Wednesday 25 September 2013

Charity shop find: Bumper bag of yarn!


I'm not a knitter, nor a crocheter. However my eyes lit up when I spied this bag of yarn in my favourite charity shop a few weeks ago.

At only £1.00 it was a bargain too good to miss!

I don't know very much about wool, but I can see some of it is tapestry yarn. Some appears to leftovers from the previous owners projects wound into balls, and the remainder is a tangled mess. I'm going to have some fun unravelling it later today!

So if I don't knit, why did I buy it? Well, I can use it with my French knitting spool (or Knitting Nancy if you prefer), and it's just the ticket for practising on a cool little retro craft gadget I picked up in another charity shop a couple of weeks ago (more on that in a future post).

I hope you enjoyed the first post in my charity shop finds series. Keep tuned for more!

4 comments:

  1. Ooo, it's so hard to resist little treasures like this, especially when they're so reasonable and especially when you know exactly what you're going to do with them :)

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  2. Hi :) Thanks for the comment :)

    Yes, it's hard to pass up a bargain, isn't it?

    And seeing as it's for charity it's win-win all round ;)

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  3. EXCELLENT find! The wool in our charity shops tends to be a pound or more for part-balls. I often tell the ladies I can get the same acrylic for £1.50, brand new, but they take no notice. Enjoy unravelling!

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    1. Hi there! Thanks for leaving a comment - I've only just seen it. It's all unravelled now and ready to use...if only I could decide what to try first! All the best for 2014 :)

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