So that’s a quote from the movie “The Three Amigos” in case you didn’t know – funny flick and a family classic in our house – Martin Short, Chevy Chase, and Steve Martin.
I now have a plethora of knitting needles. I became frustrated last month that I didn’t have a set of 10 1/2 double pointed needles… and realized I only had 1 pair of double pointed needles period (because WalMart only carries size 3 double pointed needles. Period. What is up with that?). So anyway… the only 10 1/2’s I could find on line were like $8 and if I was going to pay that plus shipping then I’d drive my happy rear to either Evansville or Russelville and give the not-so-local-yarn-shop my money.
Frustrated, I did a search for Huge Knitting Needle Lot – and lo’ found one with a 120+ needles – most of which were double pointed! So I bid, and I won, and for about $35 got roughly 40 sets of needles – plus a vintage canister needle case, a set of cable needles, and a set of stitch holders.
FABU!
Vintage Knitting Needle Cannister
Vintage Knitting Needle Cannister - With Needles
Completely unimportant – but when you move the cannister around it sounds like a rain stick!
Knitting Needle Bag
Vintage Straight Knitting Needles
Vintage Double-Pointed Needles
Vintage Circular Needles
Vintage Cable Needles and Stitch Holders
With all these needles I needed a way to figure out what I had… so I downloaded an nifty little app onto my ITouch called Ewe Stash. It’s $2.99 (most I’ve spend on an app) but so far it’s really handy! You can inventory your knitting needles, your crochet hooks, and your yarn. So far I’ve only entered the knitting needles but I inputted 51 sets of needles in about an hour.
Ewe Stash App
Really the one local auction was for a local lady who was a pillar of the community who had passed away and I was betting people would go crazy over her things. To be blunt, as I so often told I am, I figured the prices would be stupid and I wasn’t going to waste my time – after all, half of the art of Auctioning is picking the right Auction!
Well the 2nd art of the Auction is Waiting… and Mom did… and filled her Subaru Outback to the roof, twice, for all of $20. Can you believe it? I’ve gotten close to that kind of haul once or twice, but it’s been a while. The best deal I’ve gotten was my $1200 worth of Rosenthal China for $30 (that was so awesome!) – but this is Mom’s Kudos! So… Kudos! With a ‘Dang’ thrown in there for good measure. And of course the icing on the cake was that Mom passed a ton of it on to me! Much to the disgruntlement of My Man – and the smugness of Her Man.
So lots and lots of cool vintage stuff!
29 balls of 100% Alpaca! SQUEEEEEEEEEEE!
29 Balls of 100% Alpaca!
10 balls of 100% Mohair.
10 Balls 100% Mohair
Penny's Mohair Yarn Label
Enough Tapestry Wool to pack a 64 quart plastic tote (not sure what I’ll do with that).
Auction Tapestry Wool - 1st Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 2nd Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 3rd Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 4th Layer
Auction Tapestry Wool - 5th Layer
Check out these 2 sweater kits that came with coordinating material for skirts! So cool! (Course the yarn is 100% Virgin Wool…).
Vintage Sweater Kit # 1
Vintage Sweater Kit #2Mail Order Skirt Making Service!
5 balls of 100% Virgin Wool in olive drab.
100% Virgin Wool Yarn
This lovely lady apparently loved to cut out the material for sewing patterns because I’ve got 2 boxes of dresses ready to be sewn – they’re in the cutest vintage fabrics! (Well some are cute… some qualify for a ‘whoa’.)
Then there’s these neat tie making kits – those fabrics are gorgeous! I could use them as the focal point in a skirt… I need to hit Paula D up for some sewing!
Tie Making Kit # 1
Tie Makers Kit # 2
Tie Makers Kit # 3
Tie Makers Kit #4
Tie Makers Kit #5
Tie Makers Kit # 6 & # 7
There was also a partially completed crochet afghan – ah for the days of Avacado Green and Harvest Gold! Any Crocheters out there feeling like finishing this bad boy? From what I can tell all the yarn is there and I’ve got the instructions! Heck I think the hook is still in there!
70's Crochet Afghan Kit
70's Crochet Afghan Blocks
Auctions are so frickin’ cool!!!
1978 VW Bus Driver's Side
1978 VW Bus Passenger Side
1978 VW Bus Rear
Found these beauties at the Goodwill - and my husband wanted me to leave them there! But for $2 – I couldn’t leave that tacky goodness behind! I think I’m going to spray paint them Lime Green… or White… I haven’t decided yet. What do you think?
They’re made by Syroco, USA, Copyright 1966. (The date was in Roman Numerals and being educated in the public school system I went here to figure it out).
Found this Royal Typewriter at an estate auction a couple of years ago - paid a whole $1 for it.
I LOVE AUCTIONS!
No date on it – I’m pretty sure it’s missing a metal base plate from the bottom but it’s nothing that would affect it mechanically. All the buttons work. Beautiful machine… and $1!
I’m thinking of using it as a prop in some photo still-life’s. I can just see it all gothed out. Squee!
