Seasons of Lace

Random Joy Winner reporting in

By Radarkaty, on October 28th, 2008

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

By sligo, on October 28th, 2008

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:

My pretty prize

By escr, on October 26th, 2008

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

Raffle Round Two — Part Two

By ShadowDancer, on October 26th, 2008

And you thought we were done….’

But I still have more yarn to give away!

For example… there are three skeins of Malabrigo lace, just aching for a new home.

Our very own Darla donated this prize, and we’re awarding it now as the Second Round Raffle Prize for Medium Lace. The lucky winner is …. hilltopkatie! And she’ll . . . → Read More: Raffle Round Two — Part Two

It’s Time for Round TWO!

By ShadowDancer, on October 24th, 2008

I hope you all had a great weekend while I was frolicking about with my family on a bit of a sneak long weekend.

It’s great to see these prize winners posts of their goodies — especially the ones that I haven’t seen in person yet.

Meanwhile, we have the voting in from all but one of our . . . → Read More: It’s Time for Round TWO!

Raffle Prize

By Marinemom, on October 22nd, 2008

I received my prize package from Woolgirl today Jen generously let me pick out a pattern and a skien of yarn from her shop and this is what I chose:

Of course, I picked a sock pattern and then some wonderful merino/tencel blend yarn. Now I have to finish up my gift knitting so I . . . → Read More: Raffle Prize

My Prize Arrived!

By Priscilla, on October 22nd, 2008

My Newbie Lace Knitter prize arrived this week! It’s the DVD “Knitting Lace with Meg Swansen”. I haven’t had time to watch it yet, but I did look at the charts. I really like the neck-scarf version of a Faroese shawl, and I think that will probably be my first project from the DVD.

I have also . . . → Read More: My Prize Arrived!

A Piece of Vermont

By sligo, on October 19th, 2008

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

my pretty new yarns!

By nolaboard, on October 17th, 2008

I won a gift certificate from Needleworks! Shadowdancer helped me pick the yarns, shopping for me over the phone. She did a great job! edit–sorry about the black spots, they’re on my camera lens, not . . . → Read More: my pretty new yarns!

SOL prize

By littlelena, on October 17th, 2008

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