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Yarn Kit Lot

I've run ahead of myself by a couple of days with pre-published posts so I'm back to posting twice a day until I use up the extras. My yarn plus lot arrived, so let's take a look and see if it was worth what I paid for it. 24 skeins of yarn, 21 of which are new and most are labelled, along with a brand-new sewing kit. The kit has never been used or even opened, I think, and it retails for $20.00. I can use basically everything in the kit. The scissors are really sharp, and since my own fabric scissors are dull these will help me out until I can get mine sharpened. Ten Italian Berlini Chelsea wool skeins, also brand new. These are more like a boucle, but very soft with a luxurious hand. I bet they work up nice. As they're discontinued I couldn't find a price for these online but comparable yarns by this manufacturer run $16 to $17 a skein. I've heard not so great things about the Pioneer Woman's acrylic yarn from a Youtube crochet vi...