I finished my wisp.

Normally, I’d take pictures of the lace blocking.  However, I’m not going to block this one.  I realized that as it is now, it fits perfectly.  Blocking would screw that up.  So instead, here’s a picture of me wearing my wisp after having just walked the dog.

Hey, I never said it was pretty.  But it works like a charm.  I figured I might as well do the “awkward picture in the bathroom mirror with the cell phone” since there’s no way to make this look elegant.

Besides, everyone needs a chance to laugh.

And from Land O’ Lace, a skein of Kayla, 100% silk, in this silvery Tonka Bay colorway. Just gorgeous. Clearly a scarf or shawl in the making!

I guess I was really in the mood for silvery when I won!

Thanks to our wonderful sponsors!

Ok, a few days ago I received my prize from the wonderful Gloria. I tried my best to post about it, but the internet wouldn’t cooperate with me long enough to load a picture to photo bucket so I ha to give up and try to restrain my excitement. Four times.

But now I have succeeded at last! And I can share with you all my super-duper excitement at getting 9 stitchmarkers (9!) from the totally fantastic Gloria Patre. Thank you so much, Gloria. They are gorgeous. The tea is also much appreciated; I am of the strong opinion that no problem – not even gauge issues – is so big that it can’t be solved with tea.

I have also been sent the first clue for the With or Without mystery shawl, which I won from Tiziana Sammuri. I am still dithering over yarn choices, but I hope to cast that on very soon. Thank you, and I can’t wait to be surprised by it.

All in all, an excellent start to the new year, don’t you think?

I got some time today to post pictures of the awesome yarn I won on the past Season of Lace.

First I picked up 2gorgeous skeins of Samantha in Stitches Footcrazy Sock yarn ( 75% superwash wool, 25% Nylon) in the beautiful Lagoon Colorway.  Since each skein is 450 yards, I’m seeing either a shawlette or, more likely, a pair of knee socks in my future.

The second price I won, I’m so lucky, is 2 skeins of 100% wool from Finland!   I’m not sure what the yarn name is (I’m guessing Yleislanka) but it’s a gorgeous green cobweb weight(?) with 765 yards per skein.  That means that I’ve got over 1500 yards to play with, I’m so excited.

Quick question:  Can anyone explain the difference between lace weight and cobweb to me?

I’d like to thank everyone for donating the prizes.  And thanks to the board moderators who do everything to make SOL work.  You rule.

I was very surprised a couple weeks ago to receive an e-mail that I had won yarn in the Resurrection Lace Raffle for the Summer Season. Just before Christmas I received this little beauty, a skein of Twisted Fiber Art yarn, Muse base (wool-silk), Warlock colorway, generously donated by Cathy Cate of Hither and Yarn.

Thank you Cathy! Now I just need to decide what to do with it…

While I was posting this here, I thought I’d mention that I finally finished my Swan Lake which I had been working on this summer.

I originally started this in 2007, restarted it in 2009, and finally finished this fall. (If you would like to see more pictures or details, they are at my blog or my Ravelry project page.)

Looking forward to more lace in the New Year!