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Here ya go!!!

Wow too purfect! My 100th Post!! Thank you all!!!

I just noticed that this is my 100th blog post!! I can't believe I've posted this many! I need to go back and read them all! LOL

Celebrating Post number 100 I announce the winner of my first ever blog contest. There were six names placed in the hat from the contest post. (Ya'll know who you are!!!)
I'm breaking down the drawing event. There are pics ya know! LOL
Here is the Hippie hat (I had to model it for you you know!)
I could write SOOO many stories that are associated with this hat! I've had it since my college days. I was wearing it when I gave birth to my angel even! I kid ya'll not!
Here's the name picker My lovely angel Sym

Here's her picking the name out of the hat....

OHH I can't wait to see the winner!!!! Can you?
See I told ya'll that I have alot of stories to go with this hat didn't I? Well one of them was a trip to City Stages in Downtown B-Ham. It started raining and the dye in the hat bled through and turn parts of my hair blue!! LOL
Did I mention that I gave birth to my daughter in this hat? Yep. All the pics of me in the hospital involve this hat. I didn't even wear or bring makeup because well I don't really like wearing it.
OH the winner. He he he See I told ya'll that I could go on and on about this hat! LOL

Drum Roll Please.....

It's Scarlett!!!
I'm sending you an email chica send me your addy!
Thanks ya'll for reading my blog. I never would have made it to 100 posts if you weren't reading them! I love ya'll dearly!!
Big Hugs!!!
XOXOXO
Lesley

Finally the prize & Other Sock Related Ramblings

Sorry guys! I was supposed to post this pic Monday and Pick out a winner of my blog contest but things have been rather crazy at chateau Lesley. I couldn't do it yesterday for two reasons. One, darling hubby dear has been dominating the comp at home trying his best to tweak his myspace(current version check back for finished product). He's not finished but it is going to kick ass when he is finished. Two, I hate tuesdays. So what is a girl to do? Knit socks. LOL
Thank you for the comments for the contest! I've loved all your tips!! So guess what! You all Qualify for the prize!!! Yay!! Sym will draw your name out of my hippie hat tonight. (Don't worry I'll take pics of my angel for you!) So I guess you maybe wondering what the prize is huh? Well it is a hand made recycled item by yours truely! Yep I'm crafty like that!!! It is a table top straight needle holder and it is sock themed!!! Here it is!! It is almost finished, I just have to laminate it so I had to take a pic of it before hand to show you its glory!!


I finished 1 of the socks for my friend Micky but it ended up being a bit on the small side and I ran out of the mysterious yarn. However I figured out what it was Carron's Simply Soft Black. It actually made a very nice and warm sock. Now all I have to do is make a trip to the Evil Empire Wally World and buy some more. I've not really been in the mood for this trip. It isn't quite payday yet. LOL I decided to give them to the ole Darlin Hubby kins because I told him I would knit him some when I first learned how. Besides, I think Micky has a bigger foot and DH really needs a thick pair of socks. Micky will get a hat once the sock bug has subsided. Plus he is out of town so I've got plenty of time to work on it! Blah ha ha!
I have started on another pair though. They are for me this time!!! I'm using Tahki Yarns Cotton Classic Color with size 5 dpns. The pattern is pretty much the same as Dh's socks. Here it is

I've finished the heel flap next I have to pick up stitches and turn the heel. Not bad for starting yesterday at 6 pm huh? Hopefully I'll finish it tonight and then I'll start the second sock (maybe finish?) This is all after Sym draws a winner first. All in due time! :-) So I've got to get back to work. I leave ya'll with a pic of my pirate princess. LOL
XOXOXO
Lesley

Living in the land of socks.....Oh My!

I feel like I haven't posted in forever but it has only been 3 days! LOL

I've been so into the whole sock knitting thing ya'll! Brooke and I met for Stitches'n Brews on Sunday. She couldn't believe that I was finishing up a sock within an hour and that I was knitting a sock on size 7 DPNs and Cascade (yes it was a pixie sock)! She and I both were under some dillusion that all socks must be knit on size 1's or 0's but after some reading that isn't always true. I think the sock bug bit her while we were hanging. LOL I've missed hanging out with her. We are so much alike that it is scary folks! Our moms were both born in the same month and same year, we were both in colorguard in highschool, we romped the same grounds in our highschool years but never met, just to name a few. Wild huh?

She's been crazy busy in and out of town the past 2 months. I can relate! Is it just me or does spring seem to bring out the bee in all of us? (you know busy as a bee? okay if I'm the only one that got that leave me a comment about it)
My bed every night has turned into a yarn bed. I'm constantly pulling out various stash yarns, swatching a little bit of them and trying to determine if I can knit a sock out of it or not. I didn't realize how many yarns I have that are knit with size 10 needles! I digress, it's time to go DPN shopping again. LOL

I've decided to knit my Applebee pal Micky a pair of socks for his birthday which is Monday. (Don't you just love how I wait till the last minute?)He's been helping me save money by buying me drinks for the past year. LOL Not to mention that I do not know how his foot size. OH why Lesley why! So I grabbed out my handy dandy book (that I had to knock the dust off last night) called "The Knitter's Handy Book of Patterns".
It covers just about any guage or size. I'm working on a nice pair of black socks which I have no idea what yarn this is either.
**looks down and writes on To-Do list "MUST GET YARN STASH ORGANIZED!!!"**




Tell you what. I think a contest is in order. I've never had one before on my blog but hey what the hell. So here it is....
Sock knitting...
Who ever can send me a good pattern for socks that use size 9 DPNs will win something super cool!! I'll post a pic of the prize later tonight.
The contest ends on Monday because you know I hate tuesdays.
LOL
Ya'll Rock!!!
XOXOXO