Today’s a special SPIN OUT 2007 PRIZE UPDATE! First of all, we’ve passed a major milestone in our quest for $30K! Our total is now $10395! and climbing! THANK YOU!!!!

And, here we have another milestone! TWO GRAND PRIZES!

The FIRST:

A LENDRUM COMPLETE FROM THE FOLD! Toni has gone above and beyond and is sending one lucky winner a Lendrum Double Treadle (my wheel – which I love!) That’s not all – she’s sending out the whole kit and kaboodle including the plying head and the fast flyer. YOU GET IT ALL BABY! THANK YOU TONI!!!!!

And the SECOND:

A LOUET VICTORIA FROM YARN EXPRESSIONS! Meg has generously donated a brand new BEECH Louet Victoria, maybe the most portable spinning wheel EVER. This wheel is great for anyone – a beginner or expert. THANK YOU MEG!!!!!

I can’t thank everyone enough for helping me with Spin Out this year. It’s certainly been a labor of love for me. I was honestly a bit disappointed in myself – I feel like I haven’t been yelling at you enough to donate or getting the countless prizes up on the blog fast enough. But in the end it doesn’t matter – the community is what matters and you always come through in the end. SO THANK YOU ALL!

The actual SPIN OUT event takes place on September 29, but the REGISTRY is OPEN until OCTOBER 15! There’s still plenty of time to get in on the action!

Here’s how to donate:
For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once – we will not be pulling out names after a win.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don’t get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donations@spin-out.org. If you don’t do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

It’s that time again! Right now we’re at $6465! Keep the donations coming! I’m getting prizes in the mail every day and new vendors are coming forward all the time. Here’s a list of new vendors that have been added to the sidebar:

Michael & Sheila Ernst Finely Crafted Glass
Grafton Fibers
KnitKnack
StarBug Knits
Woodland Woolworks
Wooly Wonka Fibers

THANK YOU ALL! I encourage you to explore their sites and see what goodies they have to offer. There is so much talent out there it’s STAGGERING! THANK YOU!

It’s all yarn (especially sock yarn!) all the time this week!!!:

First up, we’ve got two great skeins of Etoile Sock yarn from StarBug Knits! THANK YOU EMILY!

And from another Emily, we’ve got two more skeins of sock yarn from Sophie’s Toes. Emily is a quilter, dyer, knitter EXTRAORDINAIRE and the gorgeous colors of her yarn reflect that. THANK YOU EMILY!

Adrian, fresh from her phenomenal Bohus success, sent us two skeins of FAT SOCK from Hello Yarn! THANK YOU ADRIAN!

Mama Blue Knitting sent us three gorgeous skeins of sock yarn. I’m new to this yarn and it’s really really nice! THANK YOU MAMA BLUE!

Dani, still high from her honeymoon, sent us one skein of laceweight silk (on the left) and two skeins of sock yarn from her shop Sunshine Yarns. THANK YOU DANI!

Sundara, from the famed Sundara Yarns, has completely outdone herself! If I wasn’t so unbelievably touched by her generosity, I might say she’s crazy!! Sundara sent us TWO HUGE boxes of yarn! First up we’ve got FIFTEEN (yes, 15!) skeins of her Silk Lace!

And then, as if that wasn’t enough, she sent us TWENTY (yes, 20!) skeins of her famous SOCK YARN! THANK YOU SUNDARA! I’m SPEECHLESS!

And last, but certainly in no way least, we’ve got a KILLER prize for one lucky person!

SOME LUCKY WINNER will WIN A MEMBERSHIP IN THE 2008 ROCKIN’ SOCK CLUB courtesy of all those fabulous folks over at BLUE MOON FIBER ARTS! Now THAT’S a ROCKIN’ PRIZE! THANK YOU TINA, KACI & EVERYONE AT BLUE MOON!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

If you are a business and you would like to contribute a prize, please email me at prizes@spin-out.org . Also, if your name is not on this list and you feel it should be or there is a problem with your listing, please email me at the same address. THANK YOU! (HEY! YOU! Do you create or sell SPINDLES? I could use some SPINDLES for prizes. I like to make kits with all the wonderful fiber we receive. It’s great for new spinners! THANK YOU!)

DONATE DONATE DONATE!

