Project Spectrum & SIP
Project Spectrum 2 is off and running. The February/March colours are BLUE, WHITE and GREY.
My current SIP fits under the 'blue' category...
The yarn was a
Christmas pressie. It's Pink Cottage yarn, exclusive to
Fringe.
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I had a query yesterday about
Yarn Aboard and what it was. Essentially, boxes are travelling around from knitter to knitter and when a box arrives at your place, it contains sock yarn and goodies for you. You take all those items out of the box and keep them. Then you place new items in the box and send it off to the next person. When you signed up you filled out a questionnaire your person knows what to send to you and you know what to send to the next person. It's a little like a secret swap, because you don't know who's sending to you and you don't know when the box will arrive. For more details see
here.
Labels: Fringe, goodies, Project Spectrum, SIP, socks, Yarn Aboard
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Yarn Aboard!
Look who arrived here yesterday!!!
Lewis & Clark, courtesy of
Yarn Aboard, all the way from
Anna in Rhode Island. After travelling primarily in the USA, with a couple of sojourns north of the border to Canada,
Lewis & Clark made the long, long trek down under to
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Their cargo included...
~ a skein of
Socks That Rock ~
Rockin' Sock Club "Rare Gem" mediumweight
~ a purple skein of
Greenwood Fiberworks Cotton Lycra Stretch
~ set of
Knit Picks DPNs 2mm/US #0
~
Lightfoot's pine soap (native to Rhode Island!)
~ selection of lip balms handmade by
Anna herself!
How lucky am I? I'm absolutely delighted with my goodies.
I was thrilled to find a skein of STR., and in such a gorgeous colourway (I could very easily get addicted to STR).
My first Knit Picks anything! (They don't ship internationally) The needles feel nice and light, yet sturdy and I'm looking forward to knitting with them (they went to SnB with me last night and I had to fight off Catherine who wanted to take them home with her LOL).
The Greenwood Fiberworks cotton lycra is a yarn I'd read plenty about (on Grumperina's blog), but again, never seen. It's very stretchy and soft and I'm going to enjoy knitting it, I'm sure.
Having never been to New England, or even the USA, it's lovely to smell the Lightfoot's soap, which Anna assures me smells just like a New England forest, and imagine I'm there.
Lastly the lip balms. They smell absolutely heavenly (and delicious). It was a hard to decide which one to use first LOL. They're a perfect gift as I'm always using lip balms, but I've never had any handmade especially for me. Such a treat.
Many thanks
Anna for everything!
Lewis & Clark are taking a couple of days to recover from their jetlag and enjoy Australia, before once again setting sail in the early part of next week. Where are they headed next? You'll just have to wait and see ;o)
Labels: goodies, Knit Picks, needles, STR, swaps, Yarn Aboard
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