And the delayed winnah is!

I know,I know...


I'm finally getting to the giveaway. Trust me, I've been crazy busy.

So let's get down to it.

Jason picked a random number between 1 and 28 and then since I deleted a random jack ass comment - This person ended up being number 23 and she said this:

Bimbo Baggins said...
Wait, can we only enter twice, or as many times as we want? Cause if it's the latter, then this is entry number 3. I really want the friggen bow.

On November 18, 2009 10:24 AM

Which this makes me happy because nobody commented as many times as she did.

Email me the address you want your bow sent to!

Betseybooms@gmail.com

Congrats BimboBaggins. That's a catchy name, where ever did you get it?

Also, I had some requests for the bow pattern. There was no pattern, I made it up on the fly. So look for a tutorial soon.

Loves,
Her

Crazy busy is good news for you...

I have been so insanely busy that I have entirely neglected anything referred to as "blog".

I have tons of knitting projects that I have finished and need to share with you. Seeing as how I don't have any of the pictures downloaded, I'm going to do this instead.

A giveaway.

I've made several of these super fun bows that I absolutely love:



Would you like to have one? Leave a comment on this post and a winner will be chosen at random. The winner will get to choose one of the colors that I have in my yarn collection.

You can comment as many times as you like and the winner will be chosen next weekend!

Good luck! If enough people are interested I'll give two away and each winner will also get another "surprise"!

A whole heap of good came my way. Can I please put some good back out there for someone else?

You know how the other day I was all whine, whine whine, my job doesn't want to hang with me, new bosses, sob, boohoo, why does everyone hate me so much? And in my mind I threw in a side of, "You don't even know me! Or understand me! I'm complex and maybe you're all a-holes". It wasn't directed at you (I would never, ever call you that), it was probably directed at my parents when I was 16 and my peers from the same period, but it is still hanging around inside of me, dressed in black and rolling it's eyes... a lot!

Anyway, so I did that, I whined, I felt better. I put my angst out there for the Universe to have its way with it, and it did and then something weird happened.

The very next day I was promoted. Like that. Like my boss went to lunch and came back and was all, "Can I see you in my office for a minute?" and then I was all, "Whut? Huh, so soon?"

So there you go.

I'm insanely, and I do mean INSANELY, busy in this transition stage of my working life that is going to be performed in steps until I return from a long holiday break and start a whole new era on January 4th. In the meantime, it's really comforting and reassuring to know that there are people out there, people who have worked with me for three and a half years and have this sense that I can be successful in more than I am now. And that I can be more than I have been.

And here is where I want to give those good vibes back if anyone at all is interested.

I'm thinking of a giveaway.

A giveaway of something I've made with my own two hands, because right now, I actually feel like someone might actually appreciate something that I am able to create.

I really, rarely feel like that.

So tell me? Would you be interested in one of my knitted goods?

Proving To {him} that "Purl" does not mean something kinky

A little over a year ago, I decided to teach myself to sew. What that meant was I sat down with the instruction manual to my sewing machine and read it cover to cover. I then went online and found a tutorial and went to work making aprons. Which I was fairly successful at and actually sold quite a few.

When my co-worker asked me if I'd like to learn to knit, given my recent blogging hiatus, I jumped all over the opportunity. So one day over a half hour lunch she showed me the most basic knit stitch and sent me on my way with my needles and two balls of yarn.

Over the next two weeks I knitted mega rectangles of dropped stitch goodness. I picked around the internet for videos and taught myself to cast-on, bind off, purl and other basic knitting goodness.

And then I found it. My first masterpiece. I felt comfortable enough in my new found skills to add a little more complicated stitching to this project. I'm an ego-maniac like that.

My daughter has a fascination with fingerless gloves (I blame myself) and was looking a tad hobo in the ratty ones I bought her two years ago. So this was an instant love connection.



Seriously, I only had to restart them like five times. That makes me "mega-knitter". I promise.

While I was practicing knitting until my fingers bled, almost literally, the kid and I spent a night watching the best movies ever. Juno, Darjeeling Limited and Napoleon Dynamite (I said ever, hmmm). So keeping in the spirit, I made her do a Napoleon Dynamite glamour shot photo session to show off her new gear. She eased her fist up under her chin and tilted her chin like a champ. We were only sad that we didn't have like a vest or some gold bracelets to make her look official.



Next knitting project is a matching neck warmer. Her arms and neck will never be cold again.

Also? I used the word mega twice.