Wonderful Gifts

I met with my knitting group again yesterday. I think I ended up doing more talking than knitting. My friend Janette gave me some wonderful gifts! She is the one that is helping me learn to spin. First she surprises me with some beautiful yarn. I was so shocked! The label says Sorrento The Italian Collection. The balls are 50g each and are made up of 58% Vicose and 42% Cotton. She says to me,"If you don't like it, it won't hurt my feelings." Don't like it?? It is now the prettiest yarn that I own. I LOVE it. Here it is....

Isn't it pretty? Well the picture doesn't really do it justice. It is much prettier in person. This yarn is already speaking to me. It is saying, "I want to be ChicKami!" Ok, maybe it is yelling at me. Yeah it's yelling.

Then she gives me the roving. I think it is absolutely precious! It is a beautiful pink and it has little sparkly fibers throughout it. I can't for the life of me remember what she called it. I'll have to get back to you on that. She says that it is supposed to be good roving to learn with and it is what she learned how to spin with. Check it out...

It reminds me of cotton candy! I just love it! Unfortunately, you can't really see the sparkles in this picture. Maybe I'll take a close up of it later. Now I have to find a spindle. She showed me a website that has a spindle she thinks will be great for a begginer, and it is inexpensive. I'm going to order it today. She brought a spindle to B&N with her and showed me how to use it. My goodness she makes it look so easy. I kept screwing up! Now I'm afraid to spin the roving she gave me. It is so pretty that I don't want to mess it up. I need to get some ugly cheap stuff to screw up! Haha! She gave me a book on spinning that I need to read before I attempt it again. Janette is so awesome. I am very lucky to have met someone that is so sweet and generous.