Several things I wanted to share:

Older BRS yarns

BRS yarns from 2024 (and one from 2023) have all been permanently marked down to $20.00 each skein.  There were more than I thought there were; here is the whole spread of them together, but you can find them individually on the Blog Reader Specials page.

New-to-me Dyes

A fellow indie dyer has shut down her shop and surprised the dickens out of me by shipping me  collection of her remaining dyes.  These are from a different dye manufacturer, one that primarily supplies the garment industry, so these are apparently “work-horse” dyes. But she assures me these are acid-based dyes and function the same as the dyes I have been using; the difference is these perform better.   I will be trying some of them out this weekend for the next batch of BRS yarns.  As you can see, this is not a small collection nor an array of sample sizes.  Yes, she packed them all very carefully, but  I’ve opened some of the protective bagging to see what’s in the collection.  I’m definitely looking forward to seeing  the results.  🙂

Change in Shipping Options

This week I was shocked to discover that the cost for shipping in the USPS Priority flat-rate boxes has increased yet again.  (As they say in the vernacular: “UGH!”)  It had been about $16.00 and shot up to $18.50.  But, thanks to the package of dyes my friend just sent me, I  learned I can use a regular box just slightly larger than the USPS flat-rate boxes, and ship USPS Ground Advantage for about $15.50 for 12 skeins, based on actual weight and actual distance, and I won’t even need to vacuum pack such a full box of 12 skeins.   I will need to order those boxes to fit the need similar in size to the flat-rate boxes, but as soon as I get those boxes I will begin using the less expensive option to save a few dollars for my customers.

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