Re: [lace] Re: new Thread
Personally, I'd also prefer to support a local craft shop to make sure it's still there later on for browsing through. Helen At 04:55 15/09/2005, Malvary J Cole wrote: Tamara wrote: Buyers beware indeed! *Please* be very, very careful when internet/catalogue shopping, and compare the prices of what might be available to you locally first, And I would add - don't forget to shop around locally too.Malvary in Ottawa Helen, normally in Somerset, UK but back in Poole, Dorset for the summer "Forget the formulae, let's make lace" -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.25/102 - Release Date: 14/09/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace] Re: new Thread
Tamara wrote: Buyers beware indeed! *Please* be very, very careful when internet/catalogue shopping, and compare the prices of what might be available to you locally first, And I would add - don't forget to shop around locally too. We have a specialist Needlework shop that does carry some unusual threads. I had picked up some blending threads at Michaels, along with a load of embroidery thread. Now I know that Michaels prices for DMC embroidery thread are hard to beat and are much cheaper than the needlework shop. A couple of the Krenik threads I wanted weren't available at Michaels, so I went to the other shop on the way home and found that the Krenik threads were 75c cheaper. I bought the ones I needed and then drove back to Michaels and asked them if they wanted to take back the 7 reels of Krenik thread I had bought, or did they want to meet the price. They gave me the lower price, but I haven't bought any more Krenik thread from them! Malvary in Ottawa - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace] Re: new Thread
On Sep 14, 2005, at 4:14, Jean Barrett wrote: Brenda has also measured a single strand of the new DMC linen at 25 wraps per cm. and it is now on the latest addendum list, number 3 on her web site. I think that most reasonably good embroidery supply shops should carry it. Do be careful of the costs however. I received a new craft catalogue last week. It's an American firm called Herrschners. I think they must be trying to start up in this country. That is where I saw the threads offered. When I checked our local shop I found that the catalogue price was 25 pence a skein more than the shop price, unless you were willing to buy the whole range of 24 skeins. Then you have to add postage. Buyers beware! Buyers beware indeed! *Please* be very, very careful when internet/catalogue shopping, and compare the prices of what might be available to you locally first, before making a commitment. Among other things, it's easier to curb one's greed when handling actual samples, then it is when click-clicking on the Internet In the past, I found Herrschners to be a "good deal" *only* if one was making a *big* deal - on smaller amounts any WalMart matched it, skein for skein. And their shipping had always been higher - skein for skein - than VA tax, making Walmart a better choice, if only by pennies (but pennies do add up), while, at the same time, contributing to *my state's* "pocket"... Add their general un-reliability (things I ordered didn't come; things I did order didn't). Postal to-and-an fro, on top of the *hours* wasted tyring to get the "service dept" on hte phone... I've not ordered anything from Herrschners in 10 yrs or so and the fact that they keep sending me their catalogues only confirms my general opinion of them :) -- Tamara P Duvallhttp://t-n-lace.net/ Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
