Random Joy Winner reporting in

I was a winner in one of the Random Joy raffle drawings.   My prize was to select two patterns from Melanie at Pink Lemon Twist. 

I’ve been eyeing a few of her patterns since I began (and have yet to finish!) my Swan Lake stole (Mystery Stole 2).

I chose Leda’s Dream (the Original Mystery Stole) and Scheherazade (Mystery . . . → Read More: Random Joy Winner reporting in Read more »

Here are pics of my cardigan almost halfway. The yarn is Blue Heron Egyptian Mercerized Cotton, 2-ply laceweight, colorway Carnelian. I finally figured out how I can play with my photos, and have managed to give a sense of the real color of the yarn in the top, detail photo. The lower photo shows the effect . . . → Read More: Read more »

My pretty prize

I got my fabulous raffle prize in the mail. It’s a Knit Picks Lace yarn . . . → Read More: My pretty prize Read more »

A Piece of Vermont

Here’s a shot of the yarn I won from A Piece of Vermont. It’s Sugar Hill 2-ply laceweight wool, 3.5 ounces, 660 yards, in the colorway Hearthside, which of course had to be photographed on the Vermont wood pile. It has a rich range of deep reds. It’s really lovely, and I’m so grateful! This shop . . . → Read More: A Piece of Vermont Read more »

SOL prize

Today I received this adorable skein of yarn from Donna at Spinning daydreams. It came in this cute little box. There was also a spinners cupcake with nine yards of yarn to play with. . . . → Read More: SOL prize 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 »

Secret of the Stole III

I’m not sure if anyone is checking this blog anymore, but I thought I would post a picture of my finished shawl.  It came out about 25×80 and used about 2 2/3 balls of Knit Picks Gloss in Celery. So nice to get . . . → Read More: Secret of the Stole III 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 »

Random Joy Strikes Again

Looks like we have some extra patterns to give away.

What a shame.

Whatever will I do?

I guess, I’ll just have to fire up that Random Number Generator for a bit of Random Joy!

Today, we’ve got three prizes from Melanie (PinkLemon ) of

Pink Lemon Twist .  She’s generously decided to give three lucky people two patterns from her . . . → Read More: Random Joy Strikes Again Read more »

I’m so honored!

I am so excited to win the most consistent blogger award. Not having a blog of my own I see now how difficult it is to try and blog every day, especially when you are limited to one subject! One of the reasons I had so many projects was just to have something to blog about. . . . → Read More: I’m so honored! Read more »