Too funny - we have the exact same Lego cars, the last set brought by the "sugar fairy" (GREAT invention...kids set out all their leftover candy Halloween night and in the morning, they have a new toy in exchange).

I'd recommend combining the boucle with something like Rowan's Big Wool to make a scarf. Not sure how well that would work out or how that would look, but that's my two cents! :)

and i made it home with your lovely German sock yarn and the gummy bears! (i'm a sucker for those gummy bears and i guess now i have to make more socks, huh?) Thanks!

Looks like you made out great in the yarn swap! There is a part of me that's definitely still a kid and wants to have more chances to build lego cars. I like Kathy's "Sugar Fairy" idea. I'll have to remember that one when I have kids...

Hey, just wanted to let you know that my PoA scarf is done! (finally!) so I can finally be maroon instead of blue.

ps- those halloween costumes are the cutest ever!

I made a very nice scarf with a similar boucle. I think it was a simple garter stitch. It shows off the curls!

Your swap looks very organized (everything bagged, etc.) Do you have guidelines for a swap? How do you keep it fair/even?

I would like to organize a swap for my S & B group and am looking for ideas to make it successful; from your take, it looked like a good deal.

I am making a simple garter stitch triangle shawl with almost identical Fleece Artist boucle, in mermaid colors... it's looking very pretty.

A woman I work with felted a mohair loop yarn and then took a dog brush to it. It looked shaggy and really plush. I would never have expected that.

I don't have any Weasley updates (sadly), but check out my blog anyway, I posted a picture of a really cool scrap blanket from the Goblet of Fire.

The Lego cars are cool. You should always take time for Lego cars.

The yarn swap looks like fun ... perhaps I should suggest one for my knitting group.

I also have that mohair boucle (mine from fleece artist) - combined with a thinnish mohair I got on ebay and made the fan and feather scarf from that Scarf Style book. looks nice - the rolling with the color changes.
LOVED the halloween costumes! Cant wait for next year.

I bet you could sub that mohair boucle for the Fiesta La Boheme- either the Triada or that great pattern in Handknit Holidays, with the hat and scarf. Looks like you got some fun stuff!

Cherry Tree Hill also has a triangle shawl for their baby loop mohair. 8 oz should be plenty.

What to do w/ the boucle? I paired some with mohair and the 2 together made great mittens. Not my idea -- I saw a sample at my LYS.

Is there no end to your talent (LEGO, Trucks)!
How on earth do you do as much as you do? I still thinking of the everso creative Halloween costumes you made for your boys!

Nice score!

Thanks for the ideas on the boucle, folks! I'm still brainstorming.

As for the Lego trucks, no need to be impressed, I'm just following instructions that come with the set.

Now to the swap... Nora, we have everyone bag up a project's worth of yarn (ie, one or more balls of the same yarn that would work for some sort of project, maybe a hat or a scarf, socks, or even a whole sweater) and put a label in the bag saying how much yarn is in there with yardage and gauge, etc. Everyone puts their stuff on the table at the beginning and we all take some time to inspect the table and decide what we really want. We draw numbers and when your number is called, you may pick ONE bag. We go through all the numbers until everyone has had one pull and then we go through the numbers again (usually backwards the second time). Since most people bring several bags of stuff, there's always enough yarn for each person to get several pulls. With subsequent rounds, people are generally on the honor system: if they brought lots of yarn, they can keep taking larger lots; if they didn't bring much yarn, they might not take a second or third pull at all. When there's not enough yarn left for everyone to have another pull, we do a "free-for-all" where everyone comes up and grabs whatever they want from the leftovers. That's how we do it! One more thing: sometimes when people have very special yarn that they are worried about getting an even trade on, they organize a pre-swap ahead of time and just trade directly with someone else at the swap. Hope this helps! Happy swapping! :)

Babe, those costumes for B. and S. were GENIUS. Seriously.

Hi Alison! Nice haul! If I knew more local knitters, I'd be all over organizing a yarn swap. What a fun idea.

Also, my son's Weasley sweater is done and duly blogged! Mark my name in maroon! :)

I'm going to be keeping an eye here to see what you do with the boucle. I've got a similar pile of yarn here, and I have been fiddling over what to do with it for months. The ideas in the comments were helpful, but I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

I see Merino Stretch with the cabled jacket pattern in your swap - that's one of my next projects, actually!
It looks like you got some great stuff in exchange.

is that maggi knits mohair loop?! oh i love that stuff.

If you come up with something to do with that mohair boucle, I'd love to hear about it. I've got 1000 yards of the same stuff and I'm at a complete loss as to what to make with it. But it's so pretty!