On Episode 49 I had the privilege of sharing a knitting story provided by designer, Gudrun Johnston and reviewing the beautiful yarns from the company Yarn Love.
Both Gudrun and Yarn Love have contributed this amazing prize for you to enter to win.
This prize includes a copy of Gudrun's new book The Shetland Trader Book 1,
and 7 skeins of Yarn Love yarn!
And the Elizabeth Bennet yarn would be so nice for the Hömin Shawl.
All of the Yarn Love yarns are wonderful, but I found myself particularly enamored by the Elizabeth Bennet yarn in the colorway Allure. It's just.. alluring. I'm really into this hazy gray/blue color lately.. and this yarn is incredible. It has a beautiful sheen and texture. This would make the loveliest shawl.
It's almost too good to use for socks..
So there you have it. 1 beautiful publication, 7 amazing skeins of yarn, 1 very fortunate winner.
To enter to win, please leave a comment including contact information under this drawing post.
Only one comment per person please.
In your comment I would love to hear what your favorite Yarn Love colorway is!
You can check out all of the color options HERE.
A winner will be randomly chosen and announced on February 15, 2011.
Please check back then to see if you've won!
806 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 806 Newer› Newest»I love the patterns and that yarn! How can you pick just one?? I think Gala is definitely my favorite!
Love them all! I think lagoon might be the ultimate favorite though.
lucy21780 on ravely
'Dryad' and 'Martini' are both gorgeous! I have already made one Shetland Trader Pattern - I love it!
The Sparkling Pool is divine, but its so hard to choose. All of the yarn is gorgeous!
What a neat idea to name the yarns after female literary heroes!
Candice
slapcab@sympatico.ca
These colors are gorgeous! My top three are Pizzaz, Armour, and Sparkling pool. And Maiden, so I guess that's four. I've been looking at The Shetland Trader patterns for some time - they're beautiful.
sharri.zink@gmail.com
So many beautiful colors. I think Martini, Shiny Penny and Belgian Chocolate are calling my name. Love your podcast!
smeyer@sio.midco.net
Early crocus is one of my favorites, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks for the giveaway.
What gorgeous yarn!
startjumpin@gmail.com
Oh my that yarn is soo beautiful I'd have to say my favorite is the romance but I love them all! taylor.long@cox.net
What a hard choice, but I love the color combinations in Bouquet and Jewels of Autumn. tmr714@hotmail.com
tomato....ancient forest....they're all absolutely gorgeous of course. email here!
Art Deco, Martini, Stallion, Belgian Chocolate, Earl Grey and Velvet Midnight are so, so pretty
That looks like a great pattern book - I love the Laar sweater.
It's hard to pick a favourite out of all of those colourways but I really like lagoon and stormlit poppy!
I'm really loving the martini. There are so many beautiful colorways though.
My eye goes to the Saffron color. Maybe because I am tired of winter and longing for some bright spring color. It would make a wonderful spring shawl!! rikerart@gmail.com
Episode 49 was the first knitting podcast I ever heard, and I don't know why it took me so long! I really enjoyed listening to it, and look forward to listening to more.
My fav. yarn colorway has to be Earl Grey. The different earth tones are divine - there's something dreamy about those browns and grey's... and I love the violet undertone. I'm also fond of the name, as I'm on an earl grey kick right now
Love the book!
natalia(dot)blank(at)gmail(dot)com
Wow, how lovely! Thank you for the offer :) Her patterns are fantastic and the yarn looks so great to work with!
Nostalgia, I think. But there are so many beautiful choices! And I love Gudrun's designs.
Wow - seriously, BEST giveaway!!! I received some Yarn Love for Christmas in the Earl Grey colorway. It is gorgeous - so gorgeous that I can't decide what I want to knit with it. I enjoy looking at it, and I worry my eventual pattern choice won't live up to what this yarn deserves!
Oh wow, what a wonderful giveaway. I really like the Vintner colorway. It's so rich and vibrant.
I really like the new colors Candied Lemon and Shiny Penny. Thanks for the giveaway Yarn Love! josiekressner at gmail dot com.
Like many others have said, its really hard to pick one. I specially love Cove or Bloom. I'd love to try out some of this wonderful yarn. Thanks for the great giveaway. Snohotina@gmail.com
I just love the Velvet Midnight
I love the soft colorways. I also think I need to make that shawl
They are all lovely, but I think Sweet Tangerine is my favorite. :)
summer-clark@ouhsc.edu
I'm with you on'Allure', but I also like Midnight Velvet.Such a generous giveaway!
All I can say is Yum. They are all my favourites!
