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Message: <blockquote data-quote="knitnerd" data-source="post: 1841793" data-attributes="member: 17709">Knitting to save moneySo you think you can save money on clothes by learning to knit. Good yarn is expensive. It almost always costs much more to buy yarn for a sweater than to buy one, even one handmade(usually by the thousands in a third world country). Yarn gets discontinued, so you stock up on yarn you like when you see it on sale. Soon you have more than you can knit up in your lifetime but you keep buying more because they always come out with something new and different and you may never see it again. Needles are getting more expensive and the greater selection of sizes, styles and materials you have,the happier you wll be. Books and magazines cost a lot because they need a great deal of technical editing to make sure there are no typographical errors that will give you a baby sweater that will fit a baby elephant. Lessons and workshops can cost hundreds of dollars but there is always something new to learn. At least at the end of hours of wiggeling your fingers,you have something more to show for your work than a high score on a screen.</blockquote>