Emerald, you were truly blessed with Sara Jayne as a swap pal!

That story is precious! :heart:

Mine is on its way....my swap pal could be nice and send me the tracking information...I won't try to find out her identity or anything, I promise!

My swap pal gave me the tracking info and I still don't know who she is!! :thinking: But its on its way!!!! :cheering:

:cheering: :cheering: :cheering:

I hope today's the day. She said "later in the week," and this is later in the week!!!!! :happydance: :happydance:

Is it just me, or does anyone else NOT want this to end?! :shifty:

I got my goods, I got my goods!! :cheering: :cheering:

My pal sent me a skein of Alpaca...OMG, y'all, it's like touching heaven. Well, actually, Oscar. Hence the clue of Oscar the Grouch...funny. The back of the label says that it came from Oscar. This stuff is seriously the softest yarn I've ever felt (and I've fondled LOTS of yarn.) It's undyed - Oscar is just naturally this beutiful.

I also got a pack of chocolate soaps which smell amazing! One bar is already sitting by the bathroom sink. :D Thank you, Jessica!!! This chocolate is FAR better for my marathon training than the real stick-to-your-thighs stuff. ;)

Oh, there's also a very sweet card, but I totally spazzed and forgot to put it in the pic.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I :heart: LOVE :heart: it all!!!

Yesterday I showed our friend's 2-yr-old the yarn. She says, "Ooooh, it's sooofffft" and proceeded to rub it on her face. When I told her that it was Oscar's hair that she was rubbing on her face, she was totally grossed out and ran away. :devil:

Yes, I'm drooling over everyone's yarn porn! This whole swap had to be the best idea ever. I'm so glad we did it. The best part is I made the greatest new friend!

yay! I'm glad you liked Oscar. I must say -- I copped one last feel before I put him in the bag. Hopefully you can make something lovely with him... maybe a scarf? then you can snuggle him all the time.

While I was up on Whidbey Island Dad, Mike and Grover (I know... kinda funny his name is Grover when we're discussing Oscar the alpaca) were all talking about how they could pull off raising Alpacas, and all the coin they could make off of it... granted - I'd have to learn how to spin, but I'd be willing if it meant I got to fondle more alpaca fleece.

As for the cholocate -- you would absolutely DIE if you ever visited my step-mom's shop -- http://www.chocolateflowerfarm.com, they've got chocolate EVERYTHING.

mmmm chocolate and alpaca. :D

Needless to say SARA JAYNE you are wonderful.
Thank You Thank You Thank You
I never thought this swap could by so fun and feel so spoiled. :)

Laura! What a sweet post! I'm so glad that you and Allie loved your gifts - that makes me so happy! And spoiling was the point of this swap after all!! Just enjoy it in good health and happiness!

Laura--I have that kids knitting book and it's awesome!

While I was up on Whidbey Island


Do you live there? My Aunt and Unk live on Whidbey.

This is such fun! I love reading about everyone's revelations!
Knitters never cease to amaze me. All in all, an astoundingly generous group of people!
I not only had great pleasure in surprising Amy (horve1) each month, but we now have begun what, I know to be a lifelong friendship, of which I am eternally grateful :D

Not only that, I was given such delightful things by my partner, Sara, who is also a new, lifelong friend :D

I think that the greatest gifts that we are receiving are these new, treasured friendships :heart:

:happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
I got my stuff today!!! She mailed in on tuesday and I got it today!
Can I just say that Stephani is now my bestest friend! I got 4 balls of Kid Merino for a lace (!) shawl that I have been wanting to knit but haven't had the guts to actually buy yarn for yet. Knitters Balm for my hands (perfect because I have such dry hands that they crack all the time) and the thing that she made me.... beautiful stitch markers!! (My first pair) Also in blue! She emailed me and asked me a few questions before she went shopping. Can you tell what my favorite color is? The only problem is that my daughter is also obsessed with blue so I have to CO immediatly so that she can not get her hands on them ;)

Thank You so much I absolutly love everything! And seeing as how I just put myself on yarn buying restriction this made it a little easier. :D

You ROCK Steph!!!

oooh, so purty Sandra!! Love that color and it looks so soft! :inlove:

While I was up on Whidbey Island


Do you live there? My Aunt and Unk live on Whidbey.

Nope, I don't live there. My dad and step-mom moved there last year. I'm 3000 miles away, near Philadelphia. I just got back from a 2 week trip there. It's GORGEOUS. Can't wait to visit again (although that whole "ferry" thing is a pain.

Here are my wonderful SWAP gifts!! I have the best pal!

I got the most softest yarn in the most amazing blue color! My swap pal was right when I touched it I said its name just like she did!

She also sent the cutest knitting bear & a secret pal key chain & pen!!! I feel like I'm part of a secret club! All I need is a decoder ring to figure out who she is!!! :roflhard:

:happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance: :happydance:
I got my stuff today!!! She mailed in on tuesday and I got it today!


NO WAY!! You already got it! I was going to send it UPS but they weren't going to deliver until Monday, then I missed the truck! I can't believe the USPS was faster!!!