Melissa
melissabear on Rav
Lovely giveaway, and the yarns, beautifully.
trinca.trico@gmail.com
That is a beautiful prize! Fingers crossed! e walsh 917 at gmail dot com
It's hard to pick a favorite...they're all so beautiful. But I think I would pick Charm. Love the patterns too.
nelljorae@gmail.com
I can't even pick a favorite colorway! I love all the yellows: marigold, banana split, and candied lemon! Love, love, LOVE!
bethany-postelwait@tulsa.edu
Oh, I'd go for saffron. Anytime. Over and over again. :) My email: juicyknitsATgmailDOTcom. Thank you for the chance!
I know everyone else has said this already, but it is so true - it is incredibly hard to choose just one favorite. There are so many amazing colorways. But in the end, for me, I fell for the plummy greys of Earl Grey - what a lovely color combination!
Wow what an amazing prize! I love Gudrun's patterns!
mikki522 on Ravelry
Oh my goodness! I love how bright and emotional the yarn love colors are. I'm always glad for NNK... I always find more fiber-related things to swoon over! I think my favorite colorway is "Celestial Rose" though I also like "Allure."
I'm alyoops on Ravelry - and you can get to my email via my profile page on blogger.
I love the Candied Lemon and the Awakening Earth. Beautiful colors!
nicoleaw@hotmail.com
Oooooh, I love all of those things! Gorgeous!
They're all beautiful! I can't pick a single color. Oh well. I'm going to go with Gala and Stargazing.
I think all of the colors are beautiful and would be thrilled to knit with any of them
My favorite Yarn Love colorways are Antique Teal, Art Deco, and Tranquil Waters.
All the yarns are gorgeous as are the patterns. Nostalgia is gorgeous. Art Deco, Stallion
Oh my gosh, what an amazing giveaway! ALL the Yarn Love colorways are amazing - but for my favorite, I'll pick Stormlit Poppy.
I love "awakening earth" and "bloom" and "darling"...
Kdbroden@gmail.com
Love the patterns, yarn, everything!
Early crocus just looks so beautiful and springlike. The patterns look gorgeous as well as all the yarns.
greaseladder@gmail.com
I'm seriously coveting the Shetland Trader book! I really like the Allure colorway too, but I'm seriously in love with the Cranberry colorway as well!
-Emily
whirls_ncurls(AT)yahoo(DOT)com
They are all gorgeous! I would have to choose Pizazz for my fave of the moment : )
sgfishy@me.com
I love her yarn. Into the Deep and Nirvana are probably my favorites for today.
Copper penny. No. Warm Brick. NO wait. Pumpkin. Definitely pumpkin.
kim
Fresh Celery, Valentine, Warm Brick, oh my! Cannot pick just one!!
kristinfitzgerald on Ravelry
I've wanted to try Yarn Love for so long...the patterns look very interesting too....
Belgian Chocolate, Early Crocus, Ancient Forest and Fresh Celery are my fav colors...
Love the Earl Grey colourway.
tamara at lozengy dot net
Such lovely colors!! (so hard to just pick one!) I like Lagoon & Art Deco :)
listipton@gmail.com
There is no such thing as 'one favorite' in yarn colors for me, so I narrowed it to three (possibly a record, for me)and drew one out of my coffee cup. "Martini"! How appropriate, coughcough. Love Gundrun's patterns, and have been coveting the book. I love the yarn colors; though not clairvoyant, I can see some of that yarn in my future!
Thanks for telling us about this yarn company..I wouldn't have known about them without your post! Great giveaway too! I'm off to check out the yarn love site!
The yarn is LOVELY! I believe my favorite is Lagoon!
Lori
....KWDreamer7784@yahoo.com
WOW! All of their colorways are gorgeous. I think their new candied lemon is my favorite. I am always trying to find a pure bright yellow yarn.
harddaysknit@yahoo.com
I love the Dryad and Marigold colorways. It's been so gray, I miss bright colors!
email: ophelia189@gmail.com
So many gorgeous colors, I really love the"Allure" but I think my fave is "Dryad". What a wonderful prize!
steph_kyne at hotmail dot com
I love Yarn Love period. It would be hard to choose just one favorite. Even narrowing it down to 5 would be difficult.
manda_marie82ATyahooDOTcom
What a lovely Give away, hope to be so lucky :-) My favourite color is absolutely "Antique Teal" - so amazing!
Bests
Lykke
lykkegrubach@hotmail.com
Very very nice!
