One More Time!

And… for the last of the Round One Raffle Prizes ….

For Lace Knit with the Knitters Own Handspun (for which we had five entries from three knitters), yarnpro is our winner! She gets a $25.00 Gift Certificate from

(and in case lotion isn’t her thing, Aubrey also has great stuff to help take care of . . . → Read More: One More Time! Read more »

MORE Raffle Prizes…

Here are a few more of the Round One Raffle Prizes:

For the Self-Designed Lace Raffle, we had 24 entries from 11 knitters.  I had hopes here, and got Whichy to do the drawing, but NightlyKnitter won the first round.  She’ll be receiving 8 ounces of hand dyed lace weight from

I’m not sure what . . . → Read More: MORE Raffle Prizes… Read more »

RAFFLE PRIZES!!

Whichy and I got together today and worked through Round One of the Raffles.  We agree that each prize deserves equal time…so we’re going to torture you all by spreading out the notices over the next couple of days.

Today, we’re going to tell you about the Raffles for which there are going to be at least . . . → Read More: RAFFLE PRIZES!! Read more »

Prize Shopping .. What fun

Every now and then, being the Prize Maven means you get to go play in yarn stores and just shop.  As you may recall, nolaboard won the $50.00 gift certificate from Needleworks .    And by happenstance it worked out that I got to play personal shopper for her.

I toured the shop, cell-phone in hand, chatting away, . . . → Read More: Prize Shopping .. What fun Read more »

Most Consistent Blogger Award

You may recall that we had awards planned for more than just Judged Competitions in addition to the Quantity Competitions and plethora of raffles.

One of those was an award for the Most Consistent Blogger.  Those of you who posted, and posted regularly, really helped to make this blog worth reading.  You made this KAL work.  When . . . → Read More: Most Consistent Blogger Award Read more »

More Prizes!!

A quick review…

Last week we awarded prizes for the Quantity Competitions (nolaboard knit the most small items, thislitlepiggyknits knit the most yards).

This week, we’re hoping to submit things to our Judges (but would really really really like to see some more nominations!).  We plan to send the lists to them tomorrow — so you have one . . . → Read More: More Prizes!! Read more »

Farewell to Summer … hello Autumn… What’s next.

Th-th-th-that’s all folks!

I hope you all had a lovely Autumnal Equinox, and that you will enjoy the new season.

We’re taking a breather (sort of), and will be setting up for the Winter of Lace to start in December.

In the interim, we will be gathering all our data for the raffles and the contests and the competitions.  . . . → Read More: Farewell to Summer … hello Autumn… What’s next. Read more »

Final FO for this Season

I finished my Christmas Lace Dishcloth this afternoon making it my final finished project . . . → Read More: Final FO for this Season Read more »

Maizy Lace Finished

Another pair of socks  into the finished category   Once I had time to work on thses they knit up fairly quickly. I really like the way the pattern forms a zig zag around . . . → Read More: Maizy Lace Finished Read more »

What I have to show for my summer of lace

Here’s my last update post, with yardage, which obviously does not really matter as far as the competition goes, but I’m feeling pretty happy with how much I’ve accomplished. I am homeschooling the older two of my four young children and working on top of that, so the idea that any knitting at all got done . . . → Read More: What I have to show for my summer of lace Read more »