The main premise of shout outs is to give my thanks and appreciation for a company and/or a person for something that has positively affected me.
What inspired the creation of this is the wonderful customer service I have received from Cheri at ACME Fibres, a Canadian-owned undyed yarn supplier (who also sells Malabrigo yarn, Hiya Hiya Needles, Spindles, soaks, etc). This is as of yet my favourite company to buy undyed yarns from.
I heard about ACME Fibres from an advertisement on Ravelry; you know the ones on the bottom of the forum pages that are actually useful. I ordered a couple of skeins of sock yarn and smaller Hiya Hiya circular needles. I was shocked at how quickly it arrived to my house. It could be a bonus of being in the same province but with Canada Post, you never know (it took a week and a half to get a skein of yarn from another Ravelry user and we live in the same city). I dyed the skins of sock yarns I received and was very pleased with the results. I ordered a couple more sets of needles and a skein of BFL sock yarn (which became the Peacock Fury) and they all arrived with the same speed and quality of service.
The big appreciation came after I found myself in need of a DK weigh yarn for the 'What a Kool Way to Dye' April Challenge - Dye to Knit. The first place I thought to purchase it was ACME Fibres. There was none to be found. I sent an email to Cheri just to make sure I wasn't missing it on the page. She emailed me back quite quickly to inform me that there wasn't any on the site (me: phewf! I'm not as blind as I thought). She offered me some of her own undyed sports/DK weight yarn, 100% superwash merino. She put them up on the site for me. I ordered two skeins and dyed Carol's eyes for my Hermione's Flip Top Mittens.
So thank you Cheri at ACME Fibres! From now on, you're my go to for undyed yarn :D
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