Yarn Addicts Cal

[bobwilson123]

Wow, what a great BF!!!! What kind of yarn was it?

 

it is a 8ply varigated in blues purples and white and it has silver though it too i think it will end up being a baby blanket:crocheting

 

It really doesn't look all that big, now, does it?? Picture is clickable:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I admit, I have a bit of a problem, I'm a yarn addict. It started slowly, buying 2 or 3 skeins a week with coupons at JoAnn's, progressed to ordering online, and who knows where this will lead. . .

 

 

great stash !! looks like you are off to a ood start

my addicting started when i worked at lincraft - one of the local yarn/fabric/craft stores ...i worked there for over a year so you can imagine what kind of goodies i cam home with

oh and ebay is a great way to find cheap yarn - i went though that stage also

 

 

 

ok for every ones scores

1st - clare - 20

2nd - krazy-kitty - 10

3rd - detroitdeb - 8

the newcomer takes out 3rd place !!! way to go

[detroitdeb]

Ebay, though, I find that I always have to figure in shipping. Do you usually buy 'stash' cleanouts, or new yarn there. I found out that a 'trade center' near me sometimes has yarn (it's like a big indoor flea market every weekend).

[bobwilson123]

Ebay, though, I find that I always have to figure in shipping. Do you usually buy 'stash' cleanouts, or new yarn there. I found out that a 'trade center' near me sometimes has yarn (it's like a big indoor flea market every weekend).

 

yeah i just but the big lots of ebay ...havnt seen may on there though

oo your trade center sounds good

[TammyG]

Nice to see the thread back up and running again - seemed to be a lull for a few weeks. I have bought yarn, but haven't been keeping track. Last couple things I bought was some Caron for the contest (it was on sale), some cotton for the kitchen swap and some 1 pounders for my first graph ghan I'm gonna try next week during Feb vacation.

[bobwilson123]

Nice to see the thread back up and running again - seemed to be a lull for a few weeks. I have bought yarn, but haven't been keeping track. Last couple things I bought was some Caron for the contest (it was on sale), some cotton for the kitchen swap and some 1 pounders for my first graph ghan I'm gonna try next week during Feb vacation.

 

 

tammyg how are you, still yarn shopping i see

[detroitdeb]

Bought 4 skeins on ebay this week! 8 points, right?

 

Also bought two pattern books - 64 squares, and mosaic crochet by Lily Chin. Do they count for anything? Just kidding!

 

deb

[detroitdeb]

Going to look in the sale papers for the coupons, and may venture out in the cold, wet weather today to look for the two kinds of yarn I need for a lapghan I am doing. Who knows what I'll find? I bought that 64 squares book, may need to start a different large afghan, and I'll need new yarn, of course, right?

 

Have a great day, everyone!

[detroitdeb]

Went out today, as I said I might, 19 skeins bought:

 

[detroitdeb]

So, 4 pts for the pounder, plus 18 * 2 equals 40 points.

[TammyG]

Evening all and thanks for the "Hi" Clare - that smiley makes me laugh.

 

Yesterday I bought 4 skeins for 8 points and 2 of that nylon yarn stuff, small skeins so I guess a point each and two soy skeins/balls, so 12 points is all this week.

[bobwilson123]

Hi all we have a tie this week 1st place goes to

detroitdeb- 40 and clare -40

and second place goes to tammyg- 12:cheer

 

do you guys believe in bad karma???

 

well i went to the LYS and bought 20 balls yarn ...well it was supposed to come to $20 there was a special for a 10 pack for $10 and i got 2 packs =$20 right????

 

well she only charged me for 2 balls and the balls were originally $4 each ...so i payed $8 for 20 balls of yarn !!!!!!

[krazy-kitty]

Hi guys, I have been yarn shopping yet again:lol

 

I was trying to use up some 4ply pastel colours I bought as a job lot off e-bay, most are part used balls with no labels, decided to make a baby babette, but don't have enough white and don't have any green.

 

So I had to go and buy a ball of white and a ball of green so +4 this week

[DreamsOfYarn]

I know I have been missing for quite some time from this CAL. I was trying to use up some of my stash and money has been tight for some time now.

 

I bought 6 skeins of yarn the other day at Hobby Lobby which gives me 12 points

[TammyG]

No purchase this week as I have been HOUSEBOUND!!! Car died on Friday and is still in the shop. As it is gonna cost about $800 to fix, yarn is not in the budget for the next couple of weeks.

