Dublin Dishcloth and Fairtrade Swap

Posted by Teaandcakes on May 10 2009 | Swaps and Exchanges

I’m a sucker for swaps. I’m trying to wean myself off them, especially as I have way too much yarn, and I’m not good at giving it away. I have plans for it all. I’ll happily knit it and then give it away though. Go figure.

Anyway. Chicwithstix organised an Ireland only swap recently, that appealed to me. It was for a knit/crochet cotton wash/dishcloth, and fairtrade goodies.

I fail at secret swaps apparently, I didn’t realise it was supposed to remain secret once the packages were sent, I just thought it was secret until then. Ooops. Can’t be undone anyway.

I collected my wonderful package from the post office on Friday. The always-fabulous SheKnitUpThatBall spoiled me rotten.

Lookie:
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Coffee, sugar, two bars of chocolate (it may look like one in the picture, but I assure you that’s just an optical illusion), lovely fairtrade recipies (with a coffee brownie one to match the ingredients and OMG does it sound tasty), scrummy soft cotton yarn, and six lovely mini washcloths spelling out my name! Lets look at those properly:

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Aren’t they great? I love them. Perfect for my skincare routine.

Thank you so much guys, for organising and spoiling me :-)

4 comments for now

4 Responses to “Dublin Dishcloth and Fairtrade Swap”

  1. # kneehigh

    Yay swappage!

    I don’t mean you to *drink* the instant coffee (shuddershudder) btw, only to use it in cooking lol. It’s the one I use myself in baking and it works really well.

    10 May 2009 at 6:20 pm

  2. # Roobeedoo

    Actually, I buy that brand of instant coffee and – gasp! – drink it! And my mother does too! It doesn’t have any of the bitterness you usually might associate with such.. err .. ethical and inexpensive brands!

    11 May 2009 at 9:10 am

  3. # Teaandcakes

    Ahh, see, I can be a bit of a coffee snob – we have a filter and an espresso machine and 2 french presses at home. But, I have been wanting to make coffee cake for a while now, and you really need instant for that, so I was really pleased to get it for baking – I have drunk it before and I agree that it’s one of the better instants I have to say.

    11 May 2009 at 9:13 am

  4. # jackie

    nice swap package. love the mini washcloths! have fun with it all.

    20 May 2009 at 5:14 am

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