The End

I got this from my Candy-Along pal, Laurie, a week ago. Chocolate! Even better, scary chocolate! Mwaaaa haaa haa ha! I inhaled everything, of course: lips, fingers, eyeballs (eyeballs in cute box were quite creamy), coconut stack, brownie, ghost... Well, I did share some body parts with various co-workers curious about me dipping into my desk drawer followed by the crinkle of foil... There's a picture of me with the vampire lips somewhere, I'll have to find it and post it to the Candy-Along. Thanks Laurie! Candy is always welcome at the Yummy Yarn household.

Got home from the gym last night to find this sitting on my office desk. The last package from my secret pal, Elizabeth. BF didn't even tell me! Postman problems aside (is it too much of a problem to walk 60 feet to our door to drop this off so it doesn't sit in the rain, you poopie), I was *really* happy to receive this. So I pulled out the X-acto and sliced through to find...

Elizabeth sent lots of goodies! The card, of course is my bookmark, and the ghost soap is in the bathroom. My addled brain thought it was white chocolate at first. Har dee har har. The bag, which BF helpfully pointed out came from Hamburg, was mysteriously heavy and bulky. Shall we proceed?

Books! And they're in much needed categories in my knitting library, which is arans, fair isles, and simple knits. And an Ann Norling pattern calling out to the last few balls of cotton in my stash. Elizabeth included a thoughtful note about Country Knits, which was that their patterns weren't charted but written. Aah. Lastly, she included a printout from Rowan site about yarn substitutions which is so thoroughly helpful, as now I can figure out different yarns for some patterns from my treasured Vintage Knits. Thank you! The books are so timely because I still need a pattern for BF's dad's scarf, and I may find it in one of these.

Yarn! More of Adrienne Vittadini's Natalie so I have 6 balls with which to make something a little more substantial. I'll have to ask Elizabeth what she made with hers to give me an idea of its characteristics. A ball of Rowan Plaid in #163 Kelp, a lovely mix of brown, blue, and green. So soooft! I'm going to make a hat with this, which means my skein of Mountain Mohair (another SP2 gift) can be used for something else. Don't you love it when yarns volunteer duty for each other? ;) Lastly, three balls of pure virgin wool Valuruguai Artelan Tapestry in pink. Ooh, these virgins are soooft and smooshy. Methinks they'll make a scarf for me in the future! Yep, I do!

Thank you for making this Secret Pal experience interesting, entertaining, and exciting for me, Elizabeth! I now have a stash of great yarns and books that will be put to good use in the future.

Why have I been linking Elizabeth's name like crazy? Click over to her site; she's got some lovely yarn to give away. Go on, click now.