Well when I heard about the bargain room at Bendigo Woollen Mills being recently restocked I decided we HAD to visit! Hubby was not so convinced but we drove up anyway and tasted the local pies…..
had some fun in the park….
and of course went shopping……mmmmm…..nice and oh so cheap! my best buy was the skein of cotton for $2 and the most expensive were some 200gm balls for $10 reduced from $16…you get the picture. I’ll be back again and I’m using it as a bargaining tool that whenever we visit hubby’s 2 brothers in Echuca we have to stop in at Bendigo (even if its out of the way)
and here is my finished French Market Bag (made in Bendigo Rustic) which has turned out quite nicely! I learnt you can keep felting and felting and felting till you get the size you want but my swap partner wants a big bag so I just gave it 1 go in the machine. I’m a little sad I won’t be keeping it as it feels lovely and soft but I’m ready to tackle my next felting project.
oh and if you’re after malabrigo I’ve just found an aussie stockist with very reasonable prices and postage.
A great bargain!
The french market bag is beautiful!
love your french market bag. very nice.
my mum heads off to Bendigo Woolen Mills every year, and she brings some great stuff back.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Great bargains – love that bag – I just ordered some rustic, I am so glad they have a website now.
Bag looks fab- how were the pies?
Did you do some more shopping at SL this morning…?
Oh I was right all along. I thought you were going there when you posted about Bendigo. Isnt the back room great. I havent been up there in a few years now as the last time was when I went to the Bendigo Woollen show which is on this month I am sure. You look as though you got some really great yarn too. I love the french market bag too, it looks great.