I rarely venture to the High Street on a Saturday morning but today was an exception as I needed to go to the butchers. Of course, whilst there I had to quickly pop into the charity shops, and I was very pleased that I did.
There was a suitcase full of wool propped open on a chair and in it I found these four unused 50g balls of Rowan Kid Classic in the loveliest muted heathery tones. I was going to sell them on ebay but then I thought nope, they'd make a lovely stripy scarf for next winter (as if I haven't got enough knitted scarves already!!)
In the same charity shop there were piles and piles of towels and pillowcases. From amongst the teetering stack I found three unused stripy face cloths - one still bearing the original 'Empire Made' label - and a very pretty rose-edged lemon pillowcase. The whole lot including the Rowan wool cost me £2.50 - I was one very happy (Easter) bunny I can tell you.
Great finds, I love the colours of the wool you found cant wait to see how the scarf turns out. x
Posted by: bagladee | 04/11/2009 at 10:47 PM
Wow, what a find!!!
The charity shops near me are exceptionally expensive, for example a face cloth is always at least £1 if not £2 and the quality is always very poor.
Posted by: Frugal Trenches | 04/12/2009 at 11:13 AM
Wow - am just going to have to move down near to you! You do find some bargains. We've been busy the past couple of days with cutters and chain saw cutting up a dead tree - shattered now and don't want to look at the garden tomorrow! x
Posted by: Wendy | 04/12/2009 at 07:17 PM
That wool is so pretty!
Posted by: Catz | 04/12/2009 at 08:00 PM