Greeetings from ruth (germany)
Ps: I love "Stallion"!
ruthschaerfer@web.de
Sparkling Pool! Love it. Thanks for the chance.
yosoyal at aol dot com
I am just drooling over the yarns and the pictures of the patterns. What great projects.
msgb245 at gmail dot com
Oooh, those yarns look so pretty!
I'm snapple314 on Ravelry
It's so hard to pick just one colourway, many of them are so gorgeous. But I went particularly "oooooooh" when I saw "Harmonic Violet", which is just perfect and so beautiful.
Kind regards,
Maike
mightymaikeATgmxDOTde
Ravelryname: FlauschiOhren
Beautiful giveaway, the patterns look great and so does the yarn! Scrumptious!
Ixchel183 on Raverly
New Allure, Celestial Rose, Fresh Celery and Tranquil Waters are my favorites. Thank you for a lovely give-away!
eevavalentine@gmail.com
Gorgeous skeins!
My favorite colorways are Stormlit Poppy and Stallion, but seriously, they are all delicious!
heidig@gmail.com
Hard to choose...Shiny Penny is jumping out at me right now.
Amazing giveaway! Antique teal and forget me not are gorgeous.
peacefulknitter@gmail.com
Oh my, spoiled for choice, how to choose?! Love the Antique Teal.
What beautiful yarn! I love Delicate Aquamarine.
afbohrs@gmail.com
Because I'm tired of winter...saffron is looking mighty fine to me. I love that book! And will probably eventually but it because i will make a sweater out of it!
I love tomato! What a fun giveaway!
allyson@thesweatshopoflove.com
Wow. Who can pick a favorite?! Charm is speaking to me, it is so nice and springy!
Oh, so many beautiful colors. It made it very hard to choose. I love the Art Deco and the Rhubarb. I couldn't choose between the two.
So difficult to choose just one colour! I love November Sunday, and Saffron and Shiny Penny, ooh and Martini, and Jewels of Autumn ...
Thanks for this giveaway.
They are all so beautiful. Earl Grey and Belgian Chocolate - yum!!
Candied Lemon....
Gorgeous! I love the Champagne, Cranberry and Charm; but who am I kidding...I love to have them all. They're all so beautiful :)
turner.lauren@gmail.com
It's hard to choose just one, but I love Valentine!
Her colorways are exquisite. It was hard to pick a favorite, but I think I'll have to say that I love Earl Grey the best.
Champagne? Stallion? Earl Grey? Too many choices!
jennifer.a.bloxham at gmail.com
It's a difficult choice! I love earl grey the most.
morganah@wp.eu
I love Champagne not only the yarn, but to drink. Especially pink champagne!!
ynwilly(at)gmail(dot)com
Too many gorgeous colours! But I think Delicate Aquamarine is my favourite. So pretty and springy. :)
Wow what a generous giveaway! I have to say I saw all the photos for this book and was so impressed. They made me feel like I was there. I really love the allure colorway that you highlighted in your post.
ninarbruce at gmail.com
Picking colors for me is always the hardest part. They all look lovely but I seem to be going through a blue period so for the moment I think the Delicate Aquamarine would be number one. But doesn't the saffron just make you want to smile?
traversmom on ravelry
ooh...Velvet Midnight wants to come home with me. Thanks for the chance!
Wow. I usually don't pick blues, but "into the deep" is a beautiful blue!
I love champagne - and candied lemon too!
So many beautiful colorways to choose from, but my eye keeps going back to the Antique Teal. I love the teal color, and with the touches of the almost pewter color just makes the most beautiful yarn ever. Very nice!
stracey@hotmail.com
Earl Grey, today, but Banana Split and Nostalgia are very close seconds! Everything is beautiful.
Wow, there are so many great colorways to choose from!
Art Deco is really nice, as is Early Crocus. I'm in Chicago under 2 feet of snow, and can't wait for spring!
email addy - mbaldeshwiler at hotmail dot com
Absolutely beutiful.. hard to pick favorites but probably jewels of autumn or violet vale. Gorgeous!
Karen.Sharkey@gmail.com
PS you site is rather inspirational!
Oh, wow where to begin with what color I like. Alure, rhubarb, forget me not the list could go on. They all look lovely and I like the names of them.
I absolutely love these patterns and the yarn colors are beautiful.
I'm going with Into the Deep and Lagoon. Love the saturated colors. Couldn't just pick one. :)
jodie (at) violinjodie (dot) com
This book is on my wish list, along with a longing to try those yarns!
Love all her patterns! I'd really like to win.
Favorite colors: Ancient Forest and Earl Gray.
CC
tcty123@yahoo.com
Yum! I love the colorways, but I'm most attracted to the pale ones.