[LadiBug329]

My name is Crissie, I am a Yarn Addict, and my last yarn purchase was only 2 hours ago.

I have only been crocheting since Jan '08, and I have 1 very large basket overflowing, 3 smaller baskets full, and just ordered 17 skeins of cotton yarn from Joanns.com. My house is a small cottage and storage is an issue. I will post a pic later today. Most of my collection is acrylics and cottons. I am on a budget but can't resist sales. Its very difficult to shop at walmart alone...the cart steers itself to the yarn section when i'm alone. I do not have cart control when i am alone, so my bf usually steers - he is stronger than i am.

[LadiBug329]

Okay here's my pics of my stash:

Skeins of misc yarn

 

Balls of misc yarn

 

Gifted and EBay yarn

 

My Vanna White Collection (the basket yarn is for a VW afghan I want to make)

 

All my cotton yarn (doesn't count what I just ordered today

 

My babette blanket yarn

 

All my stash put away:

 

Didn't know how much I had till I sorted it all out

[detroitdeb]

My name is Crissie, I am a Yarn Addict, and my last yarn purchase was only 2 hours ago.

I have only been crocheting since Jan '08, and I have 1 very large basket overflowing, 3 smaller baskets full, and just ordered 17 skeins of cotton yarn from Joanns.com. My house is a small cottage and storage is an issue. I will post a pic later today. Most of my collection is acrylics and cottons. I am on a budget but can't resist sales. Its very difficult to shop at walmart alone...the cart steers itself to the yarn section when i'm alone. I do not have cart control when i am alone, so my bf usually steers - he is stronger than i am.

 

Welcome, Crissie, you are in good company!!

 

deb

[bobwilson123]

Welcome, Crissie, you are in good company!!

 

deb

 

VERY GOOD COMPANY !!!!!!

 

 

sorry i am late at posting i totally forgot

 

1st - dreamsofyarn - 12

2nd - krazykitty - 4

 

 

i made a purchase on ebay this week .......444 balls

it was a combined purchse as i run to a crochet group:crocheting.but 220 of the balls are mine yes i have shopping issues ...not enough of it

 

so my points are 220 points ....

 

happy shopping everyone :dog

[LadiBug329]

omgosh where do you store it all???? for you...i'd be in truuuuub-le

[krazy-kitty]

 

 

 

I made a purchase on ebay this week .......444 balls

it was a combined purchse as i run to a crochet group:crocheting.but 220 of the balls are mine yes i have shopping issues ...not enough of it

 

so my points are 220 points ....

 

happy shopping everyone :dog

 

WOW you have bought alot of yarn, can I come and play at yours?

 

My pattern from e-bay arrived yesterday, it's an Annie's Attic pattern of 5 different cats with different themes, and I needed to buy some fun fur for the tails, so whilst I was out shopping for cat stuff I had a wonder into a shop that sells loads of different things...as well as yarn:eek

 

I ended up getting the white DK I went to get a few weeks ago and 1 ball of another novelty yarn which I might use for the tails?

 

Will more than likely go and buy some fun fur from another shop

 

So points so far this week is 12

[DreamsOfYarn]

I went to Hobby Lobby to buy some yarn so I can make a RR for my supervisor's new baby and found RHSS Watercolor on clearance, so I had to buy it. Then I had to go to Meijer and found more yarn on clearance, and next thing I knew I was in the check out lane with 4 skeins of yarn in my arms. I think I did pretty good with only 4 skeins.

My total for the week so far is 26

[krazy-kitty]

I managed to get a ball of white novelty yarn that Iam happy with to use for the cats tail, so this weeks total is 14

[TammyG]

No yarn this week, but I did aquire a beautiful hook from ebay

 

The llama is from Old Town in San Diego.

 

I did get a good paycheck this week, so after paying bills, maybe I'll go shopping

[detroitdeb]

JoAnn's has a great sale, so I might go tomorrow.

 

deb

[bobwilson123]

hey everyone

 

crochet group was heaps of fun last wednesday with us sorting through the cotton all 444 balls of it !!! ......i have a very BIG shed with lots of storage so the cotton is in plastic containers in the shed

when i told my other half about my purchase he was like OMG !!!!

 

winners

well we all know who got first place ME ME ME!!! sorry ill calm down now

clare 220

dreamsofyarn 26

krazykitty 14

 

:yay congrats everyone