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Premier Yarn Haul and Review (where to buy yarn after Joann closed)
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Apr 30, 2025
In this video I review three different Premier brand yarns as I look for alternative yarn shopping options after the closing of Joann Fabrics. Patterns in this video: Thermal stitch potholder: https://livechilllife.com/featured/crochet-the-perfect-thermal-stitch-potholder-with-hook/ Coastal Stripe kitchen Towel: https://livechilllife.com/crochet-and-knit/coastal-stripes-crochet-kitchen-towel-free-pattern/ Farmhouse Striped Kitchen towel: https://livechilllife.etsy.com/listing/1246335489/crochet-towel-pattern-crochet-kitchen Camellia designer style bag: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/camellia-designer-handbag 3 Piece Crochet spa set: https://livechilllife.com/crochet-and-knit/crochet-spa-set-free-pattern/#google_vignette Subscribe to the newsletter for monthly discounts, tips and free patterns httpslivechilllife.comMy books and project trackers httpslivechilllife.comshop-my-booksMy vintage recipe cooking channel httpswww.youtube.com@100yearoldrecipesMy Etsy shop httpslivechilllife.etsy.com andhttpswww.etsy.comshopTinyCottageKitchenFacebook page httpswww.facebook.compeopleLive-Chill-Life61559059162110
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hello makers in this video I'm going to
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go over my latest premiier yarn haul
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i've got a few types of yarns in my
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quest to find us new yarn sources with
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Jo-An Fabrics closing so let's get
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started and see what I have
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[Music]
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hello friends i am back with another
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yarn haul because I'm trying to find
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options of what you can order online
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since Joanne has closed depending when
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you watch this and we're very limited
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now to yarns that we can uh access
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depending where you live so I'm in a big
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city and I should have access to lots of
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yarn but sadly there's not a lot of
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option where I live michaels for I think
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most of us the yarn selection is not
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great and what else do I have i have
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Hobby Lobby and I know some people don't
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like to shop there and they have while
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the selection is decent they just they
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don't have everything so uh I ordered
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from Premier Yarn i have not used their
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yarns before other than these Dollar
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Tree so I've used the Dollar Tree cotton
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and I did a review on this probably I
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don't know two years ago and it's fine
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these are definitely value yarns it's
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softer than Crafter's cotton it's a
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little I would say it's splitty more
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than other cotton yarns which I know the
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way cotton is wound it can split a
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little bit but it's soft and if this is
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what you have access to if this fits
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your budget I think it would be fine for
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a summer crochet garment even it is that
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soft and it has a drape so if your
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stitch is a drapey stitch it's fine and
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then um the just worsted perfectly fine
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has a nice spring to it it's softer than
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the Red Heart that I've used i'm not a I
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haven't used a lot of Red Heart i've
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just used the ombre
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and it's all right i know some people
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love it use the what you like but let's
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look at the regular Premier yarn so I
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got their value yarn and I got two
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cotton because that's mainly what I use
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use a lot of cotton and then for
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blankets I use
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acrylic so this is the basics line they
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have a huge color range just some of the
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colors got to say they're really
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gorgeous
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this is the
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Aaron yeah oh yes it's
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nice
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this I'm going to have to work up a
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swatch uh this feels somewhere between
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the Hobby Lobby i love this yarn which
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honestly it's my favorite blanket yarn
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it's got such a nice springy feel it's
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soft like that one is but it's with a
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hint of Super Saver and these are on
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sale at the time of purchase i want to
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say$2.99 i'm gonna put the prices
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up on the screen of what I think i've
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got
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pine
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cotton so I'm going to give you a little
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secret right now that I have a crochet
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along coming a Christmas in July and if
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you're not subscribed please subscribe
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it's going to be like nothing you've
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ever seen and it'll be a fun project for
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the community in the summer when we
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don't have a lot going on well depending
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where you are summer's kind of quiet for
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me very nice so I want to look at these
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cotton
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mirrors pretty
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color nice
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burgundy okay
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so this is cotton sprout so this is very
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much like I can already tell like the
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Hobby Lobby I love this cotton which
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personally I love that cotton but yes I
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wanted to try it and I think this color
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it looks so gorgeous on screen so this
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is a category 4 and this color
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is hunter
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green isn't that pretty so it's a deep
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bluish green very nice
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and if you contrast that with this pine
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green you can see how much more blue it
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has in it just wow
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gorgeous and then this is a category
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three uh mercerized cotton isn't that
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gorgeous can you tell I love greens and
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good greens for me are hard to find and
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I saw this and it looks exactly like it
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does on my screen when I was ordering
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this is spring green and I believe
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that's I remember the color name
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correctly
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yep so you see here category
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3 and it recommends let me see the hook
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size 3.75 mm or uh the right hook size
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for the stitch you're making for the
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drape that you want so this I'm thinking
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for a
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garment oh how pretty
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and the y because it feels kind of um
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small the ske and that's because it's
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about half the size I'm used to getting
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so it's 1.75 oz normally you'll find
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yarn in 3.5 oz
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skes very nice and I'll put the price up
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on the screen and then I saw this color
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called time isn't that pretty it's a
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pretty bluish green i just wanted to see
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what it looked like so I got this kind
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of as a one off and if I liked it I
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would buy more maybe do a blanket with
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it how nice okay let me work up a swatch
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with the basics and see how it does if
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it splits if it continues to feel soft