I don't think I could choose just one. Amazing, gorgeous yarn ... I've bookmarked her shop!
Earl Grey looks luscious. Must be the tea drinker in me! craftykaty@gmail.com
Earl Grey is luscious and named after tea - my favorite!
craftykaty@gmail.com
Marigold,Early Crocus,Rhubarb, it's hard to choose...
teresanasci@gmail.com
I love the Allure colorway, it is so calming. It looks like a breeze, if a color can look like a breeze.
ellie520@comcast.net
Wow, it was hard choosing just one colour, but I love Lagoon!
Corinne
corinne.fourcade@gmail.com
Martini and Stallion are great neutrals with beautifully subtle color variations. Thank you for the drawing opportunity.
gregordeni@earthlink.net
Oh, I would love to win something once in my life, especially if it's something nice like that! My favorite is Art Deco!
ravelry: zwergenzwirn
www.zwergenzwirn.com
There are so many choices, but for a blue-lover like me, the vibrant, glowing blue of Art Deco is a must have. It looks like it comes from a Maxfield Parrish painting. I love names and clorways)Awakening Earth, November Sunday, Earl Grey and Sparkling Pool.
Soooo many choices. I choose
"art deco". The Shetland Trader is one of my very favorite blogs!
Oooh!!! I have been wanting to make that hat! Maybe I will win this time??? nittykat on ravelry. Thanks for the giveaway!
Oh my goodness what lovely yarns & patterns - how could one choose???
I will choose Jewels of Autumn - but any, any, any would do!
WOW. I LOVE THESE COLORS. My favorite is "Nostalgia" followed by "Ancient Forest" Hope I win, but whoever wins will be very lucky
Early crocus is a really great blend of colours! But so is Fling.
woolyknitsnbits(at)live(dot)ca
What an awesome giveaway! I love Lagoon or Violet Vale - simply gorgeous.
Gorgeous!! Would LOVE to get my hands on this prize. Thanks for the opportunity :)
There's so many beautiful colors! I love Art Deco, Rhubarb, Early Crocus, Fling, Sock Star, Velvet Midnight, among others! And Gudrun's patterns are pretty amazing. This is quite a giveaway!
email: cristalle@gmail.com
I love love the antique teal! So exciting!
crazydaisi@gmail.com
I absolutely love Violet Vale and the Allure that you are giving away! Another great podcast!
katie
I love Gudrun's patterns, so I would be thrilled to win her book. All the colors of the yarn are gorgeous - I think Antique Teal and Art Deco are my favorites.
tuxedotshirts on ravelry
Such a great giveaway! The colorways are wonderful, but I'm especially drawn to Earl Grey.
~ scotsirish321@hotmail.com
The Elizabeth Bennet yarn is so subtle and gorgeous!
Earl Grey, Fairy Tale, and Champagne are stunning! Such pretty colours all around, I couldn't narrow it down more than three!
Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful. On this particular day, Art Deco and Into The Deep are both especially calling to me. All beautiful though.
mmm... champagne and ancient forest are my faves. gorgeous!! thank you for the chance to win!
Hard to pick one favorite but top 3 - antique teal, art deco, and cranberry.
nmconnor1@msn.com
Yellow is my favorite color and the candied lemon colorway is gorgeous!
What gorgeous yarn. I think I'd love something like the teal, but also smitten with the 'champagne' color too.
7 skeins is so very generous. :)
It's very hard to choose from such wonderfully delicious colors, but I guess my favorites are "champagne" and "whisper."
Love the Amy March !
I have been wanting this book. Thanks for the chance - and yarn too!
jbass@charter.net
I think I'd choose Nostalgia- beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win such a fun package. lam8147v2@sbcglobal.net
I feel very ignorant because I've never heard of this yarn! I especially love Pizazz, Bouquet and Earl Grey.
Julie julieannbrown at mindspring dot com
Oh wow.. all such beautiful colors. I'm thinking it's a tie between Precious Jade, Whisper and Velvet Midnight. This is a loooovely giveaway...
juliacvickers at gmail dot com
Ooh, pretty overload! I like the Earl Greyer colorway. Wait, the Saffron. Yes. That one.
What a fun giveaway.
It's hard to zero in on a favorite, but I was smitten by Fresh Celery
ssmith55112[at]yahoo[dot]com
I really like "pizzaz," one of the new colors.
aswrun21@hotmail.com
thanks for the change to win-lydia1986@comcast.net
Dryad is my color, rich but not too dark to show off lace stitches. Will anyone have Yarn Love yarns at SW?
see you there!
