Knititude

We have winners

Man.  Y'all are good.  Who knew there were so many gardeners out there?  I did eliminate "Gruss an Aachen," "Mrs. Bosanquet" and "Sparrieshoop" from the list of light pink rose varieties, because Googling any of those would have given an instant answer.

I didn't specify how to enter the contest, so I accepted the first three correct comments, as well as any correct emails submitted during the same time period.  And the winners are:

1. Eva Smith (email)
2. Grad School Knitter
3. Anne
4. Macoco

Yes, there are four winners; conveniently, I actually have two prizes worth of the DiVe Cotone Egitto.  So, once Eva lets me know via email which yarn she prefers (Garnstudio Silke-Tweed, Classic Elite Classic Silk, or DiVe Cotone Egitto), and where she'd like her prize sent, I will let Grad School Knitter know which yarns are still available--and so on and so forth.

Congrats to all!  Next post--what this all has to do with knitting.

Yarn subs: a work in progress

Just a quick note:  I received my order of Cascade Pima Silk and Classic Elite Premiere and Classic Silk, and while I'm willing to believe the ball bands for the latter two (at least until I've done the test-drives), I doubt very much that the Pima Silk knits up at 4.5 sts per inch.  We'll see--but for the moment I've moved it from Aran to worsted weight on my list.