My most recent yarn order arrived today…
…and that’s when I realized it might be time to get a wholesaler’s license. I mean, I’ve run through a good 8000 yards since May, and there are times when I have a hard time laying hands on bulk quantities of some colors and have to go to my local yarn store, which is always a crap shoot in terms of availability.
I’m running low on orange cotton for cotton Jayne hats. There’s enough to take care of current orders, but beyond that I wouldn’t feel comfortable telling someone I could get them their hat or kit in a timely fashion. A local yarn store has the cotton in stock, but the dye lot is different and it looks a little more melon than I’d like. So now I have to choose whether to go with the more melony shade or maybe find somebody to dye some orange for me. If I go with ‘dye’ then it’d be a hell of a lot cheaper if I could buy my yarn wholesale.
I guess I just have to figure out if the fees are worth it. And really, I’d prefer to have someone dye it – I’m a stickler for accuracy. So I guess I need someone who can dye some cotton “Jayne-hat orange!” I’ll pay!