Following the Thread

I started this blog when I began participating in the One Skein exchange sponsored by Interweave press, but I have such problems getting the blog to work that I don’t make many entries.  But I am gonna try today.

The secret pal who sends me yarn, Brandy, sent me a new skein a week or two ago.  It’s a pretty wool yarn from Chile.  It’s pale blue and tan.  She bought herself one also to try felting, which sounds like a good idea, because you can felt crochet to.

My other secret pal, that I send yarn tom sent an enthisiastic thank you for the red silk/lamb’s wool yarn from Norway that I sent to her.  I bought it on a trip to Mendocino California.  There is a little yarn shop there.  I also bought myself some hand dyed wool to play with and a burgandy wool to make my final project, where we actually make something for our pal.

I’ve really enjoyed this skein exchange, and hope they do another one.  It really encouraged me to try new yarn types.  Though I can’t spend $34 dollars on only three skeins very often, but it’s fun sometimes.