First, I hope everyone had a lovely Christmas (or other holiday) and New Year.
I got some lovely crafty presents from my mum, brother and boyfriend *grins* My best present deserves a post of its own, so more on that tomorrow perhaps...
The very first present I opened in my stocking (yep, mum still does stockings even though we're grown ups - this is because she is awesome) is actually one of my favourite presents overall, a doodling/colouring book. It's so cool, I love doodling and I love colouring, so of course I have made a start ;)
My lovely brother bought me this book I have been lusting after for some time:
There are some great projects in here, one of which is a Morse Code Quilt. I've never tried quilting but I am tempted to, just for this one project *laughs*
Mum bought me some Knit Pro Cubics needles - square needles... I'd put them on my wishlist because I was intrigued and mum thought they sounded interesting...
I did actually get 2 sets, but one is already in use ;) Well, I had to cast something on to test them out of course *grins*
Boyfriend very wonderfully bought me some yarn. He was apparently quite relieved to discover that I had put something specific on my wishlist (but, bless him, he was planning to go onto Ravelry to do some research on what to get - I almost wish I hadn't put anything on my wishlist now - I wonder what he'd have come up with!)
Knit Picks Imagination sock yarn, in Unicorn. I'd put this on my list after discovering that my sock yarn selection is sadly lacking in anything containing alpaca. Obviously this had to be rectified *laughs*
Well, as this already quite a long catch-up post, I shall leave it there. But I have more to tell you about- I haven't even started on the reveals of the Christmas gift knitting projects yet ;)
Great presents- love the look of taht world of geekcraft!!!
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ReplyDeleteLove that your boyfriend got you yarn for xmas - how cool! Great colors!! And love the Geekcraft book - I will have to google it - I am intrigued :)
ReplyDeleteSuch wonderful presents, I love the colouring book! I find colouring in so relaxing he he! The geekcraft book looks really interesting too, you need to share!
ReplyDeleteHow do you like your square needles? I have a pair of Kollage square needles (US #1...which I believe is a 2.5mm) that I picked up at Stitches Midwest but I haven't used them yet. I'm not sure it'd be safe to have three pairs of socks going at once...
ReplyDeleteSquare needles? Now I am intrigued and must find a pair!
ReplyDeleteAnd that is one sweet boyfiend you have there to buy you yarn! I love when the guys in our lives get it right ! :)
Happy new year!! What a fantastic Christmas haul :D You're going to have a great year with all of that.
ReplyDeleteI'll be intrigued to see how you get on with the Geekcraft book. I've heard a lot about it, but as I'm mostly a yarn and fabric girl, I wasn't sure about a book with such a range in. It looks like a lot of fun, though!
Happy New Year! Your coloring book looks like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to hear more about the square needles.
I think you received some awesome gifts for the new year!! Glad to see you back :)
ReplyDeleteI have square needles (not by Knit Pro) and I love them. I also want that coloring book, how fun!
ReplyDeleteThe yarn looks great. What wonderful gifts and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI see threads on Ravelry every so often by guys asking what they ought to buy their knitting wife or girlfriend, and they always end up being super-long threads, because the universal reaction seems to be, "Awwwww . . . how cute! let me help you!" :D
ReplyDeleteGreat yarn, btw. Bright sock yarn rocks.
We still have stocking too, and I am the youngest at 27 :D I do ones for my parents as well which is fun. Love the colouring and doodle book and lots of lovely knitty presents
ReplyDeleteYou're never too old for stockings on Christmas morning!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year. I get a Christmas stocking too, and it's always silly but has the best gifts! And yummy new yarn, at least it means you got one you really wanted.
ReplyDeleteThat is a cool collection of presents. You are one lucky girl! Tell your boyfriend that he did an awesome job of selecting the yarn. Such pretty colors. I would be interested to see what he would have picked out if you had left it more open ended, too. Shall we experiment with Valentine's Day?
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