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Ragfinery is brilliant. Their new location ,after the fire destroyed everything , is more convenient to get to and to park (illegally) It is much smaller, condensed but there are tubs of material organized against the walls and a big table in the middle of scraps, $1.80 a pound. What you see above weighed less than a pound so - bargain of the century. 

In the "weaving supply" bin I found this ; a bundle of sheep locks already dyed. For needle felters this is GOLD!  Costly to buy usually , this bundle was .25 cents. 

I bought three spools of thread on wooden spools for 10 cents, the lot! 

During WW2 wooden spools of thread were used to send messages to  military behind enemy lines. The hole in the spool is perfect for messages rolled up , covered over with the label. I may use them for that purpose, secret messages.

Turned out to be a fabric day -30% off  for seniors at the thrift store. This yardage intrigues me. Dyed resembling Mulberry paper ; like watercolor- 2.5 yards of cotton. The texture is interesting, the dye penetrates through in a non pattern pattern.
 

$2.50

Isn't it curious? The cotton is soft- lava lampish motion.  I wonder how this was made. Any ideas?It's not tie dye nor is it Nuno.

 

Score of the day in my opinion has to be this 6.5 yards of Indian iridescent Blue/violet, silk. In perfect nick! It is the prettiest periwinkle color. I may make a curtain for the blue bedroom; I may stash it like all of my other possible projects. 

Again, dirt cheap price of $ 4.50 

And there was more luck-

I always comb through the t-towel section, generally find T-towel gold.

This one is vintage  from Scotland- feels like barkcloth, that density and texture but woven and printed. Clearly never been used or hung on a nail. I may cut the bits of graphics and use them in art of some sort. I may leave it as is and put it in a poster frame. 

 $1.99

Among  the T-towels I found this embroidered Shipibo  cloth , from Peruvian  Amazon rainforest  tribe. Soft enough to be mistaken for a T-towel , every stitch done by a woman's hand. Glad the mistake was made- the price was typical T-towel price of $1.50

 

Healing ,using Ayahuasca  among other plants of the amazon jungle, these embroidered cloths are used on ceremonial altars . Thank you thrift store , for not knowing what you have. 

I bought another length of mystery fabric but it does not photograph well. It is extraordinary  and made into a shawl/scarf thing. Some days feed my fabric addiction, I must say!  

I bought little else except for some contemporary  tin cherubs with  bells, on a beaded wire. I will  dismantle them -rust them up probably , and use them in cigar boxes. The beads are glass. If the world blows up and sends us underground I will have plenty to do to keep from going insane...more insane, I mean. 

Oh, nearly forgot, In the wool bin which is $2.00 a pound I found a deep rich  blue cashmere sweater from Scotland- it weighed nothing so damned near free... it also has a few tiny moth holes in it but that is do-able. I just have to find the right color of wool thread for mending it. It is beautiful! 

Ragfinery is the best invention ever! So glad that they did not have to close entirely and found a new home. Better than a weed shop, a better addiction, I reckon.