Blog Hub Swap: Sneaking around for Stitched Together
Since January 16, I’ve had a secret.
I’ve been participating in a swap through The Blog Hub group on Ravelry. Each swapper was tasked with finding out more about their swapee (in secret) and creating a box with at least 7 swap items. There were several required items (at least 100 g of yarn, a pattern, and a local item) as well as a spending minimum ($40/£25/€30 or the equivalent). Each item had to be separately wrapped so that the recipient would open one package each day and have a week’s worth of blog material to write. This is a circular swap so another blogger will be sending goodies to me. (And yes, I am anxiously waiting for my package to arrive, but I still have a few weeks before the shipping deadline.)
My swapee is Chrissy of Stitched Together. I went secret shopping for her a few weeks after learning she was my swap partner on January 16. Since Chrissy has started to reveal what is in her swap box (Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3), I can share some of what I was up to during that mysterious time.
She opened up her yarn in the Day 3 post (and took beautiful pictures of it), and now I can share some pictures from my shopping trip to the Union Square Greenmarket Farmers Market on a Saturday in late January.
I really wanted to find a local yarn for Chrissy, since she is in the UK and I could be pretty sure she wouldn’t have a local NYS yarn. I ended up choosing two skeins from the Catskill Merino Sheep Farm‘s booth.
Yummy, yummy woolstuffs.
If you like cute pictures of livestock, you should check out their blog. I particularly love the picture in this recent post about a Corriedale ram. I would definitely recommend stopping by their booth if you are in New York City on a Saturday – there is a beautiful selection of wool yarns in different weights and colors.
I love that my yarn came from a farmer’s market. I think I like it even more than if it had come from a shop. I think this is because even though it wasn’t my money going directly to the farm that raised the sheep, it was yours
I always like more money to go directly to small scale operations like this one.
I agree, Chrissy – I definitely appreciate sharing my money with a small, local business.
Wow, you’ve just given me another reason to want to come to NY, that looks like a fantastic market to stroll around.
Welcome, Goddess Jasmine. I didn’t even show you the food at the Market – the fresh veggies, baked goods, wines, and other treats are really the “main event.”
Yarn at a farmers’ market – so cool !