I am happy finally to have some time to devote to the ol' blog. This public thank-you is long overdue.
My poor swap partner had quite a challenge in me because I have so much stuff, I have no business participating in a swap. Yarn has become my screen monster that threatens to eat our home. So when someone says, "What do you need? What colors do you want? What kind of yarn," yada yada yada, I put my hands up in a defensive gesture and scream "Noooooooooooooo!"
In spite of all that, she uncannily chose absolutely perfect gifts for me! I'm not going to build up the suspense here because I am so excited about these fingerless gloves, I simply can't put off mentioning them:
She designed and knit them up herself and every detail was a thoughtful gesture for Yours Truly. She tells the story of their creation better on her own blog, where I am proud that my gloves share space with Pavarotti.
I am positive she has ESP. I was eyeing sock monkey patterns at the lys while she was choosing these pattern book to send me. All of them are perfect for me and thoughtfully take into consideration my taste and the type of projects I do.
She is a very good photographer, too, and sent me a photo taken in her home, upstate New York, near where my own DH was born and raised. I love it up there, and her photo captured the autumn leaves that I recall so well from the only time I ever visited there. (A portion of the photo is barely visible under my fingers above.)
The little lamb has already found a home with the Baby in the Seafoam Booties. The two are very good and fast friends now.
Now I have officially sworn off swaps until I have finished all my UFOs and made a dent in the yarn that threatens to push us out of house and home.
