Hurray for Swaps and Hurrah for Finished Things!

I was so excited to receive Pene's (from the lovely blog Scrap My Mid Life Crisis ) swap parcel that I was halfway through before remembering to take a photo!  This was Laalaa's God Save the Queen Swap, and a cracking idea it was too.

 Oo, lovely stuff!

 Even more fab when I'd opened everything - Pene, you're a treasure! xxx

I managed to finish my latest freeform bag, much more grundgy colours than previous bags.

 Side One

 Side Two

I also eventually finished the little duffel coat (thank the gods of crochet)!   

 I didn't enjoy making this at all and personally I think you can tell my heart wasn't in it, even though it was for Miss Peach Pudding.  Miss PP's mummy requested it.  It cost soooo much more than I thought it would and the Rowan Denim yarn was horrible to crochet as it kept separating into single threads.

I love the toggles I bought, however.  They're Knit-Pro ones and have that lovely ripply woodiness of Knit-Pro needles and hooks.

I'm off to Scrumble Evening at A Good Yarn tomorrow night to get back into the swing of freeform madness and lovely colours.  Yay!!!