Tuesday, 14 August 2012

Celebratory Giveaway!!!

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I'm having a rather overdue celebration on the blog today. Before we get drawn into the giveaway details, I just wanted to give a quick shout out to Kepanie over at Knitspiring Odyssey, who was ever so kind to award me this yesterday:


Thank you so much for the recognition and for the lovely things you had to say about me and my blog! It really is very much appreciated.

Now, on to the giveaway! I've hit and passed several blogging milestones in the last couple of months, and threatened you all with a giveaway a couple of times. The most recent three milestones have been getting over 100 followers (I love you all!), writing over 300 posts and garnering over 30,000 pageviews. I even managed to catch this snapshot showing me hitting two out of the three back in May


On to the prizes then... up first is a brand spanking new ball of Zauberball sock yarn in a fabulous blue-black colourway.

For some reason my phone uploaded it sideways!

I had a bit of a tired brain moment, and managed to order myself a colour I already had! So rather than return it I thought I'd spread the love and offer it up for a prize!

Because I'm celebrating so many milestones, I thought more than one prize was in order. So here's prize number two!


Two skeins of Knit Picks Shadow Tonal laceweight yarn. I originally bought this yarn way back at the start of the first Year of Projects, but after struggling to knit my Easy Lace Stole out of it all year, I finally bit the bullet and frogged the project. The yarn was soaked and reskeined, albeit in two separate hanks. So now it looks like this:

Colour far more accurate in the first photo
So it's one whole, untouched skein (50g) and two half-skeins (approx 25g each).

Now for the rules.

I am going to run two separate draws, one for each yarn. So there'll be two winners. I will leave the contest open until the 30th August 2012, and will post the winners on Friday 31st August. Any comments left as entries after midnight (GMT) on 30th August will not be counted.

I am willing to post internationally, so anyone can enter. I know quite a few of my readers live on the other side of the pond and I don't want to leave you guys out!

To enter, please leave a comment stating which yarn you would like to win (feel free to enter both draws!), where in the world you are (no need to be more specific than country) and how I can contact you should you win (e.g. rav name or blog address).

Good luck!

29 comments:

  1. Congratulations on reaching all your milestones. I'd love to enter both of the giveaways please and you can contact me at  http://ruthsrunningstitch.blogspot.ie/

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  2. i live in colorado. i like the green-blue one
    gkuroda(at)gmail(dot)com

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  3. Thanks for such an awesome give-away and congrats for a fantastic achievement! I love both yarns a ton, but I think the blue/black is my favorite.

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  4. Please enter me in both drawings.  Thanks and Congrats!
    gussek on Ravelry

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  5. Congrats on reaching all those milestones!

    Given a choice, I'd pick the Zauberball sock yarn, but I'd love to win either yarn. I think we have similar tastes in color. I live in Oregon and my blog is sheilaokeefedesigns.blogspot.com

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  6. Please enter me in both :) Thank you so much for the giveaway!
    I'm GirlAnachronismE on Rav too, and I live in nottingham, UK

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  7. I'd love to be entered in both.  I'm in the states, and you can reach me by my Rav name (duckfiend).  Congrats on all the milestones!  I'm way behind you on all of them. :p

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  8. Oh me! I wanna win things :) I also like mail in my new place!

    Woo-hoo...........

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  9. Yippee! How fun a giveaway! I like the Zauberball sock yarn pls. You know I live in the USA as you read my blog and where to find me. Have a great day.

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  10. Congrats on so many milestones! I have thoroughly enjoyed discovering your blog. Here's to many more milestones!!! Thank you so much for the yarn giveaways...they are both beautiful!  I live in the US, West Virginia to be exact.

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  11. How wonderful, I'd like to enter to win the Zauberball.

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  12. Can I enter for the Knit Picks yarn too?

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  13. I like both.  I live in USA.
    RareJewel on Rav

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  14. I love all green colorways! Knit picks for me. Team USA.

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  15. Congratulations on your Blogging milestones.  I love your green Knit Picks Tonal.  Sorry that your project ended up in the frog pond.

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  16. Congratulations !Enter me please .
    I like bothAnna
    ksurty@aol.com

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  17. I really like them both.  Congrats on your milestones!

    Rav: GingerLee25  (in the US)

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  18. I just stopped by to let you know, I've nominated your blog for a lovely blog award, and I realise you've already got it! But I've also given you it =P

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  19. Congratulations, both yarns are beautiful and I would love to have either.

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  20. Congrats! Put me down for both, please. I'm in the United States. Isn't Kepanie the sweetest?
    NessaMcTastic on Rav

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  21. Fun! I would be excited to have either of them--so lovely. I am kimmery on Rav and live in the USA. Congrats on all of your accomplishments!
    *smiles and cheers*

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  22. I love them both! I live in the United States and I am MemiEsperanza on Ravelry.

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  23. So exciting! Milestones for you and freebies for us! I love them both! I'm in MI in the US and am S2K on Raverly.

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  24. mary (nauget bluff)20 August 2012 at 21:14

    I love milestones and give a ways.. I am in the US and a member of YOP2013..My 1st choice would be the knit picks laceweight...but have no problem with the sock yarn..I love sock yarn!

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  25. I would love to enter both giveaways! The sock colors are right up my alley and the knit picks one would make a perfect shawls/cowl/thingy! I live in Maine, USA .. thanks for hosting! You can find me on Rav -- DeliaMae

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  26. Congratulations and thank you to host a worldwide open giveaway! I live in Portugal and would love to win the Knit Picks yarn. I'm in love with green this season...
    asteride on Ravelry

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  27. I live in Portugal too but I'm Italian. I would like to participate for both giveaways. Thank you and congrats for your blog milestone.
    calypsoonly@gmail.com

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  28. That blue Zauberball is asking me to make out into some fingerless gloves I've just seen - perfect for a Yorkshire winter.

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  29. On the other hand, as a red head I love everything green so the knit picks would be great, too. You can find me as redhedhels on Revelry as well. Thanks for the chance to win, and well done on all your achievements

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