Sweet!

I got my package from Pheelya yesterday and it rocks! Please check out my blog for details. Thank you Pheelya! I hope you'll like your package. Thank you Knittymama! This was so much fun.

I Got It! I Got It!

I got my swap package from my partner Ann. It is wonderful. Most of the goodies are all gone but goes to show how great they were. Ann was very generous. I got lot's of yarn and goodies. Please stop by my blog to see all that she gave me.

Here's a preview:

Kamika
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Contest # 3

O.K. I have been searching for the perfect yarn for these amazing Socks: The Uptwon Boot Socks from the Favorite Socks Collection from Interweave press:

After Scouring the Internet: I fell in love with this fabulous yarn from Sundara Murphy: The colorway is Espresso over Coco---YUM!!!!!

The color changes would definetely be more subtle but in decadent chocolate color brudiness sort of way:)

Yummy Yarn

I just came across this from Lisa Souza Yarns It is called milk and honey...how delicious

Contest #3

As soon as I saw this hat on the Interweave Knits web site, I fell in love. Heck, I even subscribed just to get this issue (FREE!) and I'm sure I'll love the rest of the magazine. Doesn't it make you think of the steam coming off of a coffee cup? Then I started imagining all the wonderful color combinations that would work to make it extra special. The pattern calls for Blue Moon STR (Socks That Rock) medium weight sock yarn, which means that any sock yarn would work! Oh, the possibilities!



I've been thoroughly investigating sock yarns to see which ones I like and which ones I don't. That means fibers, dye combinations, you name it. Recently, I discovered the yarns of this wonderful company, Claudia's Hand Paints. Ok, so the pictures aren't from her site, but they showed off the colors so well! (Pictures are from The Loopy Ewe, but are not stealing bandwidth!) The one to the right is called "Butter Pecan". The colors shown here aren't perfect (it's a little more reddish) but it's definitely close. Yup, this is warmer than just a true white ...



And then there's this. Mmmmm. You can almost smell the cappuccino. Ok, maybe you can't, but I sure can! This one is called Copper Penny. Put these two together and what a wonderful hat! If you wanted to make a Latte out of it, then use the Butter Pecan as the main color. Regardless, I'd love to have this merino wool bit of wonderment on my head this winter.


That's my story ... and I'm sticking to it! Cheers everyone and thanks again to Knittymama for another cool contest!

D.

Contest #3

I would knit this pattern in the exact colors the pattern lists. It's been on my wish list for almost a year now. Just have to lose this baby weight! Brown is one of my favorite colors to wear, and I love fair-isle knitting.

contest #3

I'm picking this yarn
Knit picks Merino Style in cinnamon

and I seen the ribby cardi from chic knits done with a pretty lace pattern up the sleeves.
for the life of me I can't find the link to it now....

but thats what I'd like to knit.

:)

many many thanks

I have already made it a point to thank my swap partner but i wanted to stop by here and thank you all who have made this so fun. I'll be posting pics later today of the wonderful things that susan sent me. Thanks again for this coffee swap
mandie

Contest #3

I can't wait to cast on this cute t...with this Berroco Ultra Alpaca in Buckwheat that looks like a nice creamy cup of strong-like-I-like-it coffee...Thanks for another great contest!

Contest # 3

Here is my pic for yummy - coffee colored yarn. It's artyarns supermerino in color 137 aka my cup o' joe.



At 4.5 stitches per inch, it's perfect for this pattern by Wendy Bernard...."Something Red". Of course, in this case it's "Something Coffee".



Since I already have this pattern, I think I may have found my choice of yarn to create it.

Susan

Contest Three

Summer is fast approaching, with her the heat (and for some "lucky" few, humidity). Thinking of knitting in my hammock, I must look to summer tops and fibers that add elegance with summer wear-ability. For the third knitter's coffee swap contest, I have chosen a short sleeved cardigan pattern from Classic Elite Yarns, the "Flash Garter Stitch Cardigan" designed by Tian Foley. The coffee-inspired yarn, "Rock", from South West Trading Company, is made up of 40% soysilk, 30% wool, and 30% hemp and the colorway name is "Thom" #759. Smooth and rich, like my coffee. The accessory buttons to accent this cardigan are by Mish Mosh Art by Suzanne Lappan found on Etsy. They are made of handpainted polymer clay and stamped in a graphic swirl design. Each measures about 1 inch by 1 1/8 inch. Divine!