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once it's been stitched and um I'll be
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back with that all right so the first
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yarn I'm going to look at because it's
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my favorite is cotton yarn so I have the
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cotton sprout and this is a basic soft
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cotton uh and this is absolutely what I
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use the most in my designs so this is
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good for garments and for home items
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like your dishloths your dish towels it
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makes a nice soft flexible drape i don't
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know that I'd be quick to make this into
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a washcloth because I didn't or I
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wouldn't want it to get wet but I do use
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this type of cotton for my spa set and
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my um towels because it's so soft and
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flexible i usually use crafter's cotton
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for my dish cloths but you use what you
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like all right this is identical to I
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love this cotton which is currently my
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favorite cotton i I use so much of this
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uh now there's they're both made in
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Turkey uh probably the same manufacturer
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made in Turkey uh textile industry and
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yarns and all that that's a big business
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in that country here made in Turkey so
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the likelihood that these are going to
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go up in price because of what's going
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on currently in the world in this or
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well in the United States with you know
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um is slim we might get a small increase
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but I wouldn't worry about the yarn
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supplies too much going up in
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price we shall see you know I'm not I
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can't predict the future okay so we've
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got the yardage let's see 180 and here
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165 3.5 ouncez and where's my grams 100
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g 100
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g now the cotton sprout has some
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different colors to what I love this
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cotton has they've got the same basic
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tones you know your a black white gray
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some of the neutral beige tones taupe
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things like that but they also have some
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other colors and some of the colors that
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are no longer made and I love this
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cotton are available in cotton sprout so
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do look at that now the price point this
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is pricier this runs uh $4.99 on the
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website and I love this cotton runs
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$379 this I think we might see this go
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up to 3.99 and it goes on sale every
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other week so for a small project that
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may not matter much but if you're making
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maybe a larger garment it will add up
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i'm not telling anyone how to spend
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their money i just want to inform you
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about pricing differences if you're
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price sensitive all right let's look at
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the next yarn all right so next I want
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to look at the mercerized cotton so if
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you have not used mercerized cotton
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before it's a more polished finished
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looking type of cotton it's not going to
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let off the dust that a more basic
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cotton would or even the uh
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the the cotton sprout I just showed you
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this is going to be for garments
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generally especially this one because
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this is a category three it's not a
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category 4 cotton which uh you might
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know the Lion Brand 247 i'll put a shot
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of that up and with that I've made some
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home decor items my Chameleia handbag is
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made with 24/7 cotton i just think it
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gives a nicer look that's not going to
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over time look as worn as using a
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regular cotton i've got my harvest set
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pot holders and matching or coordinating
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coasters i'll put a picture of that up
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it's got such gorgeous stitch definition
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and I've made a poncho with 247 cotton
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now it's kind of heavy to be using for
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such a large garment but it's fine i
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love it i wear it every
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summer and then this one I'm going to
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design a garment with it as well now
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this is a little bit pricier where
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mercerized cotton is concerned this is
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1.75 ounce so it's half the size of what
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we traditionally see so for reference
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the Lion Brand 24/7 and Hobby Lobby has
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the yarn be fundamental cotton which is
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the same thing as the Lion Brand same
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similar price point similar colors it's
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a lovely yarn but it's 3.5 O and the
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price runs between $4.99 and $6.99 per
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ball not on sale so this being $3.99 for
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half the size and a smaller weight the
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category 3 it's going to be pricier
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that's another reason I would probably
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not use it for anything other than a
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garment but if you want to splurge a
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little make a lovely garment with it
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this seems like a good option
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all right so let's look at our
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powerhouse yarn that most of us in the
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community use pretty regularly which is
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uh 7 oz ske of acrylic yarn category 4
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this is you know beginner yarn learner
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yarn it's yarn we love for blankets and
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bigger projects it's a good price and
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it's readily available among so many
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different brands and I'm going to
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compare it to two other pretty popular
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yarns here in the US and the just
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yarn so first let's do the two brands
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together so this is what is made I
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believe it's just made for Dollar Tree
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so it's a small
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amount it's that half ball size just
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like that mercerized cotton I was just
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looking at so this if you buy four of
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these it will
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equal the same weight as the bigger ball
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and it's more expensive this would be $5
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for four of these at the $1.25 price
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point and feels pretty much the same i
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don't feel a lot of difference they do
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they meaning Premiere does sell just
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yarn on their site the Just Yarn name
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compared to the basics
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line i don't know what's different i'm
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gonna look but it could be the colors
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are different i don't know so that's
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that this is perfectly good yarn though
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if you just need a small amount and you
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don't want all this extra yarn laying
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around when you're done cuz that's not
