Crafty Thrifting: Martha Stewart Books

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By bridesmaidlish
Posted September 24th, 2011
Category General

I’m coming to you live from Chesterton, Ind., today. I just got back from a trip downtown to some great antique and knick-knack stores and came home with lots of treats. My favorites just might be these Martha Stewart cookbooks. Who’s found some good, crafty thrift finds recently?

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5 Responses to Crafty Thrifting: Martha Stewart Books

Raina on September 24th, 2011 at 7:58 pm said:

I actually work at a thrift store in Minneapolis were I sort and price all the crafty donations. I’ve scored big over the past four years from cowboy bark cloth at 99 cents a yard to great yarn and vintage patterns. I’ve even found a 1960′s serger in great shape and my boyfriend bought a 1940′s Singer Feather Weight for $25!!! This job has fed me crafting even if I spend most of the paycheck! Good luck and happy hunting to all the other fellow craft thrifters!

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Jenny on September 25th, 2011 at 8:25 pm said:

I LOVE searching through thrift stores for sweaters to reclaim for the yarn. So many awful sweaters made out of great wool that is just begging to be reknit into something cozy and flattering. My favourite recent find was a poncho, DK weight all bright red with one ply of a dark burgundy 60% alpaca 40% wool, 1200M for five bucks. I’m reknitting it into a Tappan Zee cardi from Knitty Spring 2011.

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Victoria on September 26th, 2011 at 2:13 pm said:

I recently found a couple of the Golden Hands volumes and some other vintage craft books that have so many great designs and ideas in them!

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Kat on September 27th, 2011 at 10:28 am said:

Love that you were in a city near me!
I always hit up library booksales for great crafty books, over the years I have built up a great collection of them.

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Lish Dorset on October 17th, 2011 at 9:36 am said:

Hi Kat – Cool! Where are you at?

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