the perfect ingredients

saturday was our second annual knotty knitter's holiday party. i had the perfect ingredients for a holiday knit night.



a bucket of goodness! so easy and quick to make and delicious served up in my perfectly pink martini glasses.



i also made an adorable (not to brag) cheese ball. check him out!



he was super easy and impressive. wanna make one? go here for the recipe. you had to have known it was an ms creation ;)

the knitting group was great, we did a white elephant exchange (knitting themed) and ate lots of great food. and drank of course!

i managed to finish up another item from handknit holidays. i was trying to do it as a stash buster project (knit picks andean silk, 1 ball of each color). however, i ran out of black early so the bag was shortened a bit. it would have been better full size, but it is still cute. i refused to order a ball of yarn to finish it!



i have 5 gifts wrapped up and ready to go for the 5 days of christmas. yeah, it was 12, then 6 and now 5. but hey, it is free stuff! :) the gifts are just small tokens, but i hope you participate. i will do one each day, starting today, until thursday. that way everyone will receive their gifts before christmas. so are you ready for the first one?

OK - Here goes.....

leave a comment with your answer to the question below. whomever gets it right will win the first package. if multiple people get it right, i will enter all their names in a hat and do a drawing for the winner. if i email you and say you won, you have to reply within 24 hours with your mailing address. so be on the look out!! i will also post the winner on my blog.

QUESTION: how many balls of yarn are in my top yarn drawer? here is a picture



it isn't the best picture, but i don't want to make it too easy. remember it is the number in the TOP DRAWER ONLY!! good luck!! you have until 7 p.m. pacific monday, when the second question will be revealed.