Sharing with other knitters

Today is my birthday, what better way to celebrate than to talk about giving and receiving.

I have a Facebook friend who was introduced to me by a real life friends. He knows both of us, we only know each other through FB.  We have quite a few things in common, most importantly, we both knit.  She is a phenomenal knitter, whipping out shawls, sweaters and socks, including sweaters for her husband!  Her workmanship is impeccable, we both enjoy commenting on each others work.

So she has been knitting a gradient shawl, one where the colors gradually change, she needed to buy double the amount of yarn needed – just for one color.  So I suggested she send me the remainder of the yarn. Deal!You can see why I wanted this yarn!  Of course she sent it to me, I will have to knit form blue to green, which will be just as beautiful. Crazy thing is, she made this as a possible gift since these aren’t her colors.Did I mention she only works with really good quality yarns?Love the colors!

Of course a simple Thank you isn’t enough, so I made her a project bag for her sock knitting.  Sharing my sewing talents.There I go with all kinds of jewel tones.Most of these fabrics are from mini charm packs, which is a slight problem, 2.5″ is different with each manufacturer.  Despite that I think I got the squares to match nicely.And of course, I didn’t forget my label. I’ll need to order more soon, will probably go with a completely different look.I have been knitting away,  this is what we call potato chip knitting, relatively easy and very addictive. I always want to see what will happen with the next scallop.

Oh and I have both lunch and dinner plans with girl friends and a romantic dinner with Joel on the weekend.