Autumn Swap Yarn

After I found out I was pregnant with Cassie I joined a Due Date group on Ravelry and became friends with the most wonderful group of ladies I can imagine.  I love that we are all still chatting regularly, supporting each other through the ups and downs of motherhood.  Every now and again we have a swap, sometimes we knit hats for the kids and sometimes we like to treat each other with yarn and candy.  A few weeks ago I posted about the package I’d received from lovely Gio in Switzerland (she has just welcomed her third beautiful baby boy, congrats Gio!) and I can now reveal what I sent to Dawn in the US now that it has definitely arrived.

Because Dawn arranged this swap she knew that her package would be coming from me so I tried to make up for that by sending her something really special.  Seeing as I was on a bit of a spinning kick it seemed entirely right to spin her some yarn of her very own.  I wanted to spin up 200g, because experience has taught me that 100g very often yields a skein of yarn with and unhelpfully small yardage and a quick nose through my stash turned up nothing helpful so I hit Etsy for inspiration.  My old favourite Nunoco didn’t disappoint and I soon had a 2 braids of their chromatops, in Azzuro and Fandango, winging their way to me.  My plan was to split each braid into thirds for a 3ply and then swap one strand of each colour to get a pair of coordinating yarns.  Here's a quick and dirty representation I did before I decided to go ahead.

Of course I wasn’t sure if this would work as nicely as I imagined it, but I’m really pleased with the outcome.  The fibre was an absolute pleasure to spin and the colours are so bright and lovely that I’m beginning to wish I hadn’t resisted the urge to get some for myself!  The yarn itself is a soft and smooth sport weight and each skein has a pretty generous yardage.  I can’t wait to see what it becomes.

To accompany the yarn I sent some of my favourite treats that I’m hoping aren’t too widely available elsewhere. I forgot to get a picture of those before I sent them but they were all lucky to make it into the envelope without me eating them!

I had great fun putting this parcel together and I'm really proud of the yarn, in fact i'm thinking of spinning something similar for myself quite soon.

Oops!

Despite actually knitting with stash yarn at the moment, it doesn't look like my stash chart will be showing much of a downward trend this month. Yes, I have actually bought some yarn. Not much, just one skein, but I will also be receiving another skein quite soon too. I don't feel too bad about it, I'm taking part in a little swap with the lovely ladies from Cassie's due date group on Ravelry and it seemed a little rude to order just one skein of yarn. I felt it was best to order a second one to keep it company in the envelope during the journey.

The yarn is a sock yarn in a lovely peacock shade. I won't add too much else about it seeing as its friend will be a surprise for someone. I'm really looking forward to seeing what I receive and what part of the world it has come from. I took a long time choosing something 100% British that it would be a little difficult to get hold of anywhere else, it would be quite funny if my parcel ends up coming from inside Britain! Anyway, I still need to get some yummy treats and assemble my package so I can get it winging its way to who knows where. Such fun.

 

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