No Sheep Swap, Redux.
Last week, Jaime from the No Sheep Swap put out a note requesting notification of abandoned pals: I piped up expressing my concern (and thankfully, my swap pal was just running late -- Late, I can handle! I've been guilty of that myself many, many times) but told her I'd wait a little longer and then asked if she needed any more replacement pals.
Turns out she did, so I've got myself a second downstream buddy.
We've already mailed back and forth a couple times today, and dude. She's hilarious. I think I like her already, and it may help that she's got a mischievous cat prone to messing with her projects, too.
Also means the second skein of raw silk yarn that I bought almost a month ago has a home: I'd originally bought the pair with the intention of dyeing the first one and seeing if it was fit for my downstream pal and having the second on hand in case I threw a small fit over the results -- but now, it seems fortunate as I have one downstream buddy to dye for, and the other is a dye fiend herself and will probably have a blast figuring out what to do with it left plain. Excellent!
I also have feelers out on other things to send her, and I suppose I'll see where that goes.
I'm also just glad that the fiancé ended up in a better job, as money was the main reason I'd been afraid I wasn't able to play backup swap pal -- but he took care of that nicely, and better yet, he's doing what he wants to be doing.
I may still be exceedingly proud of him, creeping toward two months later.
Anyway, point was, I've signed up to do the gift-giving pal for someone else, and I'm just pleased about it. Knitters (and crocheters, and other craft-ers) are good people, I think.
Project update: One skein of tonalita's pink zebra down, turned into Fetching -- as mentioned earlier -- and the second's still up for grabs for something, though I have yet to decide what. Perhaps I'll abbreviate a pair of Dashing and have a nearly matched set, since 100 yards seems a little short for other options -- Scarf? Hat? Really not enough, unless someone can point me toward a decent pattern calling for worsted weight.
The Simple Shrug from hell is almost finished! Note: Caron's site lies, it takes 5 skeins for the large size if you follow their directions, not 4. Though, I suppose I'm cheating by working in the round, but I can't even imagine having enough yarn with 5 skeins if I'd had to seam the thing, too.
Two inches to go on the center ribbing, and then it's done: I suspect I can probably wear it to my birthday dinner tomorrow night without any issues.
Thirty.
I'm going to be thirty in about twelve hours.
My dad keeps joking that he can't trust me anymore -- Darn Pat Boone quote.
... It's really not as horrible as all the 30-year-olds who went before me have made it sound. ;)
