Friday, January 26, 2007

Surprise Gifts for me!

Another quick post. Thanks for reading all of my crazy blabbering!

Wow! Look at these! Yesterday, my friend Carrie brought this bag to me! Her mom made it for me. Isn't that awesome? Ein (our weirdo dog) seems to love it. She won't leave it alone. It has pockets for needles on the inside and outside. It'll be just right for carrying a few projects when I go places. Instead of the huge bags I usually carry.
One of the third grade teachers at LD's school and I talk a lot about knitting. She was actually one of my teachers when I was in school. She is the teacher who lets the kids knit while she reads out loud, and one day a week they can stay in from recess to knit. So many boys and girls are learning great things because of her. Well, she just finished her first sweater, and I was admiring it, and she told me she had something for me, if I wanted it.
A sweater kit! It's cotton and gorgeous. This will be my first sweater. I told her, in about three years when I finish it, I'll come show her. LOL. I am finishing some other things first, but I'm pretty excited to knit this.
I kept saying, 'Are you sure?' and she's like 'I'll never knit it, it should be used.' Wowee!
I need to run, I have tons of stuff to do before getting the kids. Have a great weekend, everybody!
p.s. blogger is dumb, and it better not mess up my blog! :)

14 comments:

Nikki said...

That's so cool to get those gifts! Hey, maybe you can tell me what "cotton flake" is. I never knew what that term meant.

Anonymous said...

I saw Carrie's bag on her blog yesterday and she mentioned her mom made one for a friend. Lucky you - it's gorgeous!

How great to get the whole sweater kit too!

g-girl said...

wow! a sweater kit and a new bag!!! you sure got some really cool surprise gifts! ;)

Sharon said...

I love the bag, it will be very useful for your on the go projects.

What a great gift from your old teacher and in my favourite colours too!

KT said...

Awesome! So now you have a great bag you can carry your fun sweater around in!

Craftybernie said...

Hiya! Are your comments coming up Anonymous still? Have you checked your settings to allow comments from everyone?

Bernie

Anonymous said...

How great to get a new sweater kit AND A bag to keep everything in all at once!

The teacher sounds like a really thoughtful and talented person!

tatjana said...

That kit looks like so much fun! I really like the colours. That was so wicked of Carrie's mum to make you a bag!

Anonymous said...

Very nice new bag! What kind of sweater does the kit make? Very nice gift too!

Tracy Batchelder said...

Hey, you switched over to the new Blogger. Good for you. Nice bag!

Anonymous said...

And you said I'm spoiled! ;-)

That sweater looks so comfy! And what lovely colors!

schrodinger said...

That's wonderful, it's a week of knitters just being amazing and giving people. Love 'em!!

Nice to see you made the move to new blogger too, don't you just love the tags?

Anonymous said...

Score! That's a great bag and a beautiful looking sweater kit. That's so cool the teacher encourages knitting too!

Janice said...

Lucky Lucky YOu! Boy, she sounds like one great teacher! Creating a great environment for the kids. And encouraging knitting.... How cool is that????

I can't wait to follow your adventure in sweater knitting.... :-)

ps. Also love the bag. Again, lucky you!!!