July 22, 2006 By
WARNING
July 21, 2006 By
It’s come to my attention that some of you out there in the Internets find Log Cabin Knitting insanely boring. I’m just setting out this warning that today’s post will be about log cabin knitting. Please! I beg of you! Do not read this while driving or operating heavy machinery! I would hate to be the cause of an accident or something if you had a narcoleptic attack while reading.
Oh and I completely understand why you might hold the opinion that you do, that log cabin knitting is boring and mindless and just plain awful. There are lots of things I feel that way about as well. Log cabin knitting isn’t really one of them, but I see how it might be the case. There certainly is a lot of picking up of stitches and a lot of knitting – just plain knitting (although it seems that people complain a lot about purling too) and it is a blanket project of sorts so it does go on for quite a while, and well, if I was using crappy yarn in awful colors, I might feel exactly the same way.
As it turns out, I’m incredibly fortunate to be using phenomenol yarn that I could stare at all day and my needles fit perfectly in my hands and it ends up that I’m so good at this knitting thing I don’t even have to look at my hands while I knit (freeing up my eyes to stare at the gorgeous colors I chose for this project). It IS getting big and less portable and I have, in all honestly, spent some time knitting on a sock. (A stockinette sock so, yeah, I’m still knitting.) But I’m still so ENAMORED with this whole random thing and how it just LOOKS LIKE I PLANNED THE WHOLE FREAKING BLANKET but really I’m not that smart or creative so I keep on keeping on.
I’m sorry. Are you asleep? Want me to wake you when I’m done?
I did some good knitting while I was in Chicago and not so much knitting since I’ve been home. Planes are good for that, you know. Work is not. I will have some good time to knit this afternoon so this will go with me. Or maybe the sock. Or both probably.
I’ve begun to feel like I should take up roulette. Or bingo, but definitely roulette. Black keeps hitting BIG time.
Black 20. Black 19. Black 18. Black 17. (Not necessarily in that order.) It’s ridiculous. I think I might break my rule and break into another skein of black. Might. I’ll decide at the moment I have to, but it’s there as a possibility.
Right now I’m in a largish red section – 12 ridges – which at this point is a lot of yarn. But it’s all good. I still love it. The size is about 21.5×24. I think I’d like to get it about 36×36, but I’ll have to see how much yarn I blow through. It is big enough now that I can fold it up and it looks like a blanket.
For those you still awake and loving the log cabin, you MUST go and see Tilkkupeitto’s blankets! Go here to see all 107 blankets. There are three different albums and they are all beyond amazing!
In other news, I’m feeling the Summer Blues again. Happens all the time. Because of that, I’m taking down the Log Cabin Knits button and I don’t know when I’ll be starting that up. I hope I still will, because I think the idea I had is a good one, but I’m trying to take care of myself and the energy I need to expend in convincing myself that there isn’t something fundamentally fucked up about me is too much to start another blog right now. What I’d really like to do is clean this one up a bit. Do some better categories, institute a search bar – just organize and straighten things up. You know, as a way of procrastinating on organizing and cleaning up the ACTUAL home I live in. Also, I will pretty much be gone all of next week. My sister is moving and I’m going down to pack, babysit, and be a general shoulder to cry on/cheerleader. (YOU CAN PACK THE 1,402th BOX! YOU CAN!) I’m not sure we’ll be able to find the computer let alone log on to any Internets, but I’m with you all in spirit. Hopefully MORE boring pictures of Log Cabin Knits when I return! YAY!
Hey! Hey you! YEAH you. The one with your head on the keyboard and a nice puddle of drool around the arrow keys. WAKE UP! I’m done.
Have a great weekend.
L, C
DO YOU KNOW THESE PEOPLE?
July 20, 2006 By
From the Bureau of Unclaimed Prizes:
April Vincent
Kandy White
If you know any of these people, please ask them to email me.
Also, please people – check your spam filters!!! I can’t tell you how many emails get lost in spam filters – especially YAHOO. All three people listed above have yahoo email addresses. I’m sure my emails to them have gotten junked.
Thank you!!!
My Kind of Town
July 20, 2006 By
Onto the Fiber Portion of my Chicago Trip!
