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[2eclipse]

so i went to borealis yarn store for the first time today.
and they had SUCH wonderful sock yarn...although they also had an awful lot of plymouth yarn, which does 100% keystone pricing, so i can't buy from them (votin' with my dollars!). still it was lovely. and i had coffee with a nice lady from ravelry who lives near me. and i got 2 skeins of yarn.

this loveliness is queensland collection kathmandu. it is super smooshy. and will be a small cthulhu.

and this...well. it speaks for itself.


this is cat's pajamas in honeypot. it involves cashmere. it is LOVE

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[clare-dragonfly.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's kind of ridiculous.

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

the crummy thing is that the only reason it's legal is because it is the factory company deciding what prices their distributors can use - instead of selling the product that way directly. so the yarn stores are the ones that get the extra profit, not them...but it still over-inflates the prices of luxury yarns for consumers. i try to buy from known "friendly" companies or from indy dyers online. i will buy from companies if i don't know their policies..but if i know they are keystone they won't get any of my business.

[2eclipse.livejournal.com]

lime and violet and cast on have both produced podcasts about this that are worth listening to, btw.