A Geek's Yarn Contest

 

A Geek's Yarn is giving away one of her very pretty skeins of yarn and I know I'd love to snag one! Check out her post here: http://knittinghunter.tumblr.com/post/4070979915/win-hand-dyed-yarn for contest details.

 

Contest time! I will be giving away a hand-dyed skein of yarn from my shop, A Geek’s Yarn, to one lucky individual! Winner will be chosen by random drawing on Friday, April 8th. Here’s how you can enter — you may use as many of these methods as you wish (but you won’t get credit for doing the same thing more than once):

• Reblog this post (1 entry)
• Write your own blog post about my yarn and/or this contest (3 entries)
• Tweet about this contest (1 entry — end the tweet with #ageeksyarn so I see it!)
• Heart my shop on Etsy (1 entry)
• Add me to your circle on Etsy (1 entry)

Reply to this post (make sure you reply to the original, not a reblog!) letting me know what you did, or email a list with any relevant links to ageeksyarn@gmail.com.

Who wants to win some yarn?

Contest time! I will be giving away a hand-dyed skein of yarn from my shop, A Geek’s Yarn, to one lucky individual! Winner will be chosen by random drawing on Friday, April 8th. Here’s how you can enter — you may use as many of these methods as you wish (but you won’t get credit for doing the same thing more than once):

• Reblog this post (1 entry)
• Write your own blog post about my yarn and/or this contest (3 entries)
• Tweet about this contest (1 entry — end the tweet with #ageeksyarn so I see it!)
• Heart my shop on Etsy (1 entry)
• Add me to your circle on Etsy (1 entry)

Reply to this post (make sure you reply to the original, not a reblog!) letting me know what you did, or email a list with any relevant links to ageeksyarn@gmail.com.

Who wants to win some yarn?

And the winner is.....

The random number generator declares the winner of my Thanksgiving Batt Giveaway is.......Aesox!!! I'll be e-mailing you to get your particulars so that I can ship out your prize batt!

Also I am back in Western NY after visiting my family for Thanksgiving. Apparently winter came to WNY when I was 4 hours elsewhere. Now just enjoying the warm apartment and leftovers with Rach and the kitties (no leftovers for them though). :)

Happy Thanksgiving and Other Assorted Content

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I am visiting my parents in Central NY for the holiday and we're having a whole lot of fibery fun! Today is also my 26th birthday so I'm getting a really great birthday dinner!!!

Important Reminder: Today is the last day to enter to win one of my hand carded Lluxurious Batts in a Thanksgiving colorway (pictured above). Entries must be in by 12 pm tonight. See this post for details.

In knitting related news I just finished up these Fetching fingerless gloves for my friend Athena. We've been friends since we were kids and we are both back in town for Thanksgiving. It was wonderful to be able to catch up with her and share a little wool. These were made with my Llegend Worsted hand-painted yarn.

I'm also still plugging along on my Wendy Knits Shetland Pi Shawl; this is in the middle of clue 4. Obviously the KAL is over but it is a wonderful pattern and I don't mind going at my own pace.

I just started a Dumpling Bag(Rav link) too because they are just irresistibly adorable!

In really exciting business news I was recently accepted as a contributor to Phat Fiber. I am so honored and inspired to be a part of such a great group of fiber artists. If you have never checked out their sample boxes I would encourage you to do so. It's a great way to sample new-to-you indie dyers and fiber products without wasting money on a large quantity of something you don't end up liking.

I'm already busy cooking up ideas for my first contribution of samples which will go in the January 2011 box.

I thought I would share some pictures of my undyed fiber that's ready to become hand dyed batts and roving. I am really enjoying working with all these luxury fibers for my Llady Llama Fiber Co. Lluxurious Batts.

Loose cut merino:

Raw mohair locks (the stuff in front has just been washed and still needed to be dried and picked):

Silk noil:

SW BFL combed top:

Domestic wool roving:

SW Merino combed top:

Not pictured here but also in the undyed fiber collection for dyeing and batt making is recycled banana silk fiber, tussah silk roving, loose angora fiber and llama roving.

Hope everyone has a great Turkey Day and don't forget to give thanks for all the wonderful fiber animals who bring such joy to our lives!

Thanksgiving Batt Giveaway!

I am holding a Thanksgiving Batt Giveaway!! Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and my 26th birthday just so happens to fall on Thanksgiving this year.

Since Thanksgiving is all about being thankful and appreciative, and since my birthday is all about me presents, I thought I'd offer one of my lucky readers (who I am very thankful for) a little present of their own.

I am giving away this hand dyed and carded 3.25 oz. Lluxurious Batt. The fiber content is wool, bamboo and sari silk.

The nitty gritty details:

To enter you must tweet, blog, plurk, facebook, etc. about my contest, making sure to include a link back to this blog. 

After you have done this leave a comment on this blog entry regarding where you shared the contest information. Be sure to include your e-mail!

You may enter more than once if you share the contest on more than one social networking site but you have to leave a separate comment for each one.

Contest starts now and ends on Thanksgiving (aka my birthday) at 12pm EST.

After the contest ends I will use a random number generator to choose the winner.

I will notify the winner via e-mail to get address information.

If the winner does not reply to my e-mail within 7 days a new winner will be chosen.

The prize will be sent out shortly after I receive the winner's information.

Shipping will be paid by yours truly.

You must be 18 years or older to enter.