I'm so glad you liked your stuff, hopefully you can do that beautiful shawl now :)

Oh and I found another stitch marker in my purse, there were supposed to be 5 so I will send that on to you :)

JeepGirl...the clues...the clues....IT'S SO OBVIOUS :shock:

OK, I can't stand it...I'll give you another clue....look in the 60s!!!

OK, I can't stand it...I'll give you another clue....look in the 60s!!!
Yes look in the 60's :rofling: :roflhard:

FRISKUMS!!!!! That's my pal!!!!

:heart: :cheering: :heart: :cheering: :heart: :cheering: :heart:

Not only did she take care of me, but my kitties got some goodies too!!!

FRISKUMS!!!!! That's my pal!!!!

:heart: :cheering: :heart: :cheering: :heart: :cheering: :heart:

Not only did she take care of me, but my kitties got some goodies too!!!
But of course. ^_^

I'm so happy you're so happy. :heart: :heart: :thumbsup:

How APPROPRIATE that Ang's pal is a KITTY! :roflhard:

What's that yarn, Ang???? And I need to know what's on that CD!

That teddy is ADORABLE! I wonder where he came from?? (the 60's? :?? )

I finally am posting photos of what my partner sent me.

http://static.flickr.com/63/194262109_90ca033543.jpg
I haven't done anything with it yet, but the plan is to make a cover for my Nintendo DS

http://static.flickr.com/71/194294339_a5fcdd7d54.jpg
And this is what I got in the mail this week. Yay!!!!

How APPROPRIATE that Ang's pal is a KITTY! :roflhard:

What's that yarn, Ang???? And I need to know what's on that CD!

That teddy is ADORABLE! I wonder where he came from?? (the 60's? :?? )
I got the yarn off ebay. Here's (http://stores.ebay.com/A-Fly-Design) the seller.

I can't wait till she looks at the CD. (It's not a music/listen CD.) She's gonna be even pleased. :mrgreen:

Everybody's getting awesome stuff!! I want mine :crying: :crying: Where are you mister postman?????

I got this from my pal!!!!!:

http://handmaiden.ca/kit_rumpleangelscarf.html

It's gorgeous in rusts, browns, greens and teal! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH! :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove

She also sent a pair of beautiful wooden needles to work it with!

She did not, however, include her screen name. (See Rebecca, I'm not the only meanie! :lol: ) I am going to guess that LadyIndica2000 is the culprit, due to her hint!

Thank you so much! :cheering: I :heart: everything you sent!

Im DYIN to feel up that corn yarn... HOW COOL!!!

And, that's a GREAT scarf kit!

GAHHH! Where's my mailman!?!?!?!?!?

[quote="KellyK"]Im DYIN to feel up that corn yarn... HOW COOL!!!

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Me too!! I may head over to my LYS the weekend to get some.


I :heart: seeing all the pics of everyones yarn, I can't wait to get mine :)

OK, I can't stand it...I'll give you another clue....look in the 60s!!!
Yes look in the 60's :rofling: :roflhard:

Now that was funny! :roflhard:

Im DYIN to feel up that corn yarn... HOW COOL!!!



It feels kinda like microfiber, but not quite. I can't wait to start on something with it, but I've already got way to many things started. I want to have all my Christmas gifts done by November so that I can just kick back and relax on something for me. :lol:

NO WAY!! You already got it! I was going to send it UPS but they weren't going to deliver until Monday, then I missed the truck! I can't believe the USPS was faster!!!

I'm so glad you liked your stuff, hopefully you can do that beautiful shawl now :)

Oh and I found another stitch marker in my purse, there were supposed to be 5 so I will send that on to you :)
I am sayin! I hadn't even started stalking the mailman because I figured it was too soon! I thought maybe Friday if I was lucky!
I am all excited that I get to have another stitch marker, I'm a goof :roflhard:
I want to start the shawl so bad right now but I'm all freaked about it :shock: :roflhard:

Wanna know something funny? I looked at your card and read "Steph/Stephenie" at first and was all :?? whats the screen name? :doh:

I am a tad slow sometimes. ;)

I want to start the shawl so bad right now but I'm all freaked about it :shock: :roflhard:

Wanna know something funny? I looked at your card and read "Steph/Stephenie" at first and was all :?? whats the screen name? :doh:

I am a tad slow sometimes. ;)

I'm sure you can do it. I just can't even think about lace right now...every few minutes my kids are "Mom, can I have this, mom can you do that, Moooooooooom can you wipe my butt"....I can hardly ever finish a row without interuption.

I wondered if my asking if you and brenda knew who your pals were was going to give it away as to who I was but I guess not! :)

Nah! That was something that Brenda and I figured that everyone would ask anyway (we wondered the same thing at first ;) )

Thank you Thank you yarn pal even though I still don't know who you are...I got the same corn yarn (hehehe) that one of the previous posters got and it came from Kemp's store! My camera is on the fritz so I can't take pics--it's Amaizing 100% corn fiber by SWTC in color#162 (blue/white/teal) (2 skeins).

