stash enhancement

I went to the Big Box Store again today. Moda Vera "Noir" (sock yarn) sells for $14.95 per 100g skein. I bought nine balls on special for $7 each. This yarn should make great men's socks for next year's Homeless Connect Day. It's darker than it shows here.

Moda Vera "Pure Wool 8ply" (DK) was on special for $1.50 per 50g ball - that's pure wool for $30 a kilogram: almost the same price as acrylic at one of the Capital Letter department stores and heaps cheaper than the other! Not quite as inexpensive as the Mill Shop in Wangaratta (but I had a wider choice of colours) and quite a bit cheaper than the mail order from the other well-known Victorian mill (although their yarn is softer). Needless to say, some of this also followed me home! LOL

I also have to confess to a kilogram of Bendigo "Neon" (a soon to be discontinued yarn) following me home from the Sydney Craft and Quilt Fair last week. This is also a lot darker than it shows in this photo - think charcoal instead of purple!

As you can see, I'm adding to my wool stash and slowly but surely using up my synthetics. If you have befriended me on Ravelry, don't be alarmed if my activity shows more stashing than I've admitted to, I decided today to take some photos of stash I already have listed  -  Ravelry only adds it to the activity page when there's a photo!

stash enhancement

On Thursday night, DD and I went to the Big Box Store because they were having a special evening related to quilting. It was the most crowded we have ever seen that section of the store and, for the most part, the tidiest we have ever seen that section!

However, we didn't feel incliined to join the long queue in order to save $2 on flannelette (which is what we needed) so we left the area with some binding clips, some non-melt quilting pins and some tee pins (for blocking knitting). We somehow found ourselves in the yarn section! LOL

They had pure Australian wool for just $2.00 a 50g skein (normally $2.99). So, I bought four skeins to knit some more mitts for Homeless Connect Day.

Sock yarn was reduced from $14.95 for 100g to $7.00 - now that's a bargain. But I managed to find some of last year's colourways for $6 a skein - even better!

Total: 1200g of yarn. For someone who wasn't intending to enhance the stash at all, I think I've done rather well!