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Good Ol' Acrylic Yarn- International

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Swap Coordinator:bren (contact)
Swap categories: Knitting  Crocheting  Yarn 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:January 10, 2011
Date items must be sent by:January 21, 2011
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

INTERNATIONAL

Yarn snobs need not apply.

This swap is just for the acrylic yarn everyone loves to hate, but we all have it in our stash. The Red Heart, Sayelle, Wintuk, Caron etc.

Admit it. Acrylic yarn has its uses. It's good for toys, amigurumi, freeform, dog blankets-lol...

I love natural yarns and will fork over a pretty penny on just one skein, but when it comes to buying acrylic, I can't justify spending a couple of measly dollars for a fat skein that is going to take me forever to use up.

But, acrylic yarn has come a long way from the scratchy indestructable stuff made into Grandma's granny square afghan! There are some really soft acrylics and quite a few beautiful self striping coloraways!

We will be sending to one partner 5 ounces/142 grams worsted weight/10 ply(UK) acrylic in 5 different colors, 1 ounce/28 grams for each color(approx. 55 yards/50 meters per ball). Decimals were rounded to the nearest tenth.

Limits- two ball may be variegated, one ball may be vintage(clean!), and only one ball may be brown!

No color wish lists. This is to help spread out our stash, not buying to suit our partner's wants. But, feel free to look at your partners profile for color ideas.

.>>>>>INTERNATIONAL!!! If postage is a problem, please do not join!.<<<<< No no-sends within the past three months. Newbies welcome with a filled profile. I do final checks when sign-ups end.

Discussion

nasreen 12/11/2010 #

What is the ply for this swap amd since it is international I have no idea what an ounce or yard is. Could someone please explain?

bren 12/11/2010 #

Please forgive me for forgetting to change the weights and measures. 1 ounce = 28 grams, 55 yards = 50 meters, and worsted weight = UK 10 ply.

nasreen 12/12/2010 #

That is so much better, thank you and i am looking forward to this one!

principeta 12/13/2010 #

Sadly,we don't have 28 grams ball,smallest is 50 grams.

bren 12/13/2010 #

Neither do we! This swap is not for full skeins. Just wind off a small amount from each skein. If you hand wind into a ball, it is about the size of a small orange; using a ball winder, it is around a 3in/7.5cm cake. Of course winding tensions vary so it is better to wind off a bit more if you don't have a scale.

principeta 12/16/2010 #

Ha ha,now I understand =o),thanks bren.

knitmom7 12/17/2010 #

Can we send more than the 55 yds? 5 colors?

bren 12/17/2010 #

You are more than welcome to send more than the minimum for each color and as many colors past the five required for this swap. Someone would have to be crazy to complain that htey got more yarn!!

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