My new camera has arrived!!! So now, at last, I can show you properly what my swap partner (Karen, from Denmark) sent to me in our recent Ravelry swap.
First, a lovely postcard :-
with a set of four stitch-markers. I really needed some of these as I only have cheap plastic ones that break very easily.
This is what made the whole package smell so delicious :-
There were fluffylicious mohair locks (hand-dyed by Karen)
And some gorgeous bunny fluff in blue :-
and pink :-
also hand-dyed by Karen.
These didn't last long - by the time the camera arrived the chocs had all somehow been devoured.
Then there were earrings - I love earrings!!!
And finally, a mystery package not to be opened until 4th July, which is the first day of the Tour de Fleece :-
I did have a peek inside the blue bag, but haven't opened the two packages that were inside. Only 8 days to go before I can open them!!
So I think I was thoroughly spoiled by my swap partner - what do you think?
First, a lovely postcard :-
with a set of four stitch-markers. I really needed some of these as I only have cheap plastic ones that break very easily.
This is what made the whole package smell so delicious :-
There were fluffylicious mohair locks (hand-dyed by Karen)
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| Close up of mohair locks |
And some gorgeous bunny fluff in blue :-
and pink :-
also hand-dyed by Karen.
These didn't last long - by the time the camera arrived the chocs had all somehow been devoured.
Then there were earrings - I love earrings!!!
And finally, a mystery package not to be opened until 4th July, which is the first day of the Tour de Fleece :-
I did have a peek inside the blue bag, but haven't opened the two packages that were inside. Only 8 days to go before I can open them!!
So I think I was thoroughly spoiled by my swap partner - what do you think?
The things in your swap look lovely, I bet that was a really exciting parcel to open. I haven't joined in with a swap yet but I am feeling tempted having seen your pictures. I'm researching cameras at the moment so would be very interested if you felt able to take a minute to let me know which you have gone for and why?
ReplyDeleteYes, it was exciting when it arrived. At first I was pretty confused about what to send her, but the more I read about her, the easier it got!
DeleteAs for the camera, I chose a Canon Powershot G16, partly because my last camera was a Canon (Canon Ixus 130) and I was very pleased with the photos it took (until I managed to knock it on the floor!) and more so because I wanted a camera which could take better close-up shots. We searched on the internet and found a list of cameras which could take photos from 1 cm distance and this came out top. It really looked like just what I wanted, and hopefully is. I'm still using it on automatic at the moment until I learn a bit more about it, but so far I've managed to take some pretty good close-ups.
I particularly wanted this aspect because of my spinning, taking detail shots etc. I took some pretty good (well, I think so anyway!) photos today of a butterfly on our lavender, and some more shots around the garden. I'll post them tomorrow - see what you think.