Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd find what I did last week.
I walked into the op shop and usually the first thing I do is head for the crafting section. Well that's what I call it anyway.... it can be as big as a whole corner full of stuff or one lousy small basketful. But on this particular day, I spotted a MASS of knitting wool and nearly had an aneurysm. The impact was so intense that I nearly blacked out.
At first my sight went a little blurry and in the span of just a second or two, I thought to myself 'I must have walked into an up-market wool store by mistake?!' But then I realized that there aren't any yarn stores where I was.
So I got closer to the HUGE MASS of wool and I stood there with glazed eyes.
There must have been 3 huge plastic tubs full of it and I honestly didn't know what was going on. Was I dreaming? Was somebody playing a practical joke? WHAT??? It was like I was going through the 5 stages of grief. I've also seen it as the 7 stages of grief, but let's stick with 5 for the sake of keeping it shorter and sweeter;
Denial
This can't be happening. This is can't be real. Am I in an op shop or did I mistakenly enter a high priced wool shop? Is somebody going to jump out from hiding behind a clothes rack and shout 'SURPRISE, YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA!!' No, it's a big mistake, I'm quite sure of it.
Anger
I swear if ANYBODY tries to touch that wool, I'm going to knock their blocks off. If anybody more than looks at it, I'm going to..... well I don't know what I will do but it will be very nasty.
Bargaining
Gee, I can't afford to buy ALL of this wool. I've got a good amount on me but it's mostly for food shopping. But gee-wiz-golly.... if I don't buy what I can now, I will regret it. Self, look at it this way; if you buy a heap of this wool, it will last you for years to come. You won't have to buy more for a really long time.
Go on, you know you want to.
Depression
But, but.... oh it's food money! We will probably go without eating for a week or two, get all thin and gaunt and we'll become very sickly. It's a sad, sad situation.
Acceptance
A sigh of relief. The truth is that it's only money and I can steal, beg or borrow more money for food if I have to. LOL.
Dear friends and those who aren't, I forked out $145, and mind you there is only 90% of it showing in the photos. The other 10% was still in my car from lack of room:
Can you see what it is? Click on each photo to see! Do you know how much all this wool is worth new? Some of it is discontinued, some you can still find.
Example: one ball of Rowan kidsilk aura could set you back $8 per ball. And there are ones in there that you'd have to fork out more that $10-15 per ball/skein. The whole lot would have cost me closer to $1000 if I had been in some swanky, snobby yarn store.
-Rowan, including cashsoft, wool, wool/cotton, silky tweed & fine milk.
-Alpaca Silk
-Classic Elite Yarns
-Malabrigo
Maybe now you will understand what all this hoopla-hoo-ha was about and why I'm ranting and raving. I think the only people that would appreciate this find, are the knitters and crocheters out there, and those that understand the worth of beautiful, luxurious yarn.
I shared my find on facebook (crafting group) recently. I could tell there was a little jealousy, even though nobody said so but some were actually over the moon happy for me. One lady said she went to her local yarn store to find some Rowan, just out of curiosity to see the prices. She was gobsmacked. She told the store attendant of what I found at the op shop, and she didn't believe it. Apparently NOBODY GIVES AWAY EXPENSIVE WOOL TO AN OP SHOP, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE! IT DOES NOT HAPPEN!
So there you go, I'm a liar. It never happened.
But do you think I'm worried whether people believe it or not? All I care is that I found it and I'm very happy - it was a deal of a lifetime find! And I have sore feet from all the little happy dances to prove it.
I think I've just turned into a yarn snob. ;)
