2008 Summer Knitting Goals Contest

It's that time of year again! Can you even believe how quickly spring has flown by? Summer's almost here... I know some of you have been experiencing warm, even hot temps for a while now- it got into the mid 50's here yesterday, sigh, only 2 days after being mid 80's and muggy on Sunday- what's up with that, you may ask? It's Minnesota...

Well, all temps aside, the calendar says the first day of summer is June 20th, so you've got until midnight 6/20/08 to set some summer knitting goals and enter my little contest. This year's prize will be a kit to make the Simple Raglan, using Blue Sky Alpacas' newest yarn- the Skinny Dyed Cotton (which knits up to a similar gauge as the Hand Spun Organic Cotton that the original was made up in).

Pattern, yarn, and a Pretty Cheap Project Bag- new fun stuff from Blue Sky Alpacas!! Yay! Who doesn't love new stuff?!

(wooden eggs and clothespins not included, but aren't those eggs cool?!)

Be one of the first to have one... a new 'orangey' Pretty Cheap Project Bag, color coordinated with 6 skeins of Skinny Dyed in Squash. If you play nice and use the yarn to knit this sweater*, your finished object should at least somewhat resemble this-

(not the best pics, sorry, in a hurry, running out the door...)

(sleeve detail)

The Easy Raglan I knit up as a sample (the only thing I really managed to accomplish knitwise during all of our health drama...) to show how similar in gauge the two yarns are- and let me tell you, I loved knitting with this yarn at this gauge. It's cotton, and working it on smaller needles causes a little hand aching, like any other cotton worked tight, or any other yarn, for that matter, when working really tight. I worked it on size 7 needles, and fell in love with the knitted fabric I was creating. I rather reluctantly handed this one over, while formulating plans in my head to aquire more of that yarn and knit one for myself this fall (you know, post partum, flatter tummy, I should be able to wear it by New Years...)

Here's how this works-

1. Head to your blog and post your summer knitting goals list (you must have at least 1 goal!)
2. Be sure to link to this contest in your post
3. Stop back and leave the link to your goals list with Mr. Linky (by midnight, June 20th!) to be 'officially entered'
4. Spend the summer, attempting to stay at least a little bit on track, tackling one goal at a time
5. Have fun with it

Easy enough? Let the goalsetting begin!! (I'll try to post my goals tomorrow)

Happy knitting-

ali

*Do know that even though I include a pattern (or two) in my 'prize packages', making them resemble a 'kit', you are always free to knit whatever you like with the yarn! Cotton makes good baby items...