Waiting...

I've now completed 25 light sage and 18 Holly & Ivy squares for swapping. Jeannie estimates that there will be 25 of us so I've probably finished the light sage. I'm just waiting for the Holly & Ivy yarn to arrive. Apparently it left the US at 4:41pm on May 22nd - I'm really hoping that it arrives today because we're going to the in-laws for a long bank holiday weekend - lots of knitting opportunity. Otherwise I'll be a long way off finishing on 1st June when Jeannie sends us everyone's addresses. I have a mental target to post as many squares as possible, as soon as possible. Of course this means getting the packaging ready as well - I'm part way through that having filled in some customs stickers and stuck some return addresses on envelopes. I've also written 'By Sea' on my first 17 envelopes. Sending the packages by sea costs 77p each rather than 158p for air. By sea, they are only expected to arrive within 8 weeks rather than the 6 days that they would by air, but this is within the swap posting period and is more environmentally sound (as an added bonus). I have yet to decide my pairing of squares as, given the variety of stitch patterns I used I have favourites so would like to scatter these through the pairings. So I guess I'm not just waiting for the Holly & Ivy, I need to get on and sort my parcels!