Please, if you haven’t purchased a raffle ticket, do so now. Here’s how it works:
For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once – we will not be pulling out names after a win.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don’t get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donations@spin-out.org. If you don’t do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

Time for a Spin Out 2007 update! Right now we’re at $5180! Keep the donations coming! I’m getting prizes in the mail every day and new vendors are coming forward all the time. Here’s a list of new vendors that have been added to the sidebar:

Midnightsky Fibers
Simply Sock Yarn Company
Sophie’s Toes Sock Yarn
Sunshine Yarns

THANK YOU ALL! I encourage you to explore their sites and see what goodies they have to offer. There is so much talent out there it’s STAGGERING! THANK YOU!

We’ve got a TON of prizes to talk about this week!:
Fantastic Fiber Artist Lori Lawson at Capistrano Fiber Arts has sent us four skeins of hand-dyed sock yarn (two per pair) and two hand-dyed rovings. This stuff is GORGEOUS! THANK YOU LORI!

Janel at Chameleon Colorworks has sent us (from left to right) 4 oz Optim Tahiti Colorway, 2 oz Camel Down and 4 oz Baby Alpaca. Beautiful FIBER! THANK YOU JANEL!

Mandie of Ewe Give Me The Knits sent two wonderful hand-dyed Merino Tops. Look at those colors! THANK YOU MANDIE!

This next prize I’m sorely tempted to keep for myself! Danielle of Mad Caterpillar sent the cutest freaking sock pal bag! It’s got a pocket on one side and a sock monkey on the other and there’s a separate handle for over the shoulder holding! The lining is SOCK MONKEYS! Danielle makes these bags herself and the work is PERFECT! She also threw in four sets of her excellent beaded stitch markers! I particularly love these because they don’t hang – they sit on the needle and look pretty. Oh yeah. And mark your stitch. THANK YOU DANIELLE!

Stephanie Martin has done it again! She’s sent us two fantastically gorgeous handcarded batts from Spritely Goods! THANK YOU STEPHANIE!

Talk about fiber! Clockwise, from left to right, we’ve got two 8oz hand-painted fiber rovings from Allena of Spindle and Wheel and some lovely matching batts from Jenn of Midnightsky Fibers. THANK YOU ALLENA! THANK YOU JENN!

Evelyn from the Knitty Noddy has sent us some wonderful yarn: Five balls of Lana Grossa Numero Uno Fancy (on the left) and ten balls of Lana Grossa Silana. Beautiful yarn! THANK YOU EVELYN!

Here’s a bunch of wonderful prizes! The gorgeous yarn in the background is Classic Merino Lace from Knitting Notions. Catherine sent it in one of my favorite colorways – Red Violet. (I used this yarn to make my Moth shawl – it’s WONDERFUL!) I used the yarn to offset the lovely shawl pins we received. From left to right: a beaded shawl pin from Chris at Scotts Mountain Crafts and two copper shawl pins (the one in the middle is a sheep!) from Romi at Designs by Romi. THANK YOU CATHERINE! THANK YOU CHRIS! THANK YOU ROMI!

We’ve also got two GREAT kits to show off this week. The first, on the left, is a the Beaded Ribbon Scarf kit from Ellene Warren Designs. THANK YOU ELLENE! The second is a sock kit from Hollis at Full Thread Ahead. THANK YOU HOLLIS!

A few gift certificates arrived as well!
– A $25 gift certificate from The Yarn Tree and a gift certificate for Linda LaBelle’s new book. THANK YOU LINDA!
– A $40.00 gift certificate from Lindsay at Elysium Yarns. THANK YOU LINDSAY!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

If you are a business and you would like to contribute a prize, please email me at prizes@spin-out.org . Also, if your name is not on this list and you feel it should be or there is a problem with your listing, please email me at the same address. THANK YOU! (HEY! YOU! Do you create or sell SPINDLES? I could use some SPINDLES for prizes. I like to make kits with all the wonderful fiber we receive. It’s great for new spinners! THANK YOU!)

DONATE DONATE DONATE!

