Thank you JC! / ¡Gracias JC!

A few months ago I knitted a lopapeysa for my friend JC that lives in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Maybe you remember this picture of him:

Well, last week I got this package from the post office:

Yes! A package from JC! He chose a picture from my Flickr gallery (which is the same I have as avatar for my blog :) and made this:

Rodrigo en Þingvallavatn 

When I took it out of the box I couldn't believe how wonderful the painting was! It is just perfect! This is the first time that someone makes a painting of me... it is weird (but a good kind of weird, of course) to see one's self painted! Isn't it beautiful!?

This isn't a very good picture. There was something strange going on with the light today... I don´t know. This is just so you can have an idea of the size of the painting.

Now I have to find someone who can frame it nicely to hang it :)

Thank you so much JC for such a wonderful piece of art and friendship!

Good news in my e-mail.

Yesterday when I came back home from work I checked my e-mail and I found a message with this picture:

JC, the happy owner of a lopapeysa that has travelled from one pole to the other.

Yea! JC, my friend in Buenos Aires, Argentina, already got his lopapeysa!!! It arrived much sooner than I expected!!

It is amazing to see him wearing it and think that this pullover has travelled more that 11,000km! And it is even more amazing to see how good he looks! It fits him so well! (well, except for the arms that are little bit too long). He said that it came just in the perfect moment. It has been pretty cold in Buenos Aires lately so, according to him, we will wear it ALL winter!

I was a little worried about the size... I have this problem with sizes that I have mentioned before but it seems that I am finally starting to get it right... well... after having made already 16 lopapeysur I guess that I have gotten enough practice to get things right : )

I am very, very, very happy and not only because the pullover is ok but also, and especially, because my friend is happy.

Lupines: During summer they are EVERYWHERE (This is just on my way home). They make even the most cloudy summer days (which are very often here) feel good!