Took me a bit of time to get and open my gift because I've been working 12 hours a day, and most recently 17 hours to finish a project. Unfortunately, being my own boss, I can't take a day off or things just don't happen. I like surprises and I can't enjoy a good surprise being as tired as I was, so I waited till I came back to reality. The gift arrived in a unassuming, flat-rate Canada Post box and waited on a table till this weekend. Feels appropriate opening it during Easter weekend when I don't celebrate Easter outside of eating chocolate, so it gave the holiday some meaning.

First reaction: OH MA GAWD! This is PERFECT!!! THANK YOU.

Second reaction: I went to show my partner, who naturally doesn't care because he doesn't knit and his reaction was "Yup...that's..that's yarn."

My mind is spinning from all the things I could make, but I know immediately I will make a shirt. There is definitely enough here for a shirt, and I've been meaning to make some summer knits so I can show knitter pride all year-round. It's also the perfect colour of red. You can see it's velvety shiny by some of the tighter skeins. Some serious cross-country telepathy happened here because my mind has been read and this is right off my mental wishlist.

Time to show this off to my knitter groups and make everyone jealous! Time to add it to Ravelry stash, and spend forever picking a pattern.