Just One More Thing

I've been thinking about the lace thing - the number of grams and all (see Friday's post).  Nobody has said anything (unless you count the heated conversations I have with myself in the shower, thus amusing and slightly unnerving my husband) but it doesn't feel quite right to say there was a discrepancy (albeit small) and not follow through with doing something about it.  And just because the industry does something, doesn't mean that I do it.  (Though it is quite illuminating to go about weighing various yarns in my stash...) And so what if it is eccentric to label the weight in other than 50 gm increments?  Here's what I came up with: they all seem to be between 48.7 and 49.5 gms, which means that 48 should be a safe number.  Which works out to 88 cents worth of yarn.  So.... I will drop the price by $1 and refund the same to everyone who has bought the lace-weight to date.  I don't think the difference in yardage estimate would be significant enough to make or break a project, though if anyone has any issues, do please contact me.  There.  Now I can sleep. 

Comments

[LaurieM]

You're silly. :p

[Lee Ann]

I don't think you should drop the price.

This could be because (a) you're brilliant at what you do and that alone is worth an extra dollar or (b) because you have heated conversations with yourself in the shower.

I thought I was the only one whose husband is utterly freaked out that I do this. Yay for other equally, uh...impassioned people. (I won't tell you what my husband called it, but it wasn't that.)

[Bullwinkle]

awwww ... sleep well. I appreciate the honesty - and would not presume anything if you did (or didn't) drop the price.

Ftr, I've learned to weigh my skeins once I get them in the house. (look at my email address. enuf said.) I don't "blame" anyone, it just seems to be. (I don't get short-changed by any one provider in any consistent manner so I can't say it bothers me. But I can guess, as a provider, if you find nothing but "short" skeins, it could cause some stress.)

[Paula]

Keep in mind that the weight of your yarn is not a definitive indicator of yardage, which is really what is important. Humidity has such a huge impact on the weight and is so variable, that you will probably find the same skein to have significantly different weights in the winter when the indoor air is dry and in the summer when it is much more humid. Similarly, yarn that was recently dyed and dried will contain more moisture than yarn that has been in the stash for a while.

[Ros]

Ruth - you are wonderful for being so honest and considerate but I'm happy to pay the going rate for such gorgeous yarn, even if it is a gram or so light. For future reference, please don't feel you have to refund me anything:-)

[Ronni]

Are you using a jeweler's scale that you are able to get it down to tenths of a gram? As others have said, this is above and beyond the call of duty. And it might well be that due to the fluctuations in humidity the weight might seem off while the yardage is correct. And the yardage is what matters after all.

And the practical person's answer to inexact skeins is "That's what the tilda is for."

[Linda M]

Ruth, I agree with the previous comments and want to thank you for your desire to be so precise, but I do recommend that you allow yourself a fudge factor with future skeins.