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I went looking for more bargain bags of yarn at our local Goodwill, and scored three this time that were packed with wonderful skeins, most brand-new and all unsoiled and odor-free.

First bag had some interesting novelty yarns, a super saver and a ball of Sugar N' Cream cotton yarn. I don't have much cotton yarn and I really liked the colors of this ball.

Second bag had Uber Luxe grays, blacks, a glitzy cream hygge charm from Red Heartand a really neat variegated skein. The glitzy one stole my heart.

Third bag had all new skeins: three of Wool Ease Thick and Thin, two new balls of no-wool sock yarn, a yarn bee skein and what I believe is another super saver. The beachy colors really appealed to me, and will make up for all the brown yarn I used to make my Ocean Tranquility throw.

Because many of the skeins didn't come with labels I can only guess what some of them are, but I know the Wool Ease is $5.99 a skein, the super savers retail for $4.49, the Sugar N' Cream is $3.29, the Uber Luxe are $7.29 each, the sock yarn is marked $4.99 each, and the glitzy cream hygge charm is marked $9.99. Everything that has a label or a price tag adds up to $64.79. Resale would be about $70.00 for the rest.

The value of the 24 skeins added together total $134.79. I paid $20.97 for all of it, or about $1.15 per skein.

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