Yes, it's a cake! And very nice it tasted too. All part of my birthday celebrations! I'd love you to have a share of the birthday fun as well. Interested? Then read on!
Earlier this year I asked Anne Hanson if she was able to design some 'slouchy, stay at home, it's cold outside' socks. No problem! So I test knit for her and the result was this..........
I loved them so much that I knit Anne a pair to say thank you!
The pattern has just been released, and it's called 'Helen sock' after yours truly! I feel really honoured! To celebrate, as it's my birthday today, I am going to give away a copy of this pattern to one lucky reader along with a skein of sparkly yarn from the Natural Dye Studio.
All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is become a follower of my blog (if you're not already) and leave me a message. I'll post world-wide, and the giveaway will stay open for a week until midnight on December 17th. So what are you waiting for?!! Enjoy a piece of cake - there's plenty to share. See you soon! xx
Love the socks they look never so warm and comfy, thanks for the chance to win such a generous giveaway, x
ReplyDeleteNice cake! I want some. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeletelmecoll on Ravelry
That cake looks yummy! And very seasonal. The socks look fantastic too. It's been snowy here in Oregon, so a stay-at-home pair of socks is just what I need.
ReplyDeleteWhat a generous offer. The socks look very comfortable and the yarn is beautiful. I love your cake too. Happy Birthday, Helen.
ReplyDeleteMarie-LouiseB on ravelry
I love these socks . Happy Birthday, Helen, hope you had a great day
ReplyDeleteHope you've had a lovely day! The cake looks yummy ..... and so does the yarn. Photos aren't bad either ;-) xx
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Thanks for sharing your birthday goodies:)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, hope it's been a good one. Loving the socks, just what I need as my new home has very very cold wooden floors.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. What an honour to have socks named after you, especially such lovely ones. You've made me feel very hungry, I've just had a yoghurt I didn't realise cake was on offer.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday. I love your cake, very seasonal! The socks look beautifully cosy.
ReplyDeleteI hope you didn't have to make your birthday cake yourself!
ReplyDeleteThey look very comfy socks and looking at the yarn has reminded me that I still haven't used the skein of NDS Sheherazade that hubby bought me for Christmas last year (or it might have been 2011).
Yours is the first blog I started following, about 3 years ago...thank you! You opened up a whole new world of fun for me! And it's my birthday on Friday...so save me a slice of that lovely looking cake?!
ReplyDeleteLove the socks! What an honor to have a knitspot pattern named for you.
ReplyDeleteI'm already a follower so that's easy! Socks look so cosy, especially as we've had our first bout of snow...
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday, love the seasonal cake. How wonderful to have a sock named after you! It was Jenny Flip Flops and her socks that made me move on from the square dish cloths I'd been knitting. I'm completely hooked, no pun intended! Very generous giveaway, count me in.
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Brenda
I love hand knit socks and these look perfect. Happy birthday
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! Love the cake and love the socks! Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!!! I've been swooning over these socks as soon as I saw them! So luscious and smooshy :) So looking forward to knitting them!
ReplyDeleteCindy
Happy Birthday, the cake looks really yummy and so does the yarn!
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Thanks for the giveaway x
happiest of birthdays to you dear helen!
ReplyDelete-melissa
Many Happy Returns Helen. How wonderful having a sock named after you! They are beautiful too.
ReplyDeleteJane
Lovely socks! Please enter me in your drawing! How does one sign up to follow your blog?
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Helen! The socks are wonderful! The cake sure looks yummy.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! The socks really look very cozy!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! My friend, the Woolly Daisy, sent me over and I love the socks. The broken bands make it slouchy while still comfy with shoes. I would love to win!
ReplyDeleteLove the socks and the natural dye yarn!
ReplyDeleteMmm, cake! Happy Birthday!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful socks!
lindaran (on Rav)
Those socks look so comfy.
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely be making a pair of these socks, so it would be fun to win the pattern. In the meantime, I'll help myself to some cake... :)
ReplyDeleteWow! How fab is that? You got a pattern named after you! And the socks are gorgeous, I love the really love the colour. Also, I am loving your birthday cake, it looks delicious and I hope you had a lovely day. Thank you for the chance of winning.
ReplyDeleteI would love to be counted in this draw. Love the pattern!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the opportunity to win the lovely sock yarn and pattern. The cake pictures you post are always wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThose socks look so inviting, and make the snow outside so much more wonderful! Beautiful cake, I am sure that it was delicious. Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteTrust me to be too late for the giveaway! I have been so very busy lately and of course, so have you! Those Helen socks are lovely...I might have to knit myself a pair! Yummy Christmas cake for your birthday!
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