Cross stitch and embroidery

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LPT: Buying floss a few skeins at a time means you're not really spending money at all (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago by thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee to c/lemmy_stitch@sh.itjust.works

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I was missing about 19 colours for Errol, and that's far too spicy an all-at-once purchase at UK prices.

So instead every time I'm down in town for something unrelated I just nip into the craft shop and pick up a few, thus hardly spending anything at all!

It totally saves money and I will not be taking criticism at this time.

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[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

We have an actual craft shop, but they're focused mostly on quilting and anything else gets treated with suspicion at best. I have no idea why they even sell supplies for other crafts if they're going to be so weird about it, I once dared to ask if they had any lace weight yarns in stock and the owner looked at me like I was mad!

Thankfully we have a more general shop that's part of a locally-owned chain, and they stock an inexplicable number of craft supplies too. Probably a big market for them here given the attitudes of the craft shop lady, now I think about it 🤔

Both shops charge £1.25 per skein though...FML.