Mission: Yarn Acquisiion
Today, Zona and I headed went to Laguna Beach on a mission: Clean out a thrift store of it's yarn stash! This is no ordinary smelly craft yarn that you stumble upon at a thrift store. We would not even bother driving down there unless it worthy yarn. This was recycled sari silk yarn from MangoMoon!!! The store had a total of 9 ziploc bags of the yarn (tags removed, but the store said they were MangoMoon). They were $10.50 for yarn in an orderly skein or ball and $5 for yarn barf. More than half were yarn barf, but not unmanageable. Aubrey had wanted some too, but she could not get out of work, so 3 of the 6 bags pictured are actually for her.
After I unbagged the yarn, I felt like a thief for getting this at such a steal. MangoMoon usually retails at around $20 per 150yd skein. The yarn lover and addict in me couldn't help feel a little sad that the store didn't have more!
I've already managed to untangled one of the barfy messes and it wasn't too bad. I haven't counted the yardage, but it seems to be a full skein. I must thank Jan who posted notice on our knitting group message board about the yarn. Thank You Jan!
In spinning news, I finished spinning the remainder of the matted roving. Tomorrow I will try to play with some Brown Sheep mill ends that Zona gave me. If I get insomnia again, I guess I could play with it tonight instead. :)
After I unbagged the yarn, I felt like a thief for getting this at such a steal. MangoMoon usually retails at around $20 per 150yd skein. The yarn lover and addict in me couldn't help feel a little sad that the store didn't have more!
I've already managed to untangled one of the barfy messes and it wasn't too bad. I haven't counted the yardage, but it seems to be a full skein. I must thank Jan who posted notice on our knitting group message board about the yarn. Thank You Jan!
In spinning news, I finished spinning the remainder of the matted roving. Tomorrow I will try to play with some Brown Sheep mill ends that Zona gave me. If I get insomnia again, I guess I could play with it tonight instead. :)
posted by Anne at
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1 Comments:
fun! i love sari silk, but it can be a little tricky to work with sometimes. theres a super cute bag pattern on knitting using sari silk. hey...since your driving to the ends of the earth, you should check out the bi-annual mega yarn blow-out sale that the "yarn lady" had in laguna hills....pictures on their website.
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