Hi, guys! I bet you are all questioning who won the newest Yarny Advantages Giveaway!
Well, there were 10 newcomers, and rather than select just 3, I determined that you are ALL winners!
YAAAYYYYY! (Throw images here and position music of finish arena entertaining…)
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So, here is a little scrapbook, so to talk, of some our smart blog-reader-contest-entrants, and a little information and facts about each one!
Our first entrant, Lise (Knitlise on Ravelry), sent an exciting set of before, during and after photographs, displaying her having her attractive locks shaved off for LEUCAN, an organization that benefits kids with cancer malignancy and the leukemia disease.
Here is before (her locks is so attractive – sigh. This is a very courageous sacrifice!)
And here is the “during” taken — WOW! (Note the a little bit mad, “mad scientist” look on the cope with of the youthful man doing the cutting here…)
That is much reduced than Steven Colbert’s hairstyle when he frequented Iraq! Lise says that next season her son will take aspect, and that his locks is previous his shoulders; she is excited at the possibilities of seeing him with short(er?) locks for initially in a decade!
And lastly, here is Lise with her lovely grand-daughter who seems to be experiencing some dark candy currently. Lise says that she operates a household enterprise and has 40-hour-plus workweeks, and then stays Friday with this little peanut, so that reduces into her stamp collecting time.
Lise says that LEUCAN has been cutting minds for 10 decades now, and that they make hairpieces out of locks that is 10″ comprehensive or more. This season, locks reduced than that was sent to help gather oil from the oil leak off the shore of Louisiana!
Our next entrant is Steph (“Crookedknits” on Ravelry), a consistent commenter who I was fortunate enough to satisfy in individual during my New Seasons vacation to NYC this season. She is at the same time functioning on her Sanquhar Bonny Footwear and having a pet hug with her brother’s new cat, Dino. Seemingly Dino “helps” with the stamp collecting by eating on her string and munching the comes to an end of her needles. (More than a reasonable enterprise for the cuddles, I bet! I wish dachshunds created that quietly purring disturbance…)
Steph has her own site at The Uneven Knitter (subtitled, “because nothing in this life ever comes to an end up going straight” — ain’t it the reality of the issue, sistah!)
Here are some photographs of Alex, who life in Maine. She informed me that she doesn’t thoughts much but when she paperwork I have a new publish, she forms in with her breakfast/coffee/lunch/snack for a awesome study. Which is a element, since I seem to be not capable of doing a shorter publish. I just have problems getting my act together (lately, especially!) and then I have so much to share!
That is Alex on the right, below, freezing with some associates at spud reap time:
And here is Alex with her hubbo, Josh. I think they both look far too youthful to be committed, but then again, anyone under 30 is beginning to look like a youngster to me…
The next entrant is my buddy Jenny; she is one of the knitters I know from function. We try to get together most Monday in the law enterprise major lunchroom, and I present anyone who wants to master, help fix stamp collecting boo-boos, and usually appreciate the organization of other knitters, as they are my type of individuals. Jill has these awesome amazing big cope with, and is committed and has two lovely big pets, and is a very smart knitter. Her very first venture was this several of mittens (WHO begins stamp collecting on 5 needles, in the ROUND, for heaven’s sake!?!) She got preoccupied by many other tasks at the same time, but is lastly getting around to completing these mitties, which is excellent, because winter weather is here big-time, AND she just discovered a design for a jacket-bolero thingy that she wants to use to our enterprise Christmas celebration — which is on November 5!!!!
Next comes a awesome image from Katebee, who has been writing comments from the beginning of this site (she says she didn’t deliver images of herself while stamp collecting, “because somehow I always look deranged”!) There is also a Ravelry associate known as “Katebee” (who has an surprisingly done set of FO’s (finished objects) and a Katebee writer at “Making it up as I go” on Blogger. Which has the following very useful account statement: “Kate. U. s. Declares. I knit elements.” And also the awesome sub-title, “I am the In Jackson of stamp collecting. Only not as hot. Or Strong.” Katebee, is this your blog?
Next on our selection is Miriam, who reminisced about youth sweets with me in an previously publish and even sent me something known as a “Big Piece,” which I was expecting was maybe going to be Hugh Jackman (sigh…) but actually was a really delightful candies bar!
Here is Miriam with her lovely grand-daughter, Arielle:
(look at those little feetsies!)
And here is Arielle in a hat Marian created for her; I especially like the hoo-hoos at the top:
(ahh, infants… how I really like babies! More infants to come in this post!)
Next we have Tiffane, who also sent some photographs of newest designs. This is a taken of her awesome new hair do. (If I’m not wrongly diagnosed, those are natural cope with, my favorite; I have a buddy at function, Nell, who has cope with huge of wheatfields when they are still natural, with specks of precious metal. I can only pay attention to 50 % of what she says because I’m missing in appreciation of her awesome cope with.):
Some newest tasks of Tiffane’s: a really lovely top for a three-year-old, and a felted bag (Nicky, look! She’s bedecked these with your simply leaves and roses!!!)
