Where can I buy cheap yarn?

Hello. Where do you buy wool? Where can you find the cheapest wool? Thanks!

Check this out:
https://www.crazypatterns.net/de/forum/topic/776/wo-kauft-ihr-guenstige-wolle

There are many sellers—I’ve mentioned this before.

Well,
you should keep in mind that the cheapest option isn’t necessarily the one you’ll actually want to wear later on
. But there are plenty of deals online that are really good value and still offer perfectly acceptable quality.

I always buy it at the store across the street. The wool is good, and I’m happy with it. I’m still thinking about whether I should take a chance and order wool online. But if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, right? Or something like that.

Check this out:

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Great wool and very good quality at extremely affordable prices. The wool is also delivered within 1–2 business days :- )

In other forums, newcomers who join and immediately start advertising are banned right away
it may not be quite that strict here, but it’s still not exactly good form.

Hi Hamster, I don’t want to advertise—I just want to help and give you a tip. Feel free to delete this post if it’s seen as advertising.

Have a great day!
Jolanda

P.S. In other forums, you’re not allowed to register under a pseudonym either; there’s a proper way to address people and be polite :-)

Hello,

I think the link is fine as an answer to the question.

Best regards
Alexander

I’m always happy to get good tips on yarn shops (online and in-store). It doesn’t really matter to me whether the tips come from the shop owner themselves or from a third party :-)

Hi everyone

Thank you so much for the positive feedback. I’d like to add something here and, to wrap up this topic, simply say that this is NOT my shop. It’s the company Ice Yarns, which is based in Turkey. I absolutely love Ice Yarn and use it for most of my patterns. The price-performance ratio is simply excellent! I’m always very happy to recommend anything I use myself and am truly convinced by :-).
I don’t earn any real money from it. There are merely a few small percentages for recommending it. So I think this is absolutely legitimate, and Crazypatterns also promotes an affiliate program ;-)

I wish you all lots of sunshine today and lots of joy in everything you do :-)

Best regards
Jolanda

Hello, ladies
I’d just like to say, completely regardless of shops, that you really have to pay close attention to quality when it comes to yarn.
For me, it was like this: at first I liked buying acrylic yarn because it’s so nice and cheap and you can get it almost anywhere.
Until I realized that I have an allergic reaction to that acrylic stuff, and that was the end of buying cheap acrylic yarn.
So I don’t buy that at all anymore, and at the moment I only buy offline, where I can actually take the yarn in my hand. After all, it shouldn’t be scratchy either. I’m just not the type to buy things online that I might want to turn into a blanket, a scarf, etc. This doesn’t apply to PDFs and patterns, of course—I’m not going to wear paper and PDFs after all ;)

I’d advise anyone who crochets, knits, sews, embroiders, etc. not to automatically buy whatever is cheapest.
The value for money has to be right, and if it’s also inexpensive, even better.
But if you buy something that’s incredibly cheap but the quality isn’t what you wanted, and you only notice it while working with it or maybe even after the first wash, then you’ve got a problem. You’ve put money and work into it, you might not enjoy your handmade project nearly as much anymore, and you may have to start over with new material.

So, this is just a general account of my experience, the result of my own experiences with the topic. Beginners in particular are usually in very good hands at a specialist shop, because the staff there can also give solid practical advice and so on.
For example, you can go in and say, I’d like to make this or that, and then the salesperson can point you to the right shelf and say, this yarn here is well suited to what you want to make, or something like that. Once you have a bit more experience, of course, you don’t need that anymore.

Well, that was just my train of thought on the subject of cheap yarn—happy crafting to you all :)
 

Dear Muetzekatze

I completely agree with you :-) I can only support your view and also think that you really have to pay close attention to quality and value for money. I also believe that beginners, in particular, are definitely in good hands at a specialty store. I’ve been knitting for over 30 years, have very high quality standards, and was more than skeptical of Ice Yarns at first ;-). But in addition to acrylic, Ice Yarns also sells great cotton, alpaca, and merino wool. I’ve tested these yarns and was really pleasantly surprised by how great the wool is and how well it knits up. You also have to realize that there are many people who love to knit but can’t afford yarn that costs €5.00 per skein. And I think this is a great alternative, especially for those people.

So, let’s keep knitting happily, no matter what kind of yarn we use :-)

Warm regards
Jolanda 

@Jolanda

I didn’t mean to be rude. It’s just that in forums of a certain size, promotional links become more and more common, and they’re no longer posted as tips—like your link—but rather without any connection to the topic. It’s nice that we haven’t had any spammers here on crazypatterns so far, and I’d really appreciate it if it stayed that way.

Have a nice Sunday

It depends on what you want to make.
I have a blanket made from synthetic yarn—it wasn’t too hard to make, and it’s still beautiful after many years.
I got some yarn with linen and wild silk really cheap in a clearance sale; I’ve had that sweater since 1982, and I still wear it in the summer today.
 Where I used to live, we had a yarn shop—the woman there was great. Where I live now? No, thanks. The lady there has never worn anything knitted or crocheted, and as for her advice… well, let’s just forget about it.

Hey there,
I’ll chime in too... You can make some really great things with yarn... blankets, hats, gloves, sweaters... whatever you want. It just depends on how creative you are. You can find beautiful patterns online that you can follow, and still tweak them a bit to make them your own.
My mom used to knit really great hats and scarves for me in the winter; she still knits them, but now for my kids, and they love everything Grandma makes. If you want to make something out of yarn for your kids, grandkids, or even yourself, go buy some yarn...and get to work.
Best regards


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