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Angel at my feet

Somehow, I managed to finish a pair of socks this week. Now that I’ve finished them, I also notice that somehow, I managed to goof one of the heels.

Anyway.

I have finished socks!! Here are the finished Jaywalkers in “Angel”…

The best thing about turning 30… Contest

So, with this post I have the rare completed object… and the FIRST EVER sweetgeorgia blog contest! That’s right. That’s like two for one. Lucky you.

In the spirit of my upcoming birthday, I’m hosting a little contest and the prize will be either 2 skeins of superwash sock yarn or a braid of BFL fibre — your choice! You choose the colourway and I’ll dye it for you. All you need to do is leave me a comment starting with “The best thing about turning 30 is…”. The contest will close at midnight on Wednesday, July 19th (i.e. 11:59:59 PM) and we’ll randomly draw the winner.

Happy thoughts, people. Send happy thoughts. =)

Jen and the older vampire

As many of you know, the next Sweet Shop update is tomorrow — May 4th at 12 noon PDT — and so here is a teeny tiny preview of a few new colourways…

Yeah, this wasn’t something I had planned… but this was a super special request from my dear friend, Jen. She is making her way through episodes of Buffy for the first time and is completely smitten with Angel. A couple weekends ago, she came over to the house and exclaimed, “Fishy! You have to do an ‘Angel’ colourway!”

Jen, a smart, stylish, high-powered mergers & acquisitions lawyer for a big-time law firm is reduced to girly goofiness by a 250-year old, sometimes Irish, completely fictional vampire… I LOVE IT. That’s what makes Jen completely endearing. How could I say no?

So please indulge Jen and I in a bit of girly fun. Jen gets a set for her stash and I’m saving a set to knit Jaywalkers but there will be two more sets of Superwash Sock skeins in the shop tomorrow. Plus these…

After talking with the server guys yesterday, I’ve hopefully optimized the current server so that it won’t crash again with all those connections (fingers crossed). But in any case, after this shop update, I’ll move the Sweet Shop to it’s own dedicated server! See you tomorrow!