I won!!!!!
I’m so excited - I won the “Why is Mona Lisa Smiling” on Sonja’s blog http://knitwitcentral.blogspot.com/ and I’m so pleased. I can’t remember ever winning anything before so thank you Sonja.
I’ve been annoying my hubby by walking around all last night saying “I won!!!!” at short intervals. Can’t wait to receive my goodies….having recently discovered both sock knitting and the knitting blog world I feel like I’ve been let into the best club ever and am rapidly making loads of new friends and learning new skills.
Have just purchased a massive amount of hand-dyed yarn from Natural Dye Studio on eBay - I bought some lovely yarn in the Cherry Blossom dye-way a while ago with which I knit my second ever pair of socks (see the posts about them) so I can’t wait for the other colours I’ve ordered to arrive….hopefully something really nice for my Sockret Pal and I can look for a pattern….
I ordered Jewel, Tuscan Spice and Midnight - even the names sound good enough to eat dont they? Also bought some felting wool from them in “Atlantic” as I’ve also just tried my first felting project - a Teeny-Tiny Felted Tote from a pattern on Sarah’s Craft Closet thanks Sarah it’s a wonderful pattern and the Noro Kureyon was a joy to knit. I will be making lots of these bags as Christmas packaging for my friends/family.
Here’s the bag felted but without a cord yet, took the photo next to my favourite tea mug to show just how Teeny-Tiny it is!
I also ordered a couple of books from Amazon at the weekend - having taken notice of what other sock knitters have recommended on their blogs I bought “Knitting Vintage Socks” by Nancy Bush and then because it was a special offer to buy them together and I’m a sucker for a special offer I also bought “Knitting on the Road:Sock Patterns for the Traveling Knitter” by Nancy Bush. Will let you know what I think of them when they arrive.
Guess what everyone in my family is getting for Christmas this year????
October 6th, 2006 at 4:00 am
Congrats on winning the contest! I like that little felted tote too.
October 26th, 2006 at 8:18 pm
[…] Felting is my new love! After the success of my teeny-tiny tote bag I’ve been itching to try something else. A couple of weekends ago I bought Simply Knitting magazine and whilst flicking through found a pattern for a pair of felted slippers for a child “Pixie Feet” […]
November 8th, 2006 at 6:03 pm
[…] Anyone who’s been reading my blog for a while may remember a post last month entitled “I Won!” in which (in danger of hyperventilating) I related how I had won a competition set on Sonja’s blog Knitwit Central […]