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I am too lazy to take photographs but I had a GREAT time buying stuff from Knitch (yarn shop in Atlanta). I bought almost all the patterns from Cindy Taylor (www.cindycindy.com) and Cascade Baby Alpaca chunky to knit the Garter Bar cardigan from Cindy Taylor. I have completed the back, both fronts. All I have left are the sleeves which I was hoping to complete this weekend but looks unlikely. The cardi seems to be too big for me so I will just give it to Mom. (I think she will love it. I love it and will probably buy more of that Cascade Baby Alpaca chunky to knit another cardi for myself!)

How many people actually get to do their swaps in PERSON???? I am probably one of the lucky few! For the Knitters Tea Swap 3, my swapee was Jenny from Flowery Branch, GA. I had the good luck of going to the DIA conference in Atlanta the week of June 17th so I asked Jenny if she was anywhere close to Atlanta and she was! We met up on that Monday, June 18th and went to her fav italian restaurant, Enoteca Carbonari (http://www.enotecacarbonari.com/), did our swap and ate and chatted. I have to admit that I was a wee bit nervous about meeting someone with whom email was the primary mode of correspondance. But everything worked out great! (And Jenny wasn't even as big as she described in her blog!!!!!!). Here are some pix of us, her, and the goodies (I took the pix of the goodies in my hotel room (I stayed at the Marriott Marquis downtown).





I was pretty embarassed at the sheer volume of goodies and yarn that Jenny got me. All I gave her was a sock yarn, some dpns, the requisite tea and treats. She even gave me a BAG to carry everything with! (OK, I didn't need the bag but I did have to convince my colleague who had driven down to GA from NJ to bring the honey and jellies back for me). What wonderful goodies did I get?

Well, I LOVE Timtams (these are the "Arnott's" biscuits in the photos. They are australian treats and Jenny managed to hunt them down at World Market!). The caramel ones have already been eaten and am now half done with the original flavour.

Ok, I digress. Jenny made a binder filled with useful info about Atlanta, ie. the yarn shops close to the hotel. She also included info about the teas she got me and the Moravian cookies too, a few patterns. What else? A book "Little Women", Twilley's yarn which I have heard of but never used, JaggerSpun Zephyr (sooo soft), honeys from her birthplace, handmade coasters, a great ladybug cup for Marlis, peach jam, teas from North Carolina, a neat foldup totebag (I love these things!), a notepad, a cool teamug, and a needlecase she had made! I was very touched by the thoughtfulness of each goodie. (And so was my husband - who also had a hand in helping with the Timtams)!
Thank you very much again Jenny!

I got back from Atlanta last Thurs and had a great time! I met up with my Knitter Tea Swap pal there and did our swap in person! Jenny really outdid herself. I haven't uploaded the photos of what I received yet because I am still catching up on all the unread emails qhile I was away. You would think that the email senders would get discouraged by my "out of office" message and "don't bother expecting a reply during my absence".

sigh. I have just managed to finish unpacking my suitcase last night.

Pix of the goodies and my purchases from Atlanta coming soon!!!!!!