Swap Package Received

On Friday, I received a wonderful wealth of goodies from my swap partner, Cheryl. I've got more details on my blog.

Got my package Friday!

My wonderful swap partner, Susan, sent me a box full of goodies.



See more on my blog.

Name this yarn contest!

Hi everyone, in honor of the knitter's coffee swap and my new pal Sunne, I'd (as in whiteoakstudio) like to have a contest (knittymama and Kathy aka mistress of contests get to enter! yay!). I have already decided the name (and reason for the name) for this yarn. The person who correctly names this coffee-inspired yarn wins some of this yarn. Here are the guidelines (just fyi, did you know that the latest office politics require that we no longer have "rules"? nope. now we have "guidelines" :-) ):

• the yarn in my etsy shop whiteoakstudio has colorways named after tv shows or movies (that you can watch on tv, i.e. dvds)


• remember it's coffee-inspired - the colorway has rich espresso for us diehards, creamy foam, cinnamon color for spice-flavor lovers, and some deep pink for those of you who just have to have some flavor added like peppermint or hazelnut.

To enter, send me an email at whiteoakstudio AT yahoo DOT com and in your email make sure you have these 3 things:

1. your first name (or blog-handle) so I can announce you as the winner


2. your guess for the NAME of the yarn


3. your guess for the REASON why the coffee-inspired yarn should have that name

You have until 5pm on Friday, June 1 '07 to send me email with your entry. If more than one person has the correct answer, my son will draw one name of those correct entries out of his Harley hat (that my brother gave him and I was not amused). GOOD LUCK!

p.s. I already have colorways with these names, so it is NOT one of these: Friends, Sleepless in Seattle, Survivor, I Love Lucy, The Color Purple, C.S.I., Law and Order, Sex and the City, Out of Africa, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, Sunset Boulevard, Anne of Green Gables, Desperate Housewives, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Grey's Anatomy, Medium, Green Acres, American Idol, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Pink Panther, Sesame Street, Gilligan's Island, Three's Company, MASH, The Color of Money, Hawaii Five-o, Three Men and a Baby, The X-Files, Monk, The Wizard of Oz, The Fellowship of the Ring, Twilight Zone, and Ocean's Eleven (whew)

Package on way!

Megan,
I finally made it and your package is on it's way!!
Yippee!

Devastation...

I think my package to my pal, lovely & sweet Jenn, may have been picked up by someone or the P.O.
This is just a post to make fair warning about getting the insurance and confirmation options from the USPS.
I really am thinking her package was swiped somehow. I get the I & C and this is the one stupid time I decided to not push for it ( I would like to blame the screaming munchkin on my arms, but that is irresponsible and not fair to the screaming munchkin).
So please - spend the extra time! ACK!
I am giving it one more day ( it has been almost two weeks on a two-day package ) and I am going to make her package all over again....< sigh >

Contest #3

I would knit the long-sleeved cardigan version of Eris, with BFL from Wooly Wonders by Nada, in the dark brown shown here, or the Coffee with Extra Cream colorway.

Thank you and danke to Diane

On Saturday I was greeted with a simply fantastic package from my fabulous swap partner Diane. I have been thoroughly spoiled by her and am gobsmacked by the amount of goodies she has sent me from the other side of the pond. See my blog for details of all the wonderful contents.


Thank you so much D, and thank you Knitty mama for hosting such a great swap and pairing me with a totally magic partner.

Happy knitting and coffee drinking to all!

Comp No3 entry- Yarny goodness and pattern

OOOh this is a good one I love it, I would use two yarns: 100% alpaca in natural brown and one of my handdyesin colour cocoa dream.

The pattern is an easy one for me, I have had my eye on it for ages and i WILL WILL WILL make it sometime, I think its so pretty. Its arm warmers by blue sky alpacas, I just think they are beautiful and different, which makes them no1 for me!!

~ My Entry ~

Here is my submission ~ Enjoy!

I'd use this ~ Shetland Humbug ~ from here.

To create this ~ Capecho ~ more details here.

I'd call it ~ "My Mocha Capp."

Great contest idea ~ thx for the fun. ;D