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Woolswap March 2019

May 30, 2019 by Holly

I love when I can participate in swaps that let me meet new people as well as learn about new fibers/yarns. I found Wool Swap at the beginning of the year and signed up for the woolswap March 2019. I happen to love what I’ve received and given.

Woolswap March 2019: Details of Swapping

Like many swaps, you pay a small fee to be a part of the swap. The biggest reason to pay is to help cover costs if someone flakes out on sending their partner a gift. Wool Swap is a little different as you can pay separately for each swap or you can join every swap for one year. It is $8 a swap or 6 swaps for $35. For my first swap I did just a single swap. I wanted to see how it would be run and how things went. When sign ups opened for the next round, I signed up for a year! With Woolswap, your partner is the person you are sending to as well as receiving from.

Woolswap March 2019: Sending

I got to know my partner some and stalked her on Ravelry. I found that she really wanted to make a sweater. I picked out three of the patterns she wanted to do from her Ravelry queue and then picked out yarn to fit those patterns. I chose colors that I knew she loved and would enjoy working with.

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I also picked out a needle set, crochet hook and bag that would work well for her patterns. I added in some items I had grabbed at Carolina FiberFest including stitch markers and stitch marker necklace from CottontailFarmVA.

Woolswap March 2019: Receiving

I received a tote bag, skein of fingering weight yarn, a bar of handmade soap and several books.

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WoolSwap March 2019: My Dislikes

Like I’ve said with other swaps, there is a minimum you are supposed to send. For Woolswap the minimum is 100 grams of yarn. While I like my package, I don’t feel like my swap partner really took time to get to know me so it wasn’t exactly great for me. I am an avid book reader but on my kindle. I don’t have the ability to carry a book with me all the time. I also feel like the yarn that was sent was pretty but not exactly something that fits what I had said I liked. The WoolSwap team has a pretty detailed questionnaire that you fill out when you sign up. I had specifically said that I like jewel tone colors and stay away from blacks and grays. The biggest reason I said that was that I was looking for some variety to my stash.

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Holly is the owner, writer and frantic reviewer of I Like It Frantic. She is a wife to Steve, mommy to Charlie and Rachael. In her spare time, she goes to school full time. Somehow she also finds the time to write here, dance with the kids and knit. Read More…




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