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Yarn Plus More

Here's a lot of yarn that I thrifted for $9.99. The description of the lot in the original listing was "Vintage Misti Alpaca Loops & Threads Cowgirl Blues Yarn & Yarn Tools & More", which along with the photos convinced me it was worth the price.

There are two bags of what look like unfinished embroidery projects. I was curious about those.

There are also at least six twisted hank-type skeins of fingering weight yarn in the lot. That kind of yarn tends to be very pricey; the Misti Alpaca runs about $16.00 a skein on Etsy. I want to try crocheting some slipper socks this winter, and thrifted yarn is best for that kind of experiment. Thing is, bidders usually snap up any kind of fingering weight yarn the minute it's listed, and have big bidding wars over it. I think they just missed it in this lot because it's hard to see mixed in with with regular yarn.

We'll see if I got a real bargain in a few days when the lot arrives. Stay tuned to the blog to find out with me. :)

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