A Contest!

I'm catching up on reader mail and other various computer business tonight. This new computer
makes it oh-so-much easier to get some of the stuff that I've been putting off done since I can do it while watching a DVD from the couch. I have to apologize if, after tonight I haven't responded to something you think I should have. I am a scatterbrained mama sometimes, and nowhere near perfect. Please contact me again with a reminder.

Anyway, the first thing I want to point out is the new link way down on the righthand side to my previous post - it's about Jo-Anne and her bears. She's given me permission to publish her pattern, so if you didn't read the last post and want the bear pattern, there you go.

Secondly, I want to share a picture from another reader/friend Cindy. Remember when I had several whole skeins of sock yarn that people had sent in when I was collecting scraps and wanted to give them away to be knit into socks? Cindy was one of the people to whom I sent it. Cindy's daughter Karly got a pair of Koigu socks in part thanks to all the generous people who sent me their sock yarn bits. Cindy, thanks for sharing the photo!



Now, I'd like to direct your attention back over to the right hand column. I've updated my blogroll. It's a little embarrassing, actually, how many blogs I read on a regular basis. To be totally honest, this isn't a complete list, but it is most of the blogs I think my readers might be interested in. And oops I just realize that I didn't include any of the blogs from my "local knitters" folder - will have to do that another night. There are a lot of awesome knitbloggers there, most of them ones that everyone and their dog has already been reading forever, but a few that might be new to you. If I've linked to you and/or you find a problem with one of the links, let me know.

After loading up all my blog listings to Google, I realized that suddenly I might have a slightly larger capacity for following knitblogs, and I've always felt like I must be missing out on some awesome ones that everyone else is reading, or just some really cool knitters. Which leads me to the contest. I wanted to do a contest this month since it is my birthday month, and it's just as fun to give as it is to receive. I've got a couple of prizes to offer, and the entry is easy. Post a link in the comments to a blog you think I'll like so much I want to read it every day and add it to my blogroll. This link can be your own blog or just one you really like. Try not to submit one that's already on the list. I like awesome knitters, especially if they are moms, are liberal, and like to cook. But I also subscribe to blogs that meet none of those criteria so go crazy with it.

Now, for the prizes. First, I've been making some note cards - I think I may have mentioned them once or twice before.



Prize number one will be a dozen of these notecards.

Prize number two will be a skein of Euroflax in a cream color. It's enough to make about three
wash cloths. The wash cloths are lovely, and if you can stand to knit with the linen, I will be happy to pass it along. If I happen to select someone for this prize who doesn't want the linen, I'll give them the choice of note cards instead and give the prize to a third person.

I'm going to come up with one or two more prizes, and at least one will involve some awesome chocolate.

The drawing and prize announcement will be held at the end of the month - you have till January 25 to submit entries. Please feel free to invite your friends to submit, and make sure you leave an e-mail address or some way I can contact you if you win. A comment with a link constitutes an entry - one entry per person. I'll draw prizes randomly from all the entries whether the link makes my blogroll in the end or not.

This is my first time doing this, so if you have any questions or I've missed something, be kind but feel free to ask.

Now, I'm off to knit one more square on the blankie before bed.