Big Lots!

[Suzee]

Got a circular in the mail yesterday and said yarn for $1 a skein. Not bad. Kind of an eyelash, a wooly kind and a fluffy kind. All of polyester or acetate stuff. Looks interesting, though. I got a little of each. :)

[eyenowhour]

I also saw the circular. I went to a Big Lots and the selection wasn't that good. There were very few colors and I didn't like the feel of the yarn. I didn't buy any. Please post after you've used the yarn and tell me what you think of it. There's another Big Lots that might have a better selection.

[Debbi]

Hello-
I bought about 30 skeins for scarves, bags etc. I bought the "sereno" eyelash and I feel that it is pretty soft yarn for eyelash. This seems to be a quality yarn from Australia- and while I may not use it for baby items or youth garments it's not bad. There was a variegated variety- "Crinkle" that has a silver lurex type strand and I purchased some of that. I think the red tones may make some nice flowers. It is mostly acrylic-handwashable/approx. 50 yard skeins. I am going to partner the eyelash with some worsted and see how that turns out. I felt it was a nice bargain for 1.00- and worlds above the previous Target 1.00 yarn. I grabbed a bunch of it because I felt it would run out. I also teach so If it wasn't great- the kids at school could play with it anyway-so no loss.
I'll post results with this project. Check it out if you have a Big Lots Near you-

Debbi

[Tamara]

The Big Lots I went to had no selection at all. Only one skein of an eyelash type. The rest was "baby suede" for 1.99 a skein. I might stop back by to see if they have gotten anything out after this weekend.

[Sharon]

I just bought 4 skeins of Jewelbox for $1.99 each.

[CraftyShannon]

I'm lucky that my town is known for having the best Big Lots for "stuff" rather than the one for food like the next town. They always have a large selection of yarn. I saw this eyelash stuff, lots of colors, in a bin, another bin stuffed with the Jewel Box with a smaller bin of some kind of ticker tape, and yet another table with some sort of worseted weight yarn (just 3 colors: tan, aqua, and lavendar). Everything was $1.00 for a small skein except for the $1.99 Jewel Box. I was so mad. During Christmas, they had some Caron Christmas yarn, and I kept waiting for that to go on clearance after the holiday because it sat on the shelf forever. They must have discounted it before I came back, because the last 3 times I've been there, I've searched high and low, yet there is no Christmas yarn to be found. :(

When I say search, I do mean it. This store has yarn with the scrapbooking stuff, more with small electronics, and more in the front near the seasonal items.

[BarbaraJean]

I definitely want to check it out. Thanks for sharing!