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June 16, 2006
Surprises in the mail...
I signed up for the Dye O Rama swap a while back and I got my yarn Wednesday! Sorry, I didn't post yesterday. No time. But looky looky:
Is that not the best? I LOVE IT!!! And the best part is it was done just for me!!! She is calling the colorway "Blueberry Pancakes with Strawberry Compote" Oh my! I am hungry just thinking of it! My pal did her home work. She knew how much I loved purple. Look at all the goodies she sent! I have never tried that chocolate before, but I have been wanting to try this for so long. She also gave me soap and some badger cream.
She said she didn't have a niddy noddy to skein it up, so I thought I would wind one skein to show off the beautiful colors. Did she not do a GREAT job? I can't wait to make a pair of socks from this.
Here is a shot that shows the true color of this yarn:
Who was my pal? None other than Claudia! Let's give her a big hand! WOO HOO!!!!!
I just went to the Dye O Rama site and was totally floored to see all the brilliant yarns that were dyed for this swap! Also amazing were the different ways everyone came up with dyeing their yarn! Great job to everyone!
I also received some great cd's from Susan. Course I forgot to take a picture...... I LOVE THE CD'S Susan! I hope you like yours!
Have a great weekend! Over and out.
Posted by beth at June 16, 2006 12:20 PM
Comments
Oooooh, I would definitely arm wrestle you for that yarn. I *love* purples and berry shades, too! Lucky duck! :)
Posted by: Karma at June 16, 2006 01:01 PM
Ohhh I am so happy you like it!!! It looks gorgeous as a skein!! :-) Enjoy it - I can't wait to see what you knit with it!! :-)
Posted by: Claudia at June 16, 2006 01:30 PM
That really is just beautiful.
Posted by: Beverly at June 16, 2006 01:56 PM
Oh, those colours are beautiful! I can't wait to see how it knits up!
Posted by: mote at June 16, 2006 02:01 PM
Yay! I love packages of goodies!! Cool stuff galore and beautiful yarn!!!
My package was not yarn and chocolate, tho squirt guns and a Goonies "Truffle Shuffle" T-shirt were more my style. :)
Yippee!! It's friday!!!
Posted by: Carol at June 16, 2006 02:58 PM
beautiful! yum.
Posted by: kris at June 16, 2006 04:32 PM
I'm always in favour of yarn named after food.
Posted by: Eve at June 16, 2006 10:17 PM
When I saw it on Claudia's site, I thought, "Wow! what a lucky pal!" That yarn is gorgeous! I didn't even know it was you! :) Perfect for NEXT month's Project Spectrum...
Posted by: Lolly at June 17, 2006 08:13 AM
I love my cd. And card, and yarn, and kitschy DVD. You're too much. And so is that new sock yarn!
Posted by: Susan at June 17, 2006 10:41 AM
I love that yarn!
Posted by: Kristin at June 17, 2006 04:23 PM
Wow!!! That is gorgeous! I've been leaning more towards blues and purples of late. Must be the season...enjoy your goodies.
Posted by: Sheepish Annie at June 18, 2006 09:58 AM
mmmmm... pancakes....
Posted by: Mia at June 21, 2006 11:42 AM
Wow! Look at all those goodies! The yarn is beautiful!
Posted by: Erin at June 21, 2006 02:39 PM
Oh, super pretty! And I love all the extra goodies she threw in!
Posted by: Cookie at June 26, 2006 08:04 AM
