Downton Abbey Swap 2015: Received!

If you've been following over the past month or so, you'll know that I was involved in a Downton Abbey swap via the Subway Knits podcast. I've shown you all some of the items I've made, though not all, but now that I've gotten my swap package and my partner has received their swap package, I thought I'd take you through what I received (I'll talk more about the package I put together in a later post). It was an awesome swap and super fun and I definitely plan on participating if Maria decides to run it in future years.

First--Here's what I received from my swap partner:

Intrigued? You should be! Let's talk about all of this below.


The package I received was wholly fantastic, I have to say. My partner was super great about picking out things according to what I gave her as my particular taste, my characters, colours I loved, etc. Everything was wonderful and I didn't find myself at all disappointed with anything I received. In fact, I wish I didn't have so much hard-and-fast deadline knitting going on so I could have cast on for a cowl/hat with the yarn she gave me, since it perfectly matches all three of my spring coats and is the softest thing I can imagine having against my neck and my head. Let's break this all down!

Very lovely (SO SOFT) amazing yarn. Knit Picks Andean Silk--Alpaca/Silk/Merino. And the colour is such a beautiful, lovely green.

This hat. I wish you all could feel how soft the yarn is. It’s beautiful and really reminds me of something the ladies of Downton would wear out. I couldn’t help myself and put it on even when it was -15F for my trip out to our local art museum the day after my box came (I was mostly in the car) because I simply had to show it off. Now that it's spring and actually starting to warm up I've been able to wear it out and I feel so sophisticated and fantastic in this hat. Love it. Love the colour. Love the style. Love the yarn. She actually designed this hat, so it's her own design and you can now buy the pattern on Ravelry.

This tea is AMAZING. It’s every bit as delicious as it sounds like it might be and it smells even better. I think I’ve had some nearly every day since this arrived. So, so good.

Heart shaped tape measure (how cute!!), a soak sample, much needed locking stitch markers, especially since I somehow managed to lose the full package of them I bought less than a month before these got here. I’m excited to try the Soak. I’ve been using Eucalan, but want to explore options.

Gluten-free, dairy-free, corn syrup free candy! I don’t know how she did it, but Jonas and I are both sure glad she did!!!

I love everything and this package made me so incredibly happy. I don’t think I can ever thank  goodstuff enough for putting this together for me!

Stay tuned and I'll walk you through the also amazing package I put together! I'm good at swap packages. I take that biz seriously.