You Win! You Win! You Win!

Turtle! You Win! Isn't that too funnier than the dog with the hat? (Seriously, I was posting you as the winner while you were leaving that comment. . .too, too funny!) Congratulations! And thanks to everyone who played!

Turtle, who commented on Happy Anniversary Pretty. . ., she won! Yay! Turtle has several blogs, so I have linked you to her profile, and I am off in a minute to dash her an email spreading the joyful news of her good fortune!

For the rest of you, here's another bit of randomness:

I guess it's good that they both don't want to s-t-r-e-t-c-h out! Haha! But why, do you suppose, does the little cat always curl up to the big cat's butt? And why, do you suppose, is Pretty Knitty so obsessed with cat-butt lately? sigh!, and lol! Wait! I have Knitting Knews, too!

Remember that I started my That-a-Way Mitts? Well, I finished them, and have been wearing them this week! (Yes, apparently I am a super, speed-knitter!) lol And I started another market bag, which will undoubtedly appear in the Saturday blog!
Congratulations, Turtle! And. . .say it with me. . .

Knit in Good Health!

Contest Closed!

Please check back on Wednesday, March 31st for the Winning Announcement!

Our Place in the Sun. . .

I love that the cats always find their place in the sun!
I love it more when their place is on the floor!
Really, what is better on a sunny day than basking in the glow of the sunbeams? Whether you do that outside in the summer or inside on a crisp day in early spring, ya just gotta love the sun!

Know what else I love? . . .

That's right! Winning contests! Don't forget to enter the Pretty Knitty Jewelry contest if you have not already entered! All the details can be found at this link!

I entered a contest this month with WonderMike of the Fiber Beat podcast, and look what I got in the mail today:

It's Mmmmmmmalabrigo (softer than I could have imagined) Rasta, a super bulky, super squishy, super purple yarn! Super YAY!!! Back off, Michelle!. . .MY Yarn! ;p Use one of those links to check out Mike and his podcast. . .he's a funny guy, and he also does some video supplements that are quite informative! Thanks, WonderMike! I already have a scarf project in mind for this yarn. . .I cannot wait!

And, because I promised that I would blog about him today. . .DA, da da Daaaaa! Say hello to my little friend!

He and his mom were manning the face-painting table at the Easter Egg Hunt today at church, and the Hubster and I stopped in to take a look around. It was a great time, with the Easter Bunny (who is a bit camera shy) and games and music and many happy families! I am glad I stopped in, and glad I got to see the painters, because they all grow up so fast. . .I had absolutely no idea this kid could grow a moustache already! Yikes! :o)

In Knitting Knews, my Thursday group said that I would probably finish the April socks by the end of the week. . .I said, "No, I won't. It's not like I am a super, speed-knitter or anything!" But, apparently I am. And here they are:

These are the Catnip Socks (in Lion Brand Sock Ease, Rock Candy colorway) I pulled from the sock-a-month kits I had prepared for 2010. So that means that I have now finished 4 pairs, and these were supposed to last me into April! I could get out another kit, or I could start a new and different project. . .

New and different. . .I like that. So, here are my "That-a-Way" fingerless gloves! Started them this morning in leftover Araucania Ranco Multy yarn (purchased a couple summers ago in North Carolina, I think).

The pattern uses an arrow lace from some other pattern, and the charts and lace directions all mention the use of beads. Beads are not, however in the list of materials. According to the bead placement as I read the chart, I think the lace pattern assumes that beads are placed with a crochet hook, but I strung them all on, and I am placing them as I knit. That means that I place beads on the row after the pattern tells me to, but so far, so good! I am using tiny, blue, glass beads, and I think they will stand out just enough!

And now, one more gratuitous shot of the cats, both of them this time, on the dining room table:
Thanks for all the comments last week on ways to solve the problem of cat-butt where I eat. I guess I will have to break down and take a trip to the pet store for something that works. . .it does not appear that the spray-bottle of water is much of a deterrent. sigh!

Knit in Good Health!

Happy Anniversary, Pretty. . .Contest on my Mind!

Throws confetti. . .dances. . .turns music up. . .takes a swig. . .looks around, laughing. . . Notices crowd. . .turns down music. . .

