Chickenlips Knitting

Seriously.

Last February at Stitches West, I bought this bag of Kona Bay Cotton from the nice, patient folks at WEBS and it remains untouched. At the time of purchase, I was having a pink panty meltdown because I thought I’d lost the just-purchased two skeins of Claudia Handpaint, the same stuff I made the Digital Socks out of five months later. Turns out I’d left it at the Commuknity vendor space where I bought it. What can I say--the Stitches Market is brutal, largely due to insane yarn shoppers like moi.

Anyhoo. The Kona Bay was originally intended for the Cherry Bomb tank. However, I don’t wear much red, and a couple of summers ago I knit Bonne Marie Burns’ Mondo Cable in that color. I still wear it on occasion, so I’m not in the mood to repeat the color, and am just not motivated to knit anything with this yarn. (Am I a spoiled booger or what?!)

Which brings me to the giving away yarn thing, which I know is the main attraction. If you would like me to send you this yarn, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. That’s it! No haiku. (Unless you want to.) No pattern suggestions. (Ditto.) Just give me a how’s-your-father, and I’ll use a random number generator to draw the winner. So that everyone who’s interested has a chance, I’ll set the deadline for Saturday, August 18, at 12:00 midnight PST.

Oh yeah—just so you know, there are 10 balls, 100% pima cotton, 106 yards per ball. Recommended needle size is 7.

Good luck!

Thank you everyone--the thoughts and condolences you expressed mean a great deal to me. I've passed them on to my family. We are grieving for Attila, and in so doing we gather our remaining pets close. Especially sad is watching the confusion of our other kitty, Elwood, who is wondering where his older brother went. In time, he may have a baby brother, but not right away.

Since I started dyeing yarn, I found that skeining it is a royal pain. So I ordered a niddy-noddy, and I'm hoping it will arrive tomorrow. I tried to "style" the Maiko colorway, let me know what you think: