What is the most you have ever paid for a skein of yarn???

[MyGirlFriday]

While on a weekend get away in Ruidosa New Mexico I went to a place that mills alpaca fiber~It was a really neat process! The owners of the place gave us a grand tour!

Since I had never worked with that type of yarn I thought I would pick up a skein and make something special for myself!

From what the lady told me alpaca is 3 times warmer than wool~Living in Texas warmth isn't really the issue except maybe a few days out of the year~

Anyway I paid $23.00 for 1 skein of 250 yd.

Please share your experience!

mgf~

[ErinLindsey]

I think it was $7.99 for a skein of Rainbow Boucle' (or was it $8.99? I cant remember how much it costs)

 

The least I've paid is 10 cents per skein of Cuddlesoft baby yarn. (actually I bought about 30 skeins)

 

Another time I bought over 100 skeins of Cuddlesoft baby yarn for 25 cents a skein. (love those sales!)

[darski]

I paid $6.97 cdn for a skein of pretty fake fur type yarn. Can't remember the name but it had bits of fabric in it. The scarf I made cost over 28.oo (needed 4 balls for a teen)

[JesseCat]

I paid $18.00 each for 3 skeins of a blended yarn and held it for two years before I found a project worthy of the yarn....

[JoBug]

Well, $5.99 would be the MOST I have paid, BUT, well, I am cheep, but I utilize coupons, and having the benifit of my husband wonrking at a hotel, he is able to snag me around 4 coupons every monday from sundays paper, and I am NOT beyond taking the whole family with me to use them all at once...lol...

[tlisley]

The most I have paid is 9$ and it was for the Joann's Rainbow Boucle mentioned before. I too, am, well lets say "thrifty"...lol.

[snugsmontreal]

the most i have paid for yarn is 2 skeins of that bamboo from SWTC at 13 each. i am pretty thrifty and that is the only large amount i have ever paid for yarn (by large about i mean anything over 5 bucks a skein). i love sales, coupons, clearance aisles i use them all to my advantage i buy expensive yarns on clearance or with sale coupons but never paid full price. anyhow i am dieing to see what other people say!!

[Iowa yarns]

My MIL went to visit an Amish community where she found a farmer with a shop of crochet and knitted items made from his own Angora goat. She gave me the website so I could buy some skeins of 100% Angora hand spun yarn but it was pricey and I haven't got myself talked into it yet.

[craftybutterfly]

About $4.99 for LB Microspun, i think....

I have a bunch of Moda Dea Ticker Tape that I got on sale last year at 40% off (regular $9.99 a skein) that I'm still holding on to for just the right project.

[lovingmommy]

Well, $5.99 would be the MOST I have paid, BUT, well, I am cheep ...lol...

 

me too, the most is 6 bucks. i love yarn but, hey, i have diapers and other things to get on our budget, lolol.

[stormyautumn]

The most I have spent was $13 for 88 yards. It was Colinette on sale. I have also bought some baby alpaca that was $32 for 500 yards. I really like handpainted yarns and they tend to be more expensive.

[smokeyp81]

The most I have spent was $21 each for a mohair blend to make a shawl for my Mother in law for Mother's day last year. I think each skein was around 100 yds. It was the yummiest yarn ever! Normaly I am very thrifty, but I won't hesitate to spend some money if the yarn is irrisitable! I feel that I put all that time in to make something nice...it should be with nice yarn! Don't get me wrong....I have totes full of Red Heart that I use all the time. I just think everyone (if the budget allows) should spluge once in a while!

[Crochet_Gram]

My MIL went to visit an Amish community where she found a farmer with a shop of crochet and knitted items made from his own Angora goat. She gave me the website so I could buy some skeins of 100% Angora hand spun yarn but it was pricey and I haven't got myself talked into it yet.

