ANOTHER STASHBUSTER GIVEAWAY: Regia Line Steps for the Manly Man

The winner is: ARUNI.


This is Goldisox-approved "guy" yarn. Even the most color-phobic male out there would approve of this sober yet sophisticated sock yarn.



The details:



Regia 4 ply Line Steps Color #5371 - Anthracite.



100 grams - almost 4 ounces


420 meters - around 430 yards



75% Wool


25% Polyamide



Machine washable.



It knits up like a dream.



Stake your claim in Comments and I'll pick a winner on Tuesday March 6th!

STASHBUSTER GIVEAWAY: More Sockotta!

The winner is: loribird.


The thinning of the woolly herd continues.





I found another skein of the pretty blue/green Sockotta.





Details:





Available: 1 100-gram skein of Plymouth Sockotta from the Italian Collection. 45% cotton; 40% superwash; 15% nylon. 100% gorgeousness.The picture absolutely does it NO JUSTICE at all. It's a deeper blue with green tones in it, almost marled. Lovely lovely stuff. It's just I've been there, knitted that, and it's time to try new things. (When I buy yarn again, that is.)414 yards. Machine washable. Color #8.





You know the drill. Stake your claim in the Comments section and a "winner" will be announced March 6th.

And the Cascade Fixation winner is....

Sorry not to pick a winner sooner but I was in Barbados with my family for winter break. It was gorgeous: snow-white sand, turquoise water that was like warm silk to loll in, temperatures in the mid-80s with a gentle breeze, pina coladas by the pool...ouch! Okay, you can stop throwing knitting needles at me now!




For you, Barbara, these are the sun conyers we saw in the nature preserve in Barbados. They're not native to the island but they sure are pretty.

Drum roll please! The winner of the Cascade Fixation yarn from my failed sock knitting experiment is:

******KRISTIN (with the pretty pink flower picture)*****

Please send your full name and snail mail address to nancy@nancyherkness.com. I will happily send the yarn along to you.

ANOTHER STASHBUSTER GIVEAWAY: Sockotta Superwash

Yes, I'm thinning the woolly herd over here in central New Jersey.

Available: 1 100-gram skein of Plymouth Sockotta from the Italian Collection. 45% cotton; 40% superwash; 15% nylon. 100% gorgeousness.

The picture absolutely does it NO JUSTICE at all. It's a deeper blue with green tones in it, almost marled. Lovely lovely stuff. It's just I've been there, knitted that, and it's time to try new things. (When I buy yarn again, that is.)

414 yards. Machine washable. Color #8.

You know the drill. Stake your claim in the Comments section and a "winner" will be announced March 1st.

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.

Stashbuster Giveaway: Cascade Fixation

Here is the shameful evidence of my dismal failure at knitting socks. It's beautiful yarn but I just can't bear to see it in my stash; the memories are too painful.

Here are the specs:

Two balls, one with only a tiny bit of frogged yarn, the other unopened, of Cascade Fixation color #9862 (gorgeous rust, green, lavender, and taupe). Each 50 grams of 98.3% cotton, 1.7% elastic which translates to 186 yards (spandex) or 100 yards (relaxed) per ball. Made in Brazil.

If anyone wants it, let me know in the comments and it's yours for free. If more than one person wants it, I'll use the very scientific method of writing your names on pieces of paper and letting my son draw one out of a hat. Only Barbara uses random number generators.