Seen At The Auction!

Words of Wisdom!

Here's one bit of commentary that I wanted to post … I spotted this farm supporter at a local auction & had to take a picture!

I Brake For Wool!

Auction Find - Drawer Box of Wool Tapestry/Needlepoint Yarn - "Before"

Many of our followers know that Wild Rose Farm has a little vintage or "up-cycling" wool goodies sideline.  It started several years back when folks were asking for wool fabric or blankets for felting or crafting. I occasionally found wool items at auctions or estate sales and offered them for resale. A sideline was born and now it seems that I see wool everywhere ... yes, I brake for wool!  One woman even gave me two Norwegian wool sweaters knowing that I will find a good home for them ...

Auction Find - Sorted By Dye Lot - "After"

 This big box of wool yarn came from an auction last weekend ... it was in a large closet full of acrylic yarn and scads of cotton crochet thread stashed in plastic tubs. Guess who won the bid & choice of boxes? :)  Seems that the Amish ladies at the sale were after the sewing & crochet thread ...
But there's more!  My travels over the last 2 months yielded these lovely finds:

Eastern Pennsylvania Stash of Wool Yarn & Corriedale Sliver!

Central Ohio Thrift Shop Collection of Wool Yarns!

I've even stumbled across some G.C. Murphy's wool yarn recently at a random yard sale. You just never know what's hiding in a nest of acrylic yarn. Granted, I've picked through stacks of yarn and found no wool, but here's a funny one ... a mothball scented chest full of acrylic yarn ... uh, what's up with that?!?

Rainy Day Auction

Down The Farm Lane

It was a rainy day, so we went to a local farm auction.  The farm itself was beautiful, but it hasn't been operated as a dairy for a number of years.  Although we'd been by this area many times, like many of the old-timers that we talked to, we never knew the farmstead existed.  A characteristic of many really old farm homesteads is that they are located in a low spot ...... that's where the spring water was or where it was easiest to dig a well!   So ..... from the main road, you couldn't see any of these buildings! 

Auction Underway - Looking Back Up The Lane To The Parking Area

Need An Old Combine?

There was nothing for sale that we couldn't live without, but I'm reminded that I used to go to auctions at least several times a year.  Just got out of the habit, I guess, and there's only so much "stuff" that you need! 

Or An Old Ontario Planter?