sorry to insert some politics but I read this and now I have to change where I buy craft supplies

[nadine_mn]

I used to love to shop at Michael's for my craft needs but after reading that during the last election, they donated 100% red... screw em



http://www.care2.com/greenliving/hobby-lobby-and-craft-store-politics.html

[Cheap_Trick]

1. Better avoid Hobby Lobby too.

Run by fundie whackjobs.

That leaves Hancock or a mom & pop craft store.

[SoapBox]

2. Ditto

And where does Joann's stand?

They are HQd in Ohio.

[beac]

5. Article says JoAnn's is 100% to Repukes too.

It does list some other great sources for craft supplies, including Create for Less, which I myself have used a few times.

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/hobby-lobby-and-craft-store-politics.html?page=2

There is both a Michael's and a JoAnn's nearby, but it looks like I'll be shopping online ony from here on out.

[SheilaT]

6. I just looked at the create for less website

and they not only carry a very limited yarn selection, mainly Red Heart yarn which isn't very good yarn, in my opinion, but the one yarn they carry that I might possibly buy, Sugar'n'Cream, they are very expensive. Even their bulk rate on that yarn is above what it normally costs in the other craft supply stores.

I hope they're a better choice for other kinds of craft supplies.

[beac]

7. I've had good luck buying yarn on Etsy.

http://www.etsy.com/category/supplies/yarn

You can search by type (wool, cotton, etc.) or brand or try searching for "yarn destash" for good deals from people who are trying to whittle down their enormous yarn collection (can't IMAGINE how they get so large )

[SheilaT]

8. Oh, good. I just made a quick look at Etsy,

and I may start buying yarn there.

Thanks.

[beac]

9. You're welcome!

Lots of other craft supplies on there too, as well as great handmade things of all sorts. Beware, it can be a real time suck browsing all the goodness.

[csziggy]

3. If you want to protest the Hobby Lobby suit over contraceptives, sign this

Hobby Lobby: Drop your suit or I'm dropping your store

Hobby Lobby, an arts and crafts retailer founded by evangelical Christians, just announced that it's suing the government over certain women's health provisions of the Affordable Care Act--mainly, they don't want to have to provide their employees with insurance coverage for some forms of birth control, like IUDs or the morning after pill

If they win, the result could be devastating for women.

We've got to speak up. Hobby Lobby is a business like any other, and depends on its customers and good public relations to be successful. If enough of us speak out and show Hobby Lobby's Chief Executive David Green that the public is outraged by this move, they might have to back off, and it might make other companies less likely to try the same thing.
Our message to Hobby Lobby CEO David Green

"All women deserve affordable access to birth control and it's a woman's personal, medical decision on which form to use. I won’t be shopping at your store until you drop this suit, and I’ll be telling my friends to do the same."
A very dangerous precedent

http://act.weareultraviolet.org/sign/hobbylobby/?referring_akid=.440628.J1veYF&source=taf

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Done. Thanks.

[japple]

10. Martha Stewart has long been a strong supporter of the Democratic Party.

She also sells crafts supplies at her website. She doesn't have quite the large inventory of Michael's or Hobby Lobby, however. There are quite a number of online yarn suppliers. My daughter worked for this company for quite awhile http://www.knitpicks.com/cfaccessories/accessory_home.cfm?media=PPCgsTool&gclid=CKucrN_T_rICFQSxnQodVAsAtA&utm_medium=PPC&utm_campaign=PPCgsTool&utm_content=GOOGLE%20(Search)%20Knitting%20Supply&utm_source=www.google.com and they have beautiful wares.

[nadine_mn]

11. Thanks for the info nt