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Necessity Bids

Since my last two rounds of wannabuts failed I'm now bidding on what I absolutely need for my winter projects, namely yarn. New yarn is insanely expensive these days (starting around $7 per skein), so I'm thrifting what I need exclusively. Resellers are making it difficult to get lots at low prices, however, so I changed my strategy and bid on lots that were less than perfect looking.

This 6.6 lb. lot has the brown yarns I want (they're the bottom layer in the tub), so I bid at $8.00 max. All the pics of the lot were fuzzy, so I definitely rolled the dice with bidding on this one. I won it with no challengers for $7.99 -- thirty or more skeins for what I'd pay for one.

This lot is nothing but white yarns, the other color I need. White is the hardest yarn to thrift, so I was fine bidding $9.99 for it (and I won it for that price with no challengers!) I've already used up half a bin of white yarn this year so I know I'll go through this in no time.

This 17 lb. lot has some pretty greens that I don't have in my stash, so although I didn't think I'd win it I bid $10.00 max -- and I got it with no challengers for $9.99.

I didn't expect to win all three lots, but I'm delighted, because now I have all the colors I need, plus some that I wanted to add to my stash -- all at prices I can afford. :)

All the photos in this post came from the original auction listings at ShopGoodwill.com.

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