favorite kal project winners!

i don't know about you but i personally had a hard time picking my favorites as each of you made something that i really liked.

the first place winner for favorite project of the carefree kal is......

RADKA
for her norwegian gloves
(oh so lovely)

second place goes to....

DEBI
for her critter clogs
(these are MY favorite of all the critters)

and third place goes to...

KALA
for her 7 holiday trees
(so creative and cute!)

congratulations, ladies!

here is the list of prizes which have been generously donated by laura. thank you, laura!

• "knitting america" by susan strawn
• "folk hats" by vicki square
• "the elegant knitter" by gina macris
• "hand knitting new directions" by alison ellen (library discard)
  

winners, please email laura (proflauraATfirststepinternetDOTcom) with your choice of book(s) and DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR MAILING ADDRESS. radka gets first pick. debi, please send TWO choices. kala, please send THREE choices.

we will be starting a "ufo" kal in january; so start looking through your project bags for things that need finishing (not that i have very many **cough, cough**). details to be posted next week.

...and all you winners from the final drawing, please post your prize yarn when you receive it so the rest of us can drool over it. thank you ever so much.

Update... sock yarn blanket

It is slowly growing, my sock yarn blanket. I like it, and even my husband likes the idea. I will be working on it a bit in the coming days, when time permits of course.

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the hospital with Jouke. His glasses broke, and he can't do without them. But for a perscription under 18, a specialist has to take a look at his eyes, using eye drops. Three hours later the glasses were ordered and paid for - so the only thing Jouke has to do is pick them up after New Year.

But... that is not all... yesterday evening Alexa told me that she had a tooth ache. A visual hole in her left upper molar - and that was going to be a problem. I called the dentist and she could come almost directly to fill the hole.
But her work... that caused a problem. For bakery's it is the most busy day in the entire year...at first she was allowed to go, but later they refused her... in the end the pain won. Johan took her to the dentist and he had to go directly to work afterwards.... speaking of messy days :-)

But... to end this tale, I'd like to wish you all a blessed Christmas!

your favorite kal project?

come on, peoples!!!! deadline is approaching!!! leave a comment with your favorite projects. we have some prizes to give away!!!

we want to know which projects from the entire kal were your favorite ones.

so, pick 2 or 3 of your favorite projects and leave a comment in this post with the names of the project and the knitter. we will tally the votes and announce the winners.

in the spirit of "sharing the wealth," previous prize winners will receive the "honor" of favorite project and all the accolades; but the actual prize will be given to the next person in line who has not yet won anything.

prizes are being donated by laura. "top" place winner will get first choice. thank you, laura.

TWO more winners...

deadline for voting is wedneday, december 17th. ***voting extended to monday december 22th!***

and please, keep sharing your projects here.
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p.s from laura. i'm not intending to preach or to sound "high-horse" but only to share my pain. this world-wide economic crisis is affecting so many, including charities. i have been giving a lot of yarn to local charities - calico cat sells and donates to humane society, senior center uses to help feed others, etc.
"hidden poverty"... starving.. children who may not have Christmas ... appalling Zimbabwe.. my friend the Dean at KSU is giving charitable donations as gifts. so thoughtful!
frankly, some of our relatives don't even say packages arrived or thanks. we discussed not sending anything, but of course sent nice small special gifts anyway. GIGGLE- we found candy coal to send too! along with a plastic raindeer who poops chocolate!!

anyway - **** CONTEST ***** i have enough yarn to fill 3 priority boxes that i can mail
[1 to a non-us addy, 2 in us] - to those who will "knit for compassion" (charity). our local food bank wants kidz hats - try eap flaps! baby hats are fun and fast - with only 14-16 in around. ****
if more than 3 people email me proflauraATfirststepinternetDOTcom, i will pack all i have
and then ask Adrienne or Debi to draw names for me.

Socktopus

I finished another Christmas gift, so I thought I'd share even though I knit it in December. I knit a socktopus from the winter '08 Knitty.

More pics on my blog here. A fun project for using up yarn scraps!!

Sweater finished

The sweater came ready Saturday evening. It seems a comfortable wear to Wietse, as he was enjoying the attention that he received yesterday morning. It only took a ball in black, and one in white, as well as six buttons to make it. For the first time I used a circular needle to work the sweater, and the result is an almost seamless but comfortable wear. Just in time according to the weather people - they expect -5 right after Christmas. Now I need to find the time to work out my pattern notes, and translate them... wrote it all up in Dutch.

cold and hungry

**** drawing *****
i have enough yarn to fill 3 priority boxes that i can mail [1 to a non-us addy, 2 in us]

to those who will use it to "knit for compassion" (charity).

example: our local food bank wants kidz hats - try eap flaps! hospitals need baby hats - which are are fun and fast - with only 14-16 in around.
****
you'd get the box of yarn, and then knit it all up [is 3 mo deadline ok? negotiable possibly]
and take pictures and then donate. you ahve to be careful as some organizations want only machine washable yarn, like hospitals, others are open.

if more than 3 people email me proflauraATfirststepinternetDOTcom, i will pack all i have
and then ask Adrienne or Debi to draw names for me.