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I just realized I'm halfway through my 1912 knitted vest. I'm still on the first ball of yarn so I only need to buy one more. I'm almost out of the ball, though, so I'm about to run out of knitting on the vest until I order more yarn. For a couple of reasons, I don't really want to do that right now so I'm actually planning to shelve a project for a spell. How unlike me!
This is a problem with using leftover yarn - you probably need more, but shipping becomes ridiculous on one ball of yarn - more than 50% of the cost of the yarn. It's the same thing with a reticule I'm making - I don't want to order ribbon and pay $5 for the ribbon and $5 in shipping, especially when I know an upcoming project may need a flock of ribbon.
This is a problem with using leftover yarn - you probably need more, but shipping becomes ridiculous on one ball of yarn - more than 50% of the cost of the yarn. It's the same thing with a reticule I'm making - I don't want to order ribbon and pay $5 for the ribbon and $5 in shipping, especially when I know an upcoming project may need a flock of ribbon.
