From the Bureau of Unclaimed Prizes:
April Vincent
Kandy White
If you know any of these people, please ask them to email me.
Also, please people – check your spam filters!!! I can’t tell you how many emails get lost in spam filters – especially YAHOO. All three people listed above have yahoo email addresses. I’m sure my emails to them have gotten junked.
Thank you!!!
Yesterday two goofs came over to help me pack up all the prizes. Surprisingly – given there was much hijinks – we actually got A LOT done. Thanks (my) Ann and Kay!
These are the LAST of the PRIZES – until next year at least! 😉 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED PRIZES AND DONATIONS! This whole thing was about a million times more than I EVER expected it to be!
PRIZE #17:
— Two Grafton Fibers batts generously donated by Cat Cooper
— 8 oz Hand dyed Superwash Wool/Mohair/Nylong blend in the Purple People Eater colorway by The Gabby Knitter
— 4 oz of Handpainted Blue Faced Leceister from Spunky Eclectic
— Adam Mielke Spindle from Jeannine Bakriges
— Spinning Designer Yarns by Diane Varney from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #18:
It’s a FIBER FEST! We’ve got:
— Hand painted Blue Faced Leceister roving from Woolarina
— 100g Bluefaced Leicester, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— Hand dyed Merino Mohair roving from Stone Leaf Moon
— 8 oz American Pie Sock Hop Superwash Merino Roving from Crown Mountain Farms
— A handmade Jenkins turkish drop spindle from Crown Mountain Farms
— Spin It by Lee Raven from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #19:
— Three skeins of various hand spun fibers from Brooklyn Handspun
— Green Mountain Spinnery Painted Hat kit which includes the pattern and two colors of Mountain Mohair and a carry bag
— One Silk Lace hank and three skeins of DK Silky Merino from Sundara Yarns. Winners choice of colors.
— Four Felted Bag patterns from Black Sheep Bags
And the winner is…
Prize #20:
— A HUGE gorgeous pink batt of wool/angora from Woolybuns
— 16 oz of hand dyed targhee in any colorway – winner’s choice – from Spinning Bunny
— A Merino/Firestar handblended Batt from Spritely Goods – winner’s choice of colorways
— Signed copy of Shannon Okey‘s new book, Spin to Knit from Shannon herself
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #21:
— 3 oz hand dyed Merino/Firestar Batts from Brooklyn Handspun
— 4 oz. hand painted 100% Wool Roving from Susan
— a beautiful braid of Handpainted 80% Merino/20% Tussah Silk from Hello Yarn
— 2 skeins of 50% superwash merino 50% tencel sock yarn in any of her colorways – winner’s choice from Spinning Bunny
— Homespun Handknit edited by Linda Ligon from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #22, 23 & 24:
POTTER CRAFT SWAG!
(There are three prizes here – everyone gets pretty much the same thing, but some stuff may vary.)
— A copy of Mason Dixon Knitting
— A skein of Euroflax donated by Ms. Mason Dixon herself, Kay Gardiner
— A Knit Big T-Shirt! (Seen modeled over here.)
— A signed Lucy Neatby “A Knitter’s Companion Mini-Sampler” DVD
— Knit Notes from Major Knitter Jennifer
And other fine swag!!
And the winners are…
Jen Wysokowski
Nathania Apple
With that, I hearby conclude SPIN OUT 2006!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
PS – Anyone know where I can rent a truck?
And back to the random number generator we go!
PRIZE #7:
Sheep to Shawl!:
— Spirit Trail Fiberworks presents the Spin and Knit a Shawl kit with 7 oz of exotic fibers including mongolian cashmere, llama top, baby camel top, baby suri alpaca top, baby alpaca top and super angora top
— $25.00 gift certificate to The Yarn Tree
— The Spinner’s Companion by Bobbie Irwin from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #8:
Yarn! Yarn! Yarn! We’ve got:
— 2 skeins Bernat lana from Marie
— 82 yds of Wool Mohair Hand Spun yarn from Stone Leaf Moon
— 400yds of Handpainted Merino, Red, from Made By Ewe
— Rivers Edge Hand Spun 156 yds Winter Gold (angora and lurex)
— Rivers Edge Hand Spun 2 skeins Hand Dyed Mohair Locks (56 yds each)
— Five Felted Bag patterns from Black Sheep Bags
— Two pair Serendipity Designs Knitting Needles, sizes 8 and 15, from Roxy Yarns
— Big Needle Knitting from Roxy Yarns
And the winner is…
Prize #9:
FIber From Around The World!!
— Two fiber collections from Blue Moon Fiber Arts: The Eastern Luxury Collection contains Yak, Baby Camel/Tussah Silk Top, Mongolian Cashmere Top, Mulberry Silk and Baby Camel Top. The Western Luxury Collection Contains Wensleydale Locks, Super Merino/Angora Top, Baby Suri Alpaca Top, Super 150’s Merino Top and Llama Top.
