Thank you Cathy - International Scarf Exchange 6 Pal!

Way back when, I particpated in the International Scarf Exchange 4 and had a blast - both knitting the scarf for my pal - and being the receipient of a lovely lacey cashmere scarf.  I missed v.5, but was able to squeak in on v.6.

This time for me, instead of both my upstream and downstream pals being US gals, they were BOTH truly international.  My downstream pal - the one for whom I knit a scarf - lives in Canada.  She is blogless but seems like a wonderful, gracious person and I would love to meet her someday.  And I say "gracious" because I was late getting my package to her in the mail.  I just hope that what I sent her makes up for its lateness.

My UPSTREAM pal lives in Australia and is a mother to FIVE boys.   Her name is Cathie and she sent me the BEST package.  Check it:

Australia's YARN magazine:

Some Arnott's Tim Tam - Gosh these are so GOOD - I wish I'd stashed them in the fridge more carefully - because my 13-year old found then and ate the rest of this package, leaving none for me:

A beautiful foiled card with a lovely note:

A beautiful chunk of amethyst - which is my birthstone:

Three skeins of Cleckheaton Country 8 ply.  The color isn't hot pink but more of a nice true red.  It will go beautiful with some gray that I already have in this yarn for some stranded colorwork:

And, finally, the scarf - it's soft, it's bamboo, it's a gorgeous shade of lilac - and it's just beautiful:

Thank you, Cathie - you ROCK!

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