Where can I find yellow boa yarn. I looked all over the web, and can't find it in yellow. TIA
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Where can I find yellow boa yarn. I looked all over the web, and can't find it in yellow. TIA
I have not seen it for a few years. Seach for mei-mei also. They make a boa type yarn.
Rick
I've also never been able to find it for sale anywhere. I searched every brand I could find, including Mei Mei. Its LISTED, but never in stock anywhere. The closest I got was a "marigold" yellow...which is a bit darker than the brighter yellow that works so well for me (a HUGE thanks to RickZ on that!!). And from Ebay I bought a "cone" of a yellow boa yarn that turned out to have shorter fibers than the Mei Mei, and doesn't work as well for me.
If you're interested in doing some looking on your own, PM me your email address, and I can send you a PDF I made that includes all the brand names I've been able to locate. You never know when the right item might show up on Ebay or at some fabric/sewing/craft store.
Check the Dollar Stores. They sometimes sell a cheap boa made in China. I have lots of Bernat boa in various colours but no yellow so when I saw this skein of yellow in the dollar store I picked it up. This inexpensive stuff has twice the action of the"good stuff". In spite of the success Rick Z. has with his boa flies I seldom tie leeches with boa yarn. Before I got into Boa, Bernat used to sell a yarn called "Fur Out". This stuff has incredible action but is no longer manufactured. Because of my success with "Fur Out" I tend to use boa yarn as chenille or I'll wrap a "Water pushing" head with it on my big streamers.
God Bless,
Don
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Originally Posted by speck
Hi Don. Do you have a link for that "Fur Out?"
Bruce
Here's a skein for sale on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/YARN-BERNAT-FUR-...item2561151c56
Looks like all the Fur Out was recalled for being highly flammable...not an issue for us!
Here's a generic fly I tied up with Fur Out when it first came out..... just to see what it would look like. I haven't fished it but had the impression it might not have all that much motion compared to some eyelash yarns....will bow to speck's judgement since he has fished it....one thing I like about it is that it has a sheen to it that most eyelash yarns don't.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...erman/IMG3.jpg