Our group of knitting gal’s {and one guy, who is not a knitter} decided we would do a Secret Grinch swap, where we had to spend $50 minimum on our Grinch partner. And I’m just so happy with all my Secret Grinch swag, that it gets it’s own post {that and I forgot, like usual, to take photos of the swag I made….} Jen was my Secret Grinch, and if you’re on Ravelry, I suggest you check out her page {her username is splynk}

My awesome swag included:

Gorgeous wrist-cuff with lovely embroidery! Jen handspun the brown background yarn, and hand-dyed the green for the stems of the flowers! For more photos of this freaking amazing wrist-cuff, check out my Flickr Photostream.

A super soft, beautiful cowl that’s nice, lacey and long. Here’s it’s wrapped around 3 times and held with the hand-carved wooden button {that’s removable!} You can also see my awesome new earrings, bright orange yarn-balls!

“Mystery Beast” yarn, with a mixture of wool and a touch of silk. Jen lovingly hand-spun this, and made it into a thicker ply too! {I’m not always a sucker for laceweight!}. The photo does the plethura of colours an injustice, I will get a better photo in the daylight.

My brand new, violet/plum/burgandy/pink/wine coloured Silk & Merino blend wrist-warmers! And oooh, they are super soft and warm! I got complimented on them today by my Midwife!

And last but not least, the orange yarn-ball earrings, which I’ve been wearing for most of the day, and plan on wearing them to work! I love the fact that they are bright orange! I wouldn’t pick orange for myself, but they really catch your attention and I love the shade!

I think this was the best “Christmas” ever! I always forget how awesome it is to receive hand-made gifts! It just makes you feel really warm and giddy inside, knowing that someone sleuthed you out and made you gifts in colours you love, designs you’d wear and all with love!