— 4oz Mane Hair Buffalo Fiber and 4oz Buffalo Felting Fiber from Buffalo Gold
— One year subscription to Wild Fibers Magazine
— The Spinner’s Companion by Bobbie Irwin from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #10:
Gorgeous YARN!
— Sample Pack of Buffalo Yarn in various weights from Buffalo Gold
— Handpainted Silk/Merino in the Bramble Berry colorway from Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio
— One Silk Lace hank and three skeins of Aran Silky Merino from Sundara Yarns. Winners choice of colors.
— Two handformed glass buttons from Sheila Ernst
— Gorgeous hand turned Rosewood Knitting Needles, size 11, from Crown Mountain Farms
And the winner is…
Prize #11:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— 570 yds of handpainted superwash merino in the Emerald Isle colorway from Sunshine Yarns
— 280 yds Speed Demon Sock Yarn in the Coal Harbour colorway, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— 560 yds of handpainted Superwash Merino fine fingering weight yarn in the Knit Commando colorway from All Things Heather
— 280 yds of handpainted Superwash Merino sport weight yarn in the Cousin It Stripe colorway from All Things Heather
— The Waterlily Socks pattern from Sivia Harding Knit Design
— A copy of Knit Lit (too) from Jeannine Bakriges
And the winner is…
Prize #12:
Color! Colo
r! Color!
— 8 oz Hand dyed Superwash Wool/Mohair/Nylong blend in The Rainbow Connection colorway by The Gabby Knitter
— 100g Bluefaced Leicester, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— 2 oz Kid Mohair/Merino handpainted roving from Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio
— 4 oz Bluefaced Leicester in the Joseph’s Coat colorway from Lisa Souza Knitwear & Dyeworks
— A Grafton Fibers Swan Spindle
in Pear (whorl) and Ebony (shaft)
— The Spinner’s Companion by Bobbie Irwin and Homespun Handknit edited by Linda Ligon from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #13:
The Rivers Edge Hand Knit Collection includes 5 yarn kits with patterns:
— Autumn Gold Handspun (yak, cotton and lurex)
— Blue Waves Handspun (wool, cotton, silk)
— Earth’s Harmony, Pink Peony colorway (baby alpaca, tussah silk singles, hand painted tencel)
— Earth’s Harmony, Mystic Cloud colorway (baby alpaca, tussah silk singles, hand painted tencel)
— Fawn (alpaca and tussah silk)
— Grafton Fibers Rosewood Circular Knitting Needles, US 8 and Crochet Hook
And the winner is…
Prize #14:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— Interlacements Toasty Toes, Color 407 and Interlacements sock pattern from the Simply Sock Yarn Company
— 350 yds Sophie’s Toes Sock Yarn in the Handsome Park Ranger (hand dyed) colorway
— Two skeins Superwash Sock in the Berry colorway, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— 485 yds of handpainted Superwash Merino sock yarn in the Tuxedo colorway from All Things Heather
— A copy of Knit Lit (too) from Jeannine Bakriges
And the winner is…
Prize #15:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— Interlacements Texas sock yarn, Color 204 from Roxy Yarns
— 350 yds Sophie’s Toes Sock Yarn in the Summer in the City (hand dyed) colorway
— Two skeins Superwash Sock in the English Bay colorway, handpainted, from SweetGeorgia Yarns
— 280 yds of handpainted Superwash Merino sport weight yarn in the Cousin It Stripe colorway from All Things Heather
— The Cherry Blosson Socks pattern from Sivia Harding Knit Design
— A copy of Knit Lit (too) from Jeannine Bakriges
And the winner is…
Prize #16:
Knit In STYLE!
— Lady B Knitting Bag from Lexie Barnes in the Dutch Treat
— 400 yds Handpainted Superwash Merino Sock Yarn from Woolarina
— A copy of Knit Lit (too) from Jeannine Bakriges
And the winner is…
CONGRATULATIONS ALL! There are still a few more prizes to come – I’m not sure how many because I haven’t received all of the prizes yet. I might not annouce the rest for a couple of days depending on the mail. Thanks for all the comments on the Knitty article – it was a lot of fun to write and I gotta say – I didn’t realize how emotional it all was for me until I started reading the article out loud to a couple of people. I could barely get through it I was crying so hard. THANK YOU AGAIN for all the good you’ve done. I’m really honored and touched by you all!
Regular posts should resume any day now. I’m super busy – but I’ve got some FANTASTIC ideas to share. Hopefully I’ll be back to regular blogging soon.
The babies just left with my sister and I’m devastated! It’s always SO MUCH worse for me when they leave me than when I leave them! My house is a mess, yes, but too too quiet!
