Knitting Yarns

From my experience they are worth almost nothing. I would consider donating them to a circle of charity knitters. Some clever knitters can use such oddments of wool to make toys for children in hospital or scarves and knee rugs for nursing home residents.
 
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Sadly I don't think it is worth much either, When I did crochet work I always used brand new yarn, If it is very old it may not be as strong as it should be. Possibly pieces could be used for small crafts.
I had a lot of old yarn and as I watched tv I would wind it into a big ball. I used it double or triple to tie up newspapers for recycling.
 
debodun said:
I did get an inquiry on the yarn. The peson wanted to know how long each skein was. Yeah, like I'm going to unravel and measure each one for $5??? Where do these people get off?
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If you added the picture, people can see about how much yarn is there. Most yarn is measured in ounces and not length, and the larger skeins are mostly 3-4 ounces, and the smaller ones would be more like 2 ounces. You can see that some of the little balls are probably only an ounce at the most, and even the large ones have been used and are not a regular 4 oz skein anymore.

You might want to set a price and then add “or make offer”; so that when someone is interested, but not at the asking price, you can negotiate rather than just donating it to the thrift store.
Sometimes, seniors organizations use extra yarn and make slippers and hats for homeless people, and if you decide to donate it, that might be one of the best places.
 
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This would be better sold at one of your garage sales for $2 or less. No one is going to drive to your place just to pick this up. Even at a garage sale, it probably won’t sell. Skilled people don’t want to use an unknown quality of materials.
 
My mistake too buying yarn to make my daughter a light afghan she later told me that her and her fiance of 23 years did not want it living in Cspe Coral Florida.
Me at the opposite end from her so alot of beautiful yarn unused a rainbow effect crochet type never done idea a wasted life
 
Autumn72 said:
My mistake too buying yarn to make my daughter a light afghan she layer told me that her and her fiance of 23 years did not want it living in Cape Coral Florida.
Me at the opposite end from her so alot of beautiful yarn unused a rainbow effect crochet type never done idea a wasted life
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All above posts are good...and I agree.
Saw Dollar Tree had skeins for $1...now maybe $1.25
There was a church nearby that had a knitting group that made prayer and baptismal shawls
that I gave much yarns to... don't know if they used or what..but it made me feel good.🤗
 
Donate it. I crochet and love to buy yarn but wouldn't buy someone else's leftover bits since I have a ton of partial skeins left from completed projects.
 

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