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Friday, February 1, 2013

And the winner is ...



  
Today is the day. 

First let me say I am so very grateful for all the visits and kind comments I have received over the last days.  It has been humbling.  Thank you Vicki for hosting this event.

And as much as I have enjoyed past blogfests, this one has been the absolute best.  The quality of the blogs and the interesting themes have been extraordinary!

I have a winner for my hand woven scarf and I am thrilled.

After writing EVERYONE's name on a piece of paper,


And cutting them out individually,


Folding them up tight (till my fingers bled - just kidding) ... although I did get a paper cut!


 ...  squeezing my eyes tightly closed and sticking my hand into the basket to select one ...


the winner is:

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I will be contacting you, Noofy, to get your address ... which can be sent to retiredknitter@gmail.com.

Happy Blogging everyone!  Let's all keep in touch. 

13 comments:

Terra said...

Congrats to Noofy. It looks like you may enjoy writing out the names and cutting them and then selecting one, when I have a blog give away I however, go to random.org and it quickly picks someone. Either way results in a happy winner.

Patrice said...

Lovely surprise for the winner!

happyone said...

Oh I am so glad Noofy won - she wanted to so badly!!! :)
Though I do wish it was me! :)

Anonymous said...

Congrats to Noofy.

Thistle Cove Farm said...

congratulations, that scarf is sure to keep your spirits high and your body warm.

Retired Knitter said...

Actually it never occurred to me there would be so many entries. Next time I will do a random number generator and keep all the comments consolidated to one blog post so I can use numbers.

Retired Knitter said...

Yea, I was kind of surprised when I picked her name. The odds were definitely in favor of a new follower getting picked! But you just never know.

Elderberry-Rob said...

Lucky lucky Noofy - I am a little bit jealous!

Noofy said...

As I was telling Elaine when she contacted me today....I've been the winner of parking tickets, speeding tickets, a flat tire, but never ever such a beautiful scarf! At first I thought Elaine was joking, but why? It had to be true and it was - I'm thrilled!!! Thank you Elaine for "picking" me, thanks everyone for your good wishes (and jealously :) I can't wait to wear it (I might even send a picture of me wearing it for posting)!!!

Laurie said...

Please do send a photo wearing it, Noofy. Elaine's scarf was so pretty. Congratulations!

Retired Knitter said...

Absolutely, Noofy. Email me a picture of you with the scarf and I will post it here, if that is OK with you.

Lynne said...

Congratulations Noofy . . . Enjoy the beautifully woven scarf . . .

Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Noofy! The scarf is absolutely beautiful!
~Laura (formerly from A Happy Simple Life)