Last prize...

...goes to the blogless Elizabeth in Syndey N.S.!!! Since Elizabeth is my delightful Coffee Swap partner she will be getting a grand package indeed!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered - not just for taking a chance but also for sticking around to read my ramblings and respond to my rants. It has been a wonderful year so far and I can only hope that the next one is as good.

Update on the afghan - I sent my mother an email explaining that the afghan has become as painful to knit as ... well I am without a good metaphor today (it is Friday my friends - expect little on Fridays!). Anyway, I have been gracefully excused from the afghan and told to knit whatever I want.

Woohoo...Lizard Ridge, here I come!!!!

Thanks (again!) and final blogiversary draw.

Well...blogiversary month is drawing to a close. Last week's winner is the sadly blogless Lo Sing who lives here in Ottawa and must have "blog begginers" luck because she just found my blog and entered and won!

Final draw is this week and up for grabs are these two skeins of handspun. It is a wool/silk blend (sorry I don't have the percentages). I don't know the yardage but I can tell you there is 100 g (3.5 oz) in there and it is roughly fingering weight (give or take a bit of thick/thin here and there). This is spun from this roving. The colours are definitely watermelon-y and this picture isn't too bad. The sheen from the silk is lovely! If you haven't won already this month, send your entry email to me at ambergem1969 at hotmail dot com by Wednesday next to win!


Sienna is doing semi-okay - she's still iffy on the leg and I probably need more anti-inflammatories but we'll see how things go for a bit.

As for the Afghan from Hell...thanks for the excellent advice - you are all right of course...its just...well there's the never finished Mother's Day quilt guilt (it went un-built) of 1992 to consider...

I'll keep you posted on the ultimate decision.

Blogiversary Month Continues

Last week's winner is blogless Wanna-Baa of the comments! Random number generation was witnessed by 3 kids hovering two inches away from my face during the entire process.

I don't have pictures but next week's draw is a dyer's delight...

Winner gets to choose any two of the following three items:

• 2 silk scarf blanks from Dharma Trading (Habotai and Chiffon)
• 1 100 g skein of Knit Picks Bare fingering weight merino
• 100 g of South African top or superwash

As always, please send email to ambergem1969 at hotmail dot com by Wednesday. Good luck to all!

View from my window - 6 a.m.

Its a nor'easter! Another reason not to live in the nor'east...

Notice my deck chairs...which I put out on the deck on a warm day 3 weeks ago. I haven't actually sat in them yet. I keep reminding myself that in July I'm gonna be complaining about how hot it is.

Happy Monday! There are five people signed up for the fantabulous blogiversary prize draw. Odds are still good so sign up by Wednesday for a chance to win.