"u" is for

....UNbelievable! thank you for all the comments. so many of you "LOVE" my bling! **blink, blink** LOL! i'm so bad!!!

anyway, i guess you are back to see who won the 50 socks/50 states cd/book. using the random number generator (although i am more of a draw a name out of the hat person), the winning number is..............................................

"the answer to the universe and everything" + 1

43



christineT

congrats! i will be contacting you by email to get your address.

if any of you are interested in purchasing this nice collection of patterns, you can contact drlaura (aka the publisher) here. $24.95 + s/h for 57 patterns! she will ship internationally too.

HELP FOR HAITI: i am donating $2 from each pattern purchased between january 18th - january 31st through my rav store to doctors without borders. as of now, the total is over $120. my patterns are listed on the sidebar. thank you for your support.

"t" is for

...treat!

i have a copy of the cd/book, 50 socks/50 states, to give away to one lucky commenter. just leave me a comment on this post by wednesday, january 20th.

of course, it wouldn't hurt to tell me that "bling" is your mostest favoritest sock of the entire collection! **wink, wink** =D

we are having a kal for the sock cd/book over on the rav group, 50 socks book, . come join us! the designers will be around to help with questions and problems.

and for extra chances to win, go visit siriusknitting. she is giving away one cd/30 entrants. her deadline to enter is january 24th!

ps. don't forget to leave me a way to contact you, should you be the winner.

"s" is for

...shawlette! i've finally named my "nonameyet" shawlette and have the pattern up for sale on rav.

"in the land of oz"
where 'roos and peacocks reign supreme

introductory price of $4.50 until january 15, 2010.

"r" is for

REALLY BIG NEWS! "bling! bling!" is available!


the 50 socks/50 states cd/book has finally been released and can be purchased directly from the publisher here and should soon be available in your lys (if they carry crystal palace yarn). there are 58 sock patterns crammed onto this one little cd!

dr laura is holding a drawing for a copy or two of the cd so head on over there and leave a comment. winner will be drawn on january 24th.

i also have an extra copy for a drawing, so come on back soon after i figure out how i want to "torture" you. :)

we are having a kal for the socks in the cd/book over on rav. currently voting on which socks to knit first. of course, there will be prizes. check it out if you are interested.

and there is a 12 months/12 projects/12 balls of yarn kal on the carefree blog. i joined but i don't expect to last very long. i am so easily distracted. LOL!

ps. yes, i know i skipped "q"! and i realize that i have been a very bad blogger...but you should see my stack of scarves and shawlettes!!!!!!!!!!!!

"p" is for

"pretty pleased" with himself! (and a little bit "proud" too!)

i hate sewing in the ends after i finish a project. i especially hate sewing in the ends on cotton dishcloths. my hubby is the dishwasher in the family (and no, you can't have him) and likes using handknit dishcloths. one day, he asked how hard it was to sew those ends in. thus, it became his job to finish off the dishcloths.

a few months later, he asked how hard it was to knit dishcloths. so, i got him a set of knitting needles and cotton yarn and proceeded to teach him how to do the knit stitch, cast on and bind off. This is his third dishcloth. he likes them small.

well, a couple of weeks ago, he came home from work and asked if i had any yarn that could be used to knit a scarf. after overcoming my shock, i asked "why?" he had decided that he wanted to knit one for his co-worker. so, i dug around and found two balls of patons allure in a pretty teal.









hubby is almost done with the scarf and as you can see, he is VERY "proud" of himself. today, we went yarn shopping for more yarn so he can knit a scarf for his mom. (my ulterior motive is to keep him out of MY stash! i am definitely going to have to find better hiding spots for my good stuff!)

the reason for the lei is that he thinks he deserves a trip to hawaii as a reward for finishing his first really big project.

he has even said, "wait, i need to finish this row first!" is that good or what!?!!

he is on his way....

ps. our sons laughed when they saw both of us sitting at the table knitting. their turn will come. they just don't know it yet.

"o" is for

.."ooh, child..."

i've finally given a name to the sock formerly known as "it's a mystery sock kal." my friend, debi, said the name made her think of this song. of course, now, she can't get it out of her head! LOL!

anyway, as i mentioned before, the sock reminded me of the child empress of fantasia who also needed a name. what better name for the sock than the one bastian shouted out?!

"moonchild"
aka the sock formerly known as "it's a mystery sock kal"

the pattern is available for sale on my rav shop for a special discounted price of $5 until october 9th. after that, the price will be $6.

and special thanks to katrin who suggested this name.

"n" is for

...'nnouncing the winner of the copy of the joy of sox!

some very interesting things in your knitting bags! sounds like "some" of us need to dump our bags out more often! LOL!

being from the old school, i like to do things the old fashion way...yep. i cut up all your comments and stuck them in here:


shook everything around and drew out this:

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so, yoyo socksister! you have won a copy of the new sock book, the joy of sox, courtesy of lark books and moi! congratulations! i hope you enjoy the patterns. please email me at ajmcfong at yahoo dot com with your mailing address and i will get this lovely book out to you.

and because so many of you took the time to leave me a comment, i decided to draw 3 more names and will be giving you a pattern of your choice from my ravelry store. you can also pick the mystery sock but the pattern will not be available until october.

kate
turtle
stacy

if you gals would pm me (rav id is bellybuttonknits) over on rav with your choice of pattern, i will get the pattern out to you.

thank you all for playing along!

obligatory ugly hummingbird picture
6-21-09

one of my friends sent me a picture of a baby cockatoo and it's even uglier than baby hummingbirds!