I WON! I WON!

Last weekend when Linda and I went to Kean's and Twisted Fiber Arts, TFA was having a drawing for "Shopping Small."  You got so many chances based on how much yarn you bought.  I had 3 chances and made it clear when we left that I wanted to win.  Wednesday I was checking email on my cell phone and saw a voice message from Beth from TFA saying I was the winner of the fabulous basket.  What a great day!  I got to spend the day with Linda, buy TFA yarn, get great stocking stuffers AND win  basket of yarn.  It really doesn't get any better than that!  Back in May, I won a drawing at Friends and Fiberworks in North Carolina.  Too bad this luck doesn't carry over to the casino!  Friday Dick and I drove to Mason to pick the basket up.  Why you may ask didn't I just have them send it?  I wanted a chance to buy more yarn.  

This is the fabulous yarn that was in the basket.  The sock yarn is Tasty Classic Striping in colorway Pemberley.  It is merino and cashmere and is yummy.  The other two yarns are a fingering in Evolution (which means the colors evolve into each other) and an Aran both in Boreal.  They are so beautiful.  There is a hat pattern for the aran and a caplet for the fingering. I really am not much of a sock knitter so I am going to surprise Linda with the sock yarn, pattern and cute little packet of sock needles.  After all we were there together, we should share.

I hope you are not bored hearing about how much I love Twisted Fiber Arts.  I am almost done with my Hazel's Stocking Cap, so there will be another TFA post soon.

Here are my purchases from Friday.  They are all in Tasty Evolution with front left in colorway Carousel, front right Blaze and back Minstrel.  These are also examples of the large (Blaze), medium (Minstrel) and small (Carousel) yarn packs.  If you are absolutely enchanted by TFA as I am, you don't have to drive to Mason, Michigan (even though it is a great field trip) you can visit them online.  Please do! Tell them you heard about them at Knitting: A Love Story.

Yesterday I had to go to a Driver's Improvement class for an accident I was in a few weeks ago.  As always, I had tucked some knitting in my purse.  It happened to be Hazel's Stocking Cap.  I was in the basement of a Comfort Inn from 9:30 to 3:00, so had considerable time to knit.  This was a belated Knitting In Public day for me.  The total surprise was, not a single person commented on me knitting or what I was knitting or the beautiful yarn I was knitting with.  No one said, "What are you making." or "My grandmother does that." or "That's really beautiful."  All of which would have been acceptable comments.  What was wrong with these people!!!! Don't they know when they are in the presence of beauty and greatness!!! I think this is the first time ever that no one has commented on a Knitting In Public experience.  Is it possible that out of the 20-25 people there, no one was a knitter?  Or no one was curious?  I did get a lot of knitting done.  I really wanted to knit during the videos but was afraid the instructor would think I was not paying attention.  

Tomorrow I will post on my next Christmas treasure and where it is going for Christmas.