Friday night, after I was sufficiently dried off and G was on his way to his obligations, I headed out to Loopy Yarns. As soon as I walked into the store, I spied Karen, who was talking with Michelle. We all chatted for a bit – my plans in the city, etc. and then they went on to shop the fabulous sales at Loopy. I just haven’t been feeling the yarn store love lately – I certainly don’t need any yarn – not for a long long time – and I’m more interested in knitting what I have and making my own, so I wandered around a bit and ran into Tere. Tere was in town from Santa Barbara picking up her daughter and Tere is blogless but she needs to go out right now and get a blog. We talked for a while and then sat down to knit with a group of women at the store – including Vicki, Loopy’s welcoming proprietress. It was great to sit around and knit with everyone and of course I bought something before I left – I’m not completely crazy! Loopy’s is known for their Lorna’s Laces collection – a Chicago establishment – so I bought some of the last LL fiber they had in the store!
Lorna’s Laces Wool Top
in Sherbet
Thanks girls for your hospitality!!
The next morning I was on my own for breakfast (which I had in bed, thank you very much) and then G and I headed out to MARENGO!!! To visit TONI! At THE FOLD! Toni, you’ll remember, was one of the very generous souls (along with Tina at Blue Moon) to donate the wheel to Spin Out! I’ve known Toni since I first bought a spindle last summer. Since then she’s outfitted me with STR and a wheel! NOTHING was going to keep me from The Fold. Not even the horrendous traffic on I-90!
On our way out, we made a pit stop at Superdawg!
Mr. and Mrs. Superdawg
G and I consider ourselves junk food afficienados and will travel far and wide for some good junk. Superdawg fit the bill! YAY!
Fortified, we headed back out onto I-90 towards NothingvilleWisconsin. We drove through farmlands and saw cows and horses and which is always a treat for us city folk and finally we arrived at Toni’s place. Listen – I don’t have ANY pictures. I SUCK! When we got there the sheep were outside and it was HOT and we were later than we wanted to be so I was anxious to get inside and when we left, the sheep had gone into the barn. So no pictures. I was having too much fun to stop and take any.
Okay. So I get there and Toni gives me a huge hug and I’m happy and G changes into his bathingsuit and finds himself a nice spot on the deck with a direct line to the UV Rays and I go off to spin. When I bought my Lendrum I had really never tried any wheels – just bought it site unseen on the expert advice of many people. I’m happy to say that I tried a bunch of different wheels at Toni’s and I’m still VERY HAPPY with my Lendrum. It was the absolute BEST choice for me.
The first wheel I wanted to test was the Schacht Matchless. I was afraid I’d love it because it’s expensive and pretty and thank god I didn’t. So not as smooth as my Lendrum. Then I tried the Ashford Traditional because I saw Delia spinning with it at Spin Out and thought it was pretty and eh. Nothing special. Toni had me sit at the wheel we gave away – a Majacraft Suzie Pro – which I have to say was pretty nice. Not bad. As close to the Lendrum as any. And then she killed me. KILLED ME! She had me spin on the GORGEOUS Black Walnut Lendrum Saxony she’s got there, right in the shop for everyone to see, and OH MY GOD! I FELL IN LOVE!!! The worst part is that when I was talking about it nonstop on the drive back to Chicago G was confused and thought I had actually bought it. DAMN! And it was the right way and everything – turns out that I spin left-handed. Who knew? I just do what’s comfortable. Guess my left hand isn’t useless afterall. Anyway. I love that wheel. Apparently so do some other people! (DUDE! I will so fight you for it!)
Ahhh.
What’s that? Oh yeah. Of course, I didn’t leave empty handed. How could I leave empty handed? I bought some new fiber!
Interlacements Silk Roving
Color 206
100% Merino
I’m planning on maybe plying the Silk with some white Cormo I have from Maryland – I think that would look pretty cool – and the purple merino is destined for an experiment in 3-Ply. Don’t you think that will be neat? I’m excited. Not enough time to spin. Maybe if I had two wheels? NONONONO! I can’t get another wheel!!!
Ahhh.
Alright. I’m okay. Whew. I also bought some fun tools. I have one niddy noddy which I hate. It’s unfinished and cheapy looking and I have to stick paper towel into one end or the stick comes out. Blech. I was SO HAPPY to see that Toni had the Niddy Noddy I had been coveting!
