Jofrog is Knitfrog!
November 3 2005
I believe, although I don't practice it, that swaps are supposed to help you clean out your stash of things you won't knit with, and bring in new things, without the expenditure of money. Both of the last two swaps I've gone to have ended up costing me money... hmmm. First off, Alison gave me her yarn to bring to the swap because she was working. She gave me a huge bag and I told her that I didn't know if I had anything for this swap. Next thing I knew I was going through all of the drawers and bins of stash and came up with this as my offering; not so bad for someone who thought they had nothing to part with! I came home with very little infact. Yarn for two sweaters for two little people. The little boy that I gave the fishy sweater to absolutely loves it. He's learning his letters now and knows that "Y is for yarn, and yarn is for sweatshirts!" Close enough little buddy. For someone so young, with such an appreciation for sweaters made for him by his friend Johanna, how can I not make him another? This yarn is going to be a ragalan jacket for him. The hitch, he's expecting a new little brother to come into the world late this December, and wouldn't matching sweaters be just fabulous? More yarn was bought for a newborn sweater. Same yarn, different dye lot. I figure odd dye lot for the baby sweater will go on his back. No one will see the back on a baby that young anyways! We do go back to the "swaps should not cost me money" thing... but oh well! My other score was this yarn that Thea, our swap hostess donated. I can't wait to swatch it. Check out the obviously faulty gauge information! That concludes this fall's swap. A lot in, little out, but two/three good projects. I'm happy with it! I've Got This Swap Thing All Wrong!
