When Mike told me he had ordered my gift online, I suspected that he may have read one of my emails with the link to Knitpicks. I was hoping for a sampler pack of Palette to use in my weaving adventures- it’s feltable, and comes in lots of colours.
When I came home today there was a box waiting for me. Apparently it was delivered to the Freightliner dealership across from Mike’s business, and Mike was in receipt of a box of antique truck parts destined for Freightliner, so a hostage exchange was arranged.
Anyways, here’s the sequence:
Seems like a big box for 30 balls of wool...
Take off the tape:
Hmmm. Doesn't look like any kind of colour theme emerging.
OMG.
Yup, the whole Magilla.
Wow.
From any angle, that’s a whole lotta wool. 120 balls of my favourite weight (fingering), 120 different colours, and a feeling that I may have to take up fair isle knitting, or at the very least, stripes. It’s going to find itself in a whole lot of weaving and felting, and I am officially labelling this as the Best Christmas Ever. My husband- I think I’ll keep him.
Oh yeah, as an aside: thanks Erin, for telling me how to get the @#!$%*** Angry Birds app off my iPad. I’m going to remove it as soon as I pass all the levels.
ETA: Something just occurred to me. You know how there was always a kid on the first day of school who, regardless of what the supply list said, showed up with the ultra-super-deluxe-jumbo special set of pencil crayons and you only had a set of 12 or 24? I just realized that after 53 years on the planet, I am finally that kid. Yay!
Yes, he’s a keeper. That is one whole lot of wool. And ain’t it gonna be fun to weave…or whatever.
Way to go, Mike!!
holy carp! ::dusts self off after falling out of chair:: That’s …. awesome! Here, go look at one of my fave lolcats: http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/funny-pictures-cat-likes-salmon.jpg
oooooh, isn’t that a fabulous box of wool????
Oooh! Very nice!
Wow – whatta guy! You can have SO much fun with all of that.
Have you looked at the Photo Booth app that comes on the Ipad? I’m really liking the Kaleidoscope option – think it has good designing possibilities. Try picking some colors and looking at them with it
I’m covered with chills just looking at it. I’ve secretly lusted after that sampler, but I couldn’t even leave a hint for “Santa” or he’d send me to my room (filled with boxes of my current stash). Please be sure to post everything you do with it!
So Ruth in Calgary tells me I have the best husband ever. While I generally agree with her, let’s not tell Mike that or he’ll want to wear the tiara all the time.