Showing posts with label cable needle necklace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cable needle necklace. Show all posts

Thursday, May 28, 2009

My new cable needle!

My birthday was last Friday and I couldn't think of a better way to spend the day than to do some knitting in my backyard. I think I got in about 10 minutes. But it was a good time to take some photos of the cable needle necklace I won from a contest on my fiber friend Darcy's blog, Darcy's Knotty Knitter. It was made by Darcy's friend Leslie Wind. It is a sterling silver butterfly and it is engraved on the back with my "name".
The shape works in my fingers perfectly and I love how it is heavy enough to actually drop in the front or back of the work instead of poking around getting in the way like my old needle. It's easy to knit from too, so no troubles there either.And the best part is that I don't have to hold it in my teeth throughout the whole cable round for fear of dropping it into the unknown!

When I received it I called Leslie right away to thank her and let her know that her handiwork is beautiful. She was very happy to hear from me. Turns out she's from MA too! We had a nice conversation and friended each other in Ravelry. Her Rav comment to me has left me with a lasting impression. I'm sure she wasn't trying to be profound, just truly sincere. So I leave you with this, from Leslie:

"Email will never equal the sound of another human speaking."

Saturday, April 18, 2009

I won, again!

I think I'm on a roll or something. I found out that I won an awesome sterling silver butterfly cable needle necklace from my fiber friend Darcy! She was giving away a bunch of stuff on her blog for her 'versary and I was one of the winners. I am still in shock. I saw this necklace on my first visit to her blog and have wanted one ever since. I even showed it to hubster! And my birthday is coming soon. How did she know?