Multiple Treasures

The yarn lot I thrifted with multiple skeins of the same yarn just arrived, let's see if it really was the bargain I thought.

There are 26 skeins of yarn, including vintage skeins of Natura white (11), Dazzleaire (3), K-mart labeled ombre (2), Bernat Baby Softee (2), unlabeled big Mohair (2) and one moonlight mohair, all of which are discontinued.

There was also a tool which I think is for knitting in the round.

Downside: just one; some of the skeins were obviously stored in a not too clean place, and have some debris on the outside, so I will need to hand-wash those before I use them.

Upside: The white acrylic yarn, which was the reason I bought this lot, is in very nice, clean shape. Six of the skeins were actually still in their shipping bag from the original manufacturer.

Quite a bit of this discontinued yarn sells for big bucks now. This skein of Moonlight Mohair retails for $14.70 on Amazon. Dazzleaire sells for around $8.99 a skein these days. Natura runs around $6.62 per skein. Anyway, I'm comfortable giving the lot a resale value of $5.00 per skein, or $130.00. I paid $7.99 for everything -- definitely a bargain.

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