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Buy It Now

A Buy It Now bargain lot of yarn and floss I had bookmarked back in December came up on my auction site feed about to expire. I still had some money left over from Christmas, so I went ahead and purchased it for $9.99.

The ten yarn skeins in this lot include some colors I need for an upcoming project, and the purchase price makes them .99 each.

This lot also includes another O'Go wheel skein of bulky yarn, which I can use with the one I already have. I'll post pics as soon as the lot arrives.

2026 was supposed to be a no-spend year for me, but so far my health insurance premiums have gone up only $200.00 per month. I'm also flying through yarn at the rate of one or two skeins per day, which will deplete my stash before the end of the year. I still see great bargains like this one and that $4.18 bundle of sashay yarn I bought earlier this month at Goodwill. Until the health insurance debacle is decided once and for all, I've decided to let myself thrift bargains when I need something that are very low priced like this one. It also means I need to be very shrewd about what I thrift, which will be good practice for me.

All the pics in this post came from the original auction listing at ShopGoodwill.com.

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