Sharing the Love

Knitters are, in general, a pretty generous bunch. Think of it: we're there for each other in a pinch to help with patterns or emergency stash misshaps. We spend fortunes on yarn even though the finished object is rarely for ourselves. We knit for charity (and sometimes even for fictional characters). We participate in all kinds of swaps just for the fun of giving to others and sharing our passion. We'll gladly undertake a monster project for someone if it looks like it'd be a fun knit. Really, we're quite generous.

In keeping with that generosity, I've decided to have a contest for my birthday (which is today! I'm 32). Up for grabs are 2 skeins of Crown Mountain Farms Sock Hop yarn in the Good Vibrations colourway. For those of you who've heard of this yarn, you'll know it's pretty hard to get your hands on (I stalked them for weeks, but in the end I think this one was an impulse purchase - so unlike me, I know).


But there's more! I've decided to further share the love by making a 20$ donation to Knitters Without Borders on behalf of the winner.

How can we enter this glorious contest, you may be asking? It's pretty simple. Leave a comment before 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 29th, and you're entered to win. I'll do a random number generator thingie and reveal the winner next post (I'm thinking that'll be Monday, I've got a brutal weekend ahead of me).

OK, on to knitting content!

I finished my Socks for Seeley! Here are the legs, see how nicely they match up? All together now: Ooooooh, Aaaaaaaaah

You like that? Here's a close-up of the toes

Yeah, not so matchy anymore. I ran out of yarn about halfway down the foot of the second sock, and had to dive into the stash for my other ball of the same yarn. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same dye lot, so the stripe sequence wasn't the same at all. But you know what? I don't give a rat's arse at this point. I'll invent some schtick about it being a design element, something along the lines of putting your best foot forwards, yadayadayada...

OK, I'll wrap up this post with the Secret Pal 12 Question of the Week.

What would you consider the perfect amount of stash?

Hmmmm, that's a tough one. Well, I'd have to say that the prefect amount of stash would be not too little that you can't continually find inspiration in it or locate an appropriate skein for that "I must cast on IMMEDIATELY" project, yet not too much that storage becomes an issue.

Huh. Is that even possible???

OK, that's it for today. Don't forget to leave a comment if you want to be entered in my "Share the Love" contest. As I mentioned, I probably won't be posting until next Monday. I've got 3 concerts in 3 days, so I'm gonna be a busy-bee!

Happy Knitting Everyone!