Things being so hectic lately, what with a convention in Canberra, lots of moving of belongings from one house to another, and trying to get some work done between it all, I’m a little behind in blogging. One of the good things about being sick, but not so bad you can’t slouch in front of the computer now and then, is that you can catch up on a few things.

I had a niggling feeling today that I should check my directory full of knitting blog photos and see if there was anything that hadn’t made it onto the blog. Sure enough, there was:

The lovely Cloth and Soap swap gift I received from ozknitter. A lovely soft cloth and yummy soap that won’t give me a rash.

And then this:

The pirate skull and crossbones cloth I knit for my recipient. (But not the yummy lemon-myrtle soap I gave her, as I got around the allergy thing by buying it at the chemist next to the post office so I could sent it off straight away and not risk reacting to the perfume if I brought it home.)

I’d sworn off swaps before signing up to this one because I knew I’d be too busy in the latter half of this year, but allowed myself to get sucked into this one because I figured a cloth wouldn’t take much time. While I did get it made and sent on time, I found that being too busy and harrassed meant it I didn’t enjoy the process as much as other swaps. Love what I received, and had fun designing mine, but it was like the deadline and anticipation became just another stress to add to everything else going on in my life.

No more swaps until my house is sold, at the very least!