This month’s YarnBox angered me and it has nothing to do with Sugarbush Yarns.
First, I get gray yarn. Even after going through all my preferences on YarnBox’s site for bright colors, no pinks, etc etc.
Second, they sent 3 balls of yarn that are 50g/140m each. Which sounds fine, until you realize that:
- if you have big man feet, one ball is not enough, which is why I’m assuming you get 3, or
- you have small feet and this makes 3 socks… but who needs 3 socks? and
- 140m for 50g is not the standard for sock yarns… it should be closer to 200m (180-220ish).
It sounds petty, I know, but this is how you piss off a sock knitter with big feet. Yes, I got ample yarn for a pair of socks, but now my socks will have knots randomly in the sock where I ran out of yarn and joined another in. 180m is really pushing it for my basic socks so I’m definitely going to have knots. I’m guessing 140m will get you to about a men’s size 10.
I haven’t knit my socks, so I can’t say anything about the yarn itself, I’m sure it’s amazing, but for now, I just tossed it aside and canceled my YarnBox subscription because I’ve had enough. It’s a decent service that I’m sure works for most people, I just haven’t been happy with what I’ve received in months and they provide no way to exchange yarn or make me happy at this point.