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I am in a secret swap on Ravelry and my first package arrived yesterday! And let me tell you, it was the highlight of an otherwise pretty crummy day. Look at that loot! Yarn, chocolate, coffee from Trader Joe’s (when will they come to upstate NY I wonder!), cough drops, Emergenc-C and echinacea tea, lushish smyrna figs …
 
and this great book, “Made From Scratch,” by Jenna Woginrich. My secret pal wrote “I suspect you could have written this book, but it reminded me of you and your lifestyle so I though you might like it.” If you want to check out more of the book, the author has a website that is now in my bookmarks!
 
And yay! Schaefer yarn!

Thank you secret pal!

(This is in response to BiWeekly Blog Question #2 as part of the Warm Ewe Up Winter swap).

The current question is “if you could only knit or crochet with one brand of yarn for the rest of the year, what would it be and why?”

At first I was stumped – this is a hard question! My favorite KIND of yarn is sock yarn. I love sock yarn! But what brand? So I gave it some thought, and I have decided.

Any yarn that is ON SALE of course! Then I can get more and it will last longer!

You may have guessed it if you read my farm blog, but I think about chickens a lot. A lot. So much I think it has affected by buying habits.
For example, over the holidays I did a little shopping.


Here is some lovely merino yarn from jilldrapermakesstuff.etsy.com and it is as soft and squishy as it looks. She’s a fast shipper and has lots of nice yarn. I think these will make up some quick socks for me.

Did you know Offhand Designs was having a fundraiser? All purchases benefit the Alameda food bank. This is a Stella Bella bag, something out of character for me but it’s cute and I think it will make a great project bag. And the pattern? It’s called “Chicks In a Row.”

And these boots from PiperLime complete with little chickens (they called them Fat Birds, but to me they are chickens). I won’t be wearing them until spring but I have a feeling the real chickens (and turkeys!) will really get a kick out of them.

These scarves have nothing to do with chickens. I finished up some Christmas knitting and will be sending these out. They are in Lion Brand Moonlight Mohair, a yarn I have always wanted to try. Guess I got that out of my system.

I still have 2 socks to finish up and I will be done with Christmas 2008. Does anyone ever finish Christmas knitting by Christmas?

Especially when Noro can be *so* distracting!