I wish I could have been at Sock Summit in Portland, Oregon this weekend! I would have joined in! I love socks and yarn and knitters!

ETA: Can't seem to get the embedded video to work, so you can see it here: Sock Summit 2011 Flash Mob.



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I won the jackpot this week! Three packages containing goodies in just 7 days! I'm a lucky girl!

First, I received to boxes from Alabama and my Spring Forward Pal, Yarner! She sent me yarn (of course!) and other wonderful treats.

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Well, I wanted to show you all a lace scarf that I finally finished. I remember starting it at the end of April, but it was giving me trouble, plus I had a lot of other knitting that I wanted to do, so I put it aside. I finished it in October and finally got around to blocking it (getting it wet, pinning it out to shape it and leaving it to dry) ( Read more... )

So, way back when, I joined a Sock Swap, I was going to knit a pair of socks for two different people (2 pairs in total) and, in turn, they would each knit a pair for me. I received my first pair from froggy_knits in the mail yesterday.

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What a great couple of weeks, filled to the brim with blog fodder. I have been very negligent in my blogging duties, so I am hereby attempting to cram it all into one MEGA-post.
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Jack Frost has visited this morning. BBBRRRR!!! I even broke down and turned on the heat last night, just so it wouldn't be so unbearably cold in the house when I got up this morning. BBBRRR!!!

In other news, I signed up for a class at the 2007 Knitting Festival (WARNING-Norwegian text) in Oslo, Norway next month. Amy Singer (founder of Knitty. ( Read more... )

I got two, count 'em, 2 packges this week. The first was from a South African woman that lives in UAE (United Arab Emirates) and the other is my *Secret Pal from "The Spring Fling" on The Knitty BoardOf course, I have someone that I am spoiling in the Secret Pal Exchange, but I can't say any more than that because I don't want her to know who I am ( Read more... )