a multitude of thanks

I’ve had some pretty awesome mail calls lately.

This stack was waiting when I got home from vacation.

Each package deserves its own post, but since I seem to be posting in a weekly basis, I’ve got to put it all out there.  I won Two Years, No Rain from the generous Robyn who had a killer blog contest!  I have two books I’m reading now but as soon as I finish one, this is going to the nightstand.  Thank you!

The lovely market bag, yarn and fabric is from my pal Jacey.  We did a swap – jam for a market bag and we both threw in extra (what?  She NEEDED some handspun!  She has a spindle and fiber already, I just gave her a little nudge) but she really went over and above.  I LOVE my bag (and fabric and yarn), and I especially love this:

She made me a pillow cover!  Even the boy loves this pillow!  So awesome.

ALSO – I’ve received squares for the Blankets for Birmingham project!  I’ve received three packages of squares, from Gwen in Florida (no blog), Sharon in Texas (ditto), and Melissa over at Knitting Sandwich.  Amazing!  (you can see some squares in the picture above this – as luck would have it, they all coordinate really well, so it should be easy to make a blanket with them).

And then there was yesterday’s mail.

I have to tell you that when I opened the box, I cried.  It was already a super emotional day, and this pushed me over the edge.

A whole blanket.  From Tina in Michigan.  And get this – her Ravelry name?  Goodie2needles.

Someone is going to love this very very much.

Words aren’t enough.