[Nfb-krafters-korner] Jiffy

[Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E]]

How confusing! I do not think I have ever seen Jiffy yarn in Michaels, before.  I like to see and feal yarn and watch for sales.  This    way I can determine if I like it and then buy more on line.  Some times I can do just as well buy watching for a half off sale, then no shipping!
Thanks for the description!
Terry P.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cathy [mailto:flowersandherbs at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 2:11 PM
To: 'List for blind crafters and artists'
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Jiffy

Terry,

It is confusing, and I will try to sort things out.
There are a number of yarn lines and each line has something similar in it to create the "line." But the individual yarns in a line also will have different qualities. Sometimes the yarns in the same "line" will have most or at least some of the same colors. The idea is that you can choose a line and know that all of the colors in that line will compliment one another. 

For example, there is a T and Q line of yarns. They all have being a 6-ply yarn in common and have a color pallet in common. however, this line comes in different fabrics. 

then, there is another line called Jiffy . all the yarn in this line is 100% acrylic and a color pallet of mountain hues. This line comes in different weights. 

So while Thick and Quick  has the 6-ply as a common denominator, Jiffy has a color pallet and fabric content yarn in common. 

To complicate matters, Jiffy is both named as a line and as a weight category 5 under the T and Q line.

So more specifically:

There are a number of T and Q yarn lines. One is wool-ease T and Q, another is Jiffy T and Q,  a third is Chenille, T and Q,  (which has been discontinued), a fourth is cotton, T and Q, and now a new fifth one is homespun T and Q.

Then there is a Jiffy line with a 5-ply bulky yarn called Jiffy, and a 6-ply yarn called Jiffy T and Q. 

To expand this, there is the wool-ease line, the homespun line, the Jamie line and so forth.

 You may have used the Jiffy 5-ply, last year, not the Jiffy T and Q (same line different weight, same color.).
  

As I teach, I learn.
I never really had this all sorted out till I needed to explain it. so now we all know more, perhaps more than we wanted to know?
BTW, if anyone out there notices that I have made any errors in this explanation please let me and all of us know, I am becoming a bit tangled up in yarn after all of this explaining!
Cathy



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