I remember there being a hint that was corn but since someone else has gotten the same yarn...I gotta go do some research and see if the hint was meant for me or someone else! LOL!

Whoever you are, thank you! Hopefully I'll figure out your identity as soon as I find that corn picture! :)

okay...I went all the way back to page 67 and now I can't find the hint that was a picture of corn....where did it go!?!!?!?

It's HOLLY P!!!! I can't believe I missed the born of fire thing....our birthdays are really close together and we are the same age!!! I totally forgot about that!!! YIPPIE!~!!! Thanks HollyP!!!

I got this from my pal!!!!!:

http://handmaiden.ca/kit_rumpleangelscarf.html

It's gorgeous in rusts, browns, greens and teal! OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH! :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove: :inlove

She also sent a pair of beautiful wooden needles to work it with!

She did not, however, include her screen name. (See Rebecca, I'm not the only meanie! :lol: ) I am going to guess that LadyIndica2000 is the culprit, due to her hint!

Thank you so much! :cheering: I :heart: everything you sent!

Wow, you are sharp!! So glad that you liked everything!! I can't wait to see the finished scarf!! Now you see why I was nervous about winding that yarn... so pretty as is and so hinky to wind.

Trish :)

I like the word "hinky". I think we should use it more often.

people just don't say hinky enough anymore....

To me "hinky" sounds like someone trying to say "hickey" and "kinky" at the same time... :blush:

LMAO at the commentary on hinky. You all made me snort coffee all over my keyboard. It burns btw :)

I love words like that, they always seem to give the best visual of what you are trying to say.

To me "hinky" sounds like someone trying to say "hickey" and "kinky" at the same time... :blush:

:thinking: Do hickey and kinky translate?

if you do it right they do... :eyebrow:

I like the word "hinky". I think we should use it more often.

I always use hinky when I'm talking...one of my fave words, ask Lonnie! So, I must start using it on here....1st we had the duck avs....now, we will all use "hinky" :thumbsup:

Sara...I never, ever, never said you were a meanie for not revealing your name in my package! I said you were funny and a tease :rofling: :roflhard: AND, the best gift pal around :D

Everyone's getting such lovely knitty things...this is FUN!!!!

JeepGirl, you can do it :thumbsup: Look in the 60s (not the decade :rofling: :roflhard: ) :thumbsup:

Snort. Hinky. Hinkies all around.

It's HOLLY P!!!! I can't believe I missed the born of fire thing....our birthdays are really close together and we are the same age!!! I totally forgot about that!!! YIPPIE!~!!! Thanks HollyP!!!

:cheering: :cheering: Cristy :cheering: :cheering:

You are very clever :thumbsup: You were cracking me up trying to figure out which clues were mine! :rofling:

Glad you liked everything!

JeepGirl, you can do it :thumbsup: Look in the 60s (not the decade :rofling: :roflhard: ) :thumbsup:

IIIII found it!! :cheering: I think she should check the year AFTER the summer of LUVVVV. :thumbsup:

You are so right, KK :thumbsup: and that's not the least bit hinky ;)

I think after everyone receives their gifts, we should all list who we had and explain these clues!!!

I'm a freaking idiot! No wonder no one will hire me!


horve1


Honestly, all I saw was the wood floor and I thought that was a bamboo floor for "bamboo" yarn - and I didn't even see the little bit of "blue" there.... and then the HUGE smiley face! :figureditout: You must get the prize for having the slowest swap pal ever.....

:cheering: :cheering: :cheering: I knew you would get it :cheering: :cheering: LOL, the only reason that I knew is because the smiley face stood out when I saw it...then, I saw it on your bear ;)

And, I gave to horve1! You thought that your gift giver was me, no, then you thought it was Sara. Well, Sara gave to me and I gave to horve1 (Amy) and horve1 gave to you...so, we were all entwined :D

I think that is the most amazing part of it - Rebecca!! That is just too funny!!!


I still feel like a big ol' dork!

*pats Lisa on the head as the short yellow school bus stops to pick her up for school* :rofling:

:heart: :heart: :heart:


Bless her heart!

:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

*pats Lisa on the head as the short yellow school bus stops to pick her up for school* :rofling:

:heart: :heart: :heart:


Bless her heart!


:roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:

One guy told my sister that she must have been licking the window on the short school bus a while back and she was all :?? . Of course i defended her (and the laughed my *** off) Ahhh thanks for the laugh :thumbsup:

Oh, I can't wait to get mine! My pal said she was hoping by Saturday I would get it. Please, please, please :pray: :D

I got me some gooooodies today and I can NOT believe it but i don't think i have ever felt up this yarn before. it is so yummy soft (just as i was promised) that i spent half the evening at my part time job just petting it. I did have to go do some investigating to find out who my person was....I really had done a good job putting it out of my head...lol. i was SURE it was one of our Debbies. However my swap pal was DeeKnits! Thank you so much! You have spoiled me well. This stuff is almost an exact match to the back of my couch (no r