stenAanden@feddit.dk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agoWhat is the most specific physical store you have encountered?message-squaremessage-square109linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up199arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the most specific physical store you have encountered?stenAanden@feddit.dk to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square109linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·15 days agoIt’s been a long time since I’ve bought a skein of yarn, but surely one can get one for less than that. hits Amazon It looks like on Amazon, they start at about $4 individually. If you get a pack, it goes under $1/skein. Those brick-and-mortar stores much have a pretty substantial markup, unless we’re talking premium yarn of some sort.
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·15 days agoYes, it’s not acrylic baby-melting trash. You’re comparing McDonald’s to omakase. Try visiting your local yarn store before making any more assumptions.
minus-squareRebekahWSD@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 days agoLooking over at the lantern moon knitting needles and the merino wool skeins nervously, as though they’ll start tattling on their costs!
It’s been a long time since I’ve bought a skein of yarn, but surely one can get one for less than that.
hits Amazon
It looks like on Amazon, they start at about $4 individually. If you get a pack, it goes under $1/skein.
Those brick-and-mortar stores much have a pretty substantial markup, unless we’re talking premium yarn of some sort.
Yes, it’s not acrylic baby-melting trash. You’re comparing McDonald’s to omakase. Try visiting your local yarn store before making any more assumptions.
Looking over at the lantern moon knitting needles and the merino wool skeins nervously, as though they’ll start tattling on their costs!