And The winner is...

So I had all my girls together today for Jess's birthday party and we drew the winners for the contest. Because Jess was the birthday girl she got to draw the big winner and it is (drum roll please) Mariposa Farm Alpacas! She actually completed all 5 steps of the contest and won with her 9th entry. I'm really excited that a fellow St. Louisian and fiber friend won. I have never met her in real life but have "known" her from her blog for a little while.

The two overachiever gift certificates go to Valerie2350 from Sweeps4Bloggers. She is a giveaway pro and if you want to learn a thing or two about contests you should totally check out her blogs. And the 2nd winner is Donna of Donna's World. She was the very last entry into the contest and walked away with a prize! I'll be e-mailing directions for how to redeem the gift certificates.

I also wanted to post a few more pictures of the girls and their finger knitting exploits. I think they may have recruited another set of hands to their project today. This is the first time that they really got to hang out with Anh since she is on my husband's side but they became quick partners in industry. I brought them some more yarn to keep them occupied for awhile.

The last one is of Savannah with her cheesy grin. She's probably about to get her sticky fingers all over her sister's new headband.

Proud Aunt

Yesterday morning I got an urgent call from one of my nieces. She asked, "Can you please come over, and bring your yarn too." They had been to girl scout's camp the day before and learned how to do finger knitting. They had used up all the yarn they had been given and were in desperate need of reinforcements. Luckily they have an aunt that has more yarn than she could possibly use in this lifetime. I came over with a mini stash to get them started and had fun watching them focus on their new passion.

While I was there a plan was hatched to build up an inventory of belts and headbands and sell their goods to their friends and classmates. It was so cute to see them develop their business plan. Jess, the older one, was much more focused on getting things done and making a profit. Kate was more into the process of making and enjoying them. She made a headband that she really liked and was wearing it around when Jess told her to take it off or they wouldn't be able to sell it. I told her that they needed to have ones they kept and wore for advertising. Kate liked that idea but Jess was dubious. I thought this was funny since I so often have to force myself to keep things that I like for this same reason. It is important to wear our work but my first impulse is to think about how much I could make from it.

I will be bringing some more yarn over next week and hopefully they will stay into it. Needless to say I was a very proud aunt and would love to have one of my girls develop into a real knitter soon.

UPDATE: I had a few people asking what in the world finger knitting is. It is actually more like weaving, but you wrap the yarn in and around your fingers and create stitches that way. It creates a very loose fabric in a tube. Knitty had an article with directions and pictures if you want to check it out. It is actually easier to do with little hands and is very repetitive. I'll post some pictures next week of what they get finished this week.