I hotfooted it to the 'Coffee and Jumble' this morning but sadly the bakelite knitting needle box and its contents had already been sold - b*gger, that'll learn me not to prevaricate!!
Instead I contented myself with buying a beautiful Wallis fake fur coat for £3.00. It's a large size 10 apparently, although one thing's for sure (or should that be fur sure,) no matter how large a size 10 it is, I wouldn't fit into it!! It's a beautifully soft coat in the most lovely colour and is plainly of very high quality. It'll be heading for ebay.
In one of the charity shops I bought this pure wool handknitted hat - made in Nepal - for 50p. I did hope it might fit my bonce-piece but, no, I can't jam it on my enormous head!! So, that's another one heading for ebay.
Also only 50p from the same charity shop was this amazingly patterned gentleman's cravat. It is pure silk and I'm hoping it will do well on ebay - after I've given it a good iron, that is.
Finally, I did find a few things for myself, eight balls of pure wool - some six ply, some chunky - at the princely sum of 25p per ball. I always pick up 100% wool knitting yarn as you never know when it will come in useful. Plus, most yarn I find in the charity shops is so acrylic (or even 100% nylon) that it sets my teeth on edge just to touch it. Yuk!! I also got a bottle of Lavender handwash for 20p at the 'Coffee and Jumble' which'll come in useful, and at only 20p it was even cheaper than Aldi's handwash. Plus a copy of Susan Hill's 'The Woman in Black' for 25p as I've never read it and it was being highly recommended on 'My Life in Books' last week. So, all in all, not a bad little haul for me.
Bet that cravat does well, I've sold a couple of vintage Tootal ones recently which made far more than I anticipated.
Posted by: Caroline | 03/07/2011 at 02:20 PM
Fabulous finds and such bargains too. Never prevaricate, just nab it!
Posted by: Loo xx from Jumbles and Pompoms | 03/09/2011 at 01:35 PM