Today, I’ll be mixing things up a bit. I’ll be starting with yarns! (and don’t forget, if you don’t want to wait for me to announce all the prizes to see what we’ve gathered so far, you can pop on over to the Prize Closet) Crystal Palace yarns has donated six skeins of Panda Silk, [...]
Jul 022011
Jul 012011
It seems that, for now, I’ve run out of discounts to announce. That only means that I’m reverting to announcing prizes. Oh darn. I know you all hate it when there’s evidence of more prizes in the prize closet. (not so much). It appears that I’ll have the fun option of pairing (in no particular [...]
Jun 272011
Laura of Fiber Dreams has donated two prizes this season. The first prize is a pattern of the winner’s choice from Laura’s collection. And the second is a copy of her new shawl Clematis. Clematis takes 720 yards of light sport weight yarn (she used Bijou Basin Ranch Lhasa Wilderness in Blueberry),to create a shawl [...]
Jun 262011
The season has started - and its time to start a stroll through the prize closet. Don’t forget though, there are discounts to be had. Chris of Briar Rose Fibers was one of our original sponsors. She is supporting us this season with a DISCOUNT, and with a $40.00 gift certificate! She has supported us [...]
Jun 132011
It’s time to start announcing our Sponsors and Prize donors. Today’s announcement is timely — and time sensitive. Kitman Figueroa has offered a discount on the three patterns that were nominated for the Summer Season KAL. Between June 12 and June 26, she will discount each pattern by $1.00 U.S.D (purchase them via Ravelry). The [...]
Jun 012011
and finally, what we’ve all been waiting for…. The Viewers’ Choice Award! Teri Lindstrom (our own uber generous, and now awesomely helpful KnitsByTeri) has donated, in addition to the pattern awarded in the raffle rounds, and the book awarded for Lace Partnership) – This lovely kit to knit the Abigail Shawl, using Blue Moon Fibers: [...]
May 312011
Also, in the queue of draft posts that never escaped to publication, is this one about the Lace on Display Competition. This one was harder. There were ties and things, and the judges had to bring in a tie breaker… Our prize — another amazing lace book! (how very fitting). Our very own Sligo, of [...]
May 302011
Ages and ages ago, we had a poll for the Lace Partnership competition. And then we took the poll results and combined it with the Judge’s scores, and came up with a winner. And I was SO SURE I’d posted this right after, that I fretted no more. But. Um. I didn’t post this! I’d [...]
May 092011
It’s almost over. I’ve two more prizes to award before the big competition (Lace Partnership and Lace on Display) awards are announced (after which, of course, we’ll announce the Viewers’ Choice award). If you haven’t voted yet… please do! Even though these two prizes are from two different donors — they’re both from: Our own [...]
May 072011
Now that the size related categories are behind us, it’s time to turn to other things, like, say… Beaded Lace! Once again,Sligo, of Sligo’s Muse, has provided a prize clearly designed for bead knitter…. Another crochet hook stand, (she’s offered these for a couple of seasons, and I can tell you that they are a [...]
