On The Needles Of Iron (and contest winner announcement)

A yearly goal…

The February Lady Sweater, barely started,  so really not worth a photo, which may turn into a KAL with my former co-worker knitter peeps. I am knitting with Elsabeth Lavold Silky Wool.

A secret…for someone…out of hand dyed Toe Toez, purchased from Settlers Farm (now the Wicked Stitch), in Wamego, KS. Appropriately, I think. (Clues!) So, no photo yet.

A gift…a Big Foot Shawl, from Wrapped In Comfort. Complete except for the last half of the bind off row. Yes. That’s right. I have come up short of yarn, pushing the yarn goddess too far, once again. This time, however, I went to Ravelry, to the Yarn forum, and made a plea. Someone answered, and there is someone else’s leftover Naturally Dawn winging its way to me, for which to finish up this excellent piece. I cannot wait to see it blocked. Stay tuned. Again, no photo.  Still sort of a tender subject, and really just sort of a blob of blue until blocked.
Also. I love Ravelry. Again.

Really?  I was going to take photos of all the above but ended up with Youngest and the Grandbebe Girl and Two last night. Their power went out temporarily, so I was the winner.

Speaking of winners...

The winner of a $35 gift certificate to the world renown Atomic Sisters Etsy Emporium is….drum roll….

in a totally arbitrary drawing of names on little slips of paper...from a newly thrifted, gifted Longaberger basket Christmas gift from DSis (oh she knows me so well)...

Erin!

…..cymbal crash!!

(Erin, I sent you a comment letting you know. Contact me by email (over in the sidebar above the photo of the Cat Who Would Be Queen) and we will arrange for the winnings!)

Thanks, everyone, for reading along with me, for commenting, and participating in our contesting (and by our, I mean DSis and myself!). Here’s to Year Trois (lifting a glass)!