love is all you need

First off, let me say that today has been much better than yesterday. There is a little light at the end of our apartment search tunnel. All hope is not lost. On top of that, as I pulled into the driveway today on my way home from work I had a sneaking suspicion that there might be a little something waiting for me and I was right. Leah, of theweatherinthestreets.blogspot.com sent me a goodie package from Brooklyn!

A while back, I won a blog contest Leah was having. I think all I had to do was tell her about my favorite food and she offered to knit me a pair of socks! I was pretty flabbergasted when I found out that a complete stranger wanted to do something that nice for me. That's what's so great about the knitting and fiber world; so many good-hearted strangers coming together because of a common love for knitting. Pretty amazing.

Speaking of amazing, did you see the socks? She used green and brown, which I told her were my two favorite colors. She also used Koigu, which I've wanted to check out for some time now. I really like the slight variegation in the single-color skeins.

I have to say my favorite part is the toe. I love how her shaping turned out- anyone know offhand what kind of toe shaping this is?

She also included some awesome Mentha lip shine in spearmint- (mmmm!) along with some cute birdy stickers. This was such a great mood-lifter. I will smile every time I put these socks on, Leah. Thank you for the socks and the smiles.