I started buying merino wool yarn online because I started knitting when I lived in Hawaii and there weren't any local stores that sold wool. Now when I go to a local yarn store I can't find anything that I like. All the yarn looks so cheap. Most of it is synthetic. I don't like synthetic materials. I prefer to use natural fibers. If it is natural cotton or wool, it comes in very small balls or skeins that seem to cost less but I have to buy so many to make anything that it ends up costing me more. I got excited when I found out there was a small, locally owned craft shop that sold yarn. I went to check it out but they had the same crappy yarn as the big stores, just less selection. I can't even usually find the needles I need in the local stores because they only carry a few sizes.
It frustrates me. I want to be able to walk into a store and see and feel some yarn before I buy it (and like it). I'll come across a pattern for something I want to make. I can't find any good yarn for it at any local stores. So, I'm still just buying yarn online. I have to wait to get it in the mail. Sometimes I would like to walk into a store, buy some yarn and go home to immediately start working on a project.
Just a vent, mostly, but also a question. Does it sound like I am a yarn snob?
It frustrates me. I want to be able to walk into a store and see and feel some yarn before I buy it (and like it). I'll come across a pattern for something I want to make. I can't find any good yarn for it at any local stores. So, I'm still just buying yarn online. I have to wait to get it in the mail. Sometimes I would like to walk into a store, buy some yarn and go home to immediately start working on a project.
Just a vent, mostly, but also a question. Does it sound like I am a yarn snob?
There are worse things in life than buying your yarn from the internet.
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