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Five Bucks

Last month we went thrifting in Lady Lake, and I picked up two new yards of knit fabric for $3.18, and a huge bag of bulky yarn and some unfinished projects for five dollars.

Here are the contents of the bag. I see one skein of Homespun ($8.35), and six and a half skeins of variegated Wool Ease Thick and Quick ($8.99 each). The big cake of black/white/gray striping yarn is probably Caron Big Cakes Self Striping Yarn in Cookie Crumble ($15.00). That works out to $77.29 total retail.

I also found a pair of connected knitting needles left in one of the UFOs, so I will donate them back to the church thrift.

I wish I could still knit, so I could finish at least some of these, but my arthritis and the damage to my left hand stole knitting from me many years ago. So I will turn them back into yarn.

This is expensive yarn, so I will be sure to make something nice with it.

The big black/white/gray cake is considered a #4 worsted weight yarn, but it's more on the thin side like Mandala Ombre. There's enough here to make a decent size project, too, and I have a throw I'd like to make in these colors. I'm going to start keeping all my thrifted skeins in this palette in one basket so I have them ready if/when I find the right pattern.

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