http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com Summer 2008 Knit Along Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Drum roll please. Ladies and Gentlemen, as we promised before the Summer Season began,  today we announce the results of our Quantity Competitions. For the Competition for the Most Small Items Knit (in which we defined "Small Item" to mean an item that took at least 350 and no more than 700 ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/10/02/quantity-competitons-and-their-winners/ Morning All! One more post from the Admins this morning. First thing I want to thank all of the folks who have submitted nominations for our Judged Contests.  But considering all of the fabulous posts and projects we've seen this summer, I think the quantity of nominations is a little ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/30/nom-nom-nom-nom/ Greetings one and all. I'm sitting here with my spreadsheets and all the entry forms, making sure that I have all of the entries in, and that my data is accurate.  For clarification, and so that I really do award the prizes to the competition winners, I'd like to verify the ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/26/and-the-prize-processing-goes-forward/ 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 ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/24/farewell-to-summer-hello-autumn-whats-next/ This has been interesting. To keep track of lace work for a summer. Well, I guess I was faster and more prolific in my brain than in actuality. But I did manage to polish off 7193yds of yarn/thread for 6 finished projects and 2 unfinished projects. 1260.0 yards peacock 470.0 yards swallowtail 2461.0 ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/27/bye-bye-summer/ So I signed up for the most small knit items competition but have only finished two lace projects. Haha. If there's a competiton for most lace wips started in the SOL timeline then I'm may have a sweet chance at winning that one. ;o) So here a the two projects I have ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/26/hey-there/ Hi, Have finally figured out how to batch on Flickr!! (I hope)  Here's the link to what I finished for Seasons of Lace!! http://flickr.com/photos/thislittlepiggyknits/sets/72157607520001288/ Hope that this works!! :) Carla http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/26/group-photo-fos/ started during sol08, finished yesterday (thanks o mighty prize donor!) http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/26/swallowtail-finished/ Well, you can all shoot me later!  I shall now own up.....  On the 11 Aug I finished my QAL Shawl.  But as I was busy, and my camera was on the blink, I somehow overlooked telling everyone (oops!).  The good news is that I hadn't entered any competitions (that ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/24/guilty-owning-up/ Poor Swan Lake. I started it last summer as Mystery Stole 3, actually as my first big lace project (so I could knit one before knitting my friend a wedding shawl) and it was going gangbusters! Until I got to the point where decisions had to be made. First, there was a ... http://seasonsoflace.acolorfulyarn.com/2008/09/23/always-a-bridesmaid/