thrift store find

[leaette]

a whole wopping $5!

i was walking thru my local thrift store and found this beauty! holy heck, they sure were wasteful in the 70's. this box is HUGE! talk about waste. it's almost 3 feet tall.

 

sure, it's ugly 70's colors, but i make pet shelter snuggle beds so this yarn will be perfect.

 

i just love everything about this! hahah

 

[craftconnie1]

Congratulations!!!!!!! A lot easier than pulling apart something and a lot cheaper than new. recycle re-use and reduce

[sammimag]

Awesome! So retro too.

[esiepiela]

WOW...that is AWESOME!

[Jinner]

Cool!

[CrafteeMonkies]

I like the retro colors....lol......very cool!

[MadCityCrochet]

Very cool! Should be fun to dig into and get started! Could take forever to wind all that yarn though....good luck!

 

Sara

[leaette]

luckily, i have a ball winder.

[Elle]

What a great find! I don't think the colors are ugly at all. They're fall colors. I love fall colors!

 

Elle

[MaryPat]

Great find!

[ldyer1]

My friend's mom has this completed afghan in her living room at her house! Too funny.

[siminsc]

Wonderful find! I'm glad someone like you got it.

[Granny Square]

Very cool deal...those color schemes look familiar (ahem)...how unusual that the yarn is wound around the cardboard like that, not even in hanks.

[passionsgirl22]

love the colors

[Bizzyboppers]

Holy cats...

 

You have to wind all that into balls....

 

I mean I would've bought it for $5 bucks too....

 

But all the winding....

 

[The_Virginia_Hooker]

Pets don't mind the the fall colors They like warmth.

[lil_mama06]

GREAT FIND!!!..WOO WOO...I wish I could find something like that...YAY!!!!!...

[redbird51]

a friend of my mom and dad's made a ripple for me right after i got married (1977) that looked so similar to this. it came from a kit. and i remember him (yes, him, he learned how during WWII as part of physical therapy from an injury) saying that there wasn't really enough yarn. i wish i still had it because he has long since died. the colors aren't really that different from some of the fall colors that we have now.

 

i would have bought it too. way to go.

[contrary.crocheter]

wow! what a find...that box is huge! I love going to thrift shops...that saying that one man's trash is another man's treasure is so true!

[bobwilson123]

WOW great find !!! loven those thrift stores

[leaette]

i've been going to thrift stores for years to find cool vintage goodies and i hardly ever find yarn. and if i do, they have some rediculous pricing on it, i'm talking almost as high as a good sale price. sorry, i'm not buying old yarn when i can get the new stuff for the same price!

 

so when I saw $5 on this, i nearly fainted. hahahha!

i don't mind winding yarn. with a winder, it's really fast. and i do it watching TV.

 

i like the colors too. when i said "ugly" i meant "cool funky". i usually refer to 60's and 70's stuff as "ugly" but, for me, that's a good thing. hahah.

[Aelita]

Wow that is so pretty, I love the colors of it.

[Bubbazmama]

Hey, 70's colors are coming back!! What a deal...

[sunnywolfgar]

Bet you walked out of there with a huge:yes smile on your face and on ,, way to go on your find.

sunnywolfgar

[CrochettingMama]

Great find!