Yesterday I promised some Random Joy…. And here’s what I ‘ve got. From our very own Utlinde, who has made these just for us. A set of TATTED stitch markers. Tatted I tell you. How about that….. And … the Random Number Generator says that Utlinde will be sending them to…. SLIGO! I’ll be emailing [...]
May 212010
May 082010
Hi, I’m casting on a design as you go spread with this and was wondering if anyone might know how old this is?? It’s from Sears and Roebucks and was in skeins. I don’t think the original color was ecru, but it is now. It was a gift to a friend of mine from an [...]
May 012010
One last april lace…. socks!! Finished last night!! And yes, I know I need some new furniture, but comfort about looks in all things!!! LOL!!! Carla
Apr 292010
Hi, April has been a really busy month for me!! The hard part is a lot of what I’ve been doing has been test knits and I can’t show pics of it just yet!! Let’s just say that I went thru 9.5 skeins of Yak Down (200 yds/1 oz skein)!! That was an experience!! After [...]
In German there is a saying, “Vorfreude is die schönste Freude” – anticipation is the best of all Pleasures. Being inpatient by nature I’ve always had my issues with this piece of wisdom and getting my mail brought about the wonderful experience of proving a dreaded saying wrong. Kelbel’s beautiful stitch markers, won at the [...]
Apr 252010
It’s me again. The prize Maven… and I’ve got… well…. more prizes to announce! The wonderful folks at Jimmy Beans Wool will be sending us five hanks of the Misti Alpaca Lace to award as prizes! This is Jimmy Beans’ first Season supporting Seasons of Lace. And, there’s more!!!…. Helena of Midnight Sheep has donated [...]
Apr 122010
I sometimes worry that you all will get bored with these seemingly incessant posts about the prizes that are starting to fill up the prize closet. But, I feel obligated to share the good news! Besides — if YOU donated a prize, wouldn’t you want an announcement to be made? I know I would (um, [...]
Apr 112010
It’s me again, with another update on the contents of the Prize Closet.. Buffy and Don at Shelridge Farms have once again donated two prizes, each consisting of two skeins of their Soft Touch Ultra Merino yarns. This is Shelridge Farms fourth season supporting Seasons of Lace, (they took one season off). They were among [...]
Apr 082010
Not so long ago, I was talking about the Prize Closet. I thought I’d show you a bit more of the yarn that we’ve got in it. The very first bit of yarn that appeared in the closet came from Our very own LostCityDenise has donated a 1000 yd skein of Clear Creek Lavender, Oak [...]
Apr 072010
I’m pleased to announce that the stitch markers I won from Lindsay at Prolonged Sunlight arrived today. They were beautifully packaged with tissue paper and ribbon that set off the colours. Here’s an action shot of them in my new lace piece: Calais Shawl (Rav Link): The shawl is actually far more green — maybe [...]
