Wednesday, April 26, 2006
RANDOM ESTATE SALE POST
went a bit far out of my range. east side tho. and discovered a nice part of town. middle-class black? home of an elderly sewer and knitter. KNITTER? no yarn tho. i just noticed that. well, i managed not to get another object per se, but in the attic(an elderly woman climbed these stairs???-narrow and high risers). when i was in attic room with sweaters and clothes, 3 older black woman were looking and i checked out the sweaters. and we started talking and they were excited when i said the sweaters were handmade. and $1.50! ooh, mohair! and they asked me manufacture questions. yes, that is handknitted, yes, that is typical when you put sweaters together. damn, one snagged a fluffy aqua sweater first. i enjoyed yapping with the biddies. one was the ladies neighbor and knew her. and she said she was real old. maybe the daughter took her yarn and needles. at least 2 of the sweaters had the lady's own label sewn on it. sigh. as if i NEED sweaters.
i got 4 sweaters. i passed on a fluffy brown one. sigh. it just didn't fit right.
right now i am trying to use up my box of brown/grey/beige/white yarn. making a real heavy easy warm sweater. i have already made a sweater from that box and only used 1/4 of it. hope this one uses it all up.
went a bit far out of my range. east side tho. and discovered a nice part of town. middle-class black? home of an elderly sewer and knitter. KNITTER? no yarn tho. i just noticed that. well, i managed not to get another object per se, but in the attic(an elderly woman climbed these stairs???-narrow and high risers). when i was in attic room with sweaters and clothes, 3 older black woman were looking and i checked out the sweaters. and we started talking and they were excited when i said the sweaters were handmade. and $1.50! ooh, mohair! and they asked me manufacture questions. yes, that is handknitted, yes, that is typical when you put sweaters together. damn, one snagged a fluffy aqua sweater first. i enjoyed yapping with the biddies. one was the ladies neighbor and knew her. and she said she was real old. maybe the daughter took her yarn and needles. at least 2 of the sweaters had the lady's own label sewn on it. sigh. as if i NEED sweaters.
i got 4 sweaters. i passed on a fluffy brown one. sigh. it just didn't fit right.
right now i am trying to use up my box of brown/grey/beige/white yarn. making a real heavy easy warm sweater. i have already made a sweater from that box and only used 1/4 of it. hope this one uses it all up.
