The Mystery Deepens

For some reason my mystery yarn drama is continuing with Lion Brand, from whom I ordered three mystery skeins of yarn for $6.00 each to replace the mystery yarn bag that I bought from an Etsy seller that never arrived. The package was at first delayed (am I cursed or something?), but it finally arrived.

Seems like the box is a little full for three skeins of yarn.

Here's what I unpacked: two skeins of yarn and a bag of twelve mini-skeins of recycled macrame cord.

Now, the two skeins of yarn are nice, and I can definitely use them.

The macrame cord is a generous assortment of mini-skeins to be sure. I ordered three skeins and (in essence) got fourteen. I checked the listing again and it does say "Each Mystery Skein can be any color, weight, or fiber." That apparently covers sending me a bag of macrame cord. I was also aware at the time that I ordered this that the listing stated very clearly that all sales are final and the yarn cannot be returned.

I'm not going to complain; it is a mystery bag after all. I was definitely surprised, and I did get way more skeins than I thought I would (maybe someone thought that would make up for the fact that I only got two skeins of actual yarn.) I have never used macrame cord, so here's my opportunity. I think I'm done with mystery bags for now, though. :)

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