Mmmm…Yummy mail today.

First, my copy of Stephanie’s book. I pre-ordered this from Amazon a couple of months ago and was starting to think they’d forgotten me! I haven’t had a chance to read it yet . . . (Hey, I only got home from work a little over an hour ago, and I did have some other things to do, you know?)

The other goodie? Corriedale Pencil Roving from Crown Mountain Farms in the Cedar Grove colorway. Ooh, it’s pretty. This is the third bump of this pencil roving I’ve bought (one in “Crown Jewels,” one in “Tibetan Dreams,” and now this) and I love each and every one of them. These colors are so saturated and gorgeous . . . darker, even than the photo led me to believe, but that’s all to the good so far as I’m concerned. These are just beautiful colors.

And, okay, in the “Small World” category . . . listen to this.

• As some of you know, I put my Ashford Kiwi up for sale last September, but was not willing to ship it–and was willing to wait until I found someone within anything like driving distance who was interested.
• In January, I posted a picture of a local lake for Eye-Candy Friday, and got a comment from a local knitter, mentioning that she lived right near there. Turns out that Kim knows Risa because they both go to the weekly S&B nights at Modern Yarn. This was ironic in itself, in that small-world kind of way–that she and Risa knew each other, but she and I, who live only about two miles apart, don’t.
• Then, in February, Kim started her blog, which naturally, I visit and comment on fairly regularly.
• In one of her posts, she mentioned a friend’s Mom who she’d love to get a spinning lesson from, and I commented, that I had a wheel for sale. You know, just in case. Especially once I found out she already had a fiber stash.  (Hey, anything more than a single bag of wool with a beginner’s spindle and learn-to-spin book counts as a stash.)
• A flurry of emails ensued, with the result that . . . she’s giving my Kiwi a new home. Isn’t that wonderful?
• But wait, it gets better!
• She posted yesterday that she was having a contest for her 100th comment.
• Guess who won?
• Talk about a small world, huh? And convenient, too! Not only will she save on postage since, well, you know . . . two miles . . . but we were already getting together on Saturday for the Wheel Adoption. I just love it when a plan comes together!

Hey, so, do I need to tell you that the Cover Art is out? (The British ones, too.) The next 114 days are going to be looooong.

And, thanks for the suggestions about my Little Gem. The replacement driveband that I’ve already tried actually came from Majacraft in New Zealand, but I haven’t bothered to tell them that I’m still having problems. Maybe partly because, well, it’s New Zealand . . . halfway around the world is a long way to go, and I really don’t want to have to try to ship my baby back, you know? But yeah, really, I need to write to them….

Chappy really just wanted another look at that pretty roving….

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