February 13, 2009
What????

Could it be possible that I am posting 2 days in a row? This is a first for me in my 2 1/2 years of blogging - I have no idea how some people post every day...ANYWAY....It was a must because I just got my mail and look what was in it....

With the Valentine theme and all, I couldn't wait til next week to show you. This is the wonderful, thoughtful and very generous prize I received from jollypyrate and cverity for the Jorid Linvik KAL - it was a random prize drawing made by WunderDawg (see the little pieces of paper - I'm so lucky that he picked mine!!)
Delicious "Romance Blend" coffee beans (how did they know I have a fancy coffee grinder???), Caribbean and Floridian tasty treats, 2 beautiful sets of stitch markers (I just realized you can't see one of them in this photo - a beautiful green set from the Velvet Hippo) and best of all a Knit Picks Magnetic Chart Keeper - which is SOOOOO appropriate for a Jorid's beautifully charted patterns (I had to use sticky notes and highlighters since I didn't have a Chart Keeper) Thank you so much - not only did I make a family favorite pair of mittens, but I had the anticipation and fun of an awesome prize - what could be better than that?

When I took the prize photo, I also took a quick pic of my new in progress socks....

Curlicue (patternfish link) Red Bird Knits January SOM by Robyn Gallimore - in black and red Lana Grossa Seta/Cashmere - The pattern is slip stitched so a little slow, but the unbelievable softness of the yarn and beauty of the pattern makes it definitely worth the time!