 2 ply) yarn as 2 strands give me a nice 3 ply fabric. Three strands will give me a decent 4 ply yarn.

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They also have a range of other coned yarns e.g. Yeoman, Brett and Bramwell. The industrial yarns are a good price but you will need to buy 2 or 3 cones to knit together. You can also buy one cone and wind off some using a wool/yarn winder. You can twist 2 strands together using a twisting stack. I will got into more details in my next post.

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Woolyknit Yarn2Cone

I just came across a new yarn called Yarn2Cone which you can obtain from woolyknit.com. They currently have a sale on their High Bulk Acrylic Wool Cones and you can get two cones of yarn for £10. These, despite their name, are 100% synthetic and I think they are slightly thinner than BSK, but they state that 3 strands will make a 4 ply so hopefully 2 strands will create a 3 ply fabric. It may also be good for doing 2 ply double jacquard if you have a ribber attachment. I will report back in the future. The yarn feels like wool (that may be a bad thing for me!).

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I chose a range of colours to make sure I got free postage and next day delivery. After a few days in quarantine I was ready to take out my order and delight in the range of lovely colours. It was also pleasing to find some shade cards in my parcel. I love shade cards so thank you woolyknit.com for sending some to me.

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Now it is time to find space for my new yarn and think of all the things that I can knit with the yarn. I am determined to knit and not just look at the yarn this time!

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So, I just piled the yarn up on top of my current stash of coned yarn on sale. I do not have much space in my small cottage. Hopefully this will encourage me to do lots of knitting. Since it looks like I will be staying indoors for some time yet, my knitting hopefully, will keep me sane.

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In my next posts I will show you with how I knit with thin yarn, usually with wool winders and twisting stacks.

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Happy Knitting!

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Carol

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