surprise!

last weekend I was combing through my sad little stash (years of gifted grandma acrylic... yuck) and found that, much to my happy surprise, I have another full ball of the Cotton-Ease I used for my Asana and that tank! hoooray. ^_^ (which reminds me... I need to get crackin' on finishing my Asana. heh.) anyway, that made me happy.

another somewhat happy surprise: my grandma gifted me with more yarn, but this time instead of acrylic it was 100% wool. *happy happy sigh* my first time ever using wool. it was very very scratchy... I made a little pouch just the right size to hold my cell phone and my keys/college ID, and I'm hoping it will felt a little (last time I checked it, it was fuzzing a little... but the water wasn't very warm, so I'm running it through the super-hot cycle in hopes it may actually felt some). at any rate, on its first wash it got sooo soft, so even if it doesn't felt it will still be lovely to have. =)

I also got a couple skeins of Peaches 'n Creme cotton from Wal-mart last time I went. I like it a lot. I've made one of a pair of fingerless gloves out of half a ball of it - hoping to get both gloves out of one ball. they're super cozy but light and unobtrusive - just what I was looking for. they're just basic lil' fingerless gloves (with a THUMB GUSSET! that I figured out all by myself! go me!) for my Intro to Graphics Software class - the Mac lab is sooo cold, but I have to be able to type. so. =D I've been making a lot of things sans pattern lately... maybe one of these days I'll try a sweater or something. =P

anyway. that's about it.

I love surprises. ^_^