Did You Say Contest????
July 29, 2007
In honor of lasting a whole month blogging, selling over 50 yarns and having over 100 hearts on etsy, my mom’s birthday, and hey cause I want to, I’m having a contest. A random selected person who leaves a comment on this post by Friday August 3rd will win this fabu prize:
I finished Mom’s part deux socks. Hurray! It was touch and go for a minute but I found my knitting mojo and completed them last night. I used size one DPNs with my generic cuff down sock pattern. The cuff is 6″ and foot size is 5.5. I barely had any yarn left over so there was no way I could’ve use that yarn for me. This mill end is far softer than the previous Cherry Tree Hill I’ve used. I’m not sure why but very dreamy.
I even started up a swatch sock for some leftovers I dyed up in some of the stripey colors. I’m gonna knit the Sock With No Mate while I think of the perfect pattern to use with my Funky Carolina “In the Dark” sock yarn. Carrie special dyed this for me so I don’t want to be hasty in the pattern picking process.
The Sweet Sheep order is moving along. I had to make a run to Target for a rack to dry yarn and some plastic totes. I’ve never had this much yarn in play before. I love it and am having so much fun coming up with a special colorway just for her shop. My super cool new yarn tags should be here tomorrow (according to DHL tracking).
And if you get a second, check out No Knit Sherlock’s awesome Day of the Dead photo and the new Lovesticks Flickr group!
Entry Filed under: Lovesticks, Sweet Sheep, dyeing, funky carolina, knitting, socks, summer of socks, yarn. .
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Tanya | July 29, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Those are some cool yarns you knit the socks with. Did you say you dyed them? very nice! I so need to get some sock blockers, well…enjoy your sunday!
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Shannan | July 29, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Your socks turned out great! The Funky Carolina yarn is very pretty. I can’t wait to see what you do to it.
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Anne | July 29, 2007 at 7:53 pm
The Funky Carolina is gorgeous — I know you’ll find a rockin’ pattern! Am about to head into Cherry Hill country and can’t wait to stop at some of the local (hurray for Barton VT) shops that have CTH Supersock along with maple syrup, postcards, and great coffee.
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sheknits | July 29, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Hi from a fellow Etsy shop’owner” congrats on your sales and hearts. I hope I am the magically randown drawn winner. Thanks for having a contest and i am going to announce it on my podcast http://she-knits.mypodcast.com if that is ok with you. Thanks for having a contest for beautiful stuff.
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Heather | July 30, 2007 at 12:46 am
Congratulations on all the success with your etsy shop! I totally understand why you have so many hearts. Your customer service is fantastic and you ship your goodies out so fast. Thanks again. I can’t wait to knit up my new yummy yarn that I recieved last week. Once I have a set of needles free your lovely yarn is next in line.
Just kidding.
By the way the socks look great…Your mom will love them and if she doesn’t you can always send them my way…haha…they are just the right size.
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EsotericKnitter | July 30, 2007 at 4:46 am
Congrats on doing so well with your Etsy shop!
The socks for your mom look great. And that yarn cake is to die for, I just love the colors.
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Oblivia | July 30, 2007 at 8:14 am
Hurrah and congrats on your store! I’m kinda sad that the CTH wouldn’t be enough for your feet, but the ones for your mom look great! (I guess you can make heels and toes socks with the green batch for you if needed.
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Erin | July 30, 2007 at 9:29 am
Your finished socks are awesome! Congrats on your etsy success.
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Kate | July 30, 2007 at 10:32 am
Congrats!
I heart sock yarn! I think I’m addicted to it…so many colors and textures that I just can’t get enough!
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KnittingHawkeye | July 30, 2007 at 12:57 pm
For the sock yarn Carolina dyed for you, maybe a simple pattern would do best. It has soo many different colours I think it may distort a pattern. =/
Goodluck with Sweet Sheep. Question, what is their normal order size? Out of curiousity.
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Nicole | July 30, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Congrats on all the milestones, and happy birthday to your mom! The socks look great.
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Kate | July 31, 2007 at 10:19 am
congrats on the socks, the baby stuff is soooo cute and I wish I could afford to buy some and get it here to Australia so please pick me!!
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Johnna | August 1, 2007 at 12:04 am
Happy birthday to your mom, and {{hugs}} for the milestones! Those socks are great!!
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Kym (aka Boop) | August 1, 2007 at 10:33 am
What lovely yarns. The socks are very nice & great colour choice. Good on you
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Maureen | August 1, 2007 at 9:54 pm
I love the colors of your yarns. They are beautiful. The socks for your mom look great!
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Ellie | August 2, 2007 at 10:10 am
What better reason to de-lurk and leave a comment than to wish you congrats! And, hey, contests are just added bonuses! Great job!
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JavaNut | August 2, 2007 at 4:01 pm
Love the colorway of your mom’s socks… and huge congrats on your Etsy success. Great idea to have a contest to share the celebration!
- Debra
JavaNutKnits.blogspot.com
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speckle | August 2, 2007 at 9:47 pm
You have some cool yarn! What kind of heel is that on the socks? It looks very nice!
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tattva1knits | August 3, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Ooh, I clicked through to you from TLE on the right day. Congrats on your Etsy success, I’m going to go check out your selection right now!
20. Last Call « Sock-a-holic | August 3, 2007 at 6:34 pm
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