Wow - I'm totally blown away by the generosity! My Santa stalked by ravelry account, and picked out the perfect yarn for one of the patterns in my queue (the fantastic Water for Elephants sock pattern, http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/water-for-the-elephants) that I cannot wait to get started on.

Seeing my slight obsession with sock knitting, my Santa also sent me a sock book (and one I've been thinking of buying for a while to boot), that is full of eye-twisting optical illusion designs, and some down-right scary looking techniques to sink my teeth in to.

They also sent a Herdy tote for me to keep my projects in (with a couple of little pockets inside so I have no excuse for losing half my knitting equipment again!), and 3 hanks of hand-dyed yarn in gorgeous neutral colours. I really need to stop fondling the yarn and get searching for the perfect pattern for it, but it's so deliciously strokeable!

I'm half-way through another knitting project at the moment, but I am seriously tempted to drop that and get started on the Water for Elephants pattern. Or maybe the tessellating Escher lizard socks, or the Victor spirals, or the Feny illusion socks, or the...

I can't say a big enough thank you to my Yarn Santa