The first yarn lot arrived last week, let's see what sort of mess I'll be sorting out.
Not as much of a mess as I thought from the auction site pics. This was someone's stash of scraps with 25 brand-new or barely-used skeins of worsted, fingering weight, ribbon and cotton thread thrown in.
These orange bulky weight skeins are from a discontinued line of organic merino cotton blend yarn, and run anywhere from $8 to $25 retail. Four give me enough to make a nice size project.
I found very few mentions of Elann sock weight yarn online, but no one had a price, and the manuacturer's web site is unreachable, so my guess is that they're also discontinued. Based on the fiber quality and beautiful texture I'd price these at $20.00 per skein retail.
Here's the messy bits. They're mostly scraps that need rewinding, and that's good physical therapy for my fingers.
Although six of them are worth a lot more, I'm going to put a resale price of $5.00 on each of the skeins, and $25.00 for all the scraps, for a total value of $150.00. I paid $8.99 for this lot, so it was a really lovely bargain.
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