I have been ANXIOUSLY awaiting the arrival of my squishy gift for weeks, knowing that my lovely Santa sent it a while ago. So I waited. For what seems like forever....because it was coming from FINLAND! (Which is really cool, because my own yarn giftee was from Finland as well!)

Wrapped in a really pretty purple bag (my favorite color!) was this gorgeous hank of 100% merino blend fingering weight yarn in colorway Lothlorien from a Finnish indie yarn dyer, lantinium ex machina!!! IT'S GORGEOUS. Along with it was a postcard with an awesome note, explaining that my yarn had been delivered to my Santa's front door since she lives close to them. I'm jealous. IF I knew I lived that close to such a great yarn producer, I would be up to my eyes in yarn.

Thank you so much! It will be cherished and held lovingly, and stashed until I figure out how to make something equally as pretty out of it! I'm always afraid of using my indie yarn because once it runs out, it's harder to get...so I'll have to be really careful in deciding how this shall be knit !