Got this email from UKI/Supreme yesterday:
Hello Michael,
Due to problems with bad color matching, and increasing prices for both cotton and dying we have decided to make a change in our business model.
We are no longer taking orders where each color is under 20lbs. Please try placing your order with our distributor Yarn Barn (or increasing order quantity to meet the MOQ).. We have enjoyed doing business with you!
Thank you!
Just got a call from Walter Turpening (the loom bench maker) trying to see if I can get him some 8/2 Orange cotton from UKI. He was told that he would have to order 20 pound of each color.
From his face book page:
I will be ordering yarn from Halcyon for making the braided cord. So go to their website to see the color options for their Homestead 8/2 cottons.
http://halcyonyarn.com/products/yarn/152.html
After 14+ years, I just got the word from UKI that I have to order 20# or more per color! Multiple colors to get more than 20# doesn't count.
I guess we will see what come of this new development
Michael
THE CEO OF SUPREME IS MATTHEW KOLMES
[email protected] 828-322-6975
If you want to load up his email box