Wooly Thrifting

There were only a couple of useful thrifting finds for me on Monday - despite visiting all three charity shops in the high street and the 'Coffee and Jumble' too (I wonder if the dearth of items in charity shops is a reflection of the current woeful economic times - probably.)

All the items I did manage to thrift were wool related.  A lovely vintage mittens knitting pattern - which I got for my Mum as she has been knitting quite a few pairs of mittens recently and I knew she'd like this addition to her pattern stash.  (Though I can't help but think that the seagull motif on the navy mittens does tend to look like the wearer is giving the 'V' sign!!) Three balls of yarn, the black ball is pure new wool and the two variegated ones are 90% wool (which is close enough to being pure wool for me.)  The wool and the pattern cost me £1.00 for the lot in one of the charity shops.  And for 25p at the 'Coffee and Jumble' I found the Granny square crochet cushion cover.   As being able to crochet comptently is a skill which continues to elude me, I'm always happy to find hand-crocheted items that I can use about the house.

Comments

[mum]

Great finds. I can't pass up a bit of wool either.
Love from Mum
xx

[Daisy Chain]

I agree with you about the dearth of interesting items to be found in charity shops, these days.
I think it's a combination of people using ebay to dispose of unwanted items, the reluctance to replace things quite so often and our nations obsession with buying from the likes of Primark, when we do buy new. This all has a knock-on effect in what ends up at a CS. Not good for us thrifters!