by Vickie
I was on the phone with my mom when there was a knock on the door. Guess who it was? It was Santa Claus...well sort of. Santa was dressed up as a mailman. Isn't he cleaver? I thought so because I have been waiting for what he brought.
I have already showed what my basket looked like that I sent to my Secret Santa Swapee and now I get to show you what I got. I have to say I was a bit nervous but I wasn't disappointed at all. Check out the pics.
I actually showed great restraint and grabbed the camera for this shot before tearing into the gift. I can't believe I didn't open first, put it back together and then take the photo. There was nice book in the bottom of the box. I will show more of that later.
After tearing into the basket I set everyone out to take another pic. There is a lot of stuff here. I was surprised at how much came in the box. Let me list the items:1. A reindeer bath mitt
2. Peppermint Life Savers
3. Tons of different teas and even a box of tea bags
4. Handmade wreath and Christmas tree beaded ornaments
5. Jasmine and Vanilla Bath Soak
6. One ball of Berroco Comfort Sock yarn (color way #1812-needs a cool name)
7. 2 skeins of Araucania yarn (colorway Copihue)
8. 2 Maroon square candles
9. A magnetic tape measure (it's too cute)
10. Creative Couture Yarn Traveler
11. Socks Soar on Two Circular Needles
12. Stitch counter for needles
I love to knit socks but usually use only dpns. Now that I have this book, I might have to re-think that.
These are the handmade wreath and Christmas tree beaded ornaments. I have not done any knitted beaded anything. This inspires me to give it a shot. They are very cute.
In all honesty, this is the icing on the Christmas cake. I loved the yarn. The colors are so me, fall with no blue or pink!! I just love the yarns. I am going to make socks as soon as I can from Berroco. The Araucania is destined to be fingerless gloves. I hope that I can find a pattern that will use the same yardage. The label says about 48 yards. I am not sure if I will have to buy more or do two different yarns to get the gloves but I am determined to make myself a pair so I can learn how to do the thumb part. I have been thinking about making a pair while knitting a new pair of socks I am working on right now.
I haven't done a swap in years and years because I got burned so I am very pleased that this one turned out well. Thanks to Amanda from CA. You did an outstanding job!
6 comments:
Oh, what fun! That should keep you busy for awhile. :)
It's all so nice!
Leigh-I sure hope so. I went and bought some more yarn to help extend the yarn that I got for the Clara Parkes fingerless gloves.
WW-I was thrilled with the yarn. The colors were perfect as well as the fact that I got some sock yarn! One can never have too much sock yarn.
Wow, what a fun gift! They really crammed a lot in there for $40!
It was nice to see your comments on my blog the last couple of days - I've been so busy trying to finish all my Christmas caps that I haven't had a lot of time to read blogs lately. Did you finish your yellow lace socks? T.
Tina! It's nice to see you too. I was so excited to see your fleeces that I had to leave a comment. I do come by but mostly don't leave a comment.
I feel like I got a lot for the $40she spent. I am going to try for those fingerless mitts. No, I haven't done a thing with the yellow socks. I am going to take them with me on vacation and mull over what to do. I am just sick that I might have to tink them back. I hate to do that but I want to finish them soon or they will be throw into the UFO pile for 2009. It was sure nice for you to come by!
Thanks for your comments. You don't have an email on your blog so am replying this way. I appreciate your comments and share your concern for birds and domestic pets. Thanks for your nice words.
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