It’s a Nancy’s Knit Knacks Niddy Noddy (say that ten times fast.) The little balls screw into the top and bottom to hold it all together so no need for paper towels! And I like the plain look of it. Very happy. Can’t wait to use it!
I also got some fun tools:
A baby niddy noddy for sample skeins and a WPI tool – I think they may be made by the same person, or maybe not. I know that the niddy noddy is from Charis Yarn.
I also
bought a book and the lastest issue of Spin Off and I think that’s it. I had SUCH a great time and Toni’s shop is FANTASTIC! Forget the spinning stuff – which she has in abundance – she’s got a KICKASS selection of yarn and books. I urge anyone in the area to get out there! It’s SO WORTH it! If not for the yarn, then for Toni’s stellar hospitality.
We lucked out on the way back and managed to avoid the horrific traffic we witnessed driving out there and G got home in time for his dinner and I was able to clean myself up in time to meet with Bonne Marie and Theresa! We headed out for drinks (Cosmos for them, Shirley Temples for me – I’m a freak!) and to wait for blogless Helen who was coming out to play! After drinks we all piled on the Love Bus (Bonne Marie’s beloved #66) and headed out to Navy Pier. We arrived JUST IN TIME FOR FIREWORKS!!! I love me some fireworks! After ice cream and some obligatory knitting, it was time to say good night. Helen escorted me back to my hotel – I think I was half asleep – sorry Helen – and my second night in Chi-town was over. It was SO FANTASTIC meeting you girls!!! I was so happy to have the opportunity to hang out. Thank you! (Tere – I’m so so sorry I didn’t call you. For the life of me I could not find your information! Hopefully we’ll meet again!)
The rest of my time in Chicago was fairly uneventful. Well, uneventful in a knitterly way. We went to the Southside on Sunday to find the house G spent his first four years in and hung out at the beach right by our hotel for a bit – the beach? In the middle of the city? SUPER COOL! Went to dinner Sunday night (Cafe Spiaggia – eh. Only so so.) Monday was too hot to do anything so I hung around and knit while G worked and then we left for home! All in all a very nice trip and I loved Chicago! Hopefully we’ll be back soon. When it’s a bit cooler.
Thanks again all you Chicagoans for your hospitality! Anytime you’re in my hood, I hope to return the favor!
L, C
Root root root for the Cubbies
July 19, 2006 By
The streak continues.
On Friday, we arrived in Chicago a bit late, checked into the hotel and made a mad dash to the Red Line for a ride out to Wrigley Field. Ironically enough, the Cubs were playing the Mets. I was rooting for the Cubs, natch. G had been really wanting to make it out to Wrigley – one of the original ball parks – for a long while. I’m not the hugest of baseball fans – I tend to get bored. Not to mention it was really really really hot and when I sat down, this was my view.
Ewwwww! DUDE! How was I going to eat my hot dog looking at that?!? (Sorry Bonne Marie! I had to do it!)
I tried to divert my attention elsewhere:
Old fashioned scoreboard.
The guys in there must have been HOT!
Seats on the top of buildings surrounding the field.
Who do you have to know to get one of those?
And then G said, “What do you think’s going to happen today?”
I’ve talked about it before, but it seems like we can’t go to a ball game without something extraordinary happening. It’s become kind of de rigueur for my attendance at a baseball game. Friday was no exception.
As I mentioned (along with countless meteorologists across this great land) it was FUCKING HOT! And humid. And as the game wore on it got darker and darker and darker. G said, “I’ve never seen a rain delay.” and it was like NIGHT at 3 PM. The first indication of rain was a huge group of people in red polo shirts who seemed to have come out of the ground around the Cubs dugout. “They’re the tarp guys,” G said. And then I felt the first few drops. It was a relief to be sure. A drop here. A drop there. Nothing big. The game played on. And then suddenly and without warning the people on the OTHER SIDE OF THE STADIUM at the third base foul line started to run as if their lives depended on it. Of course, they couldn’t really go anywhere and it was a matter of seconds before the SHEET of rain was upon us dry folk on the first base foul line.
Where’s your shirt now, bub?!
See the person in the clearish poncho next to me on my left? This was actually an older couple – the guy told me he was at the first night game at Wrigley – and while they were huddled under their poncho a mysterious hand came out from underneath and handed me an umbrella. Thank you kind souls! There was really no where to go – the lines to get out of the rain were at a standstill so we sat huddled under the umbrella and laughed. There may have been some kissing as well.
