Contest #1: Celebrate Your Life

My first ever contest--this was fun.

Contest number two: A Still Life with Coffee & Yarn

Here is my submission. This is the yarn and coffee I received from my pal, LaVerna. I hope you guys like this one. ;) Everyone elses pictures look great so far. This is really exciting to see all the ideas.

Happy Knitting!

I got my package already!!!

My partner and I have exchanged emails but I haven't gotten her package together yet - well I better get my butt in gear!

Just look at all the goodies LaVerna sent me!!!! Please click on the photos to get a better idea of just how gracious she was with her package! There is over 600m of beautiful yarn!!! There is a coffee mug, an inspirational book, a dishcloth with Texas on it (I was a little slow seeing that one!) , stitch-markers, a really cool pattern!, oh yes Coffee - 3 different kinds to be exact, note cards, biscotti, & piroulines! I don't think I left anything out, but did I mention the yarn!

This is the nicest stuff I have ever seen and definitely have ever owned! WOW! LaVerna, I just don't see how I am going to even come close to this for you, but you can bet I am gonna try! Thank you so much for such a wonderful package! Hubby and I will most definitely enjoy the coffee and I am gonna enjoy the rest of the loot!

1. Beautiful Yarn, 2. 3 bundles of yarn, 3. Yarn P Friday, 4. Oh it's Texas!, 5. Another shot of the Loot, 6. The Loot, 7. 3 Bundles of Yarn, 8. Jane pattern, 9. Yarn & Coffee, 10. Coffee with Lotion, 11. Yarn with Jane Pattern, 12. Look at this yarn!!!, 13. Stitch Markers, for me?, 14. Texas Washcloth, 15. Back of the Coffee-mug, 16. A Coffee-mug, 17. An Inspirational Book, 18. Up Next?, 19. Note-cards & Coffee Samples, 20. Pirouline Yeah, 21. A Hat Box!, 22. Biscotti Yeah, 23. 1st Glimpse Inside, 24. KCS Box

Ciao from Maryland!

Greetings all. I was so excited when I got the invite for the 2nd swap. I had found the original blog swap like a week after it had closed, so I have been waiting for April for a long time *laugh*

I am an elementary school library media specialist who owns a 13 pound, green eyed, black cat named Frisco (Not the least bit supersticious!). I also crochet (almost 20 years now) and knit (almost a year). So that's 2 strikes I have toward the typical old-fashioned librarian stereotype *laugh* BUT that is definately where it ends. After that I fall more into the "Lipstick Librarian" catagory and get WILD!

And I start my days off with a nice, tall, soy latte! YUMMY!

I love all the new buttons people have made!

Me too! Me too!

I got in, too! I was one of the overeager ones. Well, really it was a mistake because the email got sent too soon and by accident. But I dutifully sent again on the 16th and made it in! I have been knitting for a year--one more who has started up again after a looooooonnnnng hiatus (about 30 years). But since I started I've done hats, scarves, bags, sweaters. I taught myself to knit continental because I had knit English long ago and just never COULD get the hang of it! I started my first sock the other day. After the first evening of hand-to-hand combat with the dpns, I finally got the hang of it and have about 1/2" of ribbing so far!

I also spin. Have done that for years. I know. How could I spin but not knit? Just one of those things! I have a personal yarn goddess (happens to be my son's partner) who got me knitting because if I was spinning I should be knitting, too. I have way more fleece in my stash than I do yarn. In fact when I signed up for the UFO knitalong I had to ask if spinning projects counted!

The coffee part. What to say? If anyone is familiar with the Blood-Type diet, for my blood type coffee is like medicine it is so good for me! No, really! Could I make this up? I, too, have a fondness for fair trade coffees, don't like French Roast. Other than that, mmmmm. I drink it with milk, no sugar. Here in Asheville, NC anything recycled, sustainable, green and just plain politically correct is available, so if that's your thing, I can get it for you here! Can't wait to see who my pal is!

Laura Sue

Another Southern Greeting!

Hi all, I just got my invite this morning! I settled in here this morning with my cuppa joe and am casting on for my lastest project, the Turtleneck Tube Vest from Stephanie Japel's latest book Fitted Knits. Go check out the KAL.
I am from TN and have only been knitting since last June. I bought a kit to learn to knit while making a baby hat and booties. My next project after that was about a dozen cable purses for Christmas presents! (They're addicting!) Since then I have made 3 sweaters and have two more on the needles, with hundreds on my To-Do list! I learned to crochet at an early age, so when I was learning to knit I found that continental knitting was similar to crochet in how you held the yarn. After that it was easy and now I'm a continental knitter!
I am so glad I got in this round! I just love meeting new people from all over the world. Come on over and check out my blog!