Randomize

Geesh, I almost forgot. Look at the time.

I pondered it for awhile. I've read on other blogs people have just happened to mention that the first commentor never seems to be picked when people use randomizer.org.

So, I decided with my contestants that the old fashioned way was going to work okay for me. I penned up everyone's name, shuffled them up and tossed them in the air.



The winner of my first blogiversary is...

See you on the 30th?



Oh, mighty sock gods of frusteration...this looks okay right? After finally puzzling out the maddening zig zag...the end is now upon me...

A picot seemed the most perfect thing in the world. I knit, I picot, I knit and bind off, I cut...and try it on.

Oh crap.

The bind off is so tight it cuts off my circulation. I try and try to ponder how slouch socks will be okay.

Riight.

I frog. I start again. K1, P1. I made it 14 rows, I think, and now I'm going to sew it up, once I locate the nifty K1, P1, bind off in my books. Only one more sock to do cries.

Blogiversary - Year 2

Yay...blogiversary month for me. So, here's the contest...leave a comment below on what makes a good blog. I like blogs because I like looking at pictures. Let's say that you can leave your comment until May 10th. On May 11th I'll stick all names in a hat and pick one, as I am unfamiliar with the random number generator god. The prize, cause that's fun too, is this. Two skeins of that actually. I don't have my own pretty picture however, because it hasn't arrived in the mail yet.

Here's a question for anyone, I hope someone can help me with this. Socks That Rock...lightweight or mediumweight? I ordered 4 skeins of mediumweight, then I read posts about how people weren't really crazy for it because it was very thick. What are your thoughts? I already have a list of other colorways I would like to acquire at some point.

I'm excited for tomorrow's yarn tasting. 1) because it's yarn, I like yarn...it is a problem, 2) I realized that Noro Silk Garden comes in 269 a way lighter color than what I got 267. The reason I am unhappy with 267 and 211 is that when I knitted it together it seemed to have gotten a yellow color from 267 and a sort of dark honey color in 211 to stripe very close to each other. I thought about frogging this. I hate it when that happens. My Kureyon scarf did that twice. I lived with it. I lived this too in the Silk Garden Scarf, but poo, I hate it when that happens. So, long story long, I want to see if they have any 269 available.

Spreading the word

A contest! Thought I'd do my part and let my 2 readers know.

Still kickin'

I seem to have recovered from the plague. No more licking doorknobs, I have learned my lesson. XD I am no longer launching into a fit of coughing, I am now just dealing with a bit of soreness in my left ribcage.

I had a wonderful Mother's Day, I got to spend with my children and my parents. It was quiet and calm and filled with leftovers.

A wonderful surprise greeted me in my mailbox and boy was I surprised. Not only did I win one of the prizes on the blogversary contest on Wanda's site but there were extras. How I do love getting mail. I used to have pen pals, I think around 50 and we would swap all sorts of things. It was grand.

Trekking yarn...I have the perfect pattern I think for this yarn. The Thelonius. One of these days I will start those. So many things to knit, so little time.

Also included were a lovely bottle of lotion from Aribonne. Great line of products. I love their orange sugar scrub. One day I will acquire a jar. Until then this will satisfy me greatly.

Lastly, a bunch of nicknacks in a lovely little metal case.

They will fit wonderfully in my bag that I carry my knitting in.

So lately my projects have been put aside because I have finally started a knitted project with Noro. How great it is to knit with expensive yarns or at least yarns that are more than $5.00.