Easter Swap

I told myself, "Self, no swapping this year!" But my friend Ariel started some swaps on Ravelry. She's such a good swap organizer that resistance was futile.

Here are the goodies I received in the latest swap from Lin (Linleigh on Ravelry). In the back row are two notions pouches preloaded with notions. These bags are great! Each is the inverse of the other; that is, the fabric on the outside of one is the fabric on the inside of the other. The middle row is the yarn she sent. Those are two gorgeous green shades of wool from Knitpicks in a fingering weight. The beautiful rust-colored yarn is soft Ultra Alpaca Fine from Berroco. In the front row there's a brown bunny (more info below), an Easter card, a cross-stitched bookmark with my name, a Vogue Knitting stitch-a-day calendar.

Look at what the goodies are posed on. That's tissue paper hand-stamped with little bunnies. That was on top when I opened the box.

I was amazed at the creative, hand-made creations Lin sent to me. There's the notions pouches, the bookmark, and the bunny. And some beautiful hand-stamped creations.

Just look at the bunny! Lin included the pattern (which isn't pictured). He's made of a 6" square of knitting which is then gathered and sewn to make his head and legs. It's the cleverest thing I've ever seen! Here's the front view.

And the back.
And what's this? Didn't make it into the group picture, it seems. It's a perturbed looking frog, saying, "OK, I wore the ears, now where's my Peeps?"
And in the box there's bunches and bunches of Reese's eggs and two chocolate-covered Peeps!
This is such a fabulous Easter package from Lin! Thank you very much!