So let’s make someone else happy!
PRIZE #1:
A gorgeous basket put together by WEBS, it includes:
— 10 balls Valley Yarns Longmeadow in color Mauve
— 10 hanks Valley Yarns Stockbridge in Natural
— 3 pair Valley Yarns 14″ Bamboo Needles (sizes 5, 7 & 9)
— $10.00 Gift Certificate for WEBS
And the winner is…
(Michelle! I don’t have an email for you! Can you please email me or leave a comment or if someone knows Michelle? Thank you!)
Prize #2:
It’s a FIBER FEST! We’ve got:
— 1.5 oz of 100% Pure American Bison Down from Buffalo Gold
— 4 oz of Wensleydale top, Bird of Paradise colorway from Lisa Souza Knitwear & Dyeworks
— 2 oz of Handpainted Tussah Silk, Sangria colorway from Spunky Eclectic
— a beautiful braid of Handpainted 80% Merino/20% Tussah Silk from Hello Yarn
— 2 oz of Handpainted Superfine Alpaca/Blue Face Leicester from the Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio
— A beautiful handpainted spindle from Made By Ewe
— One year subscription to Wild Fibers Magazine
— The Spinner’s Companion by Bobbie Irwin from Spin Off/Interweave Press
— Fibre Wash and Fibre Rinse kit from Unicorn Fibre
And the winner is…
Prize #3:
This is a really special prize – I had to pry it out of Ann’s hot little hands when she delivered it!
— A Circa 1940 Vintage Knitting Needle Collection which includes a Bakelite Knitting Needle Box and Halex Faux Tortoise Shell Needle Collection in sizes 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 in 12″ and sizes 1,2,3,4,5,6 in 9″. This prize was GENEROUSLY donated by Peggie Ehlers of Rivers Edge Wool & Fibre.
— A copy of Knit Lit (too) from Jeannine Bakriges
— Two handformed glass buttons from Sheila Ernst
And the winner is…
Prize #4:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— Three skeins “Tough Stuff” Hard-wearing Sock Yarn, Pimpernel colorway from Libertina Yarns
— Two skeins Bernat SOX! from Marie
— One skein SOCK! Merino (560 yds) in the What A Melon colorway from Lisa Souza Knitwear & Dyeworks
— Yarntini hand dyed sock kit in Pure Knits colorway (430 yds) and Pure Pink Shot of Solid (210 yds) from Pure Knits
And the winner is…
Prize #5:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— Three skeins “Tough Stuff” Hard-wearing Sock Yarn, Lagoon colorway from Libertina Yarns
— Two skeins Bernat SOX! from Marie
— Two skeins Sock Hop hand spun sock yarn in the Love Me Tender colorway from Crown Mountain Farms
— Yarntini hand dyed sock kit in Pure Knits colorway (430 yds) and Pure Pink Shot of Solid (210 yds) from Pure Knits
And the winner is…
Prize #6:
SOCKS! SOCKS! SOCKS!
— Socks That Rock Fair Isle Sock Kit #1, which contains 1 skein Farmhouse (mediumweight) and 1 skein Watermelon Tourmaline (mediumweight) and 30 yards of solid in 24 Karat, Beryl and Ruby Slippers from Blue Moon Fiber Arts
— Fair Isling on Blue Moon, a book of Fair Isle sock patterns from Blue Moon Fiber Arts
— FIVE skeins of Project Spectrum Sock Yarn from C*EYE*BER Fiber – one for every color of Project Spectrum! (Hey – have you seen the cruise Mama E’s putting together? Fabulous! If I wasn’t completely claustrophobic of large ships and vast bodies of water, I’d be there in a h
eartbeat! If just to meet Eunny!)
And the winner is…
Whew! CONGRATULATIONS ALL! More prizes coming ASAP! I’m still getting prizes in the mail. And don’t forget to check out the NEW KNITTY! My article about Spin Out is up in Knittyspin! YAY! Thanks Jillian and Amy! It looks great!
Ellen D.
of Virginia
Ellen wins the Majacraft Suzie Pro Spinning Wheel GENEROUSLY donated by Toni Neil at The Fold and Tina Newton of Blue Moon Fiber Arts.
Congratulations Ellen!
Thank you all for participating!
More winners announced tomorrow!!
Happy 4th of July!
Honeys, I’ve got good news and bad news. Which do you want first?
The good news is 17360. That’s right.
