Oh Happy Day
So the kids had dentist appts with Dr. Pike yesterday and on the way back to the Eastside, the girl needed to pee. So we stopped at the GW on Grand to use the facilities. And well it was almost noon and I really didn't want to head all the way to Gresham and then turn around and go pick up E.
Anyways back to the story. I took Mad to the bathroom and then of course they want to "just look" at the toys. So I said okay, I've got time to kill, right?! Well on the way to the toy section is the craft section. And I see bags of yarn. The knitter I am, has to look to see what kind of yarn. Oh it's WOOL!!! and the next one, WOOL! and it goes on. There are 11 bags of almost all wool yarn. And the bags were priced at only $3.99! One bag was priced at $2.99. So for a little over $50 here's what I got:
a pirate flag (the kids said we needed a new one, cause the other one was starting to tear.)
wizard tattoos. Okay I couldn't deny wizard tattoos.
Okay on to the yarn:
Patons Classic Wool in brown, forest green, 3 sk denim marl, tree bark mix, and black
Nature Spun 3 sk roasted coffee
TLC Cara Mia #2376, #2402, and 3 sk #2801
Sublime 3 sk #4001
Frog Tree fingering Alpaca wool #96
Frog Tree Sport Alpaca/Wool 4 sk #56, #204, 4 sk #31, #46, 4 sk #64
Plymouth Indieata Alpaca #2924
Misti Alpaca RJ2105, RJ2302, NT100
Dale Ull Dalegarn yellow, red, orange, pink
Patton Brilliant Gold Glow
Shaphard Baby Wool #91, 2 sk #51, 3816, 2934
Mill End lime green, 4 bright pink, 2 bright orange, 2 Swirl
Cascade 220 #9462, 4 sk #824, 4 sk # 7827
Brown Sheep # 551 5 skns 1 ball(could be a full skein)
Lamb's Pride Superwash 3 sk purple haze, 2 sk onyx
Patons UpCountry #80935
Rowan Summer Tweed 6 sk #507
Galaway 2 sk #13
Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool 2 sk #24, 5 sk #23, 5 sk #25, 4 sk #14, 3 sk #17, 2 sk#04 and 3 unknown colors (no tags)
Austermann Scarlet #10
Unknowns:
5 tapes
2 fuzzy acrylic
1 mohair-ish,
2 lion brand chenille
5 hvy worsted weight possibly wool
1 large undyed sport weight skein.
and 5 or so smaller balls of worsted weight yarn, looks to be patons classic wool and then possibly 2 sock yarns.
If I added right this early in the morning, that's over 90 sk of yarn for $50!!!
E wanted to know when I plan on using it all.
Anyways back to the story. I took Mad to the bathroom and then of course they want to "just look" at the toys. So I said okay, I've got time to kill, right?! Well on the way to the toy section is the craft section. And I see bags of yarn. The knitter I am, has to look to see what kind of yarn. Oh it's WOOL!!! and the next one, WOOL! and it goes on. There are 11 bags of almost all wool yarn. And the bags were priced at only $3.99! One bag was priced at $2.99. So for a little over $50 here's what I got:
a pirate flag (the kids said we needed a new one, cause the other one was starting to tear.)
wizard tattoos. Okay I couldn't deny wizard tattoos.
Okay on to the yarn:
Patons Classic Wool in brown, forest green, 3 sk denim marl, tree bark mix, and black
Nature Spun 3 sk roasted coffee
TLC Cara Mia #2376, #2402, and 3 sk #2801
Sublime 3 sk #4001
Frog Tree fingering Alpaca wool #96
Frog Tree Sport Alpaca/Wool 4 sk #56, #204, 4 sk #31, #46, 4 sk #64
Plymouth Indieata Alpaca #2924
Misti Alpaca RJ2105, RJ2302, NT100
Dale Ull Dalegarn yellow, red, orange, pink
Patton Brilliant Gold Glow
Shaphard Baby Wool #91, 2 sk #51, 3816, 2934
Mill End lime green, 4 bright pink, 2 bright orange, 2 Swirl
Cascade 220 #9462, 4 sk #824, 4 sk # 7827
Brown Sheep # 551 5 skns 1 ball(could be a full skein)
Lamb's Pride Superwash 3 sk purple haze, 2 sk onyx
Patons UpCountry #80935
Rowan Summer Tweed 6 sk #507
Galaway 2 sk #13
Elsebeth Lavold Silky Wool 2 sk #24, 5 sk #23, 5 sk #25, 4 sk #14, 3 sk #17, 2 sk#04 and 3 unknown colors (no tags)
Austermann Scarlet #10
Unknowns:
5 tapes
2 fuzzy acrylic
1 mohair-ish,
2 lion brand chenille
5 hvy worsted weight possibly wool
1 large undyed sport weight skein.
and 5 or so smaller balls of worsted weight yarn, looks to be patons classic wool and then possibly 2 sock yarns.
If I added right this early in the morning, that's over 90 sk of yarn for $50!!!
E wanted to know when I plan on using it all.
Labels: craft, knitting, thrift store, yarn
posted by hendreque @ 7:12 AM
8 Comments:
At 8:27 AM,
Unknown said…
Holy smokes! What a find!! I scored 4 balls of rowan 4 ply soft wool at Scrap for $2 and felt much the same.YOu do know that we knit on Wednesday evenings, right?
Joi
At 11:42 AM,
Anonymous said…
OH! Oh Oh!!!!!! I stop at thrift stores all the time to look at yarn and I never see anything other than Caron or Red Heart. Oh, I'm so jealous! (I live in P-town also, in NE.)
At 1:15 PM,
The Original Wombman said…
Woohoo! I just scored two skeins of Filatura Di Crosa 501 for $1 at the thrifts store yesterday! I love a good thrift store find!!
At 10:14 PM,
FannyHams said…
*jealous*
not that i knit well, or ever pick up the needles.
At 11:39 PM,
korin said…
Holy shite! that rocks!!
At 10:01 AM,
Karen Compton said…
Oh. My. God. That is amazing! What a great find! Usually all I find is weird acrylics or fur yarn or something. Amazing! Do you have a ton of projects already running through your head??
At 4:41 PM,
Alison said…
Followed your link from MDC. Those are awesome yarn finds for a thrift store. Please, please, please though, check them all for moths! That's what we've been battling at my house, and I've often seen moths/larvae in the yarn at my thrift store. I'm worried I brought the moths in on thrift store clothing or something!
At 2:22 AM,
Lia said…
Wow! I think that even tops my big GW score last year!
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