Folks, we don't know if you've heard, but there's a world-wide wool shortage. As a result, wholesale prices of wool yarns are going up. Which means we have some decisions to make.
As most of you know, our go-to worsted weight wool has always been Cascade 220. It comes in a seemingly endless variety of colors, felts beautifully, and has nice stitch definition. Unfortunately, Cascade will be raising their prices for fall, which means we will have to raise our retail price on the 220 from its current $7.00 per skein. What do you think, knitters? Are you loyal to Cascade 220? Would you pay more (possibly as much as a couple of dollars more) per skein for this old favorite?
As we ponder this, we're also looking for alternatives that could be our new standard worsted weight wool if necessary. Our leading contender right now is Nature Spun. It's from one of our favorite companies, Brown Sheep, and is made in the U.S., with 245 yards per skein. The retail on that one is about $7.25 per skein.
Please give us your opinions on this!
I LOVE the Brown Sheep company- they have great products.
ReplyDeleteI also like Cascade, but mostly because of it's affordability and color selection, not necessarily for its "knitability". So if you're happy with the Nature Spun color selection- I say go for it!
Carry both and let the shoppers decide.
ReplyDeleteI guess it depends on how big the price increase will be. I love the colors that cascade comes in, but wouldn't want to pay twice as much for it.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize the cost of wool was on the rise. Is there a shortage of sheep? Pity. I need new sweaters!
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