And here is Tiffane’s cat, Spencer, who is that unusual pet who loves enjoying dress-up, prepared to introducing Halloweeners (although he might take crime, should he match my own “Hallo-wieners!”). Seemingly Spencer has an comprehensive holiday-appropriate clothing selection, so I think we will need more photographs to publish of his other apparel as the season goes by.
And this entrant is Jackie, who is functioning on the March Girl cardigan. She looks really youthful to be such an done knitter!
If I had a child, Jackie is exactly what I would want. A cutie-pie who can knit! I really like that heated older string, too, and am looking for images of Jackie which the accomplished cardigan for us.
And last but not least, another gvo autoresponder who has been writing comments since the beginning of the KOTOTW site, Cai, who is stamp collecting on-the-go here before side of a awesome shrub in Woodward Playground, where she was entertaining a relation on in cross-country split finals (Woo Hoo! Way to multi-task!):
Cai says she often knits at the Little Foliage tea shop, where Henry, the manager, indicates appropriate tea according to whatever she happens to be stamp collecting. Cai also prefers the extra-long content as they provide her an justification to come here and sip tea and knit. (Can I just say that I am packed with desire to go knit with Cai there in PERSON, rather than in site form???) I really like her look here. Knitting is such a satisfaction, but stamp collecting at a attractive tea shop with associates is what I would image paradise being like, if I had any say in the issue.)
Finally, images of Cai’s shop, nicely saved in a sophisticated barrister’s bookcase (a MUCH more appropriate use than lawful tomes, IMHO).
Her associates see this and think she should start a string shop. Ahem. Cai, you need to deliver your associates the image of my shop, below, so that they can see the truly terrifying outcomes of one ladies crazy enthusiasm for stamp collecting…
So, there you have it! 10 KOTOTW buddies! I want to thank all the courageous people above for delivering in photos; don’t ignore to deliver me your send cope with, and a shade or bodyweight personal preference for what you like to knit (I would dislike to deliver heavy string to a sock or ribbons knitter, or vice versa).
For the relax of you individuals who sometimes study this blog; if you would like to make yourself to the organization, please e-mail me your image, and maybe images of what you will work on lately, and I’d be delighted to publish a little bit about you, too!
November Knitting Night
We had a very unique First Friday stamp collecting evening time this Nov, as Kristin introduced a little visitor to make to us all – her awesome new infant, Adeline!
As you can see, we all took changes positioning her while she snoozed like a little tired angel-baby, so that Kristin could eat her pizzas (Punch Pizza in Nordeast – YUM!)
I really like these photos; we are all just radiating joy and Kristin looks so awesome and justifiably very pleased. As for me, I cannot tell you what a cure it was to carry a getting to sleep infant again; it has been SUCH a while. Even though my son Nathan is 14 now (and 6’ 3”!), the practical knowledge of positioning a little little one returns those beginning remembrances so quickly. Sigh; nothing like a infant to load your center to stuffed.
We did adjourn to a regional Panera for at least a little stamp collecting, but it was a worknight so we can’t remain comprehensive. And unfortunately, I don’t have any photographs of the team’s WIP’s, but will try to do better the very next time.
Status of KOTOTW Project No. 14 – Hunter’s Argyle Sock
Here is images of my argyle sock so far; I knitted both cuffs before I began on the argyle part:
It is going very quickly now that I am previous the position stitching cuffs, which took 88 lines, yet only led to 4 in. of knitting! By comparison, the first huge expand of argyle (2 gemstones long) is only 65 rows! I’ll have to ask Renay to deliver images in so we can see how hers are returning along.
In my next publish, I think I’ll reveal some useful suggestions for intarsia function. It is certainly not my preferred type of knitting; you have to be in a individual feelings to cope with the warming up wools clinging from each prevent of shade, as you have to position them around each other at the edges to make sure no gaps present, leading to type of a “tangle party” on the again aspect of your stamp collecting which needs to be de-tangled every few lines. I experienced generating Nicky’s Dog Monster Headscarf, as the intarsia places were little enough that you could just use comprehensive lengths of string and take them through each other, and also as it was very small, so there was less potential for tangling over an finish row.
However, over the decades I’ve acquired some methods that really do help you to make those two bothersome stitching where two shades match “behave” themselves, instead of looking crooked and crazy, or conclusion up either too big or too little.
An Assault of Finish-Itis!
Sometimes I have start-itis, and seem to experience an desire to just begin tasks all few days comprehensive (this is perhaps why I have discovered myself sometimes with over 20 tasks on the needles at any given moment!) My newest stash-organizing venture has created beginning new tasks particularly challenging to fight.
Luckily, I also have temporary problems of finish-itis. The one that hit lately not only led to the prepared “Wall-O-Yarn” you see above, but has also assisted me finish some presents and other elements that will come in useful now that the elements has changed into this:
(Taken outside my buddy Eva’s house this Friday AM – the snowfall determined to come before Christmas this year! I know this happens consistently, but even though I’ve resided here for 14 decades, that still just seems so, so wrong!)
