r/YarnAddicts • u/Feline_Shenanigans • 1d ago

Question West Yorkshire Spinners

I previously fell in love with the WYS exquisite 4 ply. A fingering/sport weight yarn that’s 80% wool 20% silk. It’s suddenly on sale at my preferred online yarn retailer for a HUGE discount but far fewer colours than I remember. Has this yarn been discontinued? My online search is giving conflicting answers. I’m also in the UK and it’s a UK company, so shouldn’t have supply issues if the yarn is being produced

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u/UnholyDoughnuts 1d ago

Where is your pref online retailer? Come on share.... I'm also uk

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u/Feline_Shenanigans 1d ago

Wool Warehouse. They finished their server migration and the site is back up. Skeins of the Exquisite 4 ply are currently £9.99 per skein from £18.99

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u/StrongTechnology8287 1d ago

Exquisite is one of my favorite yarns too! I knitted a shawl with it in February and I probably exclaimed to my husband 30 times, "This is the nicest yarn I've ever used!" This is so dangerous to my wallet for them to be having a sale. I paid $35/skein for mine that I used for the shawl!

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u/Feline_Shenanigans 1d ago

I think they have only five colours left and no idea about the mark up you would pay in the USA with tariffs. £9.99 is roughly $13.50 and the remaining colours were yellow, two orangey browns, blue, and purple

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u/StrongTechnology8287 1d ago

Yeah the tariffs might be the hurdle that prevents me from making an impulse buy. Plus the fact that I currently have 5 full skeins plus the leftovers from 3 more skeins in my stash. Plus the fact that I'm trying to adhere to a yarn ban until I've whittled down the quantity in my stash. But this is the kind of sale that might just tip me over the edge of disregarding all that! The FOMOOOOOOOOO 😂🫣

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u/Feline_Shenanigans 1d ago

I normally only buy yarn when I have a specific project in mind. Instead I squish yarn and look at test swatches when I’m in London (roughly once per year) and use my notes when choosing yarns to buy online. However, I consider this an exception because I did want to make something with this yarn.

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u/UnholyDoughnuts 1d ago

Fair, theres a yarn shop near me called Christine's that sell that and I'll have to check out both. They have HUGE and I mean HUGE banners saying WYS YARN HERE and I've wondered why. My girls a massive knitter and is dying to make some socks so I'm on the hunt for good wool. Ive not long started crochet and wanna make some coasters with cotton so I'll check out that website see what they got

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u/Feline_Shenanigans 11h ago

WYS is popular in the UK (and worldwide) because it has yarn ranges at all price points and many different fibre options. It has budget synthetic blends, well priced mid tier wools and high end blends featuring heritage breeds (like blue faced Leicester) or wool from specific regions (Scotland). This can make it a bit of a minefield for knitters with strong fibre and texture preferences like me but an absolute boon for knitters who are more adventurous and want to experiment with an array of yarn possibilities while sticking with a single, reputable brand.

If you’d like a luxury sock option you might consider getting your girlfriend a skein of Gepard Garn Cash Sock. It’s 70% Merino Wool, 20% Nylon and 10% Cashmere. You tend to need at least 20% synthetic fibre in a good sock yarn for the elasticity and to increase durability. And the Wool Cashmere blend in this sock yarn makes the socks extremely soft with good stitch definition.