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Ten Max

There is a lot of nice yarn going up for auction lately, and I've caved into my curiosity and looked around the site to get an idea of the prices and how the bidding is going. Competition is very fierce for basically every decent yarn lot, but there are still a few gems the snipers and resellers seem to be ignoring. I let myself bid on three, but only for $10.00 each.

Take this small lot of yarn and kits -- it had no bidders until I put in mine. There appears to be a sock kit, as well as a mystery bag from Annie's along with some interesting yarn. It's worth ten bucks to me to find out what's in that bag. :)

Jumbled mess lots generally don't get any bids, but I see some interesting yarns in this one, too. The case in the front has both knitting and crochet vintage needles in it. KnitPal Wool Wonders is very soft yarn, too. I'd buy this at a brick and mortar for ten bucks, so I bid.

I have a chance to win this gigantic lot for my ten buck bid because the original owner removed nearly all of the labels from the yarn, and it's a tangled mess. That turns off resellers and snipers, but it intrigues me. I love winding yarn back up and figuring out what it is. I also see what I think are two Caron cakes in there. So maybe I'll get lucky.

I'm not expecting to win any of these lots, but you never know. It's fun to follow the auctions and see if there are any other takers. I'll report back as soon as the auctions end and I have the results.

Image credit: all the images in this post came from the original auction listings at ShopGoodwill.com.

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