First of all, I created Adeline a chicken hat for Christmas. I desired to make one of these in an mature dimension for my dad who has assisted run a thanksgiving foods on tires charitable trust occurrence for the last 20+ decades, and discovered an excellent design, but for a infant – the “Jive Turkey Hat” from the “GoingCrafty” Blog, subtitled “Weird elements I do with my arms and fingers.” I especially like the outlined key terms for this publish, which are “baby, stamp collecting, design, and ridiculous” (!)
Adeline became the unwitting individual of the baby-sized magic size I required to make, to decide how to dimension the whole dang element up for my uncle’s rather huge skull. Here she is, which it for us:
I think my other bus individuals must have been mystified, to see me stamp collecting the chicken feet… The development of the cuboid is particularly inspired; you type of take position stitching to take the edges together, and then position string around the center, to make the two knobby parts at the end of each cuboid.
(I can’t WAIT to provide my Uncle Port his hat; Nathan and I are going to help make the Christmas foods next Friday mid-day and evening time, and I’m providing his chicken hat to him then so that he can either wear it happily, or look at me like I am a mad individual.)
I accomplished yet another Monet scarf, a kit from Morehouse Plants in the “Houses of Parliament” colour. It is created out of their wonderful hand-dyed merino fleece coat, as breezy and floaty as gossamer, but fun and springy to knit with. I really like elements like this for driving. Rows and lines of garter stitching are relaxing and simple to cope with during bus or practice drives.
This is my third Monet shawl; the first was for a buddy who missing her new man abruptly, and the second was for provided for a charitable trust retail. This third one is for the sis of two associates of mine; she is restoring from some very serious accidents. Anyway, she was on my thoughts and in my desires, but I always experience so dependent when bad the unexpected happens to really awesome individuals, and do not know what to say or do. I determine that since I know how to knit, one of the best elements I can do is to make something heated and relaxing, and to knit all my best needs into it. Knitting has given me so much joy; sometimes it just seems right to “use my stamp collecting abilities for good” and make something for someone else to communicate my own thankfulness.
(Let you think I am falling from my vow to knit only for myself, however, please be aware that I am also almost half-way done with Monet Shawl #4, which is actually going to be kept for me! 
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For preventing something like this, preventing wiring come in really useful. You just ribbons them along the edges of each aspect, and then use T-pins to carry the wiring in position. These shawls are much lesser before you prevent them; they expand surprisingly. I kept re-counting considering it wasn’t going to be comprehensive enough, but when clogged it came out to 72″, so I think it came out an excellent cope comprehensive.
Another driving knit venture (as “argyling” with 5 different shades per row provides several mobility issues): I saw this exciting design in the newest Lion Company selection, for a dark-colored felted scarf with crocheted medallions on it, like enormous celebrities or snowflakes, known as the Constellation Headscarf. What I really liked about it, was that the crocheted elements were damaged right around the edges of the scarf and made down on each aspect, generating it an irregular and double-sided scarf – SOOO clevah!
I desired my own to be machine-washable and dryable, so I used my preferred old life, Lion Company Wool-Ease, and knit a garter stitching scarf the comprehensive way, 360 stitching a row, and 4 paintballs of Wool-Ease on a dimension 9 hook. I had to sit through 14 time of continuous lawful training sessions in the last 2 several weeks, and required something discreet to function on that I could just knit without looking much, so this venture was ideal.
I determined to make a corresponding hat as well, so I created an additional crocheted celebrity, and created a simple garter stitching hat with a fold-over top.
It was really awesome to have new knits to use this weeks time, considering the snowfall and freezing temps; I sensed comfortable and like I was getting very proper good myself.
And lastly, the most awesome success of all (IMHO); I have accomplished cataloguing my shop, and my future tasks onto Ravelry, where I am “mtaylorknitter”. WARNING: Looking at my Assignments website could make you slight at the huge amount…
I realized I was in problems when the display said at one factor, “You are returning into your 400th project…” OK, 40 or so of those are accomplished already. But at over 360 tasks on side to make, presuming I knit about 20 a season, that is 18 decades of stamp collecting, people!!!!
Crazycrazycrazy… and here is Display A, presented as proof of said craziness:
All those orange-ish publish it paperwork are noticeable with a page corresponding to paperwork on an exceed spread sheet reporting each venture, the string, the design, etc., so that I can just word-search the selection and identify any venture I might want to knit. At some factor. If I remain that comprehensive. (I ran out of characters and had to re-start “AA, and got all the way to “GG”…)
I have some containers of one or two skeins of various elements staying from accomplished tasks, and a few more tasks that are partly accomplished to add to the Ravelry selection, but the selection and organization venture is more or less finish. I’m really expecting that when I get the desire to buy string, I can quickly get to a pc system with also and look through my Ravelry website to tell myself that there is little threat I will run out of attractive stamp collecting tasks any time in time soon.
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So, there you have it; a really awesome two several weeks packed with associates, a infant, knittingknittingknitting, and reveling in the glories of my future tasks. Normal life is good!
Thanks again to the commenters who sent me their photos!!!!
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