Inexpensive means I spent less on the item. There is still good quality but it shows that I understand the power of the Coupon/Sale/Good Buy/Shopping Karma etc.
Cheap is just that, something of shoddy workmanship, inferior, will not last for the duration. Cheap is a waste of my money and in some cases time.
The differentiations are disctinct in my mind. This time the two have combined into one product and I am rather irritated.
I picked up some commercial yarn on sale to make simple socks. The first skein had a knot, irritating but one I could live with. The Second Skein, multiple knots and there is a section of the pattern that just did not happen. I am finishing the darned socks because they will wear the same under tennies, but I am irritated that my inexpensive finds became a cheap purchase.
Note the area with the lack of dye
Yarn ends from multiple knots
And because the questions will happen
Needle
US 2 - 2.75 mm
Yarn Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight
2 skeins = 460.0 yards (420.6m)
Colorway
Paprika DN104-05
Purchased at Jo-Ann
Purchase date October 22, 2009
US 2 - 2.75 mm
Yarn Premier Yarns Serenity Sock Weight
2 skeins = 460.0 yards (420.6m)
Colorway
Paprika DN104-05
Purchased at Jo-Ann
Purchase date October 22, 2009
1 comment:
I made those exact same socks with similar yarn. (Same brand) Halfway through the 1 skein I ended up needing another skein to do the other sock. I did finish them and proud to say I finished my first "official" pair of socks (ok second pair, but the first pair was with bigger yarn and needles). Thanks for sharing tips about inexpensive vs cheap. Any ideas what to do with all my excess yarn of varied stuff?
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