I received such a thoughtful package from my secret santa swapper: Dmaxi (Dearbhala). Thank you!! It just so happens she also organised the swap. I was so lucky, because she knew me, so I think that meant she knew what was most extra special for me.
SHE KNIT ME A COWL! In gorgeous green alpaca silk, yum. I should take a photo of how you wear it. I sort of folds across my neck, and keeps my neck and chest warm where my jacket is open.
Dearbhala included other lovely gifts- as you can see, but the best was this tremendous yarn Manos del Uraguay 100% Wool- out of which I made this hat. I had a challenge to make it work with the 100g skein- crochet gobbles up yarn. I undid and redid this so many times. At one point, I kept the yarn intact, and started working from the other end to make the hat cuff(?) so I could find out how much was left. There wasn’t one centimeter of yarn left when I was done.
