A little behind*

Oh gosh. I'm so ridiculously behind on work and all my projects and blogging and everything that it's making my hair hurt and my eyes water.

So...working backwards to catch up, lookee here at what I received this week as part of a Rav swap from this group**.


It's here! It's here! It's here!



Lookit all my loot!

• Needle felting kit and instructions with roving samples and set of needles,
• some alpaca yarn,
• 3 phials of beads,
• tin of 'curiously strong' Ginger Altoids,
• oh so cute tin of Altoids Smalls mints,
• and equally cute Fairy tin of Rose Mints (which Little Monkey will love)
• plus a kind note from my swap partner.

Thanks B!

Wafer thin alpaca yarn

I'm very intrigued by the packaging which has vacuum packed and shrunk everything.

Cool huh? I really think my stash needs something like this.

*no, no, no. I AM a little behind, not I HAVE a little behind.

**Probably the nicest bunch of lunatics anywhere on Ravelry.
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Tin Swap

Recently on Ravelry, I stumbled upon this group...for people who collect Altoid mint tins and keep stuff in 'em. Now, I love old tins, and keep lots of useful things in 'em, so over I went for a visit to see what's up. Turns out that I've had a lot of fun over there. (Check out this post that got me started if you're curious).

Anyhew, naturally I asked the big question 'What the hell is an Altoid?' and immediately found myself with an offer from a kind member to send me some. Long story short, I found myself in my very 1st Tin Swap.

And look what I bagged?

- Pattern mag in aid of a local hospital with free patterns contributed by well known names. What a great idea!

- Skein of Lamb's Pride Worsted in wonderful variagated blues

- Not one but TWO tins of Altoids:

1 tin of original mints labelled 'Curiously Strong Mints'*

1 tin of chewing gums (perfect for sewing needles)

Now wasn't I spoiled? Thanks Swap Partner!

Unfortunately I wasn't as quick off the mark to the post office so my parcel has yet to arrive. Hope it hasn't gone astray!

* I love that 'Curiously Strong Mints', it has such an air of appreciation mixed with genteel bafflement. Like something Jeeves would say.

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