Birthday Yarn!

Today is my birthday and I received an awesome package from my family with cards and presents. The card from my sister gave me a laugh. It said “The Good News: You’re 21! The Bad News: (she scratched out what it actually said and wrote in) You’re in England! No One Cares!” Some how I think I’ll manage to survive without a stereotypical 21st. I actually don’t know what I will be doing. My flatmates just cryptically said to be ready at 5:30.

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Baby alpaca! One of my favorites. It’s insanely soft. I wish you could feel it through the screen. It’s buttery and delightful! There are 500 yards there. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with it. Maybe I’ll make a hat with matching gloves? Or just really long gloves? Feel free to make fun of me for how often I allege that I’m going to knit myself gloves. Some day it will finally happen!!!

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So soft and lovely. It’s a nice rich cream color. I actually already have a hat that matches this yarn. I used it for the ribbing and the body was a matching brushed alpaca.

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Underneath the yarn and cards was candy and a massive amount of Scharffen Berger chocolate. Yarn and candy. You just can’t beat that.


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27 responses to “Birthday Yarn!”

  1. You really can’t beat that. Especially if the yarn is baby alpaca.

    many happy returns!!!!!

  2. You really can’t beat that. Especially if the yarn is baby alpaca.

    many happy returns!!!!!

  3. Happy birthday! Hope you have a lovely day

  4. Happy birthday! Hope you have a lovely day

  5. Not only is it as soft as butter, it’s the colour of butter too! ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy birthday!

  6. Not only is it as soft as butter, it’s the colour of butter too! ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy birthday!

  7. Happy Birthday!

  8. Happy Birthday!

  9. Happy Birthday. I hope you have a brilliant day.

  10. Happy Birthday. I hope you have a brilliant day.

  11. Happy Birthday Andi! xx

  12. Happy birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day!

  13. Happy birthday! It looks like you got an amazing package from the family (mmm, red vines!). That yarn looks so soft.

  14. Happy birthday! It looks like you got an amazing package from the family (mmm, red vines!). That yarn looks so soft.

  15. happy birthday!! what an awesome package- baby alpaca is the best!! so buttery soft.

  16. Happy Birthday! Oh, to be 21 again. Have a great day!

  17. Happy Birthday! Oh, to be 21 again. Have a great day!

  18. Happy Birthday! Huzzah! I mean – yarn is great any time of the year, right??

  19. Happy Birthday girly! Hope you have a great 21st ๐Ÿ™‚

  20. Happy Birthday girly! Hope you have a great 21st ๐Ÿ™‚

  21. Happy Birthday! I wouldn’t recommend gloves for that yarn. I made mittens with some natural colored baby alpaca last year and it was the worst yarn choice I could have made. They didn’t keep their shape and they got so dirty just from wearing them around for a few days. boo hiss. Go for a hat and scarf or a little cardi.

    1. You’re probably right. The ribbing on my hat has kept its shape, but some of my other projects using baby alpaca haven’t kept their shape very well.

  22. Happy Birthday! I wouldn’t recommend gloves for that yarn. I made mittens with some natural colored baby alpaca last year and it was the worst yarn choice I could have made. They didn’t keep their shape and they got so dirty just from wearing them around for a few days. boo hiss. Go for a hat and scarf or a little cardi.

  23. I lurve that DK Baby Alpaca – I just finished a shrug for my mother out of the same yarn only in gray. It is a free pattern on Rav called the Shop Hop Shrug. We bought 5 balls but I only had to use a wee bit from the 5th ball because my mom decided she wanted longer sleeves.

    I ended up making a pair of fingerless mitts from the remainder of the 5th ball and still have some left. So if you are looking for a pattern it is highly recommended:

    http://www.ravelry.com/projects/vox8/shop-hop-shrug-2008

  24. I lurve that DK Baby Alpaca – I just finished a shrug for my mother out of the same yarn only in gray. It is a free pattern on Rav called the Shop Hop Shrug. We bought 5 balls but I only had to use a wee bit from the 5th ball because my mom decided she wanted longer sleeves.

    I ended up making a pair of fingerless mitts from the remainder of the 5th ball and still have some left. So if you are looking for a pattern it is highly recommended:

    http://www.ravelry.com/projects/vox8/shop-hop-shrug-2008

  25. Happy birthday, birthday buddy! I had to buy my own birthday yarn, but what else is new? I’m happy to buy myself presents!

  26. Rachel

    Andi, happy birthday! I love your knits and blog! My 21st birthday was the 16th of November. I also got some knitting presents from friends – a Denise knitting kit! So exciting, I’ve been knitting for a little over a year now and your great sense of making knitting fashionable is truly inspirational ๐Ÿ˜€

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