Having issues with internet precluded my from posting this on Friday, so I apologize for the wait for the winner. For some reason bloglines didn't pick up my feed anywhere from 12-36 hours later so I also apologize if you missed out. I do give out random knitting things from time to time so hopefully next time it will work out, and stay tuned.
Anyhow, Sarah won the needles via random number generation, congrats Sarah, they're in the mail to you!
You should also check out Christine's Stash Sale, she's selling off all her yarn because of some life changing events and giving spinning a try. All the yarn is super yummy and priced to move.
I'll post a pic of a sock I posted before but I'll put it up here again because I am just amazed at how well the stitch definition comes off on these new sock blockers that arrived this weekend (no affil). They looked a little big sitting there but apparently I just have huge ski boat feet because they fit my sock perfectly =) Now I'm motivated to finish the other one that's been languishing for months, yea!

Badcaul Socks by Anna in Koigu knit on Magic Loop
Anyhow, we spent the weekend putting a little "Sweat Equity" into our home. I may have mentioned this before, we purchased our first home last year, a little 3bed, 2bath with a garage and the smallest kitchen known to man. Honestly, it's so tiny, you could blink and you'd miss it. Well we've spent a good portion of the past 6 months improving the house, pulling out carpet and putting in the pergo floors, painting, new light fixtures etc. We just finished our biggest project to date, renovating the guest bathroom. We pulled everything out except the shower and started over, tiling up part of the wall, new tile floors, molding and a beautiful new vanity I got on sale cheap! I like sales and I really renovate under a strict budget. I should say I have very particular looks I like and I managed to pull off something that looks more expensive than it is through careful shopping and I'm very happy.
The 3 things that need to be done are the master bath, laundry room and kitchen and we were debating what to start next, I think the kitchen it is. It's a very fine line for us as this is a temporary home, no longer than 2 more years here so we want to make it look nice but also for it to sell so everything we do I keep that in mind. We're debating tearing out the whole thing but I have to question if it's worth it, in a perfect world we'd probably have to rip out some walls but for now we're going to try and keep it simple, tile, new appliances and new countertops, preferably corian. Did you know the avg kitchen reno costs 40k??? EEK. I always watch those design shows and they turn out nice, but it's not worth it for this area. I'll post a pic so you can give me your opinion, NEW Cabinets or NOT??? And no laughing at the small space, I already warned you =)

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