I tried to resist but I just wasn't that strong

I'm guessing you mean walmart? Is there a Big Lots near you?

There is one about a half hour away that we get to once in a blue moon. Wal-mart is the closest to my house of cheaper places to buy yarns at.

I have found some really good deals on nice yarn at Big Lots that sell for double or more at craft stores.

That scarf sounds nice! You'll have to post a picture for the rest of us to see when you get it done! I'm almost finished a scarf with the boucle; it's kind of a weird blend of turquoise, a medium-light purple and gray.

Your hair would show through a snood and you could adapt the pattern to be a bit smaller to hat size.

Oooo, it sounds turbulant. I love those colors. Never really thought of putting them together, though. Sounds cool. I'm either going to do up some more makeup bags after this scarf or hats. I can't decide which right now. My granny gave me some metalic looking yarn that I want to use. But, I want the chunkiest needles I can find and knit up a hat for myself so that my hair shows through the holes. I think that would look cool!

Check to see if you have a local "freecycle" list in your area at yahoo groups. I've gotten several boxes of fabric and yarn for my mother in law. People post things they do not want any more. It's a give and take thing! I've de-cluttered my house and also gotten some nice things there. Nice people too!

That is awesome! There are so many different kinds of yarn and different ones are suited for different projects so I have all this yarn that looked great balled up in the package but didn't prove approritae for what I wanted to do. Now I have great yarns for just about everything and what I don't use for myself I can make stuff to sell or use with my students. I would get more, lol, but I have nowhere to keep it!

I forgot about freecycle. The Green Project has a thing they do called recycle for the arts where they sell stuff like that really cheap. I have more stuff than I can handle at the moment because I have a lot of artist friends who give me left overs when they move on to different projects.

Thank you, I will have to check into that. Enjoy your yarn, you have a head start on Christmas gifts for this coming Christmas.

Thank you I definitely will give them a try.

I have found yarn at thrift stores before.

Do you mean you no longer have room to keep the things that you make?

ROFLOL! You can always recycle!

yeah. that and space to keep the wool stash. theres only so many substandard jumpers one person can wear!

That is GREAT that you have the yarn! How do you limit buying yarn? I tend to always look for the sales

There is a lot of information online including illustrations and video. All the yarn companies have info and free patterns on their websites so if you look around you could find something that is easy for you to understand. It took a long time for me to find a crochet pattern I could follow and successfully complete the project. Look for stuff that is little kid friendly because the language will be really simple and there will be lots of illustrations. Good luck!

Knitting has 2 needles and crochet has one. Haha. Once you get used to one you can usually identify what item has been done with what. I'm a knitter myself. My grandma taught me when I was 7 but all I did for years was the basic stitch. If you can get that far you have a world of opportunities right there. A very good book that I think teaches the basics very easily is called 'Stitch & B*tch'. Sassy title, very good book. My grandma has a book called 'The Knitter's Bible' Haha, she is always saying that hers is the better of the 2 books. But, if you want a down to earth easy to follow book, I reccomend 'Stitch & B*tch' Also, you might just need to find someone who can knit to teach you. Knitting is one of those things that is pretty simple to pick up, even if the teacher sucks at teaching and the learner sucks at learning. Haha. I can't teach anyone anything and my best friend does not follow directions very well. It tooks us a year, but I finally got her knitting! And she loves it!

Sure as long as I can come over the next time you're throwing pots :-)

It's a deal!

I never get organized enough for scrapping and stamping. I started out using stamps to make greeting cards but it was difficult getting the stamp evenly inked and then centered in the spot where I wanted it.

Actually, I do. I had already been doing some textile related things so crocheting simple winter scarves was a natural seasonal addition. I'm very excited at the opportunity to get a head start on my inventory for the fall and winter shows. Sometimes there are too many and I can't make enough stuff to get to do them all.

Well having the winter scarves definitely helped my sales last year. I dye fabric and the silk scarves don't always sell as well in the colder months. It's not a lot of money but it's something.

Oh, it's like riding a bike. You can pick it up again easily! Lion and all the other yarn companies have instructions and tons of free patterns on their websites. The next time you are in Walmart see if you can locate the crafts clearance. Sometimes they have yarn marked down as cheap as $1!

hahaha. I know how to quilt though.... On that department I don't have any problem learning by myself =P well, you can still compete, friend... since you're good at it, go for it!!!

You sound like me when it comes to quilting! I can't tell you how many projects I have started and never finished! It takes a really long time to do all the patchwork let alone quilt it! For now I am just making scarves that I sell along with my other stuff because I have friends who work in fiber and I don't want to seem like I am competing with them -- people don't take that very well. One of them does some of the same markets so we usually check in with each other to see what we're each bringing out. Hobby Lobby has good sales and Michael's usually has a coupon in the Sunday paper. Jo Ann has regular sales and you can shop online with them.

Thanks! I occasionally find good deals on beads at Big Lots of all places.

I bought a little cross stitch kit but I have never done anything with it. I am almost finished with my scarf though :-)

By the way, there are a lot of websites with how-to information for knitting. It really is a good feeling after accomplishing something that.

I didn't know there was such a thing as a cable needle. I have recently acquired some great books that have patterns that call for circular kneedles. I have been sticking to crochet this time around because the last time I picked up knitting needles I couldn't even remember how to cast on! One of these days I will have to get back to knitting. It does have some advantages over crochet.

Oh trust, he is very supportive. He just meant that because the weather was getting warm he would have thought I would not be working with yarn. I do sell my stuff and he has one of the few hats I have completed.

Fortunately for me I teach crafting and art to little kids so I am always looking at books and online projects and finding new ideas and inspriration and because it's job related I have an excuse :-) I have yet to complete a blanket and I chose the wrong yarn for the one I was going to do so I will have to start from scratch once I am done with school stuff and art market stuff. I found a great website the other day with a knitting blog that has some cool stuff: http://knittingplace.blogspot.com/2006/03/alpakka-korketrekkere-alpaca-corkscrew.html