Today I was in a part of town I never have before.

I saw a store JUST for badminton.

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    14 days ago

    I’ve been in a knitting store before. Just yarn and needles and patterns. I can’t imagine how they stay in business.

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        14 days ago

        yep, I have two in the family, it just didn’t seem like there could be enough knitter-foot-traffic to keep the place open selling $4 spools of yarn

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            13 days ago

            It’s been a long time since I’ve bought a skein of yarn, but surely one can get one for less than that.

            hits Amazon

            It looks like on Amazon, they start at about $4 individually. If you get a pack, it goes under $1/skein.

            Those brick-and-mortar stores much have a pretty substantial markup, unless we’re talking premium yarn of some sort.

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              13 days ago

              Yes, it’s not acrylic baby-melting trash. You’re comparing McDonald’s to omakase. Try visiting your local yarn store before making any more assumptions.

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                13 days ago

                Looking over at the lantern moon knitting needles and the merino wool skeins nervously, as though they’ll start tattling on their costs!

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      14 days ago

      Is that… uncommon? There was one in the town I grew up in.

      Actually I looked it up and it also sold thread, ribbons and stuff like that. I guess you’d call it a haberdashery. Maybe one just for wool is less common?

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      13 days ago

      Those are fairly common in North America and in a lot of places in Europe are found everywhere. Knitting is having a resurgence with young people.