Cheap wool?

Rummer

That looks like a great site hard up hester! I have been paying far more for my wool through a local craft store.

lickylonglips

i buy mine from http://www.yarn-paradise.com/

they're based in turkey, so the p and p is quite expensive, but is well worth it cos prices are so low to start with and the quality is fantastic...

tandraig

cheapest way - look for handknitted items in charity shop - then find the end and unravel them. wind them around a chair back .......wash them at 30 if poss if not hand wash and hang them on line sopping wet.when dry, find the end and roll them into balls. then you can re-knit or crochet them. my mum used to do this with cardies etc we had outgrown - she just used to add a hem or trim of another colour (usually an odd ball she had left over).

helyg

tandraig wrote: »

cheapest way - look for handknitted items in charity shop - then find the end and unravel them. wind them around a chair back .......wash them at 30 if poss if not hand wash and hang them on line sopping wet.when dry, find the end and roll them into balls. then you can re-knit or crochet them. my mum used to do this with cardies etc we had outgrown - she just used to add a hem or trim of another colour (usually an odd ball she had left over).

My mum used to do that too, except she didn't wind them around chair backs... we had to sit with our hands out for her to wind them round! My arms ache just thinking about it!

perplexed.com

A friend of mine recently crocheted a bag using parcel string. It was lovely and the colour was nice too, a sort of putty shade.

Minihauk

I remember the skeins of wool when I was a child. You had to wind them into balls yourself, so someone had to hold their hands out while it was wound.

Does anyone know of a good website with free baby knitting patterns, please?

psso

I like Kemps as well, have used Knitwell as well. Placed order Thursday night, started knitting with the wool Saturday morning - very quick delivery (2nd class too)

Have a look at this site for yarn http://www.abakhan.co.uk/acatalog/Knitting_Yarn___Accessories.html

or this one
http://www.knitwell.co.uk/acatalog/

Loads of free patterns here

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/index.php

Happy knitting.
Why not pop over to the shiny new - Knit a square part 3 thread - we don`t bite and you`ll find loads of info and help there as well.

Boodle

I was also going to suggest Wilkinsons. My problem is that our nearest one is so out of our way I am there possibly once or twice a year! Otherwise I am paying ridiculous prices for it.

You could also mention it to a few people in chatting too as you might get donations. I mentioned it on two separate occasions to two older women who used to knit quite a lot but now have arthritis and they offered me wool that they had never got around to using.

henbane

Boodle
That's just how I got a big bag of yarn. It was my mum and as I'm out of work and can't afford to buy any she found all the yarn she couldn't use any more due to her arthritis. Have so far made a shopping bag, a cushion and am well on the way to making a fair sized quilt.
I also keep an eye on charity shops and the end of line bin in the wool shop but that website sounds good, must give it a try when some money appears.
Henbane.

Outdoorlass

You could always look out for wool in car boot sales and jumble sales too;)