Hi. Thank you for letting me join your forum. I am in Sydney, Australia where knitting is far more common than crochet, so I rely very heavily on the internet for patterns. As a result I buy yarn online from a company in Australia that imports American yarn. I envy people that find a pattern, dash to the shops, and start crocheting. For me, it is more like a 2 or 3 week wait, and over Christmas it was several weeks to get my yarn order. I look forward to learning new things from this group. (I love hats and beanies, and baby and toddlers clothes, as I am a fairly new Grandma.)