Last night, after I thought about it a while, I decided to go ahead and order a number of skeins of Lion Brand’s new made in the USA wool yarn. I’ve been working on something marketable, but I need wool yarn, and I need it to be naturally white and ready to dye … and the right price. This new yarn is exactly what I have been looking for.

I went to the Lion Brand’s web site, the only place to get said yarn at the moment, and tried to order four skeins. Ordering four skeins was the best way to make the shipping costs be reasonable, as ordering less increased the cost too much thanks to the shipping charges. It’s completely stupid to only order small amounts of yarn when shipping is involved. Anyway, there was exactly one skein left, and while I was trying to decide what to do about that (maybe order some of their other acceptable yarn products or some needles I have been wanting) even that single skein sold.

On the one hand … awesome! People want it, people are buying it, and Lion Brand will keep it around for a while. On the other hand … I didn’t get any before it sold out, and who knows when they’ll have more. So it looks like I’ll have to put my project on the back burner a while longer, but at least I know what yarn I want now and where to get it eventually.