When I started knitting 7 years ago, I was all about wanting to design. I’ve had ideas floating around in my head for several years now, and finally decided to bite the the bullet and start drawing/mapping them out. This sock pattern, Hope Grows, is the first, and I am beyond excited with how they [...]
Sep 142010
Aug 072010
I know, I teased you with this a couple of days ago.. We do have a runner up for the Viewers’ Choice from Spring 2010. No one can really be surprised, as this shawl (and her amazing pictures of it) was nominated for just about everything. I think it was NOT nominated for Lace on [...]
Aug 052010
Even though I don’t have enough votes in to make me truly comfortable issuing this award — I did the math (and I’m math averse, so this is significant, and someone ought to mark it on a calendar somewhere), and realized that even with the 7 more voters that I really wanted to make sure [...]
Aug 052010
I finished a number of the WIPs from spring early last month but it has taken me until now to get the pictures taken. First I finished the purple orenburg scarf a couple days after the summer solstice. I only had a few more inches – I just hadn’t had a chance to finish it. [...]
Jul 302010
Here we are. The moment of truth…. We have Three Judged Categories …. and Three Winners. The first Category — Knitting on the Road. Our winner may not have gone far on the road, but it went on the road a LOT. For her Sister-in-law’s scarf .. on the road, at the beach, at the [...]
Jul 282010
Yesterday, I told you about a lovely prize donated by sligo. Today, I’ll tell you about a lovely prize that sligo won! Her post about Miryam won the runner up prize for Lace Partnership! Her prize? two skeins of Soft Touch Ultra Merino yarn from Buffy and Don at Shelridge Farms will send whatever color [...]
Jul 272010
Whee… time for another Raffle Prize! the wonderful folks at Jimmy Beans Wool sent us five skeins of Misti Alpaca Lace to award as prizes. thislittlepiggyknits wins one for a Medium Lace raffle prize. And … time for a consolation prize. A consolation prize, you ask? Why a consolation prize? and where ever did THAT [...]
Jul 262010
And just to prove that it’s no fluke — we really are announcing all the rest of the prizes this week. And at the end of this rainbow will be the Viewers’ Choice Awards — IF we get the rest of those votes in….* So… today we’ve got a raffle prize for Beaded Lace, The [...]
Jul 252010
The judges have met. The issues have been resolved, and we are pleased to start awarding more prizes!! Very soon, you’ll be seeing the results for the judged contests, but first … Today’s prizes come from the last round of raffles — in the Small Lace, Gift Lace and Wee Lace. Bette, of BBKnits is [...]
Jul 222010
Just thought I’d check in and share my progress. Below is Emily Dickinson after I decided to stop the garter stitch in favor of stockinette. I also quit decreasing so fast and am now decreasing every 6th row (the row 2 rows before each beaded row) in order to get some more length. The beads [...]