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fun and it can be a little stressful
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what am I going to do with my extra yarn
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this is a good way to
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go all right so now I'm going to compare
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it to these other two so Big Twist since
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we're losing Joanne
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um I adore this color and I'm hoping to
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find it from someone else at some point
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but the Big Twist
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value i think this was running uh $3.99
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and it was on sale quite often it's
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pretty much the standard
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price and this isn't a great yarn but
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it's a solid choice it's good i like
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this because I like this stone color and
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then my favorite blanket yarn currently
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which I might change my mind after using
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the basics is the I love this yarn and
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this is I think this is $4.99 and then
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it's on sale every other week 30% off so
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what is that
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379 lovely colors nice selection it's
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easy to find for some of us who live
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near a location that sells this you can
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get it on Amazon it's believe it's more
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expensive there but that's another way
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to source
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it and then now the basics Premier
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Basics and this is $3.99 i'll put the
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the card up with the price and it goes
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on
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sale now their colors dare I say are a
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little bit better the selection of
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colors than the I love this yarn color
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some of the colors in this line I know
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this is personal preference but I'm
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giving my opinion i don't love all of
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the colors i do like most of them though
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now Premiere has what really stands out
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to me is the natural colors so
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everything from a cream tone into the
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mid brown tones they have a lovely
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selection just just lovely if you're
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looking for skin tones for projects or
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you just like that kind of natural boho
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look definitely check this out so I'm
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going to stitch up a little bit this is
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the thyme color time like the herb and
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it's similar i thought it might be
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similar to the spa color in the I love
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this yarn line but this has more green
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in it the spa has more blue in
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it and I'm a green fanatic so I wanted
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to grab some all right let's stitch a
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little i'm using a 5.5 mm which is
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recommended on the label and yes it's
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working up very much like the I love
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this yarn works up it's got that kind of
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bouncy squishy feel which is why I like
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it for blankets so much
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and then if you use a smaller hook of
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course like for your amigarroomi you're
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going to get a nice tight
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uh
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stitch and on the website I don't know
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if you'll notice when I put up a picture
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the yarn looks a little disheveled maybe
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it doesn't look smooth but in person it
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is smooth i don't know if they did that
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enhance the photos maybe a little bit to
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um give a give an idea of what it's
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going to be like in
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person before posting it but in in
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person I'm finding it quite
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smooth now it feels maybe 10%
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less like refined than the I love this
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cotton and you can see when you look at
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it they're the same weight but
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together this
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looks more expansive now let's look at
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the
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yardage 359 yards 355
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yards
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grams 199 200
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very similar but it's just the tightness
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of the weaving when they're doing the
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plies and putting them together this has
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just a a smoother
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look now I haven't used Super Saver i
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think I mentioned that at the start of
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this so if you're a Super Saver lover
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let me know why you love that yarn i've
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only used the ombre for one of my
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blankets um Super Saver actually is not
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readily available even though I'm in a
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big city I rarely see it they had it at
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Jo-Ann's and I would never end up buying
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it because I was in there for something
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else or I would go with the Big Twist
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value
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line yeah this is working up nicely
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i think it would be great for a blanket
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it's
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soft not
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scratchy no uh
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splitting it's not fraying as I
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work stiff definition is okay of course
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it's not like mercerized
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cotton but when you've got a value yarn
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you can't really expect that
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yeah I like
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it and I'll have it in my um
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upcoming the crochet along I'm doing in
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July for us it will be in one of the
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items it's a
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collection yeah it's very nice so I'm
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going to put up some of the natural
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colors that I'm liking on the website
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just so you can get an idea of what's a
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little bit different about this and if
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you want to order it now you do need a
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minimum to get the free shipping and
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it's $75 for the United States and then
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your order to Canada needs to be $100
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worth of product to get the free
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shipping otherwise the shipping starts
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at
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$10 $9.99 i didn't buy $75 worth so I
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had to pay the $9.99 shipping and it
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does not ship fast it took them eight
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business days even to get it packed and
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ready to go but once it shipped because
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I'm so close to where the um location is
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they're in North Carolina it came it got
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to me in about 3 days
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so you want to uh plan on that and if
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you do use the I love this yarn and you
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have to mail order it what's your
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shipping time like let me know in the
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comments i'm curious about that and if
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there's another value yarn you like that
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is not Red Heart Premiere or I love this
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yarn let me know what that is and I'd
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like to take a look at it
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