Is there more to life for a knitter & her furchild than knitting, KALs, & SWAPS SWAPS SWAPS?
What about reading, sewing, quilting, cooking, gardening which I have now YIPEE, Avon & friends? Yes I sell Avon and am in my 12th year selling.
The life of a swap addicted knitter living at the edge of the frog pond and known to frequently go for a swim sometimes even using swim fins.
Monday, April 28, 2008
A LITTLE FAITH IN THE POSTAL SYSTEM HAS RETURNED
WOO HOO I got a package in the mail today. Can you believe it, a package didn't get lost and made it's way to my place. It was swap package. My Monkey Sock Swap package. AND what a package it was. My lovely partner for this swap is Dotty. Dotty also remembered my Solara when she sent my package. Solara received a catnip toy which she discovered on her own when she went into the box while I was checking out all my treats. She became a real funny cat once she found it playing in the box with her catnip toy. The box was just stuffed with monkey treats, monkey socks, a monkey nitie wrapped in monkey paper, monkey goodies (plates, napkins and sheep pot holders) for my new home also wrapped in monkey paper, two different color sock yarns, stitch markers, monkey pens, a neat monkey card, and Cookie A's Marilinda Sock Pattern. Lookie at what I got. First of course my socks. Look at how they came with the label. And I received the left over yarn from the socks also. The yarn is Araucania Ranco Solid in color #110 Pink. Yummy socks indeed. Here they are unfolded. AND here they are on my feet. A perfect fit. Aren't you a bit jealous? I also received several neat monkey items including a PINK monkey nitie which I am saving to use on my first night in my new home, a PINK sock bag with kitties on it (further down you can see some of the cute kitty photos from the bag), some lovely PINK stitch markers, treats for my new house (monkey napkins, monkey plates and sheep pot holders), Curious George pens and a lovely monkey card. Of course, there was sock yarn in my package also and I received yarn to knit two pair of socks. This is also a yarn I have not heard of. It is so nice to get sock yarns that are new to me.
Here is the yarn to knit pair of socks in PINK, and yarn to knit another pair in blue. The Cookie A pattern I received was the Marilinda Sock Pattern. I listed two I liked so Dotty could have a choice in which to send me. I can't wait to try it. I wonder if it is as easy and as fun as the Monkey socks are to knit. Here are some of the cute kitties on my sock bag. Don't you agree they are cute? I have already packed my sock bag with my Monkey socks in progress to take with me to my Avon meeting tonight.I also received a treat for Solara but she got into the box and took it slobbering all over it before I could get a photo just it. I did get photos of her with it and in the box all my goodies came in. I also got some video of her playing with her catnip mouse. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to upload it to youtube. I can't seem to change the file to an .avi or .wmv file from windows movie maker?????? Can someone help me please?
So here are some photos of her playing with her toy. It is pink and black and if you look closely you will see it. I did it. I did it. I got my video of Solara on youtube. I hope this works out. Enjoy. I can't believe that I did it. It works.
Wandered over here from the Monkey Swap site to admire your swap goodies and wound up loving the Solara flick as well. I just love when cats try to cram themselves into spaces they don't really fit into. Feels like me and my jeans on some days.
What a wonderful monkey swap package you received, I loved watching your cat in the box playing, my cat does just the same every time theres an empty box around. Your Monkey Socks in progress look lovely.
16 Lighthouse Road #1 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2008)
204 Rosewood Lane #2 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2008)
311 Pelican Court #3 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2008)
44 Cranberry Point #4 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2008)
50 Harbor Street #5 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2008)
6 Rainier Drive #6 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2009)
74 Seaside Avenue #7 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2007)
8 Sandpiper Way #8 in Cedar Grove Series by Debbie Macomber (2009)
A Farewell to Yarns by Jill Churchill
A Killer Stitch by Maggie Sefton (book #4) (2008)
A Mind to Murder by P.D. James (2008)
AND Then There Were None by Agatha Christie (2009)
Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral by Kris Radish (2008)
Back on Blossom Street by Debbie MaComber (2008)
Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert (2008)
Birthright by Nora Roberts (2008)
Bone Harves by Mary Logue
Break No Bones by Kathy Reichs
Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton
Casts Off by the Yarn Harlot
Cat Deck the Halls by Patricia Roussea Murphy (2008)
Cat Pay the Devil by Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Cat Playing Cupid by Patricia Roussea Murpby (2009)
Cedar Grove Christmas by Debbie Macomber (2009)
Daddy's Girl by Lisa Scottoline (2008)
Danger Point by Patricia Wentworth written in 1942 A Miss Silver Mystery (2008)
Dead Before Dark by Charlene Harris
Dead Hot Mama by Victoria Houston (2009)
Died in the Wool by Mary Kruger
Dyer Consequences by Maggie Sefton (#5) (2008)
Fax Me a Bagel by Sharon Kahn (#1) (2008)
Fleece Navidad by Maggie Sefton (2009)
Killed by Clutter by Leslie Caine A Domestic Bliss Mystery (2008)
Knit 2 by Kate Jacobs (2009)
Knit Fast Die Young by Mary Kruger
Knitting Bones by Monica Ferris (2008)
Knitting Rules by The Yarn Harlot
Knitting Under the Influence by Claire La Zebnik (2008)
Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline Winspear (book#1)
Murder Most Crafty short stories by many authors (2009)
My Stroke of Insignt by Jill Holt Taylor PHd (2009)
Plains Crazy by J.M. Hayes (2008)
Return to Summerhouse by Jude Deveraux (2009)
Run by Patricia Wentworth
Santa Cruise: A Holiday Mystery at Sea By Mary Higgins Clark and Mary Higgins Clark (2008)
Sins and Needles by Monica Ferris
Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw
Sugar Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
Susannah's Garden by Debbie Mcomber (2009)
The Chinese Shawl (with Miss Silver) by Patricia Wentworth
The Dead of Midnight by Catherine Hunter
The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
The Husband by Dean Koonz (2009)
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
The Last Kashmiri Rose by Barbara Cleverly (2008)
THE SECRET
The Virgin of Small Plains by Nancy Pickard
Twenty Wishes by Debbie Macomber (2009)
Witch Miss Seeton A Miss Seeton Mystery by Heron Carvic (didn't finish it as I was NOT enjoying it)
BOOKS ON MY WISH LIST
See more on ravelry in about me
The Knitted Farmyard by Hannelore Wernhard
Love to Knit by Browyn Lowenthal
Pretty Knits by Vanessa Davies
The Knitted Garden by Jan Messent
The New Vogue Sock Book
Folk Bags by Vicki Square
AND as much as I would like the third and fourth treasury by Barbara Walker they are mainly charts and I don't do charts very well
A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
A Treasurey of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker
Socks Socks Socks (70 winning patterns from Knitters Magazine Contest)
The Handy Book of Patterns
Knitting Vintage Socks
More Sensational Knitted Socks
MY KNITTING LIBRARY
Check out my list in Ravelry under pennala. I have put down what I have that is in their database. I have some more to list that are not yet is Ravelry's database
4 comments:
Solara is hilarious. I am glad that you and she like the goodies I sent.
Wandered over here from the Monkey Swap site to admire your swap goodies and wound up loving the Solara flick as well. I just love when cats try to cram themselves into spaces they don't really fit into. Feels like me and my jeans on some days.
What a wonderful monkey swap package you received, I loved watching your cat in the box playing, my cat does just the same every time theres an empty box around. Your Monkey Socks in progress look lovely.
I love Solara in the box. I hope the socks fit you half as well as that box fit the cat.
Geela
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