When life hands you yarn....

Last Friday, when I arrived home from school for a short break, I was greeted by a large bag of yarn.  It was probably one of the most awesome things EVER.

My grandma got the yarn free from a store gone out of business, so none of the yarn is necessarily cheap though she had to pay nothing.  Pretty cool, right?  But, seeing that I am getting left-over store yarns, some of the skeins thrown into the bag are what I like to call "unique" or "interesting."  Digging through, I found some treasures, including pink 100% angora yarn.  However, there were also strange yarns, like the Cruella de Vil skeins:

I can't help it; every time I look at the yarn I think, "Wow, it looks like Cruella de Vil."  It's white with black stripes, and there are random brown fluffs thrown in.  Seriously, it looks like Cruella cut up her fancy fur coat and spun it into yarn.  Can you see why I was pretty much stumped at what I would be able to do with the yarn?  I had to consult my mom.

My mom said she thought a pair of mittens would be cute, and so I made her simple chunky mittens out of Cruella de Vil yarn:

I'm still unsure of what to think.  I suppose they're cute enough.  Or, they're at least warm and soft.  And that was 1.2 balls of Cruella de Vil yarn that was used up.  And at least it looks less Cruella de Vil - ish when knitted up.

Now if only I knew what to do with the other 8.8 balls....  Maybe slippers?