Thank you! Thank you!! (from Amanda)

Dear Pal,

I love the wonderful fabric tray and its contents: Indiana-made candy and maple sugar, a pocket light, candles, notecards, and Socka! My kids tried to make off with the mini deck of playing cards, but I put the brakes on that. :) The sock yarn is a gorgeous color. Perfect for fall. I also really like the snakey clip used on the outside of the gift to hold the card. I have it coiled on my desk holding a picture of me and my sisters. The tray is really cool, too. I think it will look great on my bookshelf/end table next to my chair in the front room. Perfect for holding my knitting essentials.

Thanks again!!!!
Amanda

Thanks Pal (from Sam)

Want to talk about practical? My pal gave me a great red and black project bag (it looks a lot like an old dr.'s bag) filled with knitting notions like stitch markers, needle gauges, swatch gauges (it has a needle gauge too and it may make me prone to swatching *snicker*), and highlighters and post-it notes (to contribute to my office supply addiction). There was a note in the bag to tell me to check all of the pockets and upon doing so I learned that each pocket that did not have a notion stuck in it was filled with Dove chocolates. Now that is practical! And the timing was perfect since I picked my gift up on my way to doing a teaching observation. The chocolates really came in handy for getting me through the afternoon.

I don't know who my pal is but with project bags, office supplies, and chocolate you are right on! Plus, a new bag means that I can cast on a new project!

ROTFLMAO!

I giggled my way through the day after picking up my Secret Pal gift - it's a "Very Bad Dog Proof Sock Jar"! Clearly, my pal has heard me curse every now and then about my canine knitting troubles.

Things may be looking up....yesterday Oscar ate Aaron's belt. I know I should be sad about this, but maybe if they develop a taste for leather they'll leave the wool alone. Poor Aaron's pretty unhappy, because apparently it's nearly impossible to find a size 30 belt.

The sock jar is so good that it's almost Laura-Proof too; I had trouble figuring out how to open it. And I KNOW it's practical, because inside there was a lovely set of Lantern Moon needles - my first ever! - so it definitely has something to protect. Tomorrow (when there's light for photographs) I'll test it out and see how confused the dogs get.

Thanks, Secret Pal, for the laugh and the lovely gifts!

Wonderful

What a cheery package and wonderful lot of goodies. My children and I were blown away by the little hand made sock kit. I just love little knitted things like that. They feel so good in your hands when your holding them. The needles and markers will be useful. The chocolates are definitely useful any time any day. Thank you so much secret pal.

Practical and Pleasant

Many thanks to my secret pal. I consider alpaca to be most pleasant. I think that now though, I like the idea of thinking of it as practical as well. That means that future stash acquisitions are a matter of practical purchases instead of luxury! I was busy in the summer making Harry Potter book marks for the family in anticipation of the new book...now I have my own! The light is very cool. I know exactly the spot that I need it, too. And finally, chocolate, mmm. Need I say more about that. I think that is one of the things that most of us can agree upon. We can just say "chocolate" and nothing more needs to be said. Thanks a bunch!

Debbie

Heather Thanks You!

So...I strolled into RK with Curtis last night, to get some yarn for the Lickety Split (tabi) socks he's wanting...completely forgetting that it was the first day of the second secret pal exchange. Fortunately, Amanda was there to let me know I had a gift waiting.

And what a great gift! Secret Pal, thanks for finally getting me off the fence and giving me Vogue's Weekend Knits. I've been looking at this book for months now...just never committed to buying it. Now it's mine. Hurray!

The handspun is lovely, as was the last batch. It's deciding what it wants to be...

And I'm all hopped up on the delightful (and child-theft-proof) chocolate covered espresso beans. Love 'em!

Pamper your Pal?

Is it pamper your pal week already?! No, but it sure seems like it! I was suprised to find a present for me already today! And I waited until there was a free moment and I really needed it. What a great bag full of stuff goodies...I got some incredibly blue CTH Supersock DK, some wonderfully good to smell bath salts that I just have the lid off of now hoping they'll infuse RK with the smell permanently, a Mason-Dixon wash cloth of my very own AND some decadent organic chocolate.

Oh my. In fact, I was just having an overload feeling a few minutes ago not sure what to do next because there seemed like so much to do. Then I remembered the chocolate and I opened the one with caramel in the centers and....wow....I feel so much better now and I've really forgotten about EVERYTHING I need to do...except eat this chocolate.

Thank you very much, my pal! (And I really liked the E on the bag; I just sort of assumed that meant is was for me. If it's not for me and there's someone else in this exchange with an "E" name then I've already eaten half of one of your candy bars. Sorry! Not!) :-)