This post is about how all my favorite yarn lines are being discontinued at the same time! I understand how yarn is related to style, which fluctuates quite often, but I will tell you this, trying to get my hands on some of the colors I have not previously had in certain yarn lines is putting a strain on my budget. I am now officially on a yarn diet. I will not be buying any more! I have plenty to work with, now I just need to sell some stuff on Etsy LOL!
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| A picture of the Imagination sock, and 4 skeins of Stroll sock on top |
I have just discovered the yarn line on knit picks of "Imagination Hand Painted Sock" yarn (especially "Fairy Princess, second from left on bottom rows in photo). It is my inner child's fantasy. It has such color lines as "Mermaid Lagoon" and "Evil Stepmother" which are absolutely stunning! My inner child squealed when we received the box of new yarn a few weeks ago. They are so pretty and soft, and the verigations of color are beautiful! Only to log on to Ravelry two days ago to discover they are discontinuing a whole lot of the colors I wanted, both in this line and their other hand painted sock "Stroll". It frustrates me to no end, because it feels like they are doing this on purpose. Granted, not just for me, but for other customers too. I haven't been to big on the heavier yarns as of late. For whatever reason, my hands prefer the smaller gauge yarns, and don't feel so worn out after knitting with sock yarn, as when I am knitting with K on her regular worsted weight yarn, my hands feel tired! Maybe its also because I use huge aluminum needles that are more slippery than my wooden ones... But they're discontinuing whole lines of worsted weight yarns that I haven't even had the chance of trying! I can't afford all of this!
In my mind, the conversation between the leaders at KP goes something like this:
"Look Bob! We had a big run on Imagination this week"
"Great Darcy, lets discontinue it so they all scramble to spend a crap ton of money this week! Who cares how the consumers feel."
"But Bob, if we do that, then the customers might rebel against us!"
"Yes, I see your point Darcy. Lets discontinue some other brands or colors as well. Maybe they won't think we're out for their money if we say its to bring in new colors and brands for more money!"
"Gee Bob, you're so smart. Charge them more for new lines of yarn that are the exact same as the old lines, and convince them the new lines are more 'designer'. I like how you think Bob... We're going to get huge raises this year!"
*None of the above conversation happened, was over heard, or anything other than an act of my imagination to reason as why they're doing this.
I wound up breaking down and buying MORE yarn because I want those colors! I like "Frog Prince" and "Pirate King". I think a whole lot of people (or just me) will be getting lots of socks in the future! Thank goodness for the Rav group "Sock Knitters Anonymous"... They have a monthly sock knitting challenge. Maybe I'll challenge myself this year to make 6 pairs of socks...
This act by KP has definitely made me wary of their ways. I think Andrea @ CDA Yarn and Fiber will be getting more of my money soon. Maybe after I use up a bit of my stash! This out of control yarn habit I have better get under control soon! I know in the near future, I will not have so much time to knit as I have in the last few months. Mostly because the week of Black Friday, I'll be working tons of hours. (Yay? I think not!) And the night of Thanksgiving is going to be the roughest I'll ever have had. I have to be at work at 11:45. We open at midnight. I'll be there until 8:15 am. UUUuuuuuggghhh. This is when I miss Borders the most. Because even though we were open at 6 am, we were slow until afternoon. Everyone was at places like Walmart and Target and Best Buy to get the best deals they could. Now I work at one of those retailers, and I will have to deal with everyone wanting my help right now! And do I know where xxx product is? NO, I don't work that area of the store! I've only worked on the clothing! Go find someone in that area to help you! Bah humbug!
Ok, so my inner scrooge is coming out early. Sorry about the sneak peek. May my zen return before I rip a Black Friday shoppers throat out!
And on that positive note, just wanted to say D's socks are about half way done. Just finishing up the gusset increases/heel flap. Once the heel is turned then its 4-6" for a leg, and I'm done. Let me tell you what a trial it has been getting to the half way point! Everything is so busy for me right now! The kids are all signed up for 4H, our first meeting is in Dec with a group in Dalton Gardens (about 20 min from where we live now, but all the groups around our area didn't have the things K wanted to be involved in. Better to have a group with 3/4ths the things she wanted to sign up for and be in a satellite group for 1 thing than be in a group with 1 thing she wants, and have to satellite out for 3 others...
Speaking of K and 4H... She signed up for knitting and cat this year, she wants to do crochet, sewing, non-horse, gardening, and something else, but for her 1st year, I figured it was better to under-work her rather than overwork her and her get frustrated. T was signed up for Cloverbuds too, even tho he said he didn't want to LOL. Too bad, Mommy makes the decisions here! Ok, off to take care of the herd! Everyone have a great weekend!
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