A lucky streak!

Unbelievable!  I've never referred to myself as unlucky or down on my luck, nor have I ever felt particularly rich in the luck department.  Things happen -- good things, bad things (usually, just "things") -- that's the way the cookie crumbles.

Seems that I've been run over by a streak of blog contest luck recently, though.  Earlier this week, I entered a random drawing Thanksgiving Contest ("What are you thankful for?") at I Was Knit Together In My Mother's Womb and Lynne wrote this morning to tell me I won!  Look at that gorgeous prize:  three skeins of Blue Sky Alpaca Worsted!  Lynne says, "A lovely blend of Peruvian Alpaca and Merino, dyed to a soft baby blue.  It's new, it's polished, it's cool."  Way cool...  Wow, thanks Lynne!

I don't remember how I found Lynne's blog, and it wasn't that long ago, but I do know that it was the name that caught my eye and there was not a moment of hesitation before hitting the Bloglines subscribe button.  I have not been disappointed -- I like the things she writes about and I like her sense of humor, too.

I was on-task last night and washed all the fabric for the girls' skirts.  We'll be pinning, cutting and sewing over the weekend!  I bought thread the other day -- the good stuff, because the sewing machine guy told me that I need to use the good stuff -- but I'm going to have to buy some more.  There's something about those spools that the dog finds attractive.

In knitting news:  I worked on the shawl, of course; if it's not an FO by the end of the weekend, it'll be close.  Cindy wrote yesterday about the VestySweater contest sock yarn I won -- it's handspun (and it really is gorgeous) from Bizyhands at Ebay.  I pulled out my old kitchen scale and yarn winder and tried to make two equal balls -- I managed to make two balls, but they're not exactly equal.  I knit a little sock swatch using Wendy's Toe-Up Sock Pattern, my Size 0 DPNs, and the larger ball of yarn.  I'm brushing up awfully close to it now, huh?

My weekend seems to hold a lot of possibilites.  And I wonder if I should buy a lottery ticket.  Happy Weekend!

Comments

[Christine]

Cheering you on in your sock knitting! Email me if you have any questions about them or get stuck. That's my favorite sock pattern and I could knit those socks in my sleep!
Well, maybe if I could knit in my sleep I'd get more done, but I digress...

[Margene]

Congrats, grrl! Lovely yarn and enjoy that sock! Happy weekend and Thanksgiving, too.

[Cindy]

: )..what fun your having. Good things happen to good people.

[Cindy]

OOps forgot ...I did not get nylon heel yarn from Bizyhands like they have sometimes. Sometimes they do sometimes they don't.

[Lynne]

Vicki, I couldn't be more pleased that you are the winner! And, thanks to your sock yarn, I am bidding with bizyhands! Have a lovely weekend. Your package is in the mail!

[yvette]

Lucky you, that Alpaca is a gorgeous colour.
Nearly sock knitting, you're getting there, we want to see socks as a christmas gift!
Good luck with your sewing, and I have to tell you sewing machine guys always say that, and its not always true.
Have a good weekend.

[Eilene]

Congrats on your contest win! It's very beautiful yarn. I say buy a lotto ticket...it can't hurt and you just might win! Good luck!!!