Like 3:15 in the afternoon. See how dark?
Right back atcha baby!
Eventually the poncho couple started to move toward the covered seats and I told G we had to go with them because I wanted to make sure they got their umbrella back. We followed them up and gave them the umbrella. The rest of the delay we stood sort of out of the rain. I talked to a woman who had lost her whole family somewhere. It was her birthday. We laughed.
It stopped, like all rains do.
First you put it on, then you take it off.
I was never so wet in my life. Seriously. My pants were STUCK to my legs. My feet. Oy. You don’t even want to know about my feet. But MAN did we have fun!!!
These guys seemed more annoyed than anything.
And the sun did eventually come out again.
Although I think it was hotter AFTER the rain than before. We left right after the seventh inning because we had to get back to the hotel. My pants were wet for days. Here’s a picture of what my feet looked like whe
n I finally took my shoes off – all pruny and gross.
The most amazing part of the afternoon was my felted bag. I had my booga bag with me – the one I carry everywhere – and it got pretty darn wet. ON THE OUTSIDE. The INSIDE stayed dryer than dry!!! I swear to you! When they say those felted bags are water proof – my god they ARE!!! Here’s a picture of my ticket and G’s ticket. My ticket was thrown willy nilly inside my bag. G’s ticket was in his pocket.
Dry one on the left, wet one on the right.
But you didn’t need me to tell you that, right?
Isn’t that CRAZY?! And it never really got wet on the outside either, although at one point at the height of the rain I was hiding it under my chair and the bottom was really wet – like I could wring some water out of it wet. Inside? DRY. I will never NOT carry a felted bag again!!!! AWESOME!
Just like the Cubs fans. I don’t think anyone left during the rain delay. That’s what I call dedication.
Tuesday means
July 18, 2006 By
Saturday SKY!
Sandy – I was thinking of you! Here’s the view from our room on Saturday. We weren’t alone in the sky though:
Apparently big ass ugly spiders LOVE the sky scrapers. Who knew?! They didn’t bother us though – but at one point there were like six of them on the windows. They must be really sticky! Go Spidey GO!
We had a great time (Well I did. G worked a lot.) We went North:
We went South:
And in between met some great people and did a bit of fiber shopping. I’m beat though – we got in last night – and I’m HOT. It was pretty funny – everyone in Chicago kept warning me how hot it was – it was like they thought I lived in Alaska or something. This is what I came home to:
STAY COOL! More about Chi-town tomorrow! Now go say happy birthday to my favorite NORMA!
Through Snow and Sleet and Maybe Not So Much The Rain
July 13, 2006 By
I was all set to take the boxes to the post office yesterday but we had pretty horrific weather all day so it was a no go. They actually had tornados in Westchester which isn’t so close to me but close enough. The lightning across the swamps was INCREDIBLE. Sustained huge bolts. Scary stuff. And while it took a little while in the day for the rains to come, the thought of trying to load 24 boxes into my car then take them out of my car at the PO with the threat of rain was too much! Today is the day. I have laundry to do too and lots of clothes folding and then tomorrow bright and early CHICAGO!
Last night I started folding the clothes in the bedroom and we had a really really really bad storm – much worse than anything we had during the day – and I started watching this movie Birth. Has anyone seen it? It’s that controversial movie where Nicole Kidman gets naked in a tub with a little kid and kisses him. Although she doesn’t kiss him when they’re naked in the tub. Whatever. He’s supposed to be her reincarnated dead husband. I get kind of in to it and I’ve stopped folding clothes and G keeps walking in the bedroom asking questions and I keep telling him to shush so I can watch and then it ends and I turn to him and say, “My god that movie sucked.” Why? Why can’t we turn away? Why do we feel compelled to see something through to the end like that? Especially when Nicole Kidman looked so bad it was uncomfortable and Lauren Bacall is looking decidedly Planet of the Apes. I could’ve had all the clothes folded. Or I could’ve watched three episodes of Another World which just got really really really good because now Ryan is on the scene and I’m surprised that Anne Heche was still playing Vicki when Ryan showed up. Now THAT’S entertainment! Incidentally, I found it pretty funny that Anne Heche was also in Birth.
