Friday, 1 August 2008

violets are blue



So are my newly bought yarns.

These were bought from taobao.com, a online shopping mall from China, I was tempted by the attractive price and gave it a go. I have no complaints about the quality since it was so affordable, around S$1.50 a ball, however, I can't say the same for the color. I wonder what was on my mind when I chose this bold color.

I hope it will turn out okay *pray*

9 comments:

Doreen said...

I was once tempted to get from them. How is the service and is the shipping expensive. Lovely yarn you got there.

chicchicbaby said...

I ordered thru a spree so I did not have direct contact with the seller. Payment is a headache as they don't accept paypal or overseas credit card. I have yet to sort out how 支付宝 works and my understanding is you need to have a China bank account. I think S$15for 10 balls of yarn is very worth. If you could sort out the payment terms with 支付宝, do share with me :p

Anonymous said...

I have a question....You said it was $1.5 per ball... $1.5 = USD or RMB le?
I saw some1 sell this type of yarns on ebay.
How's the quality? Is it good? I bought it too from ebay...didn't try out yet.

chicchicbaby said...

SGD1.50, which is around USD1.00??
You saw it on ebay? Care to share the link?

Anonymous said...

http://stores.ebay.com/Knit-Purl-Love

That's the ebay seller link la.
It is on sale right now for $1.5 USD a ball. Is that cheap or expensive le? you bought yours from china? How's the shipping fee?

chicchicbaby said...

I paid SGD15.00 for 10 balls including shipping. Are you in Singapore (anyone I know?)? I bought mine thru a spree with an agent based China. As mentioned in one of the comments above, they only accept China issued credit cards so payment will be an issue without a China agent.

Anonymous said...

Oh..I bought 10balls from ebay for $15 + shipping fee $5 something, so the total is like $20something USD. I live in USA. The payment is paid by paypal..very easy. But compare to yours...you bought it at a more cheaper price than me.
How's the yarns? good to use?

chicchicbaby said...

Becoz this is a 6 ply yarn, I find that the strands separate easily, otherwise, it is great, a very light and cooling yarn. Do you have a blog??

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