Please, if you haven’t purchased a raffle ticket, do so now. Here’s how it works:
For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once – we will not be pulling out names after a win.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don’t get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donations@spin-out.org. If you don’t do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

Time for a Spin Out 2007 update! Right now we’re at $2800! Keep the donations coming! I’m getting prizes in the mail every day and new vendors are coming forward all the time. Here’s a list of new vendors that’s just been added to the sidebar:

Briar Rose Fibers
C*EYE*BER FIBER
TheChicksWithSticks
Crash Into Ewe
Elysium Yarns
Handcrafted by Beth
Knitted Wit
Knitty Noddy
Painted Skeins
Scotts Mountain Crafts
SOAK
Spindle And Wheel
Spritely Goods
Ellene Warren
Woolgirl
Woolly Boully
The YoYo

THANK YOU ALL! I encourage you to explore their sites and see what goodies they have to offer. There is so much talent out there it’s STAGGERING! THANK YOU!

Now here’s some prizes already in the treasure chest:
From Lexie Barnes, a Lady B knitting bag and a Betty needle holder, both in the Bali Hai pattern. THANK YOU LEXIE!

Here we have nine, count ’em, NINE Handcarded Batts from Black Cat Handspun! The picture doesn’t do them justice, so trust me when I tell you that each is unique and BEAUTIFUL! THANK YOU AMANDA!

Next up we’ve got two hat kits. On the left is the XO hat and mitten kit from Briar Rose Fibers that includes the pattern and one hank of Sonoma to knit both the hat and gloves. THANKS CHRIS! On the right, we’ve got the Tiger Hat kit which includes Mary Lou’s tiger hat pattern and two skeins of Malabrigo. How cute is that hat! THANK YOU MARY LOU!

Susan from Spinning Bunny sent us a couple of great prizes! On the left is the Scalloped Juliet Cap Kit and on the right is a FIVE fiber sampler in the Chocolate Covered Cherries colorway. This fiber is GORGEOUS! THANK YOU SUSAN!

Some of my favorite fiber ever comes from Amy Boogie of Spunky Eclectic! She’s done it again for us with some gorgeous roving and a good enough to eat batt! THANK YOU AMY!

Last but not least we’ve got a lot going on in this picture! On the left are two beautiful superwash merino rovings sent by TheChicksWithSticks. THANK YOU ANN-MARIE! In the middle is some FANTASTIC handspun yarn from The YoYo. It’s merino, alpaca and silk with a little bit of sparkle throw in. THANK YOU ALYSON! And finally, we’ve got FOUR SKEINS of Kim’s GLORIOUS sock yarn! Kim, from The Woolen Rabbit, also included some of her hand-made soaps. It’s quite the prize. THANK YOU KIM!

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH!

As I said, prizes are pouring in daily. I will try to update the prizes at least once a week, and the sidebar more frequently. If you are a business and you would like to contribute a prize, please email me at prizes@spin-out.org . Also, if your name is not on this list and you feel it should be or there is a problem with your listing, please email me at the same address. THANK YOU!

DONATE DONATE DONATE!

Please, if you haven’t purchased a raffle ticket, do so now. Here’s how it works:
For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once – we will not be pulling out names after a win.

VERY IMPORTANT!!!
Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don’t get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donatio&#11
0;s@spin-out.org. If you don’t do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

The REGISTRY IS OPEN!

Once again, SPIN OUT 2007 is dedicating its fundraising efforts to Heifer International. If you’d like to find out more about this tremendous organization, please visit their website.

The deal is the same as last year: For every $10.00 you spend on The Heifer International Gift Registry, your name will be placed in the proverbial hat for prize drawings in October. For instance, if you spend $50.00, your name will be put in the hat 5 times. You can win more than one prize if your name is in there more than once – we will not be pulling out names after a win. There are many, many various ways to spend:

— Knitting Basket: $500.00
— Share of a Knitting Basket: $50.00
— A Full Llama: $150.00
— Share of a Llama: $20.00
— A Full Sheep: $120.00
— Share of a Sheep: $10.00

That’s just the tip of the iceberg – to see all available registry gifts, please visit the registry. I hope there is something for everyone here. The prizes will be awarded ALL OVER THE WORLD! YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ATTEND THE EVENT TO WIN! So if you can’t be there on the 29th, you can still be there in SPIRIT! LET’S BUY A WHOLE HERD PEOPLE!

VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Last year I realized that while I get registry data, I don’t get exact donation amounts. To get your full raffle value, YOU MUST EMAIL ME THE AMOUNT OF YOUR DONATION! Please send an email, with RAFFLE in the subject line, to donations@spin-out.org. If you don’t do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!

PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IF THE EVENT HAPPENS OR NOT! I’m sure the event will go off without a hitch, but say it’s like a hurricane or something, in the middle of Central Park or it snows. Or whatever. We’ll still be giving prizes away. YAY!

Already we have fiber and yarn and patterns and books and swifts and bags and gift certificates GENEROUSLY DONATED by the following vendors:

Actual Size Creations
Azul Bath and Body
Lexie Barnes
Black Cat Handspun
Black Sheep Bags
Blue Moon Fiber Arts
Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio
Celtic Crossroads
Chameleon Colorworks
Crown Mountain Farms
Designs By Romi
Doodlebirds Creations
Ewe Give Me The Knits
The Fold
Franquemont Fibers
Full Thread Ahead
Funky Carolina
GypsyKnits
Sivia Harding Knit Design
Hello Yarn
IndigoMuse Originals
Knitting As Fast As I Can
The Knitting Hutch
Knitting Notions
KnitWit Momma
Mad Caterpillar
Mama Blue Knitting Goods
Moonlight Knitter
Purlescence Yarns
Lisa Souza Knitwear and Dyeworks
Spin Off / Interweave Press
Spinning Bunny
Spunky Eclectic
Sundara Yarn
The Sweet Sheep
Tipsy Knitter Sock Bags
Twisted Traditions
WEBS
Wild Fibers Magazine
The Woolen Rabbit
Woolybuns
The Yarn Tree
Yarnerinas

Details are coming, BUT WE WILL BE GIVING AWAY ANOTHER SPINNING WHEEL THIS YEAR!!! THE FOLD HAS COME THROUGH AGAIN WITH OUR GRAND PRIZE! Thank you TONI!

If you have a fiber or knitting or spinning business and would like to donate a prize, please email me at prizes@spin-out.org . Also, if your name is not on this list and you feel it should be or there is a problem with your listing, please email me at the same address. THANK YOU!

Last year we came close to raising $19,000. Am I being crazy to think we can get to $30,000? SHOW ME HOW SANE I REALLY AM!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

Here it is! The moment we’ve all be waiting for! The new SPIN OUT 2007 LOGO is….

I’m SO SO PLEASED to announce the designer of the new logo is….

You can visit Cheryl’s blog, Yarn Bee, and give her your congratulations! Thank you SO MUCH Cheryl! I can’t tell you how much I love it!

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who entered the contest! I wish I didn’ t have to choose! THANK YOU THANK YOU!

With a nice new shiny logo, well, you know what that means! SWAG!

Come visit the new SPIN OUT 2007 Cafe Press Store and buy lots of stuff! There’s no mark-up on any of the products, so have fun!

I just LOVE how the logo looks! YAY! Thanks again Cheryl! ENJOY!

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.

Hey you! YES YOU! Are you a burgeoning fiber artist trying to get your product out there? What about an established designer that just loves charity? A large famous LYS wanting to get in touch with the online community? Maybe a brand new online store hoping for some free publicity?

Whoever you are – WE WANT YOU!

Summoning my considerable chutzpah, I’m soliciting prizes for SPIN OUT 2007. Last year we gave away 25 prize packages, including a Majacraft Spinning Wheel as our GRAND PRIZE! When I put together the prize packages, I tried to put a little bit of everything into the package – so if an individual vendor gave me a bunch of stuff, I split it up among the prizes so as to maximize exposure.

We raised just shy of $19,000 last year, and had over 300 participants in the raffle. Raffle “chances” are $10.00 per entry, and participants can enter as many times as they like.

The charity we raise money for is Heifer International, an organization dedicated to helping people help themselves.

This year’s PHYSICAL event will take place on Saturday, September 29, 2007 in New York City’s Central Park. The Heifer Registry (how we collect money for the raffle) will open on August 15, 2007 and stay open until October 15, 2007. Prizes will be awarded the following week.

All vendors donating will have their business name and online link posted on JANUARYONE.COM (which gets, on average, 2000 unique visitors a day) and SPIN-OUT.ORG for at least 60 days.

Prize donations will be accepted until September 30. All prizes should be sent to me so I can group them together, unless otherwise specified. If you would like to donate, or have any questions, please contact me at prizes@spin-out.org .

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!
Cara

Cross Posted at spin-out.org.