I'm back, and I have a lot to post about, but I wanted to post about my great package from Christy.

First of all, she sent it almost immediately, it got here within days of her receiving her assignment. Now, we live relatively near each other, too, but she sent off pretty quicly. Inside were goodies for me and for the kids.



There were rice crispy treats, teas, yarn and a scarf pattern, a tea towel with a band for embroidering, a cute dragonfly wind chime set, a pillar candle and these earrings that she made!



And the card she sent was a great knitting themed one.

Thank you so much Christy! We loved all of it.

Labels: June Colorswap, Yarn

This month's color is blue, and I'm extending the deadline because of my lateness. Please send so that your partner receives by July 8th.

Our participants this month are:

• Amy


• Andrea


• Cassady


• Christy


• Debbie


• Else


• Grace


• Jana


• Jodi


• Juli


• Karla


• Lori


• Ranee


• Sonya


• Steph

Please feel free to take one of the buttons above for your blog. Also, remember that at the end of this I will have a prize for one of the people who designed a button, one skein of yarn for each color theme of the year. So far, only one person has submitted buttons, those above, and if nobody else does, she automatically gets the prize. You can send me an email with a jpg, gif or whatever kind of graphic file. Thank you!

Labels: Colorswap, June Colorswap

We are really swamped here with end of school year stuff and our weekends are just as busy as our weekdays. Rich's folks and grandparents are coming next weekend, we are going to be with our kids' godparents the following weekend, while their son is baptised, and then Jerome will be baptised the weekend after that.

I need to apologize to my June colorswappers, because I still haven't gotten all the assignments out. You haven't missed yours, I just haven't sent them all. I will be working on that tonight after I get the kids in bed.

• Monday: Lamb and Feta Roll Ups, with Tomato and Lettuce (repackaging of Lamb leftovers, we ended up grilling, because it was such a nice day, and we had a little left over)


• Tuesday: Baked Potato Soup


• Wednesday: Shrimp Fried Rice


• Thursday: Enchiladas Blancas, Rice and Salad


• Friday: Chipotle Black Bean Nachos


• Saturday: Probably dinner out with Rich's family


• Sunday: Also probably another family run meal

What is on your menu this week?

Labels: Homemaking, June Colorswap, Menu Plans, Tales from the Kitchen

Here is the notice for next month's swap. The deadline for registration is 12:01 a.m PDT. May 29, 2007. This is Monday night. If you wish to sign up, send me an email me at arabianknits at gmail dot com with your full name, mailing address, email address that you check regularly, and blog url. This is open to knitters worldwide, but I am going to make a big effort to pair people within the same nation or at least continent, since there is only a month in which to allow for something to arrive. I am going to limit the swap to the first 50 respondents. Please feel free to spread the word about this, though.

The first thing to come to mind in terms of color is, of course, yarn, but please don't limit yourself to that. Handmade cards, candles, soaps, bath salts, stationery, candies, chocolates, knitterly tools or gadgets, knitting themed accessories and roving/fiber for those who are spinners as well are all good idea for gifts. Knitting something for someone would be a lovely gift. Including shipping, the minimum price for this swap should be considered at $25 (remember, that includes shipping and any packaging). I know how difficult it is to determine the monetary value of something handmade, or handspun or hand dyed, and I do not consider those things as cheap, but please keep in mind a general sense of the price of the package being sent. Participants should expect to receive one package and to send out one package for each round of the swap. Packages should arrive by the end of each month, preferably earlier.

Remember that registration for May ends 12:01 a.m. May 29, 2007 and the color theme is Blue. Have fun!

Labels: Colorswap, June Colorswap