LoopyKnits

So. Disappointed.

I practically skipped out of the house this morning on my way to the local Tuesday Morning store to be the first in line for 50% discounts on Gefrida yarns. The only folks that beat me there were a handful of retirees, and I don’t begrudge them first place in line anyway. But when I finally popped through the doors and asked where the sale yarn was, they pointed me to the endcap of one aisle in the back of the store. About 25 skeins … weird colors … what, that’s IT?!

Yup.

As you can see, most were unfortunate color choices or low quantities. I did like the denim blue but there weren’t enough to make an ample-size sweater for me, and I’ve got enough scarves and hats to last me a lifetime. I passed.

Doesn’t look much like their ad, does it? (See the yarn photo I snipped from their ad, further down on this page.) I don’t expect fancy displays or the very best color selection when I go to a discount outlet store, really. But it would be nice to have enough of one color to make a garment … or at least a few nice yarn colors. Compare the above reality to the photo from their ad, below. Why would they feature yarn in their flier if they aren’t going to have enough on hand to make it worth the trip to the store? It’s misleading, as I told the sales clerk. (Nicely. I’m not a total jerk.)

So … instead of pouting like an infant, I shopped like an adult and bought a bedspread instead. ;o)

It’s nothing fancy. We’ll be repainting our bedroom in a year or two when we get finished with some of the other rooms, so I didn’t want to invest in something luxe. The only thing I could find to go with the currently way-too-perky pale orange sherbet walls was a white Egyptian cotton coverlet and pillow sham in a neat style (geometric pattern woven into fabric, with no fringe on the edge of the spread, which I hate anyway). Beats the heck out of the hand-me-down pink-and-blue striped bedspread we were using; at least now it looks like we’re trying to live like grownups instead of going with the “scavenged dorm room” decor. ;o)

And besides, it beats the heck out of the peculiar Gefrida yarns they had at Tuesday Morning — especially the chunky black yarn studded with tufts of orange and white. Yech. Hope you all had better luck with the yarn shopping!

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