A contest within a contest within a. . .

One of the things I liked so much about my time on the Monterey Peninsula was the firepits. In the evening everyone goes outdoors to unwind and enjoy the spectacular sunsets. But it's chilly so they have open fires to ward off the cold. The ladies also wear lovely, colorful wraps like the one below which I brought home for a lucky Yarnie. I'm throwing in some scrumptious Scharffen Berger artisan chocolate which is made in Berkeley, CA. I wish you could smell it: I'm drooling all over my keyboard.

To win this gorgeous Pashmina shawl, keep reading.

Barbara reminded me to remind you that I have a beautiful new website. I can say this without blushing because I didn't design it; Bekke at Dreamforge Media did. On this beautiful new website is a bi-monthly contest. If you go here, you can see the lovely necklace which is the latest prize and you can enter the contest.

Here's where the triple-whammy comes in: if you enter the necklace contest and put "shawl" in the comments field, you will have done yourself three favors:

1) you'll be entered in the contest for the Pashmina shawl;

2) you'll be entered in the contest for the necklace;

3) you'll be signed up for my newsletter which (as soon as I get organized to send it out) will offer a special third contest just for subscribers. The prize involves books, lots of books.

So join the contest craziness here at RTY! It's fun!

Sweater and New Website

As I explained on Nancy's "trophy post," I had to stop knitting my self-designed sweater for a while because my right hand cramped up on me and sent needles of the nerve-y kind shooting up my arm. But here's a photo of where I had to stop. And where I can pick up soon again ... I hope!

The big wings sticking out to the sides are the sleeves and the skinny pieces running up and down are the body. I'll triple-needle-bind-off the back when it's time and then finish the neck and the side/sleeve seams. No more pics until it's done.

Besides "writing" my new book by using Dragon Speak, I've also been consulting on a new website for Delphi Books. Please check it out at http://www.DelphiBooks.us and let me know what you think.

And speaking of books ... isn't Barbara's new one going to be terrific?