Last week I got a message from Ivy telling the Woolies she just bought a jumbo grab bag from Stitch Together Studio. When I hear about my friends buying yarn I immediately want to do that too, so I headed to Stitch Together to snag a grab bag before she ran out. The grab bag was around $100, and it was well worth it. I didn’t know what would be in the grab bag, but I knew I would be happy with whatever I got.
The grab bag included a sewing merit badge, a funky faux fur pompom (Audrey has already requested it), a candle in the llamas scent (it smells like fresh laundry and flowers, not a farmyard), two kinds of wool wash (including one that is made in Iowa), two buttons, a project bag, and some stickers. I have a feeling the knitting Krampus sticker will be heading to one of my Blogville buddies. All of these trinkets were are a fun surprise, but the real treasure was the yarn.
There were three mini skeins, which will be put to use in my scrap blanket. There was skein of neon yellow and green fingering weight yarn, which is something I normally would not pick. There was a skein a sparkly green yarn that I love and will probably become socks. There were two sport weight skeins, one of which reminds me of an exploding TARDIS. There was a tomato orange DK skein that is going to be some sort of hat for Elliot. There is also a worsted skein that is begging to be used in a colorwork hat or cowl.
This was an amazing package to open up. I am excited to try everything out, including the neon yarn. If I could sign up for a quarterly grab bag I would do it in an instant.
Have you ever purchased yarn without knowing what weight or color you would receive?
mildlygranola 
That really is an amazing assortment of goodies. But I don’t know if I could ever spend that much without knowing what I’d get, at least an idea–I’m too afraid I’d get something I wouldn’t like!
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I knew I would get six full size skeins, and I know I like her stuff, so I went for it.
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That is an amazing grab bag! At first I only saw the first image and had not scrolled to the yarn and I was thinking “hmmm not sure that is worth the price” but then I saw the yarn in the next image – wow!
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It was worth it based on the yarn alone. I knew I was getting six skeins so I decided to chance it.
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What a fantastic grab bag! Everything is so fun and the yarn beautiful.
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Thank you! I’m glad I decide to gamble on a splurge.
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Never done that. I’m such a penny pincher, I know I would stop myself before throwing down $100 bucks on the unknown.
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It is very rare for me to splurge like this, but I know I like her yarn and I knew I would get six skeins of yarn.
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That was a really great grab bag!
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It really was!
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You are obviously thrilled with your package which is great. There are too many colours I don’t like for me to ever risk a surprise.
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I like most colors, and I knit for a lot of people so it is easier for me to take a risk.
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Wow – what a great grab bag! Lovely yarns and great little extras 🙂
I have done grab bags in the past and also yarn clubs where you don’t know what you will get. I’ve had mixed success with them.
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I will sign up for mystery clubs too, but never a mystery KAL
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I’m pretty much at that point too. There’s so much I know I want to knit – why spend valuable time on something chancy?
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I just remembered this morning I signed up for a Lady Dye KAL for Anne of Green Gables with Cassiopinka. I am a liar. But it is the only mystery KAL I’ve done and I blame drugs as it was when I first broke my ankle.
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LOL! That should be fun 🙂 When does it start?
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I don’t even remember. I will be surprised when the yarn arrives.
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🙂
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Wow! I love everything you got! I did a Woolly Thistle taster box with my gift card, and I liked everything I received. And I’ve done yarn clubs. So yes, I guess I do this on the reg. I like being surprised. But, agreed, it’s got to be from someone that you know you will like their stuff.
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I almost got a Taster Box, as I love her woolly yarns.
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What a great haul! I had the fortune of learning about a woman who was closing her online yarn shop. I made a ton of purchases. One of the yarns I wanted was out of stock so I told her not to credit me, but just surprise me with something different. I ended up with a beautiful variegated Malabrigo. Loved it!!
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That sounds like a fun way to buy a lot of yarn.
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Oh wow that looks like a great haul! I’m done clubs and stuff where the monthly yarn is a mystery and shortly after I started knitting I did a MadTosh grab bag from Webs!
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I once ordered a mystery box of yarn from somewhere. I can’t remember; however, it had yarn for spring and summer which generally aren’t my preferred type of yarn.
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That must have been very dissapointing.
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Wow, nice there is knowledge of wool here. But I wanna to stock this in my home to wear a different variety of hand-made wool-product.
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