Pickers strike knitted gold at the Warwick Pig and Calf Sale
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WHILE bargains abound at the Warwick Pig and Calf Sale, some weeks the offerings are too good to ignore.
A huge crowd of feverish pickers yesterday rifled through unwanted crochet, knitting and craft supplies offered for sale by Vickie Greasley. There were piles of yarn, sewing material, wool, knitting patterns and all manner of odds and ends. They were the property of Mrs Greasley's mother, recently moved to a Dubbo nursing home.
"Her hands are full of arthritis and she can not hold a crochet hook or sewing needle any more, so her stuff has to be sold,” she said.
"Mum was magnificent with her craft. She won prizes from when she was 10 years old until before she went on to home.”
Mrs Greasley lives in Brisbane, but drove to Warwick to sell part of her mother's craft horde. She said the Warwick Pig and Calf Sale was one of the best places in Southeast Queensland to find buyers who would appreciate her mother's much-loved supplies.
"I think city people want to buy everything new and they are not interested in craft any more,” she said.
"Prior to mum going into a home, I brought up some overlockers and other things and they sold well.”
