Shameless Plug: Cyber Monday

Sun set on Thanksgiving Day

 I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Mine was spent in the Finger Lakes with my parents eating a lot of turkey and drinking amazing wine from Rooster Hill.  Rooster Hill is one of my favorite wineries in the Finger Lakes.  I am a bit bias though because my mom does work there.  They do have wonderful wine though especially the Lemberg '08 Reserve, and the 2010 Chardonnay.

I just want to put in a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter both of my Thanksgiving Giveaways.  You can enter to win a pattern set or you can enter to win a copy Creative Knitting Magazine's January 2012 issue.  I will be announcing the winners tomorrow here on the blog.  Good Luck.

If you are a member of Ravelry.com you can also take advantage of a pattern promotion I am having on Ravelry.  When you purchase two patterns you get the choice of the Peaks and Valleys Beanie or the Fall of the Lead Fingerless Mitts for free.  Just enter the promotion code giftknit at check out. This code is good till the end of November

Also today is the last day the the coupon codes in my Etsy Shop will be active.  For free shipping on all domestic shipping use SHIP4FREE.  To recieve 10% of your Purchase use BBFAN1.  

With November drawing to a close and the Holiday season in full swing I must put my nose to the grind stone and start knitting and baking and shopping.  Simon has already hung the Christmas lights on the surfboards with care.  He loves this time of year and this year I think I'm going to decorate a bit more than last year.

The twilight sky from Rooster Hill Winery

Stash Share!

I just got a bunch of new yarn, to design a bunch of new patterns. It's very exciting.  Here is a little taste of what I got.

This is a lovely gray blue heather.  It's just a plain worsted wool, but with the weather getting colder here in Philly I figured another wool sweater would be just fine.

Another heather only this time a nice soft brown and it's a sport weight merino wool.  I've been dreaming about leg warmers this fall.

I have an interesting idea for a cardigan and some lace weight merino wool I think will do the trick.  I love the green color.  What I didn't realize at the time, is that all the yarns I got were all heathers. 

This was an indulgent purchase and will be made into a similar cardigan as the above yarn.  I couldn't pass up the color or the fiber.  Midnight blue heather (it has blues, blacks, and greens running through it) lace weight baby alpaca.  It's going to be super warm. 

I also finished the baby alpaca vest I was knitting.  It's blocked and has it's buttons sewn on.  I can't wait to wear it and get some better pictures of it.  Now I'm itching to get swatching.