String Factory » deals http://www.string-factory.com one woman's obsession with all things Fiber Sat, 06 Mar 2010 04:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 the skinny on WEBS (yarn.com) promo codes http://www.string-factory.com/blog/the-skinny-on-webs-yarncom-promo-codes/ http://www.string-factory.com/blog/the-skinny-on-webs-yarncom-promo-codes/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 07:06:31 +0000 Amelia http://www.string-factory.com/?p=107 Ever since I installed Google Analytics on my blog, I’ve noticed I get a ridiculous amount of traffic from people looking for discount promo codes for WEBS.

Sorry, folks, I don’t have any special super-seekrit WEBS discount codes here. The reason why? There aren’t any right now.

Steve Elkins, one of the owners of WEBS, posted on Ravelry a couple of days ago explaining the situation with WEBS promo codes. I’m reposting it here for people who aren’t on Ravelry:

Hi Folks, we don’t use promo codes a lot, but it was one of those things that came along with the new website. It’s the do it now thing because it will cost a lot more to add it later :) When we do use promo codes we always put them pretty prominently in emails, but we don’t have one going on right now. Just the Anniversary Sale (April yarns on sale ends Thursday (new ones coming Friday)), lots of great Noro and Rowan closeouts, Online Supersocke for $7.99, etc.

Hope that helps answer your questions.

Steve Elkins
WEBS

So, straight from the horse’s mouth: there are no promo codes available right now.  If you do want to know about any future WEBS promo codes, the best way to find out about them is to subscribe to the WEBS email list.

To sign up for their email list, go to this page and fill out the form on the right-hand side of the screen.  Check the box that says “Send me email updates” and click the “Create Account” button.   Happy shopping!

]]> http://www.string-factory.com/blog/the-skinny-on-webs-yarncom-promo-codes/feed/ 1 more yarn deals: Cascade Eco+ & Noro Silk Garden Sock on sale http://www.string-factory.com/blog/more-yarn-deals-cascade-eco-noro-silk-garden-sock-on-sale/ http://www.string-factory.com/blog/more-yarn-deals-cascade-eco-noro-silk-garden-sock-on-sale/#comments Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:12:51 +0000 Amelia http://www.string-factory.com/?p=97 Is it just me, or is there a lot of really excellent yarn on sale right now? I just bought a ton of stuff at Webs 35th anniversary sale, but I just keep finding more excuses to potentially justify buying more yarn.

Exhibit A:
Noro Silk Garden Sock — I’ve been interested in this yarn for a while, but I’ve been balking at the $19.85 price tag. Lucky(?) for me, online retailer Annie Amelia has eight different colorways on sale for $13.50 a skein, just over 30% off.

Exhibit B:
Cascade Eco Plus — discontinued colors are at webs for $8.29 per whopping half-pound skein. That’s 45% off the already good price of $15 retail, people. I’m not terribly enthused about Tropical Sea or Prom Queen, but Lilac looks awfully enticing.

In other news, I finished cataloging my yarn stash and entering things into Ravelry last night and I was somewhat horrified to discover I own 38 balls of Noro. (It’s not SO bad, really. There are three bags, and a handful of oddball skeins.)

IT’S OKAY, NO, REALLY, I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT.

]]> http://www.string-factory.com/blog/more-yarn-deals-cascade-eco-noro-silk-garden-sock-on-sale/feed/ 0 excellent yarn deals at WEBS’ 35th anniversary sale http://www.string-factory.com/blog/excellent-yarn-deals-at-webs-35th-anniversary-sale/ http://www.string-factory.com/blog/excellent-yarn-deals-at-webs-35th-anniversary-sale/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:13:45 +0000 Amelia http://www.string-factory.com/?p=80 Note: If you’ve reached this blog via a search engine and you’re looking for a WEBS promo code, you’re out of luck.  Head on over to this post for more info.

WEBS is having a killer 35th anniversary sale during the months of April and May. Tons and tons of really great yarn at 30% off retail. I got a flyer in the mail about the sale last week. I’m also on the email list, but I haven’t seen any email notifications about this yet. It’s also not on the website yet either, but I’m thinking maybe they’re waiting for the sale to start on April 1st.

According to the flyer they sent me, there will be five yarns on sale for both April and May. In addition to those five yarns, they have forty-five (45!) yarns on sale through the month of April, with instructions to check yarn.com May 1st for an all-new crop of sale yarns.

These are the five yarns on sale through April and May:

Berroco Peruvia
Regular: $8.00 Sale: $5.59

Cascade 220
Regular: $7.00 Sale: $4.89

Cascade 220 Superwash
Regular: $9.80 Sale: $6.89

Plymouth Encore
Regular: $5.29 Sale: $3.75

Reynolds Lopi
Regular: $6.50 Sale: $4.59

I’m not listing all 45 yarns on sale through April, but there’s tons of great stuff by Berroco, Cascade, Classic Elite, Plymouth, and Reynolds, along with their house brand Valley Yarns.

I am happily planning to stock up on a few favorites. Cascade 220 is a great stash standby yarn, and Mr. StringFactory and I both carry a torch for Ecological Wool.  (It’s marked down to $10.49 a skein in April!)

Update: The info for the WEBS 35th anniversary sale is up on their site now! Happy April!

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