I found these six hanks of yummy green, 100% wool at the charity shop for 2.50 GBP. There's no information - no ball bands...nothing! - but for that price, I'm not terribly picky. I've been winding them into balls and have run into many little snarls and quite a few knots in the first hank but overall, I'm very happy with my purchase. I'm not sure what the wool wants to be yet but that's never stopped my from buying yarn.
Behind the yarn, you may also notice the bowl that the fruit is hanging out in. That's from the same shop and has 2 other siblings (3.75 GBP, all up), both tucked away in the cabinet. I was absolutely thrilled to find them as they are nearly identical to a set of mixing bowls that my grandmother used to have. I always wanted them but I'm certain my lunatic, kleptomaniac aunt took them and stashed them away in her overstuffed basement. If you've ever met her and subsequently found something has gone missing, chances are it's in her basement, along with anything not nailed down in hospital rooms (she's also quite the hypochondriac), hotels, and restaurants. That place is the size of a one bedroom apartment and is jam-packed with junk, with only a path from the stairs to the freezer; even the stairs have boxes stacked along the sides. When she dies, it will take a manned expedition and a few archaeologists to unearth what lies beneath. It's a scary place. The last time I went into that dungeon, I swear something hissed my name and tried to bite me.
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