Well, it’s 9:36. I just came down from getting Sophie to sleep for the second time tonight. I’m not sure what her problem was, I’m just hoping she stays asleep for awhile.
I really want to thank everyone again who left such nice comments and who posted about the contest to their blogs. It was so much fun having e-mails flood in all week, and I only wish I had about two hundred books and skeins of yarn to give away.
Right now there are 212 comments on the Contest! entry. I am not doing this selection in any super-scientific fashion, but I am going to use the random number generator – hang on I’m opening up another tab – alright, I used this page and got the number 42. Okay, wait a minute while I go count from the top of the comments down…
Whew! I’m so glad the winner is someone who actually followed the rule of put your damn e-mail address in the damn comment – there were only a few who didn’t, but it kind of annoyed me. I was very frustrated the last time I ran a contest and I had to go try to track people down through their blogger accounts and even then still couldn’t find e-mail addresses for them. Sorry for the bitter showing through. We’re celebrating, because….
Kala at Vegan Craftastic is the winner! Hey, Kala! We’re practically neighbors! Maybe I can even drop the book and yarn off for you somewhere – or I’d be happy to mail it too. I really hope you enjoy them. I’m off to e-mail Kala and make sure she knows she’s won.
Thanks again to everyone who played along, and I hope some of you stick around. I’ll be busy dyeing sock yarn, knitting leggings (no, not leg warmers – PANTS!) for my girls, trying to stay sane while running around after my little ones, and about a million other things in the coming months.
Now I have to decide – am I going to buy Harry Potter at midnight, or wait till tomorrow morning? decisions decisions…
Dang…I was #32…I hope Kala enjoys her prize…in the meantime I’ve enjoyed reading your blog, thanks!
Congrats karla! Should be a fun project!
I sat near you at the Stitch and Bitch yesterday (to the left of your friend) and I thought she looks familiar, but then I dismissed it because, eh I think I recognize people all the time. So, surprise I went to your blog (you gave me your card) and saw your picture and ta dah! That’s where I saw you, here, I’ve popped in and out of your blog in the past, I recognized the photo but not the name. So, hello! That’s all I wanted to say. Hope the dyeing goes well, I’ll check your Etsy shop later…
thanks! it was fun.
I resisted the midnight Harry Potter thing. And at our knitting group just hours later we had to *ban* all conversation on the book because one of our number had actually read and finished the book in 3 hours!
I read HP and it was awesome! Thanks again for the contest even though I was not the lucky winner. Hey I have a question regarding provisional cast on. Went to my lys and she had to look it up in a book and what she showed me and what I see on videos and knitty.com are two different things. She has me casting on just regular with a scrap yarn and then just picking up and merrily knitting with my good yarn after I cast on? Does that sound right to you? I am thinking of attempting the video one more time to see if I can get it straight. Thanks! I am making a shawl for an auction at my church and need to get off on the right foot! Karyn