I’ve been a fan of Knit Picks on line store for quite
awhile. I was introduced to it by my Wednesday night knitting group, several of
whom band together with their orders in order to accomplish the free shipping
price range. When I recently started getting several orders for sock blanks
from my Etsy store I wondered why I was getting the orders instead of Knit
Picks, especially since there’s a big sock yarn sale going on right now. A
quick check showed me, the sale had run them out of on-hand sock blanks. And
since one of the orders was for a woman who would be running a class on sock
blank dying and needed them before Knit Picks would have them back in stock I
was lucky enough to get the order.
It did point out something that had been mentioned before to
me, that Knit Picks will only have limited quantities on hand when the sales
begin and when they’re gone, you are expected to choose the items you want and
they will notify you when it’s available again. Conveniently after the sale has
ended. The items that were part of this discussion were the books, before the
sale begins, several items usually just disappear from the site. Since I don’t
purchase books from the site I can’t say whether that’s the case or not but I
do know that if you want a specific yarn when a sale starts you’d better get in
on the first day or it’s a toss-up as to whether it will still be available to
you.
And, if you do miss out on the sock blanks the next time
they go on sale you can always order from me at my Etsy shop. ;>)
