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Just a reminder. We are hosting two really big giveaways worth over $300 each! Make sure you get your entry in.

  • The ShoesofPrey giveaway allows you to create your own pair of shoes with a $200 voucher for first prize winner and two $50 vouchers for runner ups.

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  14. Just want to remind people that this is *NOT* the giveaway post. To enter the giveaways, please click through to the right posts and enter your comments there.

  15. This is my first time at this site and I am sure I will enjoy. I discovered it on Knit 1 for the Road blog site. Looking forward to regular visits. Thank you.

  33. i’d love to win! amy sedaris is coming to our area and i can’t wait to see her and her brother.

  40. How awesome! I wouldn’t mind winning either. 🙂 Who would mind right?! Everything I always see is for paper crafting, which is great but not up my alley. Love the blog keep it up.

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Are Thread Bundles Worth the Money

I recently came across a post from Lord Libidan talking about embroidery floss packs and whether it’s worth the money to buy a set of threads all at once instead of one skein at a time.

With the closure of Joann some people were buying these bundles as a way to build their stash/stockpile if they didn’t have another place to buy locally. I did the same thing when I first started cross stitching again after a break of many years, because I wanted to get a bunch of colors all at once without the overwhelming job of picking colors from the wall of thread when I didn’t have a particular project in mind.

And I think for this purpose buying a package with colors you like or some basic/popular colors is probably a good idea and relatively cost effective.

My Joann didn’t have any floss packs when it was closing (in fact it didn’t have cross stitch floss at all for a month or more, then suddenly go a bunch about a week before closing) but I might have bought one just to have the variety if they had been available.

If Amazon is going to be your source for cross stitch supplies going forward, I think buying packs of cross stitch floss when the colors make sense is definitely going to be a better deal. As I write this a pack of 36 popular colors was running $39.50, or about $1.09 a skein. I used to pay 66 cents per skein at Joann, but buying a single skein of black floss on Amazon would run you $4.29.

Herrschners sells DMC floss for $1.05 per skein or less, but shipping isn’t free and you’ll have to buy a lot (or a lot of other things, too) to meet their minimums for free shipping when they offer it.

Check out the post on Lord Libidan for his thoughts and let me know where you are buying cross stitch floss now if you used to buy it at Joann.

[Photo via Herrschners]