My Week Has Gotten SO Much Better!

Although anyone reading this blog doesn't know what a pisser of a week I've had, you'll have to trust me on this one. It was a doozy. Nothing happened, it just sucked. Until today.

So, as anyone reading this blog does know (considering my two, count em two! comments have come from people holding giveaways I entered), I love yarn giveaways. I love em a lot. I'm broke, and they offer me a chance to get awesome yarn at no cost. Which is important when you've got Malabrigo taste on a Red Heart budget. I don't consider myself a yarn snob at all, but I do prefer to work with nice yarns when I can. So, anyway, these enablers bloggers really do have very generous giveaways. It's heartwarming, really, and I appreciate them. (Hear that guys? You're awesome.) So, I check to see the results of Sara's contest over at Lazy Knits and Purls, and see that I have won! Now, Sara may be lazy, but she sure isn't stingy. The prize was 5, count em, 5 skeins of Rowan Kidsilk Spray! ...have you recovered from your faint yet? I know! How freaking generous is that? I'm doubly pleased about my luck because of a second factor as well. I came across this blog while actively looking for interesting yarn giveaways on the interbutz. (Oh no, my secret is out now! ;)) The contest took into account all comments in the month of September. Since I was not a reader of the blog (although I probably am now; she writes delightfully), I couldn't, in good conscience, start leaving a lot of comments in hopes of winning. It just isn't right. So, I left one comment, and on that comment, I won! I'm very glad I didn't give in to the temptation to be a dick. Which isn't a giant accomplishment or anything, just basic human decency, but I can feel good about this yarn now.

Also in yarny contest goodness now, KnitPurlGurl has a set of WEBS interchangeable needles to give away! I don't particularly want to send more people over there, but it really is a great contest. It's running until October 13th, so be sure to enter! (You know, or not, rendering me a better chance... =)) And yes, the blogging does give me extra entries, why do you ask? In addition, I won that recycled Jags yarn, although I was mistaken about the fiber content. It is still lovely, though, and quite varied. My favorite is a 50/50 cotton/acrylic she calls "rainy day." It's super soft.

Okay, so onto actual knitting news, you know. Still working on my cowl/wimple, which I have redubbed the M class cowl because of the amount of Trek I've been watching while knitting it. The colors remind me of the usual features of an M class planet: vegetation, water, etc. It's so pretty! I'll have to borrow the Boyfriend's camera so I can start featuring photos again. Sorry about that. The bamboo needles are going about one thousand times better now that I've waxed them. I also think that my hand oils might be playing a part. Maybe I'm knitting looser. Well, for whatever reason, using them has ceased to suck, and is actually quite pleasant. I'm liking this project.

The conductor on the train today told me that I reminded him of his mother, who always knit. I find these sentiments sweet, but I have no clue what to respond with. As it is, I smiled, nodded, said "that's nice" and listened to him. But I think I made him feel like an ass, which was far from my intention. Any ideas?

So, in conclusion, a shitty week has been made better by yarn. I mean, yarn makes everything better, right?