 

Ok Darcy so what is the link? LOL

[warmfuzzies]

Last year I drove to Longview, TX (60 miles from my home in Nacogdoches) to a fabulous ($$$$) yarn shop where I paid $13 or $14/skein for three skeins of Noro Kureyon yarn. Yes, it is PRICEY, and yes, it is incredible!!!! The project I'm designing with it is still a WIP (a felted handbag). This is an extra-special project, and the yarn was a special "treat"..........all my other yarn purchases are WalMart, Hobby Lobby (when the yarn is either on sale or I snag a 40% off coupon) or I find a bargain (I bought 6 skeins of really pretty yarn at BigLots sale this past Saturday for $.75/skein). I'm pretty frugal, but can't resist a bargain, either! :yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn:yarn

[Pam Gillette]

The most I've paid for yarn is Colinette Point Five, it was $24.00 a skein, I purchased 8 skeins to make a shrug, so I most appropriately named it "The $200.00 Shrug." The kicker is I didn't have enough yarn to finish, so it's still a WIP. (this post was a motivation to find that WIP and make it a FO!)

[Mandys76]

The most I've paid is $16 a ball, and I bought 9 balls...they were 50g balls of Debbie Bliss cotton. Haven't found the right pattern to be worthy of it yet.

 

I would love to make an afghan out of a truely beautiful yarn...but for my afghans I use on average, 3 kilo's of yarn (I'm Aussie,l don't know what that is in ounzes)...and even on the cheapest acrylic yarn I can find that's about $250 dollars worth. Can't imagine spending more than that on one afghan, my husband already gets annoyed with me.

[Phoenix]

I think the most expensive I bought was a $8 or $9 skein of chenille yarn. It was the first skein I ever bought when I was learning- before I knew that thick fuzzy black yarn is impossible to learn on! I put it aside until a week ago when I finally used it. So my first skein went unused for 6 years, almost!

[MyGirlFriday]

Wow~some of those yarns ya'll talked about were pretty pricy!

I emailed a girlfriend about my yarn purchase and she sent me this link for buffalo yarn! BEWARE~this is some expensive stuff!

http://www.americanbuffaloproducts.com/products/products.php?cat=5

I look at that yarn and think~what are people thinking??? I just can't see spending that much money on yarn. I can't even begin to think of what I would make with yarn that costly~It is a pretty shade of brown though!

mgf~

[afswife]

the most i paid is about 8.99

[snugsmontreal]

BEWARE~this is some expensive stuff!

http://www.americanbuffaloproducts.com/products/products.php?cat=5

I look at that yarn and think~what are people thinking??? I just can't see spending that much money on yarn. I can't even begin to think of what I would make with yarn that costly~It is a pretty shade of brown though!

mgf~

you think that one is bad... check this one out!! http://www.kpixie.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=35_143_227

[cat3crazy]

After checking out the last two links posted on this thread, I don't feel so bad about the skein of yarn that I purchased (for a scarf) that was $36.00 for 100 yards. It was actually three yarns blended together and the scarf goes with my coat beautifully.

[sammimag]

Just this weekend I bought a skein of bamboo yarn for $13.00 to make Hemp Flowers Necklace by Norah Gaughan in Fall 2005 issue of Interweave Crochet for one of my nieces. There is plenty left over so I plan to make me one too.

 

I so want to make something else with this yarn it is delicious!

[Keiyla]

I regularly purchase Koigu and other wool sock yarns for around $12 for a 175 yard, 50 gm skein. I usually knit when I use wool- the amount of yarn I would need for crocheting the same object would leave my wallet in bulemic tears.

[Keiyla]

you think that one is bad... check this one out!! http://www.kpixie.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=35_143_227

 

Wow that's some gorgeous stuff. That would be "stash" yarn for me for sure- I'd never use it, but it would be wonderful to look at!

[darski]

At $120.oo it would break my heart to think of all the yarn I could have and be using.

 

I'm thinking that just might be the death knell for the crafting craze. When prices go that high you know that it is white wine socialist time.