But, it is special. You hand knit the wool anddd felted it. That in itself is so cool. We have terrible goodwill stores. They charge too much. Or otherwise I would have gone and bought a 100% wool sweater to play around with. I never thought about knitting my own. I will have to give it a try. Thank you for the inspiration. And I still can't wait to see yours. :)

Awww... a new year and time to start my needlecase for my partner. Cannot wait.

All of the needlecases posted so far are wonderful. :)

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HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

Love seeing all the awesome needlecases.

Started on my needlecase today and I am liking it. :thumbup: A little hint..... my partner likes blue and lives in a state that has New in it.

allthese cases are sooo creative and beautiful, at the end, we should do a gallery of them. and maybe another swap later inthe year, thanks for hosting, and to everyone who participated. i can't wait to get mine.

Hi (XXXX) Secret Swap Pal, You don't know me....yet. (lol) I just wanted to let you know, your little (ahem, almost gave it away) Needlebook is on it's way to you. I don't know how long it will take to reach you, so, I wanted to get it out to you a little early. And, so, the journey begins. I feel like a little kid. I can't wait for it to reach you. I hope you like it. :)
Oh, and I like warm temperate water and I like jellyfish, seaweed, crabs, shrimp, sponges, snails, algae and mollusks. Will I like it there? :)

Oh and Lynnie, I hope your recovering nicely since your surgery.

Dear Secret Swap partner, I started designing your needle case yesterday. My head is sewww poppin' with ideas, I almost can't stand it. Today, my goal is to get a hold of which ideas I am actually going to use. I can clearly see that I 'need' to make more needle cases. Yes Lynnie, we do need to have another needle case swap!!!! :)

They are almost like Lays potato chips..... who can make just one...

My needle case is ready to be shipped
 

I finished it last night. My felted wool piece was thick so I could only put one piece in for two pages. I decided to needle felt some red wool on it to liven it up. My partner likes red, bright blue and autumn colors and since red was the first color, I went with it. I picked the bandana because this needle case is traveling west. I hope my swap partner likes it. I enjoyed making it.

Oh annthreecats, It's adorable. I hope your swap partner loves it. (oh, darn, not me, I'm not west! I'm south.) Oh, well, :) I've love every needlebook that has been shown so far. So whoever my partner is, you definitely have a whole range of needlebooks to choose from. I LOVE them all.

Kehoeta, they definitely are like potato chips. (lol) (sheepish look) I guess thats why I have 8 on my list of UFO's that I'm working on finishing by this weekend. Seriously addictive. But, oh so fun. And, there still is a couple that I want to try out still. Maybe I will reward myself with trying a new one inbetween finishing ufo's. :) Yep, that sounds like a good idea to me.