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Jumble Jam

The jumble lot of yarn I won at the thrift auction before I could write it up in a wannabuts post has arrived; let's see what was in that jumble.

It looked even prettier in person.

Twenty-one skeins, and all but one had labels. Most were newer craft store yarns, but some of these can be pricey. There are five skeins of brand new Studio Classic by Nicole that Premier has already discontinued. These seem like the Just Yarn worsted they sell at the dollar store, just in larger skeins. The big white and silver skein of Caron Christmas Glitter retails for $14.98, and the Bernat Baby Blanket costs $9.98 new.

The yarn is all clean, odorless and only two had been used, so I'm fine assigning a resale price of $5.00 a skein. That works out to $105.00; I paid $12.00 for the lot, or about fifty-eight cents a skein. A nice bargain that I didn't have to shop Black Friday sales for. :)

Image credit: the first pic in this post came from the original auction listing at ShopGoodwill.com.

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