Goodbye, Secret Pal 10

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Or maybe I should be saying welcome to my two new friends - I spoiled Cindy this round and she's a very interesting person with a unique background! She homeschools her children and has two therapy dogs - golden retrievers. I have a personal love for Goldens as "my" dog, who now lives with my parents because they won't give him back, is a golden. Although he's not a therapy dog...

Then there is Crafty Caroline, who spoiled me! The photo is of the most recent package I received from her - some beautiful yarn, a candle in vanilla and jasmine and some Burt's Bees products. The hot weather here melted the candle and Burt's Bees, but that's o.k. - I use a candle warmer and the other stuff is in the fridge waiting for me to take it out! That Blue Sky Alpaca yarn is screaming to be knit into a pattern that will keep me warm this winter - I'm thinking a cowl of some sort. Maybe a lace scarf...it would be my first! Thanks so much Caroline for making this a great time!

SP 10

My SP 10 hit me with a nice little gift, don't you think? First of all, what a CUTE bag! I love bags - I feel like I have a zillion bags, but I'm always on the hunt for new and awesome ones, and this one fits that bill! The bright colors and flowers on this are SO CUTE! Then when I opened it, it was full of little brightly wrapped packages! Once I opened the packages (and I'll admit it took a long time because I couldn't stop staring at that great bag!) I found a host of other great things. Two skeins of Noro - in a fun bright color that matches the bag (I think I see a felted accessories clutch in it's future.) The newest issue of Knitscene with some great designs, including a Kate Gilbert felted strawberry purse and some super cute stitch markers - one even had a little yarn and needles on it! My camera doesn't take great closeups to share that though.

Thank you so much, secret pal!

Edited to add that today (Monday the 14th) I opened my e-mail and my secret pal got me Glee! Yay! I've been wanting to knit that for quite some time! Thanks so much!