Present!

Sunday afternoon I will catch up on the last few days fun – been pretty busy but having a lovely time with Rino.
We hiked over 13kms yesterday at Cradle and it was a stunner of a day up there. Good choice of time to go… now its pouring!

Anyway, I get home to find a parcel in the mail!
This gorgeous pure wool jumper made by my very clever Mum. I love the rusty colour and it fits beautifully!
I wore it out into town today – it was wet and miserable and cold… and I eventually had to take it off because I got too hot!!
So its going to be used a lot this upcoming winter!

I was not long home and about to sit and open my present when Dad rang. I said that I was about to have a hot chocolate and open my pressie when he said very relieved… oh you’ve got it? Here – tell your mother!!
Mum proceeded to tell my where my parcel had been. They posted it last week and because A. I had been busy and distracted and B. I never expect parcels to arrive quickly and C. Hadn’t realised it was about the end of the week, I hadn’t unduly worried.
Apparently it went from Wodonga (Victoria) up to Sydney (NSW) then across the country to PERTH!!! (WA) before making it to Flowerdale!
So I said I’d open it and be in touch later to tell her how much I loved my present haha

Well… of course when I opened it I knew why she was ringing all over the place! So much work had gone into it – I’d have been having kittens if it was me! So glad it eventually got back to where it was supposed to be!
And I rang back immediately to tell her how well it fitted and how much I loved it!

I’ve tried cable stitch and know how annoying it is.
Parts of it have also been undone and redone (one was a moth issue!!!) Its a bit of a thing in our family to tease Mum about her knitting. She is a ‘bit’ of a perfectionist and was notorious for undoing and redoing knitting projects!
So kinda glad this one has followed tradition!

So lucky me! I have an awesome Mum!
Cheers!!