Between friends - part 2

I know, I know, back so soon. But I just have to show the other parcel that arrived quite unexpectedly last weekend. I knew that my friend Cathy  had posted me something, but I certainly wasn't expecting it to arrive only 4 days later all the way from Canada! Cathy and I have been Ravelry friends for more than 6 years now, and have enjoyed shopping for each other at various yarn festivals. We both love all things purple, blue and green, so I can be pretty confident that if I like something, it's a fairly safe bet that Cathy will too! I was extremely lucky because Cathy had travelled down from Canada to visit two yarn festivals in the USA this year - the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival and Rhinebeck. (Rhinebeck is on my Bucket List!) What treats awaited me when I opened the parcel! It was crammed full of loveliness...

...a sheepy box bag, sewn by Cathy herself, a skein of the deepest purple yarn ever from Lisa Souza, some gorgeous gradient fibre from Fiber Optic and (be still my beating heart) a gradient set from Miss Babs. I have lusted after these ever since I saw photos of them at Rhinebeck 2014. The photos don't show how lovely they are, but believe me, I am going to be keeping this little lot for ME! ME! ME! (Florence was lurking while I was taking the photos so I had to leave those little skeins safely packed away just in case she decided to go pilfering!) Cathy also included a couple of souvenir badges from the two festivals, some rather yummy maple candies and a cute hedgehog notions case from ThreeBagsFull! Cathy had a conversation with Michele and they both laughed when they found out that they both knew me! Just goes to show how small the world is when you're a knitter!

And now I have the whole wonderful weekend stretching out ahead of me, with great plans for nothing more than a bit of sewing, baking, hooking and knitting! I will show you what I've achieved on Sunday! Hope your weekend goes to plan too! xxx