Captain Hook & the Yarn Pirates

[judianne]

I miss my squares...but need to finish the graph ghan first before playing with anything extra.

[SheffnJerri]

I just finished joining the last strip. Now for ends and a border.

[JulieKay]

Judy

You're a speedy crocheter,so I bet you'll be ready to head back into here soon... you can whip out those babyghans faster than a speeding bullet !

 

I'm as slow as cold molasses .

 

Sherri- good job, it sounds like we'll see a finished project within a short time .

[eurolyons]

I have 1/2 my squares done...

[teakaycee]

this is w hat I have done so far

That is coming out great!!!

I need to squeeze in a few minutes to get a square done! I want to get this afghan done!!! its so cool! and all the pics of the ones done are making me want mine done too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JulieKay]

Good job LeAnna !

[1wani]

Got 11 squares done and made exciting discoveries in stash:lol:lol

[a_stitchintime]

exciting discoveries?

 

inquiring minds want to know.......

[Gardener]

Sounds like you are all making good progress.

[q8_crochet]

as ive joined the 63 club then i have to use the yarn for the 63 squares afghan and gonna use diffrent squares for that one

hope it`ll go well

[eurolyons]

Good job LeAnna !

 

Thanks...it's a nice "mindless" project that I can do and talk to someone else and not worry about making a mistake...

[JulieKay]

Wanda--

Inquiring minds are waiting to hear what discoveries you found in your stash .

Was it yarn ?

Was it money ?

Was it a Snickers Bar ?

Was it a picture of George Clooney ?

[1wani]

Exciting discovery was yarn I forgot I had. Found 4 skeins of RHSS Coffee Fleck. I was wanting to make my favorite tunisian crochet shawl but didn't think I had enough of any one color to do it without buying more yarn. ( That is a no-no right now)

The flecks take away from the boring brown. Here is pic of pattern and start of mine. They are not very good but I hope they get the idea across.

[JulieKay]

Wanda

Thanks for the photos. I really like the fleck yarns. I made an entire afghan with the brown fleck. I think it's really pretty with the tiny pieces of other colors in it . It also seems softer than regular brown RH yarn .

 

Sounds like you hit the jackpot !

[crazee_mb]

Hey calling all ship mates! I need help with something and since this seems to be the place for intelligent people you know ALOT about yarn where else should I go?

 

Ok the deal is for my Small Business Management clas I am required to create a business plan from start to finish. ugh! I am doing this business plan on a dream of mine to open a LYS. The problem I am having is that to base my start up costs I need an idea of what the wholesale prices *could* be. I really don't need a specific dollar amount but a possible percentage of the item costs. Like out of the money you spend on lion brand yarn blank% is the wholesale cost. The problem I keep on having is that none of the yarn retailers want to even give me an idea of the % of cost.

 

So here I am begging for anyone who might have a very generic *IDEA* of an average wholesale cost please help a matey out and p.m. me!

 

Thank-you all!

[JulieKay]

Melany

I wish you all the luck in the world with this project,and if I had any input at all, I'd be happy to help, but I have no idea what things like that would be. I have never worked in a craft store or store of any type , so I have no clue what the markup of items is .

I hope someone who may have information like this might be able to help you.

Best of wishes with your class !

[jessc031778]

I can tell you from working at the warehouse for a collectibles company that the wholesale prices the retailers paid was half of the end price the final customer paid...so if the retailers paid $50 for something the end consumer paid $100...

[losingmymind2]

Well, I'm on the last set of squares now. Decided on Goldfish as the color, but the yarn I had on hand was going very quickly, so I picked up a jumbo skein at Walmart today to make sure I have enough.

[Graceylue]

I think the typical mark up is around 40% so 60% of lion brand yarn is what the retailer paid. I could be wrong though. Have you tried going to your LYS and asking them, just make sure you tell them you're doing a school project and not going to stop shopping with them.

[crazee_mb]

Thank-you all for your help!

 

Graceylue- I wish I could however the closest yarns shops to me are all large retail chains...Honestly I think the closest individual LYS is 3 hours away!

 

I have an idea though... I'm talking to the professor about this complication and we are going to do so research and then make a reasonable estimate as to the mark-up % to be.

 

So again thank-you to those who had some great ideas and helped me out. :hugs

[JulieKay]

Morning ladies !

 

Good to see you here today .

Kathy- i'm excited to see your squares,and the color you are using . Is it orange or a rust, or gold ? I can't remember ever seeing a yarn called that, but I get very limited brands where I live so not too much to choose from .

[SheffnJerri]

I finished this morning. Yep, I didn't stick with the original pattern. Instead I pulled squares from 63 and More 63 Leisure Arts' leaflets. Also, the blanket looks ruffly but it's not. The photographer was in a hurry to snap a pic.

[Gardener]

Sherri that is just beautiful! I love all the colors.

[SheffnJerri]

Thanks, Cindy.

[judianne]

Sherri, that came out great!! Are you keeping it ?