Favorite Color Package!!!!!

When I got home today I found a package in my mailbox from Sam, my favorie color spoiler! She did a great job putting together some goodies that I love. My favorite color is blue, and in my package there were two lovely variegated skeins of yarn with blues in them. There was also a really nice assortment of cards for my stationary box, a sachet that made the whole package smell nice, and a cute measuring tape and magnet from a shop called Ewenique Yarns in Maryland.



















One of the skeins of yarn is called Rowan Tapestry--in beige and slate blue variegated colors. It's got a really nice sheen to it. The fiber content is wool/soy, which is a new one for me. I actually already knitted a small swatch with it to see how it knits up! Yep, it's almost like Christmas morning around here!



















And the second skein made me totally squeal. It's a handpainted merino wool fingering weight yarn. It's sooooo soft and pretty. It's called Claudia Handpainted and the color is Walk in the Woods. I keep looking at how all the colors swirl in the skein! I'm not sure what I'll knit with it, but I'll have to make sure it's worthy of such great colors.



















This was my first swap, and after such a positive experience on both the giving a receiving ends I think I'll want to do one again soon. Thanks, Sam!

Favorite Color Swapping

I sent my favorite color swappee, Jenn, her package last week, and it has arrived! So now my secret identity is out in the open. I really enjoyed putting together her goodies, and I was pleased as punch that she seemed to like them. As a side note, I think our hostess, Nichole, did an excellent job matching me up with her. Case in point? A recent blog entry about her appreciation of grammar humor! So go visit her (especially you, Sarah H., fellow grammarian). She's cool!