That’s how much money we raised when I tallied this morning. That’s over $3,000 in ONE FREAKING DAY! Nothing like waiting until the last minute! LOL! I checked this morning and the registry was closed but I opened it up again for just today. I WANT $18,000!!! This whole thing started out with a “To Life” theme with the whole Double Chai and everything. Well, there nothing more CHAI than 18 (which is the number the hebrew letters for the word for life add up to) so let’s do it. I promise I won’t ask for anymore money. Well, at least not until we do this again next year. GO HERE TO GIVE! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
I’ve got ONE MORE PRIZE to annouce as well. This one was actually offered up pretty early, but stupid me lost track of the email when things got going so she gets her very own spotlight.
The original Knitgrrl, Shannon Okey, has generously offered one winner a personalized signed copy of her not even released yet book, Spin to Knit.
The book isn’t do to be released until October, but the winner will get their hot copy right off the presses a bit early. THANK YOU Shannon! This is definitely one I’ll want on my book shelf!
Okay. I said there was bad news, right. Well, it’s not really bad, it just impatient kind of bad. I know I promised you a great long post with lots of pictures about last Saturday’s actual Spin Out. I kinda sorta lied. But I didn’t know I was lying!!! I swear. Turns out when the fabulous chicas, Jillian and Amy, at Knittyspin found out that Wild Fibers didn’t want my article anymore, they pounced! So I’m writing the article for them – look for it sometime next week. And, of course, when it’s there you’ll hear from me! This is a really really good thing for all of us, but I’m sorry if some of you are disappointed.
Of course, now I have to go BACK to writing the article. My sister and the kids are coming today and I spent all day yesterday cleaning bathrooms and I was going to write all night and then I fell asleep. It’s coming Jillian! It’s coming!
Tomorrow I will annouce our final Heifer total and I will start awarding prizes on July 4th – at which time I will pick the GRAND PRIZE SPINNING WHEEL WINNER! Then I will announce a winner or two every day until I’m done with prizes. I’m hoping to have at least 15 VERY impressive gift bundles. Maybe more. Prizes are STILL rolling in!
I know I’ve said it a million times, but this time I mean it. 😉
We’re thisclose to the goal. I’m NOT GIVING UP!
WE DID IT! WE DID IT! WE DID IT!
I’m not sure of the total at the moment, but some incredibly generous folks MADE SURE we made the goal and THEN SOME! I’m in a frenzy at the moment with cleaning and my dad stopped in for a visit and I’ve got so much to do, but I’ll be back a bit later with a new total. DON’T STOP NOW! We’ve still got a whole day to go! HOW HIGH CAN WE GET THIS?!?!
The Heifer Registry will close tomorrow and even if we don’t get to our goal, I can’t tell you how proud I am of this effort. I truly believe that world peace is accessible – just put the FIBER COMMUNITY on the job and IT WILL BE DONE! WE CAN DO IT! Thank you all so so much.
I’ve got a few more prizes to announce: Linda at Stone Leaf Moon is sending us one of her inspiring and unique handspun yarn creations; Jennifer of Knit Notes has offered up a set of her amazing cards; Helen of Bay Colony Farm is sending us some of her fantastic bunny fiber and Cathy Cooper handed me some gorgeous Grafton Fiber batts last weekend! ! THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!
Tomorrow will be my wrap up post on Saturday’s event and all of the fundraising. I haven’t posted yet because I was maybe going to write something up for Wild Fibers Magazine, but that fell through – so the entry is coming!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
THANK YOU SHANA AND KIM AND THE WHOLE AMAZING CREW AT THE EAST 54th STREET REC CENTER!!! YOU ROCK!!!! COULDN’T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU!
AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO PARTICIPATED – YOU ROCK TOO!!!
Real post on Monday – if I’m awake by then. I’m exhausted. If I ever do this again, well, it’ll be in September.
L, C
PS – Just a friendly reminder that the REGISTRY is open until JUNE 30th. Raffle Prizes will be awarded after the registry closes! Thank you so much for EVERYTHING!
LOCATION CHANGE!
We will now be meeting at the
The EAST 54th STREET RECREATION CENTER
348 East 54th Street (between 1st & 2nd Avenues)
New York, NY 10022
212-754-5411
Travel Directions
Bus: M15 to 54th Street
Subway: 6 train to 51st Street or E and V trains to 53rd Street
More about the facility here.
I’m trying to get there by Noon and the event will go until about 3:30.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING YOUR SPINNING WHEELS!
THANK YOU SO MUCH SHANA AND KIM!!!!
WE ARE ON! I just don’t know where yet. If you would like a number to reach me during the day – in case you’re traveling in and won’t be able to get updates here – email me at spinout@januaryone.com and I’ll get you a number to reach me. I’ve had a couple of possibilities on indoor space come up – but I won’t know for a little bit. We might just get a late start to the day is all.
THE SHOW WILL GO ON!!!
So I might as well cheer myself up by telling you that we’ve got ourselves another cool grand!
While the actual event might not go off as planned, the fundraising angle is better than I ever imagined! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
