brown paper packages tied up with string

My mailman always makes me smile. He rings the buzzer at the door, telling me that there's a package. More often than not, that package is not for me, but for my roommate. But I still enjoy it. I open my door on the top floor, and hear "Mailman is heeere!" His voice is friendly and booming, with a small and slippery accent that reminds me of a few of my more likable family members. There's a warmness about him that I love, and as he tosses two parcels to me, I jump with joy realizing that they are both for me. One is from Knit Picks, and the other one from Colourmart, which confuses me for a moment. I had forgotten that I had placed that order. This was the first time I had ordered from both, and both of them were discoveries of the Stumbling Process. Not recent discoveries, it's just that not until recently had I considering trying them out. I am perfectly satisfied with the shipping part of the deal, and the price part as well.

From Knit Picks I picks up:
1 Gloss in Concord Grape
2 Swish DK in Skyborne
1 Swish Worsted in Bordeaux
2 Swish Worsted in Black
60" Circular Cable
#4 Nickel-Plated Interchangeable Needle Tips
Nickel-Plated DPNs in 2.0, 2.5, 2.75, and 3.omm
From Colourmart I received one come of 2/28 NM lace weight silk in "aqua mari," which I promptly wound, washed, dried, and twisted into a skein. It's not quite the color I expected, or that it comes up as in the pictures. It's really more gray than blue, but I'll certainly come up with some use for it.

Both Knit Picks and Colourmart are really cheap. Like, insanely. So no matter how much I hate the color of that silk (and that's really my only complaint), it was totally and completely worth it.

Amazing.

Oh, and here's a WIP for ya:
It's desiknitter's Rangoli Hat. The yarn is Paton's Classic Merino Wool in Royal Purple, on #6 DPNs and circs. It's a bit sloppy. For one thing, I hate cables. Detest them. I think most of them tend to look frumpy, but this time they appealed to me in such a way as to make actually want to attempt cables again, after having sworn I never would again. I made a few mistakes early on that I was too lazy to tink back, but whatever. I'm sure the finished product will be pretty no matter what :P