Recent thrifted books and things

I was looking for a 7" invisible zipper, but came out of the thrift store instead last Friday with all these, 50 cents for the magazines, $1.50 - $2.00 for the books!  There was still a fairly large stack of books and Interweave Knits and Vogue Knitting mags left behind there since I tried to only pick the ones I thought might really be useful, or at least inspiring.  The Book Of Sweater Patterns, which I already have, and the two felting books were passed on to other knitters within hours. I'm guessing that, for the person who dumped these off, knitting was only a passing phase, not a lifelong habit.

More recent thrifted books.  You gotta love some (certainly not ALL) of those older ones.  A handful of goodies from Jann Johnson's Discovery Book of Crafts, published 1975, original price 14.95, pretty steep for those days!:

Obsessing slightly about this knitted work-shirt sweater for some reason.  It's the one that clinched the purchase of the book.

The days when sunburnt cheeks were not just OK but desirable.

Don't these books sometimes give you that "nothing new under the sun" feeling?  Does the felt funhouse remind you of anything?  Not sure what the Fat Cookies are about.  Aren't just about all cookies fat?  The title certainly isn't a big selling point.  Why not just call them Cut Out Cookies?

Another one from the nothing-new-under-the-sun category, with all the recent handmade stamp making going on.

Love these.

And, the wedding sampler stitched for Mary Randolph Carter is certainly the Mary Randoph Carter of the American Junk, Kitchen Junk, and Garden Junk books, a couple of which I also have.

I just couldn't pass these 4 yards of fabric by even though its content was suspect and it goes against everything in my nature to buy calico that isn't 100% cotton.  A burn test confirmed it to be a blend with some sort of man-made fiber.  Regardless, it's already cut and ready to be assembled into Amy Butler's A-line Barcelona skirt, so it will be lined with the white all-cotton muslin here underneath.  By the way, the 7" zipper I was looking for when I stumbled across all those knitting books would have been for this skirt if I'd found one.  Now, it will have to wait until I the next trip JoAnn's Fabrics, over an hour's drive away.

Last, but certainly not least a new/old mug with butterflies, for only 10 cents!

Wait!  One more thing, just because.  Somebody go buy these PLEASE so I can't.  Fortunately, these ones are already sold.

Comments

[Heather]

Wow, what a score. I love all the ideas in the Knit One, Felt Too book, we have it at our library. We also have the Fitted Knits book at our library and I am almost done the Back to School U-neck vest(which, as a homelearning mom, really tickles me) ;-)

[Sarah Jackson]

my goodness!! I want to go to your thrift store.

[Krista M]

Score! I'm ususally happy if I can find a couple sweatshirt's in little Steve's size..let alone a library of craft books!

Maybe fat cookies means, "Phat to death, dawg." Insert chest pumping and slouchy pants.

The pipe chair and lucite planter are my faves. I would use those even today.

[lucette]

I would say that you have the luck of the irish.
Loved your post yesterday.

[fleur]

How nice! I like knitting books as much as knitting :-)

[Peacock Chic]

ow that is one amazing thrift shop.

[Rebekah]

looks like you got quite the deal! Love those knitted sandal/clog shoes : )

[PICAdrienne]

Quite the thrifting event. However, I bet you can figure out the pattern to those slippers. I think they may be knit along very similar lines to the felted clog slippers. But, they could be knit with the 'tongue' area first, then knit down, but I would guess sole up, with the middle seam.

[Amber]

Wow, lots and lots of treasures to be had! I love that calico print (even though it's not 100% cotton---another one of my pet-peeves, too). I can't believe those books were at the thriftstore! What were they thinking?? ;-) Do you like the Fitted Knits book?

[Rebecca]

Oh what a haul!! I never find anything like that, I may have to re-locate!

[lolly]

your thrift store is a treasure trove! amazing finds!

[Michelle]

I don't know what an invisible zipper looks like, but I have a vintage brown 7-inch metal zipper (Talon brand) that you can have. It's a little on the heavy duty side, but I'd use it. It might be made for pants.

[maryse]

what a great thrift store you have. the closest one to me, a salvation army store is just horrible. maybe i just don't know how to look, but i doubt it.

[Sheila]

What a score you made on the books and fabrics. Thrifting is one of my all time fave activities. You might consider scooping up those books and selling them at half.com. I used to keep a box of books to resell and did pretty well at times. I mean, I'm still not driving a Lexus, but there were months when I made a $100-$200 extra.