For Ellyn

Over on Twitter, a new found friend from the other side of the world and I started chatting. Each night as I head to bed she is waking up to a new day, we would chat about what I had got up to for the day and she would share her plans, I made a comment that it seemed we were "Crafting the world 24hours between the two of us". It amazes me through things like twitter and blogs the friendships that form that without the internet would never have happened.

So after a post by Ellyn about Shrinky Dinks and a comment I left about wanting to give them a go, she suggested a crafty swap. My slow-as-a-snail post office still hasn't delivered her parcel to me, but hers has arrived and I can finally show what I made a few weeks ago.

I included a bit of everything.

A felt house embroidery (tutorial here). I modified it to add a birdhouse since Ellyn collects birdhouses.

A knitted Double Bump washcloth (pattern here). I used Sirdar Snuggly DK yarn in a deep blue and bought some soap from Lush in Porridge "flavour" to go with it.

A knitted coffee cup sleeve (pattern here) also knitted in some Sirdar Snuggly DK yarn.

A hand stitched felt "I Love Buttons" brooch from Dearfii's pattern.

And since Ellyn has a beautiful new niece, I made up a couple of pink bibs with towelling backing. I had to at least send something sewen!

My very first swap and I loved it! I was nervous picking things out for someone else with no reall idea what they would prefer, but an email from Ellyn says she was happy with everything so yay.