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Guess who got her Twilight End Swap package today? ME!
And can I just say, that the ever-awesome, Troismommy, put together the best package ever! I love everything!!!!
WARNING: PIC SPAM AHEAD
Here’s what I saw when I opened the box:
Everything was all wrapped up. It was like christmas! So, I pulled everything out and there were little notes!
And all opened up, it revealed SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS!!!!
Is that not some serious swappy goodness? Everything was so perfect!!! She found such wonderful goodies for me!
Mmm Twilight Delight chocolate. Must resist urge to eat the whole bar tonight… Mmm the world’s best coffee: Senseo Hazelnut Waltz. This coffee is my vice. If I don’t have a cup of it every morning, I am unpleasant. Ask my co-workers. It’s sooo good. Yummy yummy!
Gorgeous Twilight stitch markers from the fabulous Velvet Hippo. I had spied these same markers or some that were very similar a few weeks ago in her etsy shop and had contemplated buying them, but was trying to save for my vacation so I didn’t! How lucky! :) And check out the ever-so-awesome key ring! It’s a mini Twilight book! I love it!
And the sock yarn! Holy crap, this is some gorgeous sock yarn! It’s MacKintosh Yarns Celtic Sock Yarn in the colorway Half Blood Prince. Oh, yes. Harry Potter goodness!!! This will most definitely become some fabulous socks to wear to the Half Blood Prince movie on opening night next July! (I’m still bitter about the date change, by the way.) And it feels wonderful!
But oh, here’s the best part:
About 2 months ago, I did a test knit for the WONDERFUL Troismommy and made this scarf. THESE GLOVES MATCH MY SCARF!!!! How awesome is that? The fit perfectly. They match perfectly. (Although, it’s hard to tell in this picture with the crappy indoor fake light. I hate that it’s dark at like, 5:00 pm now!) I’m so wearing them to the movie on Friday. I love them. I really, really, wicked love them!
This was such an awesome surprise to come home to! She had mentioned in the swap thread on ravelry that she had sent her package to a “midwestern blue state” and I wondered… because I’m in a midwestern blue state (for the first time in decades). And when I saw the package on my porch as I pulled into my driveway, I got excited. When I saw who it was from, I squeed with joy! (I would like to apologize to my neighbors for said squee, as it was a little on the loud side.) Thank you, thank you, thank you Genevieve for such an AWESOME package! :)
Now, I’m off to pack (and eat my chocolate) as I’m heading to South Carolina tomorrow!
What a great day!
I woke up saturday morning with a plan: get as much done this weekend on my christmas and swap items as humanly possible. Distractions would not be tolerated. Sleep would be forfeited if necessary. And the birthday socks would be completed. No excuses! I am happy to report that all has gone well this weekend and I actually accomplished WAY MORE than I had planned. Go me.
First off, birthday socks: Check.
Good thing I finished these. I’ve sworn off wearing non-handmade socks and have realized that in order to really pull that off, I need lots more pairs of socks. Plus, they’ve been sitting unfinished for about a month now. They needed to get finished.
Supersecretninja knitting: Check.
Did you really think that I was going to post a photo of the whole thing? Just a sneak peek is all that I’m giving on this. I’m not even going to say who it is for. Just know that I started it yesterday morning and I haven’t touched it at all today and I’m still 75% done. Because I’m that cool. And yes, there was a wholelotta moss stitch. And I kinda love it. And I might not want to give it up…
Ridiculous amounts of stitch markers for various people: Check!
Again, I have to be vague on this too as they are all for other people and I don’t want to destroy all suprises. But I was a stitch marker making machine today. Really. I was.
Progress on Sarah’s Juno: Check!
This is the Juno Regina stole from Knitty. I’m making this for my sister for Christmas. It’s all kinds of lacy goodness and it’s surprisingly easy. Not sure if I’m going to get this one done by December 10th, so that I can drop it in the mail to her or not. But I’m giving it my best effort. If I see that I’m not going to make it, then I’ll figure something else out. Who knows…
And since I had such a productive weekend, I can focus all of my efforts this coming week on the massive amount of spinning that awaits. Again, none of which is for me, so deadlines loom.
And just one more thing… A reminder that this coming Tuesday, November 4, 2008, is election day. Please go out and vote for the candidates that are right for you. It’s so important that you do. Vote.
Vote.
I headed down to the city to meet some friends for dinner last night. I got there a little early so that I could make a couple of stops at the LYS and bead shop. Ahhh…little luxuries. My plan at the LYS was one skein of Noro kureyon sock yarn. One and only one skein. After finally choosing a color, I took my skein to the checkout and received the most wonderful news: I had a $36 yarn credit from my 2nd quarter shopping. Score. So, I picked up a second kureyon skein and a skein of Araucania Ranco multi (another favorite fingering weight yarn) and left the store with 3 skeins and only really paying for one. I cast on one of the skeins of kureyon this morning for a pair of striped socks.
I liked the new Noro sock pattern on knitty, but being a fan of the mindless sock knitting, I wanted something with a bit less attention. So, I decided to do basic stripes instead. I’m working the stripes alternating between the center pull yarn and the outside yarn on the skein. The stripes are a little wonky where the round starts and ends, but I’ve never been able to get that right on anything I’ve knit in the round. But it’s not too terrible that I want to frog it. I’m just using my simple socks pattern that I’ve figured out after many pairs of socks that fit perfectly now.
After the LYS, I headed across the street to the bead shop. I’ve been envious of all of the gorgeous handmade Twilight stitch markers that I’ve been seeing on the Twilight forum in ravelry lately. Being the crafty bitch that I am, I decided that I should make some of my own. I’ve spent this afternoon assembling them and have decided that I’m not too terrible at beading. (I have only made 2 other attempts at beading before today) I’m not saying that I want to get into the jewelry business, but I’d definitely like to keep on with the stitch markers so I can have something a little more interesting than the generic clover markers that I normally use.
These are my sparkling Edward inspired markers. I actually made 2 of the topaz “Thirst” markers (check out the second in action on my sock above).
And these are my Forks markers and the Twilight apple marker. I need more beads now. I have oodles of ideas in my head.
And for the record, No. I haven’t touched the cormo on the wheel yet today. I know. I suck.
