Fun stuff in the mailbox today - my order of floss from The Workroom arrived. I now have everything I need to make the March and April designs in the Dessert of the Month Club. The little collection above is the colours I'll be using to make this cute St. Patrick's Day cake-pop. April's design is still a mystery but the colours for it are below. I'm thinking maybe something caramelly … with a mint leaf to explain the green.

I got yarn in the mail today. Two lovely packages arrived just after I got home this evening (and after I'd checked our empty-for-the-fourth-day-in-a-row mailbox). I've been eagerly waiting for both of these packages so it was especially fun to have them arrive together.

The first one is from Quince & Co.. An order of emergency and seaming-up yarn for Rob's sweater. I've had my fingers crossed for two weeks hoping that the new skeins would be the same dye lot as the ones I already had (it's very difficult type like that). I snatched them out of the bag as fast as I could and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw "Lot 2" on the labels. Perfect match.

Parcel number two is an assortment of Sock That Rock mini skeins from a swap. I participated in my first yarn swap last fall and have to admit that they are kind of addicting. If my budget would allow it I'd have packages of tiny skeins of yarn arriving all the time. It's a great way to get to play with lots of different colours and yarns without the commitment of funds and space that full size skeins take up. And there are some really fantastic patterns out there for mini skein. I'm planning on making this blanket but it might have to wait until I've spent some time making one of these scarves.

I'm writing a blog post about Käsespätzle but it isn't going the way I want. Fortunately while I've been staring at my computer this wonderful box arrived. This is a Fiddlehead Mittens kit from Tanis Fiber Arts. I've been wanting to order one of these for ages and when I saw they were going to be discontinued I realized it was time to act. Yarn in the mail is always fun but somehow a kit is even better. I'm going to have some fancy mittens this winter. I love that Tanis always puts a postcard in with your yarn too. They're always bright and colourful and something I can send off to someone else to brighten their day.