My friend is cleaning out her dad’s house. Dad is in his 90s and went to assisted living. Friend said “I found a basket of yarn and stuff that was my mom’s. Do you want it?” Of course I said yes. I’m just sorting through it and found 2 skeins of 100% worsted wool, knitting weight. Each skein is 3/4 oz. The price on the label?? 15 cents! This must be from the 1960s.
So what do I do with 2 skeins of wool, each weighing less than an ounce? One skein is called melon but is red, the other is green. Obviously Christmas colors. What can I knit that is easy??? And small.
Before you start knitting, I’d wind those skeins into balls, either with a ballwinder or by hand. Because they’re so old and perhaps not stored in ideal conditions, there could be moth or other bug damage and you wouldn’t want to run into significant damage halfway through a project.
I was wrong. Each skein is a third of an ounce! I’d love to make the owl puffs but I don’t have dp needles and I’d have to buy them and the project would end up costing me money. I wound the yarn into balls and it is in perfect condition, except for the slightly musty odor. Don’t know if I can deal with that.