If you had $50...

karne · 09-19-2007, 09:30 AM

what yarn would you buy? My mother gave me $50 for my birthday with strict instructions not to spend it on groceries or other ho hum things. Normally, I can figure out pretty well what I want, I usually have a wish list running in my head

But this time I'm just confused!!!!

I love to knit socks, and baby things. I wouldn't mind beginning a nice afghan and at some point I want to start some lace knitting as a total beginner.

So, if you had $50 to spend on yarn, you would buy.....? (include links!!!)

figaro · 09-19-2007, 02:33 PM

I would check out some malabrigo lace, http://www.malabrigoyarn.com/yarn.html

sinistral_needler · 09-19-2007, 02:41 PM

I would go to my lys, find some cashmere yarn, buy $50 worth of it and knit myself a scarf and hat with it. And mittens, if there was enough left over.

SusanMarie1956 · 09-19-2007, 02:50 PM

CASHMERE, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT!!!

Chrissie · 09-19-2007, 03:06 PM

Really nice sock yarn. $50 should get you 2 pairs' worth of the expensive stuff.

ChroniclesofYarnia · 09-19-2007, 03:37 PM

Two skeins of Socks That Rock. No question about it.

Silver · 09-19-2007, 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by figaro

I would check out some malabrigo lace, http://www.malabrigoyarn.com/yarn.html

I agree 100%.

For $50 you'd get lots more yardage and it's just as soft as cashmere.

karne · 09-19-2007, 04:35 PM

If I get the malabrigo lace, can I make socks using a single strand? It seems like it would be much lighter, but I do like the more yardage for my money aspect.

zkimom · 09-19-2007, 05:13 PM

I would either go to KnitPicks (Kelly Petkun is fast becoming one of my favorite people in the world) or LittleKnits.com and see what my $50 would get me.

jodstr2 · 09-19-2007, 05:29 PM

Originally Posted by ChroniclesofYarnia

Two skeins of Socks That Rock. No question about it.

I would do the same.