Drumroll, please

I got Arthur to pick a winner, and the paper he turned over said:

Melissa!

This is highly appropriate, since I recently won something on her blog! Send me your address, and I will pop this lovely yarn in the mail to you!

In other news, the airshow is on here in Toronto. Perhaps I have complained about it before. It is very loud, what with planes whooshing overhead, and they have one day of practice (today) and then three days of show. We can hear it all, though they tend to fly quite a bit south of us at the lakeshore, so we can't see it!

Other than covering our ears, we have a pretty busy and fun weekend planned, before school starts on Tuesday! Oh, I will be pleased to get back to the routine! Whatever the routine turns out to be, this year.

A giveaway!

It's still a bit early for a 6-year-2-month blogiversary celebration, and it's the end of August, so who knows if anyone is even out there reading, but, the time has come for me to part with this reddish brownish lace-weight wool/mohair yarn, so I will have a contest!

Is it red or brown, or chestnut?

This came to me in a swap, and I was delighted and have admired it for 2 years now (!) but, since it is 80% mohair and 20% wool, it would make me sneeze like anything, and I know I am never going to knit with it. It is 420 yards and 100 grams, so could make something really lovely!

Mohair slight fuzziness makes it always look out of focus.

All you have to do to make this your own is leave me a comment! Let's see... I'll leave this open for a week, till September 2nd, my friend Dave's birthday. Then I shall charge up the random number generator and pick a winner!

Good luck and happy knitting!

Tis the season for silly songs

Well, that's enough of that!

Picking a random number between one and three was a challenge, but we did it, and got THREE! That means that Pigwotknits will get herself a new magazine, as soon as she sends me her snail-mail address (my e-mail address is up there in the corner).

Now, off to knit a few rows before tackling the day!

A fine idea

Lately Alison has been offering a "Saturday giveaway" where she passes on books she no longer needs.

I think this is just a fine idea, although it is now Sunday!

Since two of my friends had the bright idea to give me the same magazine when I was in hospital, I will offer one up to you, dear readers.

It is the VK Fall 2010. (Oh, dear, it's so last season, I'm sorry!)

This is, in fact, full of delightful stuff you should be able to see here.

I can tell you right now that the yarn for the great Union Jack cardigan (Scottish Tweed 4-ply) has already been discontinued, so I hope that doesn't break anyone's heart too badly. They say you can use Felted Tweed, like this one on Ravelry. (And really, if your gauge is off and the final measurement turns out to be 65 inches instead of 68 3/4", who's going to notice!)

Leave a comment here and I'll just pick one lucky winner at random. And perhaps this tradition might continue, because I certainly have a few books I never use!

ETA: I'd better make a time limit on this... Leave your comment before midnight Tuesday, Nov 23!