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Look what was inside!



Artyarns Ultramerino - pretty like violets



Thanks Bev!. I can't believe that you were my partner. It's such a small world here. I loved the Cool and Sunny socks you made out of this yarn. I hope mine turn out as nice.

Bev also sent along a CD with some great tunes, chocolate, a nice textured sock pattern, and a cool postcard.

Thanks!

Now I have all the stuff to send along for my partner except the postcard! Look out Yarn Aboarders!
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AR said…
Yep, that is some really pretty yarn. Chocolate is always good, too. Yummy!
August 23, 2006 at 11:05 PM
Anonymous said…
LUCKY! (in a Napoleon Dynamite voice)
August 24, 2006 at 4:30 PM
Anonymous said…
Nice yarn! I am so sad I missed out on this one. :(
August 25, 2006 at 10:12 AM
Anonymous said…
Ooh! I really like Artyarns Ultramerino. Yum, yum, yum!
August 26, 2006 at 10:56 AM
Teyani said…
what fabulous yarn!!!
August 26, 2006 at 3:29 PM
Miri Mack said…
I'm really lucky. We don't have this in my LYS's :-)
August 28, 2006 at 1:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Wowzers! MIRIAM, YOU ROCK! I sooooooo loved the yarn-aboard package I got from you. Everything was perfect and its as if you knew me like a sister. I love the yarn--great colors and I am playing around with different stitches and sock ideas right now (okay not RIGHT NOW, but while commuting to school on the train and other free moments). The sock patterns are great. THe chocolate is delicious and the little art piece makes a great bookmark. The coffee is yummy and I've drank it each morning since I recieved it. Also, I like the idea that it came from a cooperative in Rwanda. SO socially responsible and thoughtful! The pics on the postcards are making me wish I could visit those places and that I had more money and time to backpack and camp. And the stickers have already been assigned their rightful places on a water bottle and coffee cup! YOU ROCK like both Elvis and Nietzsche! Thank you!
August 31, 2006 at 1:07 AM
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