On the weekend, I was surfing around Ravelry, checking out
patterns and the forum. I remembered
taking part in a few swaps and secret pals, and thought I’d look to
see if there were any currently going on.
From what I could see, there was no secret pal (it almost sounded like
there had been a lot of people not following through on obligations, so they
turned it into various swaps), but there were several different swaps going on.
One of the swaps I took part in a few years ago was the
International Scarf Exchange. Unfortunately, I ended up losing that scarf (I
think one day when I was doing some supply teaching. I either lost it, or it
was taken out of my bag – which could have happened at the particular school I
was at. However, it doesn’t look
like that one is going on, though there are some starting up in that group –
they are just under different names.
Anyway, I joined one that is called the Alphabet Swap. In the package, we have to send 3-5 items
(have to double check if that includes the scarf we knit, or if that is in
addition to the scarf), and the items must all start with the first five
letters of the alphabet. So, for
example, you might send a skein of Alpaca yarn,
the scarf might be shades of blue, there might be some chocolate, a
pattern for an item that starts with a ‘d’ (the
name of the pattern that is), etc.
The lady I’ve been partnered with in
the swap lives in Wisconsin. Since this isn’t a
secret pal type of exchange, we are allowed to contact the other person and ask
questions. We can also ‘stalk’ their
profile, questionnaires and posts with regards to things they are interested in
to possibly include in the package we send.
I’m looking for different patterns
as options to knit for her, but haven’t settled
on anything just yet (we only just got our partner names last evening) and I’m waiting
for her to contact me before I make any final decisions. Also, I want to know if there is a specific
colour she would like me to use. Then I
need to get the yarn – which might mean I need to order it online and that
could take awhile to get to me (at least two weeks). We have to have our packages mailed out by February
14th, so I’d like to get started on this
ASAP.
About a week ago, I visited the Knit Picks website because
they were offering free shipping to Canada on orders over a certain
amount. Well, I surfed their site to
look for some yarn, patterns, kits or whatever caught my interest. I haven’t bought
any yarn online for eons (I’ve bought a bit of yarn in
the last few years, but it’s been from Michael’s or Wal-Mart),
and I thought I would treat myself – sort of a Christmas present to myself.
I ended up ordering a couple of patterns (argyle hat and
mittens). I will post a link to them in
the next post and also I’ll take a picture of the yarn I
ordered for the patterns as well. I
should be getting that package in the next week, so I’m kind of
excited for that. And, since my birthday
is coming up in less than two weeks, I think I might just ordered some more
yarn as a birthday present for myself. This
time, I think I’m going to order from the Loopy
Ewe, which I also haven’t ordered from in a long while.
Well, off to do some more searching on Ravelry for scarf
patterns for my scarf swap partner!
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