Then I had a dream that I started knitting my top down v-neck Calmer pullover. What do you think that means? (THANK GOD for archives because I couldn’t for the LIFE of me remember what size needle I used on my swatch and it says right there in internet black and white that I used size 8s. Which seems really wrong because the stitches are small, but that’s what I’m going with. I need to talk with MJ though because she did the whole thing top down and that’s what I want to do. Her sweater came out PERFECT and I want one JUST LIKE IT!) I’m thinking this will be my 2006 Rhinebeck sweater. Yes. I said it. It’s July 13 and I’m invoking the R word.
I’ve been thinking about socks too.
I’m not sure how much blogging I’ll be doing while I’m away – we get back Monday night. Look for an update on Tuesday for sure. I’ve decided that I’m definitely going to the Loopy party tomorrow night. I will have had a pretty full day by that time and I’m thinking I can sit and knit and meet other knitters without having to worry about much. So come sit by me! Hope to see you in Chi-town! Have a great weekend everyone!
L, C
Chicagoans – what do you think?
July 12, 2006 By
Does this look good? Should we meet up there? Lemme know. THANKS!
ardomn
July 12, 2006 By
Since it’s Wednesday and my life is all about the random, LET’S GO!
Member how I said something about bad numbers and my trepidation about keeping up with this random thing? Yeah. THERE ARE NO BAD NUMBERS! This thing is totally random – I swear on my STR Stash that I haven’t cheated AT ALL and it looks like it was completely meant to be this way and is totally perfect and oh my god I can’t wait to make my next one! I swear I could NOT come up with anything better than this if I tried for all eternity. RANDOM IS GOD!
The perfect garter stitches are like pearls, plucked from a juicy oyster in the South Sea. FANTASTIC! Right now the piece measures about 16×20 – and I’m no where close to running out of yarn. I’m going all the fucking way!!! My plan right now is to knit until I run out of a color, since they won’t be used evenly, and no matter what the number for that section, I will end the row and then I will continue with the remaining colors until they run out, etc. I’m feeling like there will be great balance in this project. Great and perfect, carefree balance.
And in the “you’re never the first with your brilliant ideas so get over yourself already” department, I saw this link to Pixelated Knitting over at Kellee’s. She’s taken this whole random thing about a gazillion steps further and is doing Sudoku Knitting. And she came up with it way back in April. Very, very cool.
What else? Well, you saw the fun we had packing boxes over at Kay’s but that’s not all the fun I’ve been having. Firstly, let me say thanks for all your suggestions and concerns about mailing out many packages. I think to get USPS pickup you need to weigh the boxes first and pay for shipping and I don’t have the means to weigh the boxes, so I will use the cart my apt building supplies and pile it high then go to the PO around the corner. No biggie. Besides, I love the girls at the Post Office – they are very nice.
Now, on to the fun! I’m not sure if I’ve ever mentioned this or not, but my sister and her husband own a bunch of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shops (no – they never have freaking ice cream in the house. It’s pathetic!) around and about Philly and South Jersey. Saturday night was a HUGE partay down at The Borgata in AC to celebrate the big opening of their store in the food court there. We stayed overnight, had a FABULOUS dinner, lost $$$ way too quickly (the losing doesn’t necessarily bother me – I gamble for entertainment – the part that bothers me is that I lost quicker than I usually do and I could literally be at the craps table ALL NIGHT. So the fun was over there way too fast.) and DANCED the night away! We had a great VIP Suite at the HOT HOT CLUB (which is very nice for us geeky nerdy completely UNCOOL types who can’t get into clubs at all.) I DANCED AND DANCED with my husband, which I love – he can rock out with the best of them – and my sisters and I had FUN!
This is me with my sister right after I came off the dance floor. I’m sweaty and gross and HAPPY! One of my favorite parts of the evening was my outfit, believe it or not. When my sister was here we shopped and shopped with three kids, the oldest being 5.5, looking for a HOT outfit to wear to the club. Nothing. We are not hot. We are old with kids and fat and ick. But somehow, on Saturday MORNING, right before we had to leave to go to the shore, I found a great pair of jeans, a tight black sleeveless top that allowed me to wear a bra and didn’t show my back (I don’t like my back) and wasn’t obscene, and a FANTASTIC pair of shoes.
I LOVE the shoes! Nine West outlet, $30, comfortable! I wore them all night and at 3:30 AM I was a little bit crippled walking back to my room, but I had worn them since 6:30 and boogied my little heart out so I say BRAVO!
