Wanted: A Good Home For Some Lonely Yarn

Congratulations to Redford Phyl!

I had the best of intentions when I bought this. It was going to be a sweater for Goldisox. Unfortunately there were two fatal flaws:

1. He hates the color



2. 1300 yards ain't gonna cut it

So here it is in all its glory, looking for someone to love it the way I loved it but now don't even want to look at it. (Was that a sentence? I should be ashamed.)

Anyway here are the particulars:

10 skeins Sirdar Highlander

Shade 079 - Dye Lot 213 (it has a decidedly yellowish/ochre cast that doesn't show up in my photo)

131 yards/120 meters - 100 grams

70% wool - 30% acrylic

Made in Wakefield, England

I am a big fan of Sirdar Highlander and Sirdar Nova.

Stake your claim in Comments. Anyone from anywhere can (and just might) win. The winner will be drawn through our patented trademarked RNG Tuesday morning. Good luck!

GREAT SOCK BOOK CONTEST!

Congratulations to our winner TREK!

Strange things happen to a writer when a) she's finishing a book; b) and has cabin fever; c)not to mention it's not only early spring but full moon time; and d) SAID WRITER HASN'T HAD TIME TO KNIT!

So what do deadlining writers with no time to knit do when they're not writing? They read knitting books, that's what. And sometimes they buy the same beloved book twice because they're not currently playing with a full set of Addis.

That's why I'm offering my extra copy of the brilliant Charlene Schurch's MORE SENSATIONAL KNITTED SOCKS to the lucky winner of this week's contest. (You'd have to pry my copy of book #1 and book #2 from my cold dead fingers . . . )

Claim it in comments and the random number generator will pick the winner on Friday. Couldn't be simpler, could it? And how better to greet spring than with a brand new pair of handknit socks?

WINNERS!

It's cold. It's windy. It's early. Let's get right to the winners! (NOTE TO WINNERS: please email me your snail mail addresses and I'll send out the yarn immediately.)

1. The winners of the peachy-pink Sockotta are:

a. Mary Campbell
b. mizmikey

2. The winner of the manly Regia is Aruni.

3. And the winner of the shades of blue Sockotta is loribird.

Congratulations to all the winners. More drawings to come. Soon!

AND YET ANOTHER STASHBUSTER GIVEWAY: More Gorgeous Sockotta

WINNERS: Mary Campbell and mizmikey

You thought the blue/green Sockotta was gorgeous? Take a look at this fabulous peach/spring green/hot pink/golden yellow mix. Details are the same as below. It's color #5 and I have

TWO SKEINS for TWO LUCKY WINNERS!

Stake your claim in COMMENTS and I'll draw the lucky winners on Tuesday March 5th!

STASHBUSTER GIVEAWAY: Regia Cotton sock yarn

Because it's February and most normal people don't like February (I happen to love it: it's short, it's cold, it's grey -- what's not to like?) I'm offering a 100 gram ball of Regia Cotton Surf Color. Made in Italy. 41% wool; 34% cotton; 25% Polyamide. (Yum.) 400 meters -- around 420 yards or thereabouts.

It's much prettier than the photo.

All you have to do is stake your claim in the Comments section and I'll use my randon number generator (stop laughing, Nancy!) on March 1st to select a winner.