Speaking Of Crochet

I suppose you all think I've been busy running my little contest and haven't bothered to actually crochet anything myself. Well excuse me, but I'm afraid you're terribly mistaken. As evidence of that, here are five squares I've done for Drew The Crochetdude. These are all Chris Simon's designs and they've all been done in Simply Soft (as if I would use anything else). These squares are so much fun to do and her instructions are so well written. Trust me, if I can follow them, ANYONE can.

And here is Miss Lydia No Face modeling the "Windy City Chicago" hat from the Little Box of Crocheted Hats and Scarves. Since my tension is usually a little on the tight side and since I have such a fat head I went up a hook size. Apparently all the wine I generally consume during crocheting had me more relaxed than I thought I was. This is one honkin' big hat.

Let us now turn our attention to the real reason anyone reads this blog. Of course, that would be FANTASTIC PRIZES. Since we just celebrated a long weekend and I celebrated a birthday I got the wonderful idea to combine three days worth of prizes into one spectaclar prize! Hey, it's my contest - I get to make up the rules. Anyway, here it is and this is what the nice person selling it on eBay had to say about it:

This hook is a size L. It's 7 1/2" long and handcarved by Papa Don. The color has lovely shades of deep strawberry pink, purple grape and rosewood burgundy woods. He does not use a lathe. Each one is handcarved, free form without patterns, and no two are exactly alike.

This special hardwood is dyed, laminated and impregnated with resin under extreme heat and pressure, resulting in a waterproof, hard and very durable, ultra smooth material. The colors and finish are in the woods and no external finish is used. When Papa Don does his final touches the hook just glides through your yarns. You won't find a smoother finish anywhere!

All of our hooks come with a nice protective pouch.

I wish I could enter my own contest.