As I’d mentioned before with regard to the Experimental Market Bag and the Diamond Six Market Bag, one of my local yarn stores Double Ewe is having a promotion - make a ’string’ or ‘market’ bag with yarn purchased at DE and whatever you can fit in there is 20% off.
√Step 1: Make bag. √Step 2: SHOP AND FILL BAG!
It doesn’t look like there’s a lot in there…
…but sometimes looks are blessedly deceiving!
I got all that wonderful yarn (and even a pattern)…and I saved $20!!! That’s 2,515 yards of yarn - Misti Alpaca, Crystal Palace microacrylic/nylon, Austermann Schurwolle superwash wool, Cascade Cotton Rich DK, KOCT Ty-Dy and Malabrigo Merino wool - for about $.31/yard! If that’s not cost-justification then I don’t know what is (and I don’t want to know either)!
Irony
I just signed up for “Stash Knit Down 2008″ on Ravelry, the intent being a commitment to shopping at MOLYS (my own local yarn shop, a.k.a. my closet) and using up at least some of the yarn I already have before purchasing any more. See…the thing is, I have 3 more balls of yarn that I NEED(!) to get because DE doesn’t carry them, sooo…well thankfully yarn diets are flexible like food diets - I’ll start tomorrow!
