Still working and a thank you

Wow, I'm feeling like a real slug right about now. I'm not finished. I'm not close to finished. In fact, depending on how you look at it, I'm not quite started yet! I did pick out the pattern, and I got some yarn and swatched, but.....

I just don't like how the swatch turned out. I think it was a problem that I used two different kinds of yarn, though I felted with both of them before (and they both felt nicely). I think the problem is that they didn't quite felt at the same rate, so instead of a nice rectangular swatch in stripes, I got a, well, not quite sure what you'd call the shape, other than "not quite right" .

So I'm re-evaluating. Still planning on making the same bag, but I think I'm going to order up some new yarn and go from there.

But in the meantime, I want to send a big thank you to my pal (whoever she may be ;-) for the lovely package she sent with personalized address stickers with the cutest little knitting sheep on them AND the most adorable little change purse. It's a knit sock with a purse top on it (and it's even lined). If I can figure out how to get the camera working, I'll take a picture, cause it's completely adorable! It also made my month, since my family is going through a bit of challenge at the moment (we seem to be having dueling health crises---just not fun!). So thank you very much, pal. Your thoughtfulness is really lovely!

Well, off I go on a yarn hunt. I'll post again once I've made some progress!