A fun Swap I recently took part in on TNN, it was something that the lovely Kelly came up with, it looks like she’s started something

The swap was to be done to a theme of your choice and consisted of 5 parts.

*100g Hand Dyed Yarn

*A Pattern

*A piece of Knitting Paraphernalia

*A Recipe

*A small Gift

I only participated the once (you could choose to send more than one, resulting in receiving as many as you sent), but I think next time I’ll challenge myself & try two

My Theme was Barbie’s Mariposa

(Clever me forgot to take a photo of the whole package before sending, so this is a pic from my recipient)

I Dyed the wool with Cake Gels, attempting to catch some of those vibrant pinks, purples & greens that you see in the movie, I also added a darker shade to contrast hoping to replicate the what looks like a deep purple in Mariposa’s wings, it was Black Cake Gel with a little Fuschia added & it turned a very deep purply-brown. I loved the end results as I wound it up & almost couldn’t part with it

My Knitting Paraphernalia was a set of 3.75mm DPNs & the Pattern was Twinkletoes Ballet Style Slippers & the Receipe was for Butterfly Cakes

My gift was a set of Swarovski Crytal Stitch Markers in Shades of purples.