100th POST!

It's here!  The 100th post on the blog and it comes with...


A Giveaway!

To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment (including some sort of contact information) on this posting by midnight Eastern time Tuesday, October 11th.

A winner will be chosen by a random number generator and announced in a future post (probably that Wednesday).

What will you win?  Well...


First, we have a brand new copy of Stitch 'n Bitch Superstar Knitting: Go Beyond the Basics.

I'm also including a project bag,

a set of stitch markers,

and of course some lovely yarn!

Trekking Hand Art in Grenada

Good luck to everyone entering!  I'll be using a random number generator to pick a winner.  All you have to do is leave a comment here to enter.  It couldn't be any easier!

****Pictures will be here soon!  I took a picture of the items this morning on my camera, not realizing the computer at work doesn't have an SD card slot so I can't download them right now.  But I really wanted to get this post out today so here it is, naked until this evening or tomorrow morning.  I didn't take the pictures earlier because of this wee one dropping in late last night:

But more on her soon :o)



This contest is closed.  See who won here!

Happy Green Day!

There is no school today for the district I sub in.  Really, who schedules a conference day for St. Patrick's Day??  But for me that means I get to be Irish for the day and go to the St. Patrick's Day Parade!  I've never been before so this should be exciting :o).  I'll try to take some pictures depending if I can even see anything.  The march goes up 5th Avenue starting in midtown and going uptown just after the Met.  If you want more info on the NYC parade click here.  Or you can watch it on NBC and look for me in the crowd!  Too bad I don't have a green jacket...or hat...or scarf...or gloves.  I might stand out a bit from the crowd haha.

** Don't forget to enter the birthday giveaway!!

NLC Update: Buttons

Buttons have been the hardest part of this cardigan, by far.  I can't find any in stores that I like (seriously why do Michael's and A.C. Moore have so many kitschy buttons and no actual useful buttons???).  Then I was reading this post from Never Not Knitting and decided to check out where she got her buttons.  They came from Tangled Yarns.

I just started searching through all the wonderful buttons available and oh my gosh actually found the perfect buttons!

Are they not the most perfect color for my cardigan???

Until I realized they were $3 per button.  Ok, maybe I can swing that.  And then I saw it was from an Australian store.  Frickin-A there goes that idea.  $12 for buttons (I'd use 1 less since they're bigger than the buttons called for) is already a stretch for me but then add on international shipping?  I don't think that's such a good idea given my employment situation these days.  What do you guys think??

*PS* Don't forget to enter my birthday giveaway!

Birthday Giveaway!

So my birthday is officially less than 2 weeks away now and what better way to celebrate turning 25 than to have a giveaway?  Now since it's a birthday giveaway, I'm not going to tell everything that's going into the package.  There's nothing better than a good birthday surprise after all.

What I will tell you for now is that the winner will get to choose between the two Malabrigo Lace's I ordered from Flocks of Yarn.  (I'm stealing pics from the site since they look much better than the ones I took...hopefully my birthday means a new camera for me!)



On the left is "Paris Night" and on the right is "Bobby Blue."  I couldn't choose which one to use to make Citron so I'm letting you choose for me :o)

There will be other goodies, but we'll save that for a surprise.  I'll probably cave and dish eventually, but for now I'm keeping it a secret.

How can you enter?  Oh, so many ways.  I enjoy blogs that give you multiple ways to enter so I'm definitely offering that.  You earn 1 entry for each of the following that you do:

1. Comment on the blog.  Since I already picked Rebekkah's name, tell me your favorite type of cake to have for your birthday (or other treat).
2. Send an email to crookedknits@gmail.com telling me about your favorite birthday memory.
3. Follow me on twitter @crookedknits (send a direct message after so I know you did it for the contest).
4. Find me on Ravelry!  Again, name is crookedknits, easy enough (same thing- send a message so I know you want the entry and you can do this if you're already my friend there too)

Entries are due by 11:59 pm March 26th.  I'll be leaving for Florida then, but the winner will be chosen when I return after Easter.

Good luck everyone!