Today is all about parcels…
First the outgoing parcels -
I signed up for another Magic Yarn Ball swap on swap-bot and have been putting together some goodies for my partner, here they all are ready for wrapping
She is not a knitter and told me she would not be using whatever yarn I wound so just use “something cheap”. Now, as I don’t have anything “cheap” and as I didn’t like the idea of sending something that wouldn’t be used I decided to use ribbon. She is a crafter/scrapbooker and so I think she will use the ribbons, I tied them all together and then wound all the little goodies up like this
and finally wrapped the whole ball up in this gorgeous tea-towel
hope to post this off later this week…….it has a long way to travel and so even though the send date is not till the 15th July I wanted to get it done early.
Next parcel is the final reveal parcel for SP10, now my swap partner doesn’t know who I am yet but will do by the time she received the parcel so even if she sees this before it arrives she won’t know it’s for her and as soon as she does know it’s for her when she gets it then she’ll know who I am anyway……does that make any sense? Anway, basically, it doesn’t matter that I’m posting the details does it?
Here are the goodies
…she isn’t in England so I thought I’d send some English goodies – tea, sweeties, chocolates all from my country.
SP10 has been great fun – I’ve really enjoyed putting together parcels from my giftee and my gifter has been fabulous….which brings me to
Incoming Parcels
My SP10 gifter sent me a gift certificate for Angel Yarns for the last parcel and it’s taken me this long to decide what to spend it on but today my parcel arrived and it contained this –
“this” being Jaeger Extra Fine Merino Aran in Blue Haze, 13 balls of it actually. Angel Yarns had this on sale and I also had a credit from a previous order which, together with my VIP discount meant I had to pay very little to get them!
They are destined to become either Rogue,
both of these patterns are from www.girlfromauntie.com and I bought them ages ago
or A Cardigan for Arwen from Interweave Knits Winter 2006
I haven’t decided definitely which one it will be as yet….but thanks to my SP10 pal for giving me the means to buy the yarn for whichever one jumps from the needles….
My second incoming today was this
isn’t it beautiful? The gorgeous laceweight yarn I snagged from Posh Yarn this week – from the left 2 skeins of Eva 2ply laceweight 55% silk/45% cashmere in Houri, 3 skeins of Sophia 2ply laceweight pure cashmere in Cumulus and 2 skeins of Eva in Kelpie. The Kelpie was on sale as it is apparantly faulty, having some red on it but it is really hard to see and once knitted into something lacey will disappear completely.
I can’t wait to knit some wonderful, soft, lacey shawls and stoles with these….after my cobweb mohair shawl was such a success (the recipient thought it was wonderful which was the main thing!) I really want to try some more lace but with smooth yarns.
Finally – some actual knitting has been going on. You may remember by Kool Aid dyed yarn which I showed you some time ago? Well, I’ve now wound it into a ball -
and I finally decided what to do with it…thanks to all the suggestions, many of which were for scarves and shawls which is what I’ve gone with, here is –
Clapotis! I think the stocking stitch shows the colours off and I love the drop stitch. I’m making it narrower than set in the pattern (about half the width) and this should give me enough yarn to get a good length. I’m also thinking of adding buttons along one side to allow it to be turned into a shrug. More pictures as I progress.
The stitch markers were a pressie from my SP10 pal in my first parcel so that’s a nice full circle there…..
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What fab parcels. I love the clapotis. We were debating how boring this pattern was on Tuesday at Brum Knit Night. I enjoyed it, but I think that is because it was one of my first big projects… but I love wearing it, so it was worth the time it took. I’ve got some yummy purple aran cashmere from Posh to make another one…
You have really great tastes.. Arwen’s cardigan and Clapotis. hi!hi!. My 3rd clapotis is almost finish and I have a 4th to make for my uncle (for his sisters). But the 1st was for me (at least). The colors with your kool aid it’s very nice. And cashemire it should be great to touch! You had nice gifts. lucky you;) Have a nice evening… and knitting
The Clapotis looks great! I’m knitting my second one right now. I find the pattern to be very relaxing to do and I love dropping the stitches down! And that Rogue pattern is sitting in my stash pile just waiting for the right time to be knit up – maybe this winter??
Great idea with the ribbon! I am sure that will come in handy for the person you are sending it to. I just love the green Eris design there with the lovely Celtic knotwork along the neckline. Really nice that!
Your Clapotis looks amazing!
Great job with selecting yarn for your next project =) I’m so glad I chose the right place!!
Your SP is very lucky, great package!! … and as you give so shall you receive.. your final package is also on its way to you! I can’t wait for you to get it and have our reveal =)
I want Eris so bad I can taste it! (But won’t, since I imagine it would actually taste pretty yucky!) I’ve wanted it for a long time – have learned to cable specifically with that pattern in mind – but was content to wait until the time was right. Until I saw one in person a few weeks ago. It was lusciously-wine-coloured and I MUST HAVE ONE!
(Of course, the others are quite lovely, too…but not having ever knit a sweater before, I think just obssessing over one is quite enough for now!)