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Sorry it’s taken so long for me to tell you who’s won. If you didn’t win but you’d still like a WIP bag check out my etsy store . If you see some fabric i’ve used before but I don’t have a bag in my store contact me and see if I have any fabric left to make you one. 

With any more delay our winners are…..

bag #1  the winner is  Sally aka Wicked Knitter

bag #2 the winner is Mara, aka Citizen Skein

Congrats!!! if you would please contact me with your mailing address I’ll send your weapon bag to you! 

For Easter I made some Easter eggs for my kids and my niece and nephew. Though I didn’t get a photo of the light blue one for him.

This brown two toned one was for the Bub, she wanted it in brown and picked out the colors from my yarnlets.

The purple one is two-toned b/c I simply ran out of yarn… it was for my niece. and the Green one was for the Bead as it’s her fave color.

As I was trying to take a photo my niece wouldn’t let go of them. it’s pretty funny and leaves a cute photo of hands grabbing the eggs.

The pattern I found on ravelry.   It turned out eggs bigger than I thought.  it’s a really cute and easy pattern.

They’re really interesting and the girls just love their eggs.

Ya knot what Else is  interesting? what you can find on Yahoo!  Just now I searched “sock wars” and this was the result , I can see more than 11 pages.

When I clicked on this site, I found it was closed down by lucas film .. interesting! Maybe that’s why they’re not promoting this Sock War 4 as much as Sock War 3. They’re still sponsoring it as I understand. (but they don’t have anything about SW4 on their website though) And the New Tofutsies power stripe is supposed to be the yarn for the war. But by looking at their website you wouldn’t know they were sponsoring the game.

More interesting, here’s some links I found about Sock Wars but not the knitting competition.  I guess it’s actually a war that kids play by throwing socks at each other like snow balls. HILARIOUS! There’s even movies on You Tube check them out:

http://community.livejournal.com/sockwar/profile
http://reslife.net/html/pwithp_1001b.html
http://www.themanicgardener.com/the_manic_gardener/dueling-bloggers-an-outli.html
http://ourfriendben.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/sock-it-to-me-uh-them/
http://www.tintisha.net/clients/sockwars
http://www.knittersreview.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=63618
http://www.monkeyspit.net/comics/sockwars/sockwars2.php
http://www.helium.com/items/1262292-games-for-snowy-dayshttp://www.thebigt.com/movies.htm (scrolldown)
http://www.kevinberryman.com/drakenstudios/

In a similar way to the SWTC site(but not by lucas film ), though it’s my understanding that  “sock wars”  isn’t copyrighted,   I’ve been asked to take down my contest for the Weapon Bags. which is sad b/c there’s nothing out there like them,  but good for those of you who entered. I’ll be pulling 2 names shortly and letting you know who’s won shortly (read tomorrow or the next day) If you didn’t win but you’d still like a bag check my Etsy store for those you like. If you remember one, I’ve made contact me, via etsy or my email,  and we can work something out!

I’m hosting a contest. Starting Today April 11th running through April 20th.

You can win yourself an unofficial (of course) sock wars weapon bag. I made a few of these last year for sock wars and this year I’d like to give away another one this year. here’s the description of the two

This bag is the perfect size for your smaller on-the-go WIP’s. It’s especially nice for knitting or crocheting socks, scarves or hats. Small enough to take anywhere and inside there are 2 pockets so you won’t loose the things you’ll need.(i.e. needles, hooks, scissors, even a pattern) It’s small enough to fit inside your bigger project bags to hold your yarn so it won’t roll around while you’re knitting it.

Bag #1

The outside  fabric is a brightly colored swirl pattern 100% cotton.
The inside fabric is 100% cotton a green bubble fabric

The pocket fabric is a blue ice crystal wave pattern 100% cotton
there is a metal eyelet opening with an intertwined pink nylon cord and plastic push button stopper to hold it closed.
10 inches high with a 3 ¾  inches squared bottom..

 Bag #2

The outside  fabric is a brightly colored striped pattern 100% cotton.
The inside fabric is 100% cotton blue flowered fabric.

The pocket fabric is a green bubble pattern 100% cotton
there is a metal eyelet opening with an intertwined pink nylon cord and plastic push button stopper to hold it closed.
8 inches high with a 3 ¾  inches by 4 inches bottom.
For both bags machine wash delicate cycle in cold water. lay flat to dry
There’s multiple ways to get yourself entered to win. each one gets one entry. 

1. Comment on this post with which bag you’d like to win. Make sure you leave your email address so I can get in contact with you.

2. Visit my etsy store and LMK what’s your fave, or if there’s something you’d like to see more of.

3. blog about this contest on your blog and leave me a link here in the comments (if you link to my etsy store i’ll give you double entries for this one)

4. Visit the Sock Wars website and sign up for the carnage! leave me a comment that you signed up with your warrior name.** ETA: if you’re already signed up just LMK your name and you get this one!

And that’s it so you can have your name entered 5 times in this drawing. on April 20th i’ll put everyone’s name in a bag and let one of my daughters pull out a name to see who’s won. 

So I found a quiz and it said i’m totally additcted to knitting! Go take it and tell me what it says about you! here’s what it said about me:

You scored 83%.  Yes. You are addicted; you are a compulsive over knitter.  Your stash and projects are the envy of many other knitters, but family members may be a bit tired of being asked their opinion about stitch patterns.

It’s so true isn’t it?