Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Knitterly Tea Swap Goodness!

I got my Knitter's Tea Swap package!
From someone who loves Elvis! Who could that be?

When I opened up this adorable envelope...

I found out that it was Sandi of Hunka Hunka Burnin' Yarn! (So you see how the Elvis heads fit in? See? You see.)

I got soft & pretty sock yarn, from a company I haven't heard of (I love trying new yarns!) in soft greys and purplesI got beautiful Uruguayan yarn from Romni Wools (Sandi's from Uruguay originally and Canada now, and it was great to get goodies from both her cultures!)

The flower on the side is a perfect decoration, and she made it from her Clapotis leftovers. It's probably the closest I'm going to get to a Clapotis for a long, long time.

The vegan goodies she sent are great!
I've been seeing these Larabars in the stores but hadn't tried one until last night, and it was full of tasty goodness! I haven't tried the ginger biscuits, but I think they're going to be great. One of the ingredients is "partially inverted syrup" which makes me picture a little bottle of syrup trying to do a handstand but always falling over. It's a very adorable ingredient.

And last but not least by any means, the teaIt's Yerba Mate, also from Uruguay. I am brewing up a cuppa right now (I couldn't wait to post all this).

ETA: I'm an idiot. I forgot to post up the prettiest part of the haul, the bracelet that Sandi made herself:
It's beautiful, and complements quite a lot of my clothes. And it makes little jingley sounds when I move my hand. It makes me smile!

Thank you, SandiPurl, for an amazing haul!

5 comments:

Sandi Purl said...

you are super welcome!
I'm so glad that you like your gifts.
Now, I can not only read your blog, but i can post too!

femiknitter said...

Everything looks great! I love Yerba Mate--I have a cup every morning with breakfast!

froggiemeanie said...

If I were syrup I would be "partially inverted". That image reminds me of the summers of my youth when my cousin would say "Hey! Can you do this?" and I'd always end up on my butt (I failed at cartwheels, handstands, any dance moves and some gymnastic thing she called a "chest roll").

Great haul! You got spoiled!

Anna said...

Your package was so sweet I signed up for the knitters coffee swap.

Papermasks said...

Awesome! Okay, I'm sold. I need to join. I probably should wait until I have something to swap, though. :-)