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02/09/2005 Entry: "Yarn Sale!"

I mentioned yesterday that I had some stash overflow problems. While some would simply go out and get more tubs, like this lady, this poor seminary student (remember, that means I won't have any money AFTER grad school either) has decided to sell the overflow.

First off, check out my ebay auction. My first ever. I had to open up the Fee to the entire world, y'know. I just didn't know how to price it.

Now the stuff available exclusively to you, both of you...neither of whom knits. Uh-oh. But we press on. If this works right, you can click on any of the small pictures to see a popup of a big picture of the yarn. Add shipping of $4 to each price. (Priority Mail for a pound envelope is $3.85)

1.

My mother gave me this. It's about 1/2 a skein of LionBrand Homespun Baby. Incredibly soft, but not my style for baby stuff. This was one of those, "I'll make a blanket for Sammy...oops Sammy's two now. Here, Melissa, see what you can do with it" things. Retails for $4. I'll give it to you for a buck, plus shipping.

2.

LionBrand Chenille Thick and Quick in color Sable (discontinued?). I thought it would be good for making the quads bears for Christmas, but then finals got in the way and 4 bears became 1 bear for Samwise the Nephew. It worked pretty well, I must say. I got it for $6 (say the tags on the yarn), so how about all three for $10, or $5 a piece. Buy two get one free! :-) Incidentally, the pattern I used came to about one skein per bear, using size 10 needles. But the pattern stunk.

3.

Hmm...More Lion Brand. Are you seeing a pattern? No really, I do use Lion Brand! Remember Samwise the Sweater?? I just don't see any use for the stuff I have listed is all. :-) And honestly, I can't get next to this stuff. Maybe I just started out on the good stuff and can't handle anything less. But I digress. This is Lion Brand Jiffy in Heather Blue and Oxford Grey. As you can see, the blue hasn't been touched, but I've attempted to start things (doubling the yarn) with the grey, so there's probably less than a skein of each of those. $3 for both of the grey (or $2 a piece individually) and $2 for the blue.

4.

This yarn is a total mystery to me. :-) The only fact I know about it for sure is that it doesn't smell bad. And that it's fairly soft. I got it on ebay a long time ago for a price I can no longer look up. I recall it being somewhere around $15 for all 4 skeins. My hunch is that this is also some sort of synthetic fiber. As you can see, I haven't used it for anything. $12 for all four, $4 a piece.

Once again, all of the prices don't include shipping costs, which I've set at $4.
Email me at stitchinseminarian [at] yahoo [dot] com if you're interested. First come first serve, depending on when I receive your email.

Now, this may not be the best day to do this because I'm not going to be sitting by my computer answering emails all day. But then again, if only two of you read this and neither of you knit, then it might not matter if I'm around or not. :-) I'm driving to Pittsburgh this afternoon (yes, I'll take the yarn with me) and won't check my email til tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest.

Good luck!

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