Another Jalie 2919

Its been another busy week here.  How about you?  I am glad the weekend has arrived.  Today I finished a gift for my best friend.  She will soon be taking a trip to the cold mid-western United States and hopefully this will help to keep her warm.  I have made Jalie 2919 again with a double-sided, grey, ponte knit from Marcy Tilton's website.  Unfortunately, this exact fabric no longer seems to be available, but there are plenty of other double-sided knits to enjoy perusing. 

Close-up of fabric

Shawl collar made with horizontal striped side of fabric.

A much anticipated trip to the mainland is coming up for me too!  I can hardly contain my excitement.  I plan to visit all my old familiar fabric shops and hopefully a couple of new ones too.   I had intended to take this trip last October, but my plans were thwarted by a health issue, which thankfully is all cleared up now.  So it's time to go, and go I will!  Do you know how hard it was to postpone fabric shopping last fall?  I really don't know how I survived!  Well, maybe I do.  It is all those awesome fabric shops on the web that let an island girl like me stay stocked up on some pretty amazing cuts! Thank you!  And thank you to all my dear readers who come by for a visit! 

I think it's time to have a reader appreciation give-away before I go, maybe spread some of the joy and excitement around!  This is going to be quick, since I leave on Monday, but if you are a regular reader, located anywhere on this planet, and would like to be included in a random drawing to win the market bag and Maui pin below, then leave a comment, with your email in this format: upcountrymom"at"yahoo"dot"com, and you will be included in a random drawing to take place on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 8:00 pm Hawaii time.  I will send you an email right away, and if you respond quick enough, I will get this off to you on Monday before I leave the ROCK.  Don't worry I do plan to return in case I miss you on Monday ;-)

PS: I have not heard from my last Facebook winner, located in Australia, (December 14th drawing), and I had no way of messaging you. (Scroll back and you will see who you are.)  You will have one more chance to respond here, or the FANcy bag will also be given away on Sunday night.  Don't miss out, I sure do appreciate you "liking" my FB page!  Good Luck and thanks for visiting!!!