I received another parcel today – a skein holder that I won off of eBay. I’m something of an eBay addict, although I’m getting better 🙂

That’s it! That’s also my Lisa G knitting bag in the background that Em bought me for christmas this year.
I bought a wool winder off eBay a month or so ago, and thought I could manage without a skein holder. The first skein I tried to wind proved how wrong I was. It took me 5 minutes to wind the yarn and an hour to untangle the mess I made.
However now I have discovered that the wool winder I bought is too small. It only winds a ball around 50g in size. As I have skeins of 100g, this is a problem. Easy solution – buy another wool winder!
Done!
I won another off eBay on Saturday 🙂 I hope it’ll arrive tomorrow, but I probably won’t get it until Tuesday because of the holidays. I don’t need it, I’m just impatient.
I’m also waiting on an order from Threadbear I ordered the Plassard books, and some Papyrus to make one of the girl’s tanks for Em.
I just like to receive parcels in the mail 🙂
I’ve made good progress on the blanket – one strip done and well into the second, and I cast on the front of the cleckheaton sweater, pictures tomorrow when I have better light.
In unrelated news, I got my hair cut and coloured today. I have been seeing my hairdresser for around 8 years. She is a friend who works from home. She does a great job, is really inexpensive, and I love her.
She’s retiring. I hate finding a new hairdresser. She very kindly wrote down the details of the colour she uses on my hair for my new hairdresser when I find one, but it just won’t be the same 🙁

Yesterday I recieved a wonderful package from my friend Jill

There was also a box of peanut butter Girl Scouts cookies, but they didn’t make it to the photo 😉
Spring/Summer Vogue and Family Circle Easy Knitting, a *great* book “A Knitters Template”, a ball of Plassard “Alizes” to play with and a skien of Manos Del Uruguay Cotton Stria in a gorgeous shade of blue. There is also 3 balls of Bernat Baby Boucle, 1 white and 2 blue. Only one blue is shown, because the other ball is already being knitted into this –

My sister-in-law had twins on February 27. I purchased a kit of eBay to make a cute little pink blanket with ducks, and Jill was kind enough to get me enough yarn to make a matching blue one. I’ve finished the pink one. It was a great baby gift to make, it’s soft and warm, really quick to knit, and is machine washable and dryable.
That’s what I’m working on right now, although I’ve also got this on the needles.

I’ve done the back, and will cast on the front soon – maybe tonight.