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(OR Warm Ewe Up Winter Swap Package #2)
Isn’t this the funniest thing? It’s a bank!

I will definitely be putting my change here! How clever!

My swap partner was so thoughtful. She included something chicken-related, knitting-related, chocolate, yarn, some post-its with lovely flower sketches and the bank.

The plate is beautiful!

And so is the yarn! It’s Art Yarns Super Merino in color 115 (aka RED).

Thank you partner! I can’t wait to find out who you are!

Believe it or not I finished my 2008 Christmas knitting — this week. yup, a little behind. But the pattern was great, and the yarn amazing! I didn’t realize until I was finished and looking for the yarn wrapper that I was knitting with some cashmere. No wonder I loved the yarn so much. So off they go to their recipient. I think I have more of this yarn in my stash so I may do these over for me.
 
Yarn: Pagewood Farm Alyeska
Color: Santa Fe
Pattern: Hidden Path Socks

 
So as soon as I wove the last end in, I cast on for yet another pair of socks. This yarn I found on sale at Michael’s – I mean someone else found on sale at Michael’s and I found empty bins. Morose, I wandered the aisles of their knitting section and came across a woman with about 20 balls of the sale yarn in her basket. “So that’s where all the sale yarn went to,” I joked. She laughed too and admitted she would never knit all that yarn, and did I want some?
 
Turns out she was the wife of a co-worker of mine, only I didn’t realize it at the time (she knew me however. I hate that when it happens!) She allowed me to pick some yarn from her basket. I think it’s only fitting that she receive socks from the yarn she gave me (she doesn’t knit socks as it turns out). So these will be hers.
Yarn: Patons Kroy Sock Stripe
Color: Bronzed Berry Stripe
Pattern: Basic Cuff down

 
The same visit to Michael’s is when I bought the yarn for the scarves in this post. They finally were mailed off last week or so and surprisingly enough were received by First Class Mail the VERY NEXT DAY. Impressive. More impressive is this card. I’ll be pinning this on my bulletin board: it’s just that beautiful.
 
Don’t you think so? And so …. SPRING LIKE!

I received my package from my “Winter of Trading Favorites” swap last week and have been slow to post about it! Just a quick question: when did UPS stop leaving notes that they delivered something? The box was tucked in a ditch of snow at the bottom of the driveway, and the only way I knew it had been delivered was that I had the tracking number to reference. They used to leave a note at the mailbox. This has happened a few times now. Annoying.

Anyway, on to the swap!

Here’s the whole package: 2 skeins of yarn, hot chocolate, a box of chocolates from Olympia Candy Kitchen in PA, 2 little chickies, a birds nest candle holder, a “Winter” scented candle, and a bar of soap!

This skein is a Kraemer Yarn “Jeannie” base that my partner dyed himself with indigo!

And this skein is a Kraemer Yarn “Eileen” base that my partner dyed himself with hibiscus and coffee! Mmmm coffee. It smells like coffee.

Thank you to Dave in Pennsylvania! This is a great package and I love that you took the time to dye the yarn yourself

Ironically, the colors of these yarns are my high school colors. I have recently connected with people I graduate with at high school on Facebook. It’s quite an adventure. I love seeing how everyone has spread out and found their ways but I am realizing that I have forgotten quite a bit about my childhood. Time to break out the yearbooks to match names with faces! Anyone else have this problem?