Sampler Follow-up

Thanks so much for all the feedback on the sampler idea!  What I'm hearing here (and on the Rav group) is that:

1. Lots of people like the idea - both for the project and for the opportunity to try different yarns before committing.
2. Some folk don't need it and are perfectly happy to buy without feeling up the yarn first - and thank goodness, or an online yarn business would not be possible!
3. There is interest in more colour choice - it would certainly be possible to do say... warm colours, cool colours, neutrals, as well as a mix like the prototype. I would list each pack with a photo of the actual mini-skeins, so you'd know exactly what you were getting.
4. There also seems to be significant interest in sample packs of different colours of the same yarn, chosen for their compatibility in a project - also an idea I had toyed with, and totally do-able.
5. Feasibility? Admittedly, my creative ambitions have soared past the bounds of reality at times, so the caveat will be that the packs go up as they go up. No reservations or self-imposed deadlines (because those things are a direct signal to the Universe for somebody to break something, or fall ill, or schedule a surprise committment. Seriously - it's downright spooky.) I am learning (at times painfully) that a simple, linear system of "dye it, upload it, put it in the mail when it sells" is the way to go. 

So... the concept is a go... but since Rob does 99% of the skeining around here (he had to laugh at the comments that asked if *I* would find it too much work) and is at the sliding track 14 hours a day for the next couple of weeks, the first packs likely won't go up until after that. (On a related note, this week's update will be going up Friday instead of Thursday, which is almost over now, in any case.)

Comments

[Sandra]

Whatever works for you works for me. I have absolutely no hesitation in buying yarn without feeling it first, but it's nice to get the opportunity of a sampler. Not to mention I think something knit up in different yarn bases would be way cool looking. I'd buy the sampler more for that that reason than any other. Looking forward to your first sampler kits in a few weeks or whenever you get time. Thanks Ruth.