It’s Monday. We’re out of groceries and I have more deadline knitting left than hours in the day and school is almost out with everything that entails and the yarn for the next project got delivered to the wrong address and we tore up the yard this weekend and the sod that we paid a bajillion dollars for was postponed a week and I’m tired.

But I’m getting ready to make myself a very nice mocha and settle in with some more How I Met Your Mother to try to knock out this deadline knitting. So it’s not all bad. And I decided that instead of 2 final winners, I’m going to do 4. Because I can. So these 4 lucky Vittorio knitters can choose either the Seven Songs e-book *or* the Sideways Shawlettes e-book.

All the winners have been e-mailed. And just so everyone gets a little something – even those who didn’t get started in times for the drawing I’m having a little sale – 25% off any PicnicKnits patterns or e-books – just use the code “mondays”. Because Mondays are very monday-ish and need a little bright spot.

I’ve been so busy with deadline knitting that the days have been a blur. I keep thinking that tomorrow is Friday. Which of course it is. But I was also thinking this on Monday. And Tuesday. And well you know how it goes. And of course the boys have less than three weeks of school left which means there is something going on nearly every day. I keep waiting for things to slow down and they never do.

But we have belated winners.

My dear friend Kimber wins the BeaGin stitch markers. Which is extra nice, because Kimber was awesome and immediately stepped up to offer a prize for this KAL!

And Kelly wins the yarn from Dyeabolical! Kelly was the lovely model for my Sixpence shawlette!

I’ll email y’all to get shipping addresses. And now I’m going to do the bare minimum of housework and settle back in to knit and find out if Ted ever meets his fricking solemate on How I Met Your Mother. It’s not looking good for ole Ted, and I really think maybe they are pulling our leg about him ever finding her. Yes, I’m 4 seasons behind. So don’t spoil it for me!

These were supposed to be Monday winners, but the week has gotten away from me. I’m cranking out samples for a new collection at an amazingly fast rate (if I do say so myself) but it leaves no time for things like thinking and remembering that I’m running a KAL. So… sorry about that!

Today we have two winners:

Brandy wins a copy of the Gauge Master spreadsheet from fairieknits!

And Emmy wins a $20 gift certificate from Palm Valley Fibers.

I’ll be e-mailing y’all so you can claim your prizes. Have you seen all the gorgeous Vittorios? This is one of my favorites – of course I’m partial because it’s also one of my best friends – but have you ever seen a better use of clown barf yarn?

No I don’t know what is up with the corny color jokes. I’ll blame being tired. Despite trying to cut back on things life has been so busy that it’s just insane. This weekend we had a wedding to attend, one softball game, three basketball games, and an impromptu trip to Savannah. It was crazy.

We didn’t get home last night til nearly 2am and even though the boys slept most of the way home they were literally falling asleep in their breakfast this morning. So I took pity on them and everyone went back to bed. So that is why just now at 10am, I am up choosing a winner for the Munchkinland Socks contest. I think this is the most comments I’ve ever gotten on a single post, so yay for that. And yay for Andria!

I think the lion is my favorite too. Andria, I’ll be getting in touch with you to get shipping information and thanks everyone for playing!

I love giving stuff away. I need to do it more often. Definitely. The winner for the Berlioz/Swoolk contest is Kimberley:

So congratulations to Kimberley – I shot you an e-mail to get your information – and thanks everyone for playing along. Back to stocking knitting for me!

What? We’re having turkey tonight, not chicken. Easiest dinner ever. Throw a mess of rice in the rice cooker. Brown up a pound or so of ground turkey with garlic, cayenne, chili powder, salt, pepper, and some Braggs or soy sauce to taste. Throw in a few good handfuls of fresh green beans chopped small and cook til just crisp tender. Serve over rice with some fruit on the side and you have a super tasty dinner!

But you did not come here for a recipe. You came here to see if you won a free copy of the KnitCircus 2011 Gifts issue. So here are my winners, that I am e-mailing here in just a quick minute. (Sidenote: Don’t all minutes last exactly the same amount of seconds? What is this “quick minute” that I speak of?)

And the winners are:

Thanks for playing guys!