I have been holding off posting this until I sent off my package.Lookee lookee! I received the most splendidly extravagant parcel in the UK Swap! It came from Ceri over at Carpe Dyem. Someone was having a laugh matching us up with a pseudonym like that, eh Roo?!
As FL remarked, it was like Christmas morning when I opened the box. Every item was beautifully wrapped in black tissue paper and every packet was more exciting than the one before! I don’t know how Ceri managed to stick to the budget – I suspect she didn’t.
Inside there was:
A ball of Noro sock yarn!
A ball of Peaches and Cream!
A HUGE skein of hand-dyed purple soft and squishy fingering-weight wool!
Audiobooks of Jane Austen novels (for the theme)!
A shawl pin!
Lots of chocolate!
Lady Grey tea!
Point protectors!
A Peter Rabbit card!
It would not be an exaggeration to say that this was the perfect package. It ticked all the boxes on my wish list. I keep picking up the purple yarn and hugging it. I am thinking it needs to be something bigger than socks. I am thinking Maude from the Inside Loop. Because Maude has that “Miss Austen” edge, somehow.I have been too busy to sit down and enjoy the full Carpe Dyem ritual experience. This weekend! A cup of tea, some chocolate and cast on for Maude while listening to an audio book – ooooh!
Ceri – thank you SO MUCH! Words fail me.
And to my downstream swap partner- it’s on its way!
3 comments:
Oh that is a most spectacular parcel! I am very jealous. I hope you get to enjoy them this weekend, Maude is gorgeous btw. P.s. As soon as I saw Ceri's pseudonym I knew who to match her with :o)
A huge OOOOOOOO just escaped me as I cast eyeson that purple! Gorgeous! Lucky you!
lurverly loot. can't go wrong with chocolate and lady grey. Love the purple yarn and what a fab pin.
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