First things first. There were some great guesses, and some really funny guesses and I just have to share all of the entries with you and how many people counted them as their entries….

Gauge of 11 stitches per inch on my socks ~ 1
Money Frog/Tiny Frog ~ 10
Woven Scarves ~ 3
Wicker Chair ~ 4
Stuffed Dog Modeling the twisted scarf ~ 5
White Hospital Blanket as background ~ 1
Mysterious “C” appearing in photos ~ 1
Crochet Spiral Hexagon Shawl ~ 6
Stitch Markers ~ 4
Only one person photo/human being ~ 2
Sweater wanted to be in the photos ~ 1
Only 2 crochet and 2 woven items ~ 2
Twisted Knit stitches ~ 2
The Gold Ring Thing ~ 1
Kiri Shawl ~ 1
Two Crochet photos ~ 1
Machine Knitting ~ 1
Crochet hat ~ 1
Knitting Error in the lace-work of Dainty Bess 1~
Crochet ~ 2
All items were hand-spun, hand-dyed fiber then knit, woven, etc. by me ~ 1
Bobbin from Spinning Wheel ~ 1
Socks don’t match ~ 1
I dyed my Mystery Stole Zephyr yarn with my mocha ~ 1
Faroese Style Shawl in a basket folded.. artsy shot ~ 1
Metal Knitting Needles as I seem to prefer wood or bamboo ~ 1
A reading book (not a knitting book) in more than one photo ~ 1
Nothing really, so guessing the beads for MS 3 ~ 1
The color black as I seem to prefer vibrant colors ~ 1
All the yarn is homegrown, dyed and spun ~ 1
Toe on first sock is not symmetrical ~ 1
The foam head ~ 1

So, is one of these the right guess, and how many people were correct?

Yes.. and two people nailed it right on the head…. So now I have to tell you how this all started before I reveal any more…. don’t you just hate me for dragging this out?

A couple of days before the contest, Melanie and I were talking.. and she was looking at the photos of my stole progress on my blog.. then she blurted out.. “it looks like you’re twisting your knit stitches“. She realized what she had said, was worried mostly that she might have hurt my feelings, we emailed some photos back and forth for a closer look and sure enough… I’ve been a unique knitter for many years now.. or as she has called it “Christine’s Global Knitting .. Eastern knit and Western purl”.

Now I could have cried.. having made it so far through the stole… but I couldn’t do anything but laugh as it explained so much in my knitting… gauge… pulling stitches.. ladders.. I could go on, really! But I learned to knit out of a really old obscure book eons ago, stopped for a while and started back up many years later.. so more than likely, I did it the way I remembered, which obviously wasn’t the way I should have remembered! I spent a weekend re-teaching myself how to do knit and yarn over’s correctly, and have restarted the Mystery Stole from the beginning….

Funny thing… it looks a heck of a lot better! Moral of this story.. even an old gal can learn new tricks.. and nothing beats honesty in a friendship!

Now for our winners…

Darlene in Maine and Denise from Irish Lace! Congratulations!

The funniest part, both of these sweet and eagle eyed ladies were concerned more about my knitting than winning the contest, but win they did! I will be contacting both of you privately and forwarding your email addresses on to Melanie.. and for everyone that did enter.. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful guesses! I know I didn’t make it easy on you!

And a special thank you to Melanie for putting up the prizes out of guilt for pointing out my unique knitting tendencies…..

(pssst. Keep a watch on the MS 3 list… I can’t really say much, but I’m pretty sure that there is something else cooking up! Don’t tell Melanie that I said anything!)