Well the 11th Secret Pal swap is over, I had a really good time i had great buddies on either side so i feel really lucky. Apparently there were some not so good times... but with 600 odd people participating its kinda to be expected.

Emily my spoilee has enabled me to get some knitpicks options interchangable needles - YAY! she posted them on the weekend so hopefully they'll be here before Christmas. To say thankyou for doing that I sent her a box of TimTams - which her and her other half both loved... but seriously you cant go wrong with TimTams... if you like chocolate you'll lurve them!!
So now I have plans to put together an awsome yarny&chocolatey surprise to pay them back for the shipping cost.

Michele was my Spoiler from NSW, I recieved her final package on Monday - and boy did she save the best for last!

I almost screamed when I opened the envelope and saw this cheakily peaking back at me:



mmmmmmmalabrigo!!! Squeeeeeee. In an aswome deep blue colour! OMG, OMG, OMG!! Now I have to figure out what i'm going to turn this into!! But there WAS more in there... as i discovered after i'd calmed down a bit :)

For Example: Blue Sky Alpaca Silk blend, its soooo soft and the bestest shade of red! About 8 more of these and I could make the most AWSOME Something Red..... HA yeah right and about 100-200 bucks later!!



And also 4... count em FOUR little hanks of serioulsy fluffy and georgeously cololoured mystery yarn, which turns out Michele got in a mystery box from e-bay - wow bit of a risk there! Apparently they're most likely Angora/Mohair blends here are some closeup's:

This one's my Fav!








This last one has a lot of fluffy strands that give it a kind of halo... I have a feeling that Emily would really like that one.... if she was more into blue :)!



And there is the obligitory family shot - very excitng! Thankyou so much to everyone involved in SP11 - I had a great time, and I think the hostesses have earned a well deserved break!

Merry Christmas Everyone :)