Great score on clearance yarn!

[alchemyfyr]

Hi everyone! I was so excited I had to share.

 

Yesterday I went to JoAnns to buy some yarn for a project. As I was walking through the aisles I was amazed at how many great kinds of yarn were on clearance...not just the somewhat yucky colors either....wonderful colors and textures!!! Well, I was a good girl and only bought 5 skeins of Caron Wintuk in blue which was on sale for 50cents!!!! Yes, 50cents a skein! I love Caron yarns, especially Simply Soft. I had never tried the Wintuk, but at 50 cents I couldn't turn it down. So I left with that as my husband was out waiting in the car and would have killed me if I bought more.

 

Well, that night my husband was going to work and I just kept thinking about all that yarn and how it needed a good home. So I got my daughter ready and off we went back to JoAnns with my stash of yarn emergency money....and yes, this was a yarn emergency!

 

I was in yarn heaven!!! Yarn was literally jumping off the shelves and into my cart....well, not exactly, but I was definitely just grabbing it and winging it into the cart. I'd grab two of most things, then decide I needed 1 or 2 more since it was such a great deal. I was shocked when I looked back there and the cart was three-quarters full. I've never bought more than 5 or 6 skeins at a time!

 

Well, the checkout lady was in awe when she saw my cart so I explained that I make a lot of clothes for my daughter and also items for charity. Anyway, I got 42 skeins of yarn and a size I hook for $61.87!!!!! Afterwards I counted and I had 23 skeins for 97 cents and 19 skeins for $1.97. I was in heaven looking at all my yarn....nuzzling all the yarn... and then in a panic realizing I had to hide it all before my husband came home, lol. He just doesn't get it. So much for me not buying any yarn in May and using up what I had. I just made up for it most definitely!

 

Here's a pic of my yarn yumminess.... total $65.86 for 48 skeins of yarn!!!

 

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Some of the yarn is hiding.... there is a big caron one pounder in the back, 9 homespun baby skeins- 3 each of blue, pink, and purple... 3 each in black, blue, and green Lustersheen--I've never used that before but it looked so soft and silky... so many other great yarns too.

I did manage to cram it all in my yarn drawers, but I definitely can't buy any yarn for a while!!!!

 

Kristy

[mamabear10]

Great bit of shopping there! What a nice haul:cheer

[Lucki721]

Wow, nice variety! I went there the other day as well, but only bought 4 skeins of the Rainbow Boucle/Classic. I like Caron Charming..and that was $1.97 a skein, so I am thinking about going back to get some of that (it's very soft!). There were many kinds of yarn on clearance, and there is a firefly sale coming up soon, so I may wait until then, lol! Thanks for sharing!!!

[mamabear10]

Wow, nice variety! I went there the other day as well, but only bought 4 skeins of the Rainbow Boucle/Classic. I like Caron Charming..and that was $1.97 a skein, so I am thinking about going back to get some of that (it's very soft!). There were many kinds of yarn on clearance, and there is a firefly sale coming up soon, so I may wait until then, lol! Thanks for sharing!!!

 

 

What's a firefly sale?

[Riohnna]

[alchemyfyr]

I haven't seen Caron Charming. I just couldn't believe how many of the yarns I actually use or have wanted to use (but never did because I didn't want to spend the money) were on clearance. Like the Astra and the Be Mine...those are soooo soft. I can't wait to make some outfits for my daughter. I'll be snuggling her all the time!

 

Does anyone know if JoAnns will stock a particular kind of yarn if you ask them to? Or Michaels, or AC Moore....they are all 3 minutes from my house...it's dangerous...like the Bermuda triangle, I can get lost so easily in there. lol

[sonnets_and_stitches]

Luckily it's June, so buy all the yarn you can get away with!

 

~ Joy

[angelfire]

I am jealous. I went to JoAnns today and someone had beat me there. Every single .97 skein was gone and so were the .50 ones. I was sad but there is always the Herrschners warehouse..I am going tomorrow as an anniversary present to myself...haven't told hubby yet.

[Lucki721]

Firefly sale? Just the name of the next sales week, lol! Like a summer thing, a lot of stuff is on sale (mostly sewing and fabric) and there are 50% coupons as opposed to the 40% coupons. I think it starts on the 17th and runs through the 23rd. I got a flyer at the store with the coupons. Honestly, I like the 10% off total purchase more, lol! But it's not going on this upcoming week. You can probably view the upcoming ad online (I'm not sure..haven't checked it out).

[Redheart]

I was at my JoAnn's Tuesday nite and all the good clearance stuff was cleaned out. I did get one skein of novelty yarn for .50. My budget and the size of my stash helped me to resist temptation.

[Amaranthe]

I saw the remnants of the sale...little red price tags in front of empty yarn bins. I guess it went fast. Though I did score a skein of a bright pink babysoft yarn (without a label) for .97 cents.

[CLLinda]

You are so lucky! Great bargains!

 

[beth eathorne]

such a lovely bargin...i wish our joanns had not closed...