I’m Knitting As Fast As I Can

The Navajo plying is complete and I ended up with exactly 274 yards of 3-ply yarn. Shockingly, Heather guessed right on the nose. So she’s the winner of the blog hosting from IHS Web Solutions. Amazing guess, Heather!

Three people guessed 280 yards, which was the closest guess that exceeded the actual yardage. Since Julia was the first to leave that guess, I’ve unilaterally declared her the winner of the Blessed Juno Hand Knit soap.

As for the yarn . . . well . . . I’m thinking socks . . .

or maybe a mushroom cozy.

I think it’s about time for a contest, don’t you.

First, the prizes:

Several months ago I moved my blog from Blogger to my own domain and I’ve not regretted it for one instant. Don’t get me wrong, I loved Blogger at the beginning. What was not to love; it was fairly easy to use, free, and when it was bought out by Google I was first in line to choose a Gmail address (if you’ve bought a pattern from me, you know how kick-ass my Gmail address is). Unfortunately, the honeymoon with Blogger wore off once they “improved” it. So it was onward and upward to WordPress.

The folks who host my blog now, IHS Web Solutions, are absolutely fantastic. They helped make the switch to WordPress completely painless and they’re always incredibly responsive to questions. So I’ve decided to share the love. The winner of the contest will receive the domain name of her choice (subject to availability, of course) and one year of basic blog hosting from IHS Web Solutions. How fun will that be!

I’ll also be giving away a bar of Hand Knit soap from Blessed Juno.

In case you missed the announcement, Laurie has decided to sell the soap for a limited time and she’s making it as fast as she can. So click here and buy a few bars before the opportunity is lost.

How to enter:

After the pilgrimage to IKEA on Sunday, I sat down and spun up some of the roving I blogged about on Sunday. It’s Targhee that was dyed by Judy Jackson in the “Wild Child” colorway.

Click on the photo for a close-up look.

According to Judy’s label, I started with 4 ounces of this roving. As of this morning, I have spun everything I’ve predrafted, leaving 1.2 ounces left to predraft. I intend to Navajo ply the singles to keep the short runs of color together. I spun the singles on my Schacht but I didn’t fill the bobbin since I’ll be plying on the Sonata which has a smaller bobbin.

Question: How many yards of yarn will I get from the singles on this bobbin??

Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll pick a winner as soon as I finish plying the singles. So hurry, in case I actually have time to ply some time this week. The person who guesses closest without going over, wins the year of blog hosting by IHS Web Solutions. The person who comes closest but guesses too high, wins the bar of Hand Knit soap.

How’s that sound?

Thanks for playing along with my little contest. The first photo was taken at Angels Stadium in Anaheim during Saturday night’s game against the Oakland A’s. See the Angel’s team logo in the photo:

The second photo was taken at the Cactus Garden at the Getty Center.

I absolutely loved the Getty and we were fortunate to see a wonderful exhibition of photographs by John Humble. But my favorite stop on this trip was to the Craft and Folkart Museum which is located on Wilshire Blvd directly across from the entrance to the Page Museum. I was completely smitten with the exhibition of works by Ramona Otto. The pieces are too unique and unusual to begin to describe them. So click on her name to see some of her work or, better yet, visit the museum and see them in person! The exhibition ends on June 10th so if you’re in the Los Angeles area between now and then get your butt over there.

Five people guessed both photos correctly. Julia even sent a link to a photo of the exact place where I took the photo. Judy, however, was the only one who specifically said the Cactus Garden at the Getty (as opposed to just The Getty) so I made the executive decision to pronounce her the winner of the contest. Yeah, I know, picky picky but I’m totally impressed that she knew the answer. Congrats, Judy, I’m sending you a copy of the Spring Things pattern. And I’m sending one to Julia, too, because that photo just freaked me out.
Later this week I’ll post a photo of another version of Spring Things that I knit with just one skein of Knit Picks Bare yarn. But while you wait for that, check the Spring Things KAL. Kate finished her shawl already. Yup, crazy! Does she sleep??!