Comments on: Dragons! Contest!

By: the Akamai Knitter » Upping The Ante

the Akamai Knitter » Upping The Ante — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 02:50:07 +0000

[...] I was sufficiently cheered to also give new thoughts to the contest I’m running. I’ve had such a great response I thought I’d add more yarn to the pot and I thought that I’d change the first prize to something different. So the new first prize will be 3 balls of Shadow in Redwood Forest, giving the winner enough yardage to complete a shawl, and 2 balls of Regia, enough for one pair of socks. [...]

By: the Akamai Knitter » Tale Of The Swatch

the Akamai Knitter » Tale Of The Swatch — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:30:38 +0000

[...] I spent the day knitting away on the Mystery Project and I’m already on the 3rd skein. I’m using size 5US or 3.75mm needles and Swish Superwash yarn. There was a scary moment while I was on the phone with Wendy when she mentioned that superwash grows. You see, I had swatched like a good girl, but I didn’t wash my swatch. [...]

By: Jenny Raye

Jenny Raye — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 14:28:50 +0000

I love your dragon socks!!!! The color is great too. I have some FF yarn in the stash that I’m looking forward to using. Maybe some dragons of my own.

By: lobstah

lobstah — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 13:59:17 +0000

Oh man, that is too tough! I was going to guess some sort of sweater but it looks kinda small (unless it’s a baby sweater or a sleeve or something). Right now it does look rather scarf-like. I think I need to see more of it ;)

By: Roseann

Roseann — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:55:49 +0000

Your Dragon socks are amazing! I have this Trekking that I was going to make Jaywalker socks with, but the Dragon pattern might be a better use for this yarn.