A Great Surprise

I have an FO to show you, but I can only take credit for part of it.  Before I show it to you, let me give you some background.

We all know that buying a Christmas present for a knitting friend is usually fairly easy - just find some really nice yarn and maybe some neat knitting notions and you're good to go.  But what about when your friend is also the owner of a yarn shop (the best LYS ever!)?  Hmmm, this makes it a little trickier to find just the right gift.

You may remember that before Christmas I was rushing to finishing spinning some beautiful blue and green fiber that Manise had gifted to me when she brought Alice (my wheel) to my house. (phew! can you say run on sentence?)  I told you at the time that I needed to finish it because I had plans for it, but I don't think I ever mentioned what those plans were. I'm sure that by now you've figured it out; that handspun yarn was gifted to Patti.  I wasn't so sure about the quality of the yarn; it wasn't the most evenly spun yarn around.  I was sure about one thing though; I was sure that Patti would appreciate my effort. 

Apparently, I was right about that - last night at Chicks with Sticks, Patti announced that she had some show and tell and pulled this FO out of her knitting bag:

Maine Morning Mitts knit with the yarn I spun for her!

I can't tell you how happy that made me; I was like a little kid on Christmas morning. I was so excited to see that she had actually KNIT WITH MY HANDSPUN YARN!  And, she said it was nice to knit with!  It gets even better - even though we see each other or talk to each other nearly every day, I never knew she was knitting them.  What a cool surprise.

Thanks for making my night, Patti!

Comments

[marianne]

Seriously, how fabulous is that? Yes, Ma'am, you make Wonderful yarn and those mitts she knit, those are SO pretty!!!

[Amy]

It just doesn't get much better than that, does it? The yarn and the mitts are great!

[trek]

Very too cool - or in this case, warm!

[Hillary]

That is such a wonderful surprise. The mitts look great too (no doubt because of the fab yarn).

[Chris]

The gift that keeps on giving, to gifter and giftee! Lovely.

[Cheryl S.]

How wonderful!

[Dana]

I second Amy's comment. That's just too neat! :)

[heather]

So beautiful! Both the mitts, the handspun and the sentiment. There is no better gift to give a knitter than handspun yarn, and no greater gift to you than to see it used and appreciated. yay!

[Sara]

That is awesome! Of course, she would knit with your beautiful handspun! I think that was a perfect gift!!!

[Carol]

I wish I could have been there to see the unveiling. They look beautiful. I miss you guys.

[Sheepish Annie]

Wow! Those came out great. And answers the question I'd been pondering on the way home today: should my next MMM be from that blue handspun I did a while back? I'm going with yes!

"Nice job" to both spinner and knitter!

[brenda]

Those are great! Doesn't it make you proud to know another knitter actually knit with yarn you made?

[Bea]

Yay for handspun! I love the mitts, they look so awesome!

[Colleen]

OH wow! they look awesome! how totally cool is that? really makes a spinner feel proud!

[Zonda]

That is awesome and those mitts are very nice!

[Debi]

The yarn is so pretty and the mitts are perfect! Great teamwork :)

[Danielle]

Beautiful yarn, and the mittens really showcase it well.

[~Kristie]

That's a win/win gift! So beautiful!

[Lisa]

Very cool! I cannot wait to knit with my homespun for the very first time, much less spin something that is worthy of giving to a friend. Beautiful mitts for beautiful yarn!

[Gina aka Sleepy Eyes]

Jules...isn't it AWESOME seeing your handspun knit up? When you knit up my black sparkly handspun into mitts, I was SO HAPPY! Isn't it a great inspiration and motivation to spin more at SPA? Can't wait ; )

[Amy]

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