Another thing I received Saturday and which looks dirty and wrinkled in the following picture is my fabulous shirt(s) from Urban Yarns!
I saw them first over at Lauren‘s and immediately went and ordered a long sleeve and a short sleeve! I have barely taken the short sleeve off. I ordered both in the XL and the short sleeve could use a bit of shrinking in the length (and a little in the body) and the long sleeve could probably be a smidge bigger across the bust. Just so you know. I love them!
CHICAGO! Chicago is fast approaching. We’re leaving Friday morning and practically go straight to WRrigley Field (FUCK! You think they’ll let me in now? I’ve been up since 6AM! I’m sorry!!!) when we get there for an afternoon game – against The Mets for pete’s sake. I hate The Mets. GO CUBBIES! I’m free the following times – Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday morning/day, Monday day. WHO WANTS TO ENTERTAIN ME? I’m more than willing to “host” a little get together at my hotel either Friday or Saturday night. We’re staying at a swanky joint so the lobby/bar area should be really really nice. Don’t let me be lonely in a city of such fantastic knitters! 😉
Have a randomly great day!
Spin Out: The End of It ALL!
July 11, 2006 By
Yesterday two goofs came over to help me pack up all the prizes. Surprisingly – given there was much hijinks – we actually got A LOT done. Thanks (my) Ann and Kay!
These are the LAST of the PRIZES – until next year at least! 😉 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED PRIZES AND DONATIONS! This whole thing was about a million times more than I EVER expected it to be!
PRIZE #17:
— Two Grafton Fibers batts generously donated by Cat Cooper
— 8 oz Hand dyed Superwash Wool/Mohair/Nylong blend in the Purple People Eater colorway by The Gabby Knitter
— 4 oz of Handpainted Blue Faced Leceister from Spunky Eclectic
— Adam Mielke Spindle from Jeannine Bakriges
— Spinning Designer Yarns by Diane Varney from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #18:
It’s a FIBER FEST! We’ve got:
— Hand painted Blue Faced Leceister roving from Woolarina
— 100g Bluefaced Leicester, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— Hand dyed Merino Mohair roving from Stone Leaf Moon
— 8 oz American Pie Sock Hop Superwash Merino Roving from Crown Mountain Farms
— A handmade Jenkins turkish drop spindle from Crown Mountain Farms
— Spin It by Lee Raven from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #19:
— Three skeins of various hand spun fibers from Brooklyn Handspun
— Green Mountain Spinnery Painted Hat kit which includes the pattern and two colors of Mountain Mohair and a carry bag
— One Silk Lace hank and three skeins of DK Silky Merino from Sundara Yarns. Winners choice of colors.
— Four Felted Bag patterns from Black Sheep Bags
And the winner is…
Prize #20:
— A HUGE gorgeous pink batt of wool/angora from Woolybuns
— 16 oz of hand dyed targhee in any colorway – winner’s choice – from Spinning Bunny
— A Merino/Firestar handblended Batt from Spritely Goods – winner’s choice of colorways
— Signed copy of Shannon Okey‘s new book, Spin to Knit from Shannon herself
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #21:
— 3 oz hand dyed Merino/Firestar Batts from Brooklyn Handspun
— 4 oz. hand painted 100% Wool Roving from Susan
— a beautiful braid of Handpainted 80% Merino/20% Tussah Silk from Hello Yarn
— 2 skeins of 50% superwash merino 50% tencel sock yarn in any of her colorways – winner’s choice from Spinning Bunny
— Homespun Handknit edited by Linda Ligon from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #22, 23 & 24:
POTTER CRAFT SWAG!
(There are three prizes here – everyone gets pretty much the same thing, but some stuff may vary.)
— A copy of Mason Dixon Knitting
— A skein of Euroflax donated by Ms. Mason Dixon herself, Kay Gardiner
— A Knit Big T-Shirt! (Seen modeled over here.)
— A signed Lucy Neatby “A Knitter’s Companion Mini-Sampler” DVD
— Knit Notes from Major Knitter Jennifer
And other fine swag!!
And the winners are…
Jen Wysokowski
Nathania Apple
With that, I hearby conclude SPIN OUT 2006!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
PS – Anyone know where I can rent a truck?
