My Sister's Knitter

Happy Easter and a Winner...

Happy Sunday and Happy Easter to you if you celebrate.

Not to complain, but my day started a tad earlier than expected. By tad earlier I mean at 1:45 a.m. I have been battling what started as a sinus infection and now has settled in as a cold. No big deal, but my nightime medicine decided that I needed to be wide awake in the wee hours. Thankfully I had some knitting and a book to help me deal with this very early morning.

A new shawl has been added to the needles to replace one that got frogged. More on that later, as I am sure you guys would like to know who the winner of my 3 year blogging anniversary is. Am I right?

At 2:30 this morning I put everyone's comments into the Random Generator. Not sure what the time has to do with anything, but there it is. :)

 

#31

hee hee andee. socks yes! i would even knit socks if i won this scrumptious yarn. or maybe a shawl, but i would def take lots of pictures of it and just look at it for awhile first. LOVE LOVE jade. happy blog birthday andi, here's to many more years of knitting loving and connecting!

Posted by: lori

 

Lori, I will be contacting you to get your info so that your lovely new yarn can be on it's way to you. Thank you to all of you who entered. So many nice and wonderful comments!

Have a wonderful day today!

XO

Andi

 

Happy Birthday blog!!!

My little ole' blog turned three this month. What a wonderful three years it has been! Because I love to celebrate all birthdays, you know what is coming next.

Oh, hello there you lovely girls!

These two heavenly skeins of Madelintosh light and some fun gift tags will be given away this Blogiversary. The color is Jade, it was not intentional that today happens to be St. Patricks day and I am giving away green yarn. It is just a fun coincidence.

My way of saying thank you for visting with me. I never would have thought I would have met and bonded with such amazing people through a blog. Whether it is through your blogs, Flickr, or Ravelry I have enjoyed each and every interaction.

So all you need to do is leave a comment telling me what you would like to knit with this heavenly yarn, (did I mention this yarn is heavenly-it really is!). Also very important you need to leave either a link to you blog, Ravelry page or Flickr page. If the URL is your blog then you are golden. If you don't provide at least one of the links mentioned, you will not be entered for the drawing. The reason behind this is because I was sent an email from a lady who won some yarn in a giveaway and wanted to know if I would like to buy it, as she does not knit or crochet. Made me kind of sad that someone who did knit or crochet missed out on the opportunity to win the yarn.

You will need to leave a comment by midnight (PST) March 30th. Names will be entered into the random generator and announced on the 31st. I will mail anywhere in the world.

Good luck and enjoy some retro Sesame Street!

 

XO

Andi

 

Let's celebrate!

I have never been one to shy away from letting the world know when's it my birthday! This one is the big 40. Guess what? I am okay with 40...because I have earned it. Don't I look oh so serious in this pic? It is because I am seriously pumped that it is my birthday. heh!

 

With every line and every gray hair, I look forward to many more wonderful birthdays! My birthday weekend will be spent with friends and family, which to me is perfect. I was reading Jane's post about her birthday and understood the desire for a nice calm birthday. (BTW Jane if you read this, Happy Birthday you beautiful woman!)   It can and has been said that I have no qualms with celebrating myself, so I thought why not celebrate you too?

So you know what that means.......a birthday giveaway!

There is an unintentional theme going on here, but it works.

We have three skeins of Lush Berroco Vintage DK in the color Ruby.

Then we have some goodies from Tangerine Designs.

If you would like to be entered in the drawing for these goodies, all you have to do is answer a question. What is your favorite birthday memory?

The drawing will be open till September 30th  at midnight (PST), which is the official end of my birthday month. Yes, I do celebrate all month long! I will enter your comments into the random generator on October 1st.

Good luck and happy knitting,

XO

Andi 

***PS..I will mail international if the winner is outside the states***

 

Let's get this party started...

It is Saturday my friends, hope it finds you all relaxing with a nice cup of coffee and some yarn. I know that is how this morning finds me. What else am I doing? Oh, I don't know maybe drawing a couple of lucky peep's names for a pattern giveaway. :)

Yeah winners!

Julie-

I'm so grateful for many things, but especially for my husband and my family, who make me feel loved every day.

Crochet with Raymond-

lovely! I would love to win the pattern, that is really sweet of you to be paying it forward.
I am absolutely grateful for finding the joys of spinning, knitting and hooking, god knows what I would do with myself if I didn't!
XXX

All of the comments were fantastic. I loved hearing all the things you were grateful for. I will be sending the two winners their patterns via Ravelry in a couple of minutes.

I have started my shawl. After much agony trying to decide color combos, which I am complete rubbish at, I decided I will knit mine in one color. I am knitting mine with Knitpicks Stroll Tonal in the color Queen Anne.

I also joined Evelyn's KAL, so I will be in good company while knitting away on this baby. I mentioned before that this pattern was gifted to me from Evelyn as a way to help a designer. Since then many have payed it forward, via gifts or giveaways. Love it!

Along the same line of feel good and giving, I will share with you a wonderful video that Bethany featured on her blog. What better way to start a Saturday?

Caine's Arcade from Nirvan Mullick on Vimeo.

 
Have a great day!

XO

Andi

*****Update-one of the winners already has the pattern. So I drew another name...drumroll please....Heather. Pattern is on it's way to you!

Heather-

What a great way to help. I am grateful for renewed health in my family.

 

Sharing the love...

Good morning to you all! Feels like a great week to share the love.

Isn't this a lovely shawl (picture is from the pattern)? I received this pattern as a gift from lovely Evelyn. When I read that the purchase of the pattern was going to help a designer, I decided to pay it forward. I have since gifted this pattern to three of my dear friends and now I would like to offer two more as a gift.

Please leave a comment before midnight Friday the 20th (PST), telling me something that you are grateful for today. It can be big or small. I will draw two names and announce the winners Saturday.

If you would like another opportunity to win this pattern, Jody is also having a giveaway on her blog She has 4 copies to gift!

Happy Knitting!

XO

Andi

 

Drum Roll Please...

Well happy Friday everyone! I guess it is time to let you know who won some lovely yarn and goodies?

Look at it, all bundled up and ready for me to mail it out to it's new home.

The winner of my 2nd year blogiversary give-away is....

#37-Mary

Happy birthday! I would knit baby things for Andrea/Life on Laffer.

Well Mary, there is plenty of yarndage there for a couple of things for you to make for your friend's baby. Congratulations. I will be contacting you as soon as I am done typing. :)

Thank you all for your wonderful comments. I also got some great project ideas. This was much fun, that I will be having another giveaway in September for my birthday.

Happy Weekend Everyone!

XO

Andi