I promise to regale you with stories of my weekend — filled with embassy visits, tea drinking in the rain, and a small fiber gathering — a bit later.

But before I get to that, I wanted to show you what arrived in the mail last week.

This is my second year participating in Emily‘s Wee Tiny Sock Swap.

I knit a sock and sent it off to a fellow knitter, Kirsten:

(The sock I knit was made with Woolarina merino/tencel in the colorway Kelp.)

And a different knitter, Donna, sent me a wee tiny sock:

But she didn’t stop there. Donna sells homemade stitch markers and double-pointed needle protectors and she sent me one of each, perfectly personalized based on sneaky questions she asked me:

She also sent me some fairy notecards and a bookmark and a postcard from Colorado.

I felt terribly spoiled. Thank you, Donna!