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September 21, 2005
A Birthday Present
My birthday is next week and I got my first birthday present in the mail yesterday. Have I mentioned that I love packages. Yes, I believe I have. Anyway, my sister ordered me yarn! She's the best - she might very well be the best sister ever (at least in my opinion - I know you all think your sisters are great too)! Oh, wait. It gets better. Not only did she order me yarn, but she ordered me Butterfly. Yarn and pattern for my very first fair isle project. And it arrived yesterday.
The yarn is so pretty and heathered and yummy. The pattern, well, the pattern seems kind of complicated. But what did I expect? It is fair isle after all. I'm sure once I sit down and actually start it, I'll figure it out, but it's kind of daunting upon first read. There's a little note in the package from Virtual Yarns with the happy birthday note from Stacy and the pattern has a personalized note from Jade Starmore - very nice touch. I'm pretty sure this project will take me the rest of the fall and all winter, but it's going to be fun (if I ever figure the pattern out).
Have a great day.
Comments
Happy birthday! Lucky to have such a nice sister.
Posted by: June at September 21, 2005 9:54 AM
wow!! the package looks lovely! can't wait to see your fairisle project! do let us know how the yarn feels...
Posted by: blossom at September 21, 2005 10:00 AM
Wow - that is awesome! The colors are beautiful. It does look pretty complicated, but I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out. Is it knit in the round and then steeked?
Posted by: Cyndi at September 21, 2005 10:17 AM
Stephanie, enjoy your gift, it is simply perfect! Your sister did good :). I can't wait for you to get started!
Posted by: grumperina at September 21, 2005 10:19 AM
Oh what a lovely box of yarn, it gives me shivers! And how nice the notes. I'm sure you'll figure it out, often patterns seem daunting to me, until I actually just sit down and do them.
Posted by: Rebekah at September 21, 2005 10:37 AM
how great is your sister! I can't wait to see this project progress.
i ordered a few starmore colours recently to see what they are like - and aren't they seriously amazing!
Posted by: jacqueline at September 21, 2005 10:48 AM
That is fabulous! I am jealous...so we will be tackling fair isle:)
Posted by: Carolyn at September 21, 2005 11:52 AM
Don't the colors just take your breath away? Once I balled mine, I lined them all up in the box again and they looked like candies. A tip - snip off a little of each color, tape them on a notecard, and write color name and symbol next to them - its a life saver when you have less than perfect light and you're trying to decipher which is sundew and which is golden plover and the tags have fallen off. Trust me ;-)
Posted by: PumpkinMama at September 21, 2005 12:01 PM
I don't have a sister, can yours adopt me somehow? What a great gift! Those colors are beautiful. Alice/Jade Starmore patterns are amazing. When exactly is your birthday?
Posted by: Lynette at September 21, 2005 12:26 PM
OMG - I am unbelievably jealous! The colors! The pattern! And its (shhhh) Starmore! What a perfect birthday gift - you DO have an amazing sister.
(And Happy early Birthday to you!!)
Posted by: Kathy at September 21, 2005 1:47 PM
Happy (early) Birthday!
What an awesome gift and project. This will be a fun one for us to watch you knit.
Posted by: Purly Whites at September 21, 2005 2:07 PM
Happy Birthday a little early. Isn't a kit from VY just heavenly!?
Posted by: margene at September 21, 2005 2:49 PM
Early Happy Birthday! I hope you have fun plans to celebrate!
What a nice present from your sister! The vest is really pretty. I have no doubt that you will figure out pattern.
Posted by: caitlyn at September 21, 2005 2:51 PM
Happy Birthday early. I don't have a sister, so I think your sister is the greatest sister ever! What a thoughtful and appropriate gift too! I will look forward to watching your progress. I haven't gotten to that level of knitting yet!
Posted by: Stephanie at September 21, 2005 4:31 PM
I'm looking forward to watching you knit this one. I have been dreaming of starting a fair isle sweater - I'm sure you'll be an inspiration.
Posted by: mary at September 22, 2005 8:08 AM
ooooh, you are so lucky! Butterfly looks like it will be really fun to knit. and I can just imagine you wearing it. Your sister rocks!
Posted by: Diana at September 22, 2005 8:43 AM
That's one special sister you've got there! (And happy birthday, ahead of time.)
Posted by: Cassie at September 22, 2005 8:51 AM
OMG! I'm definitely also another jealous one. That is beautiful. I want one for myself now.
Posted by: Angela at September 26, 2005 3:12 PM
