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Hodge-Podge

Last month three lots on the online auction site caught my eye, and I ended up buying one directly and bidding on the other two.

This 20 skein yarn lot was the purchase, as it offers many skeins of the same color. The nine Sweet Rolls skeins currently retail for $7.99 each at Wal-Mart, so that's $71.91 worth of yarn right there. The seven Herrschners Worsted 8 is $4.97 each, for a retail total of $34.79. Most of the skeins look brand new and very clean, which was an extra incentive.

I sometimes bid on quilts I find attractive, and I wanted this one for no other reason than it would look fabulous in my home office for spring (green is my favorite color.)

This big lot of yarn, hooks and books was too interesting to pass up. Stay tuned to the blog to see the 20 skein lot when it arrives, and find out if I won the other two.

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