Well, hellooooooo, everyone!
It's so good that you came for a visit today.

Why?, you ask. . .Because today is the 1-YEAR anniversary of both my Blog and my Etsy shop!

. . .she pauses until the applause fades just a bit. . .

I know, right?! I am sooo excited! Know what I'm gonna do to celebrate?

Yep! A contest! The winner will get to choose ANY ONE ROW COUNTER from the Etsy Shop! OR, if you don't knit, you may have your choice of two bracelets (shown below), made by Pretty Knitty herself!

Here's how to enter:
Leave me a comment, or
email me at PrettyKnittyJewelry (at) yahoo (dot) com,
letting me know
1. How did you first find my blog? and
2. Which counter-style (or bracelet-style) you like best, of the following:

The Knitting Row Counter that counts up to 100 rows, like this one:
The Knitting Row Counter that counts up to 20 rows, like this one: The Crochet/Knit Counter that counts up to 99 rows, like this one:
For the Bracelets, we have All Pink:
or Pink and Green: I will accept entries until March 30th, and I will announce the winner in the March 31st blog post! Please be sure to watch the blog to see if you win!

That's all there is to it. . .enter away! And if you want to see more examples of my work, check out the Etsy shop!


Knit (and Enter) in Good Health!

Spicy Saturday!

Wow! I look happy to be finished with the Salsa Sweater! Haha! . .and I am! It was a fun knit (sorry, friends! There is no actual pattern. . .I improvised, using a generic, Sweater-Wheel pattern generator I found online, and added in some lace that struck my fancy and some twisted stitches that I kinda made up for diamond effects in this spicy knit.) I love how it turned out, and the only thing I would change is that the distance between the waistband and armhole split could be a little short. I think I underestimated "the girls" for this one! lol


There are more details on my Rav Project Page for this one, and if you have knitted a sweater or two from any general pattern, you can do something similar. . .I just know you can!


I guess it all evens out, though, because I seem to have overestimated the size of my feet for the March through February socks (March Sock Kit that I eagerly started in Feb.)! These socks fit, but are a tad loose and long in the foot, to be sure, BUT my good friend and co-worker has graciously agreed to take them off of my hands so that I need not be reminded of my sock-knitting shortcomings so frequently! lol, and thanks, Friend! Wear them in good health, and then go knit your own socks! Wearing hand knit socks is the gateway to the sock-knitting addiction, and I am supremely happy to open that gate wide for ya! Haha!
Another reason I am so darn smiley in my Salsa is that the weather is starting to get a little spicy around here, too! Look at the hyacinth:

The sun is shining, the temperatures are coming up gradually over the last couple weeks (I am SOOOO in denial about the possible winter weather that threatens us before the end of this weekend!), and I am ready to see that sunshine on a more regular basis!

Another reason to smile is that I got to go scrapbooking last night! There is a group I crop with whenever I can (they meet once a month), but this is the first time I have been able to go ALL YEAR! (full time at work plus hobbies is starting to kick my butt a little! lol) Woo Hoo! So glad that I got to go, both because I love to play and because I love to look at pictures of the little people who seasoned our lives so long ago. . .just look at College Girl and Army Boy when they were little:

Soooo sweet! I got 6 pages done (pictures and papers stuck down) and my new plan is to try to do that part on a bunch of pages, and leave the writing and embellishing until another time. Look how little College Girl and Army Boy are in that photo! I mean, I have their albums finished (birth to HS graduation), but I have years of pictures to scrapbook before I am anywhere near caught up with this craft! Good grief, Pretty Knitty! How many hobbies do you have? Always just one too few. . .I haven't tried building model airplanes yet. . .


But, I digress. . .lol. . .back to the knitting! Since I finished a sweater and a pair of socks, I was out of knitting projects, so I started my fourth sock kit of 2010, Catnip Socks:

These are toe-ups, I am knitting with Lion Brand Sock-Ease in the color "Rock Candy" on 2.25mm needles, and so far, I like! These have a reverse heel-flap and gusset, and I have wanted to try one of these heels for quite some time, so here we have it! I will let you know how it goes. . .until then. . .

Knit in Good Health!