Last Friday was my birthday, and husband and Moo bought me the best presents.
Firstly, there was this gorgeous Swift yarn winder. Isn’t it just lovely? It’s so much fun to play with (sorry, couldn’t get a great picture).
And to go with it, this yarn ball winder.
I must say, it is taking some practice to work the ball winder. The Swift works beautifully, and twirls around at a squillion miles an hour, but it’s so important to wind it evenly onto the ball.. and that is taking me some practice.
And from Moo for my birthday, two skeins of scrumptious Koigu Premium Merino. Of course, I had to wind this straight away.
So I spent half of last weekend winding and winding the lots of few skeins I had buried around my craft room. This is some Cascade Ultra Pima that arrived a while ago from Yarn Glorious Yarn. I love this little online store. Such great service, and often free postage too! At Christmas time, they even had free Express post for last minute orders.
Now that it’s all wound very fairly neatly, I’m starting a new project. Like the KOGO Blanket, this is the Bear’s Rainbow Blanket, from Purl Bee.
A friend of Moo’s mother is having a real (non-puppy) baby in April, and as she loves colours, I thought this would be perfect.
Moo thought we should be playing fetch though, not photography.
Oh, and Moo just informed me that the Swift winder and yarn ball winder can also be purchased at Yarn Glorious Yarn… not that she wanted to give away birthday prezzie sources or anything.
A Conversation with Moo 
I love that blanket (and am a fellow afficionado of the Purl Bee).
happy belated birthday!!!!!
have fun with your new “toys”!!!!
xxxxx Ale
Belated happy birthday wishes! I love the colours you’ve chosen to make your blanket. It’s looking gorgeous already.
Happy belated birthday wishes to you!! Ahhh sweet Moo loves her ball just like my Bear does!! J love how your blanket is turning out! Awesome colors!! Hugz Lisa and Boo Bear
Lucky you, that is a great birthday present! And your blanket is looking so bright and beautiful.
The blanket is looking great, what a wonderful present to receive for a baby present.
Happy Birthday to you!
My hubby “gave” me a swift and ball winder for Christmas and I then proceeded to wind all the skeins I had too! From my experiences you’ll get better at winding evenly.
Happy belated Bday to you! Your blanket looks great so far, I really like the colors! I also love your photos, do you use lightroom or photoshop? I am just starting my first blog and I am not too happy with my pictures so far but I was just wondering how you got such great pictures?! 🙂
Happy Birthday to you! It looks like your husband and Moo know you very well!
Your photographs are beautiful, I love the colours of the rug, so vibrant.
Lovely present and so useful. I usually end up using the back of a chair. Beautiful vibrant crochet with some gorgeous yarns. :-))
love the colours – not just pink or blue!
Lovely photos!
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