Ebay and Yarn

I have to preface this post that I've been unundated with friends having babies this year (or will be). I just made the list and well, it's daunting, especially as I want to knit something for all of them. And when I say knit, I don't necessarily mean everyone is getting a sweater (the Pea Pod pattern is my fall back). But still, it's a lot to do. The list is interesting as everyone seems to have their own month (I'm not 100% sure on some of the dates, so am keeping it vague):

• February: Olive (Matt and Kirsten)
• May: Duncan (Emilia and Fred)
• June: Stella (John and Kara)
• July: Manny (Sam and Rebecca)
• August: Olea (Jake and Kate)
• October: TBD (Kevin and Susanna)
• December: Hulk (Cece and Aaron)

In case you're counting, that's seven! babies. Crazy!! I'm happy for everyone, but it's been quite a year (or I guess last year was quite the year if you know what I mean).



So that being said, looking at my yarn stash, I started to get a little worried. I've realized I really shouldn't be knitting with 100% wool as most parents I can imagine don't want garments that need to be hand washed. Well, long story short, I've turned to ebay. I've not had success in the past of finding good deals on line there. You do initially, but then the market place brings the price up to the going rates - no deals to be had once shippng factors in. Well, this time, I'm looking at cotton/cotton blends which aren't quite as popular. And success! I just successfully purchased the following. On a sad note I lost out on some really nice blue yarn, but no worries. Blue is so over rated. Initially, I was attracted to the green cone yarn, but then from the same seller, I found the other yarn two bags of yarn. Below are about 24.5 balls of Brown Sheep Cotton Fine yarn in a beautiful Salmon Red, Oriental Jade and Lime Green. The nice thing is I previewed the colors at my local store and they're all good.



And the nice thing is she combined shipping so the total came to, drumroll please, $35.77. That works out to $1.46 a ball (in the store they go for $4.50). Pretty good deal. I'm excited. It's my first yarn purchase on ebay. I have several patterns in mind to get started on once it arrives. The yarn is sport weight I think, which means for some patterns I'll double the yarn. But it looks like it will all work out. Which is good as I have seven babies to knit for and I have only 1/4 of a project done. (Not a 1/4 of all the projects. No, I only have just started one. I might be doomed). So wish me well as I knit and knit and knit. The only consolidating thing I have are that babies are small and their garmets are therefore small as well. The trick will be if I can make 7 garmets out of the yarn above. Fingers crossed, and I'll report later (perhaps).