Progress on Kite Scarf

I'm currently knitting the Kite Scarf , pattern by Kate Jackson.  I'm using Pagewood Farms Yukon in a pretty turquoise color.  I'm enjoying the pattern so far--still working on the first point--and hoping I don't run out of yarn! Pics to come later today....once I figure out how to upload via my iphone:-)

Free Sock Pattern Alert!!

This just in from Ravelry--

Download Chrissy Gardiner's sock pattern "True Love" FREE until February 14th via this link.  To get the pattern, click "buy it now" and it will take you to the invoice form- just enter the coupon code "TRUELOVE" and the pattern will be delivered to your Ravelry Library, free!  You also recieve a 20% off coupon code good for anything in Chrissy Gardiner's Rav store.  I can't wait to get her Indie Socks book--the patterns look really exciting to knit.

Pic of the "True Love" sock, perfect for Valentine's Day (pic taken from Ravelry):

Happy Friday!

Yarn Giveaway Winner!

Using the Random Number Generator, I've selected the winner for the Abstract Fibers MCN yarn--the winner is JWallace.  Please pm me your address via Ravelry so I can get your prize out to you!

Keep checking back for more fun giveaways in the coming months!!

Cooperative Press Birthday Contest!

Cooperative Press is celebrating their birthday and they want you to celebrate with them!  This contest closes on January 31st, so hurry up and enter if you want a chance to win an IPAD Mini, books, and more.  Details can be found here.

Good luck and happy knitting!!

Yarn Giveaway!!

I'm a little lagging in blog updates, but it's been crazy busy and life has thrown me a lot of things lately, not all good, but not all bad.

I'm giving away a skein of (really pretty) Abstract Fibers Temptation yarn, in the colorway "Raspberry."  This is a cashmere blend fingering weight yarn, and it is so very soft.  All you need to do is comment on my blog or the Ravelry contest post I put up.
I'm going to draw a winner on Super Bowl Sunday, which is this coming Sunday, February 3rd.

Good luck!!

Rosa Rubiginosa Progress Pic!

Just posting a progress pic of my Rosa Rubiginosa Socks (from Hunter Hammersen's The Knitter's Curiosity Cabinet).  I'm enjoying knitting these socks--the pattern is not easy for me to memorize, yet I don't have to concentrate hard enough to get a headache.  The yarn I'm using (Great Lakes Dyeworks Pretty Sock) is a tonal green, but it has slight variations in the color which is making the socks turn out really nice.  The heel (the part of the sock I'm currently working on) is a new kind of heel design for me to use--I usually do a sl1, k1 on the RS, and a sl1, p to the end on the WS.  It's looking very nice so far--can't wait to be done with sock #1 and move on to #2!

Progress pic as of last night:

My own hand-dyed yarn!!

I'm so excited about this...I was able to (finally) carve out some time this past weekend to think up some colors for some hand-dyed sock yarns I'd like to create.  I dyed one up this past Sunday and it's finally dry and skeined up, ready to use.  Presenting....Lake Erie Monster.

I thought of this name because a) its the name of one of my favorite craft beers from Great Lakes Brewing Company in Cleveland, my hometown, and b) the colors remind me of the murky waters of Lake Erie when a storm is brewing. Green, blue, and murky...can't wait to knit this up and dye some more!!

Let me know what you think:-)