All the colors are wonderful, but I am absolutely in love with Belgian Chocolate.
Simply beautiful and impossible to pick favourites! Everything is so lovely. Currently on a New Year's yarn diet but winning doesn't count as buying so I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
cup_kake246@hotmail.com
The yarn and patterns are lovely
There are so many beautiful ones to choose from! I love the color Nirvana though! Absolutely beautiful!
Another amazing giveaway! I adore the Tuscany colourway and I have been eyeing up that book since it was released. Tentacles on Rav.
I love Lagoon and Gala
modsiwevoli on Ravelry.
I would love to win. I love the names of the different colorways. I would have to say that my favorite is Earl Grey.
Great podcast as usual. The photography in the book is beautiful.
I can't pick one favorite so here are my top choices: Art Deco, Dryad, Forget Me Not, Into the Deep, and Delicate Aquamarine.
papayamaya (at) gmail (dot) com
Into the Deep and Velvet Midnight.
dccooper2000 AT hotmail DOT com
I like the Nostalgia colorway.
knittoday(at)hotmail(dot)com
Its not on the website, but my favourite colour way is Cloud 9. I have two skeins of Elizabeth Bennet in this colourway that I stocked on a website for a couple of months - I love it!
a _ salin at sympatico dot com
New Art Deco-- Love it!
ditetre
ditetre(at)mac(dot)com
Those are all gorgeous! The Maiden colorway makes me happy.
I love the Into the Deep and Allure. Maria
allen30322@oh.rr.com
I love the yarn colors. They remind me of being at the ocean, and with this winter, I need to do some ocean dreaming. Love patterns, too.
Oh.. pretty.. I think I like the Art Deco most, but the Antique Teal is also really pretty! I like blues :)
(neffalathiel at gmail dot com)
As everyone else, so hard to decide. I am IN LOVE with Yarn Love! Technology needs to improve so I can touch through the screen...
Love the Earl Grey colourway!
Thanks for Sharing!
Ravelry: powersetter
I want saffron - I haven't seen the sun for a few weeks now and the cheery shade makes me believe that I may ... someday ... see the sun again ;)
stephy.langille@gmail.com
Candied lemon looks so yummy!
aliceacademic@gmail.com
Mmmm, I am kind of partial to the nirvana!
shouson2@gmail.com
They are too beautiful to choose!
Bloom really seemed to call out to me. I must be done with winter and ready for some spring!
aroneille at gmail dot com
Wow! What a generous drawing! I love The Shetland Trader patterns and the Yarn Love yarn looks beautiful. My favorites from their colorways are Allure, Ancient Forest and Tomato. Their semi-solids look really deep and lovely.
allirosen(at)hotmail(dot)com
I love the Yarn Love colors and yarn. I made a pair of socks with sunshine and just love the cheery colors. What a great giveaway!!
pjpurls on ravelry
Beautiful yarn - great prize! Congratulations on the cool interview in Knit Circus.
I love this book! And this yarn!
The yarn is gorgeous, and I would love to win!
I love her patterns! Love the allure and martini!
malindalaw@yahoocom
November Sunday! That is so beautiful, but then so are all the rest.
What a great give away, how could anyone pick just one favorite color, I love them all!
vantine(dot)meghan@gmail.com
Hi, Allure is my favourite! But let's face it they are all pretty and special.
Oh my, simply gorgeous yarn!! And Gudren J's patterns are lovely. I hope to win. mclerms@gmail.com
They are all lovely colors but I like Lagoon a lot, and Early Crocus makes me thirsty.
Impossible to pick a favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!
bethski3@yahoo.com
i love the gala color!
mary dot kellerman at gmail dot com
I personally love the Shiny Penny and Earl Gray colorways!
Ravelry: littlestpretzel
i am a massive yarn love and shetland trade fan i love the yarn so much i order it over seas as it isnt available in australia , i love the new colours but my pick of the bunch would be cranberry... actually a cranberry and champagne combo would look awesome...
beetlekat@gmail.com
Love the yarns ! I really like Allure & Martini. Thanks for the great giveaway.
The shawl pattern is beautiful and I love the colorway Martini the best!
fuller3938@comcast.net
My fave color is Forget Me Not, it has a nice tonal contrast.
Jen
I like Belle and Martini! Lovely patterns too! Thanks for the giveaway! Bobeppie@att.net
Beautiful yarn and looks like a great book too!! Into the deep, Tomato, or Candied Lemon ... I can't pick which color I like more ... they are all so gorgeous!!
cagetman@gmail.com
Choosing a favorite color is sooo tough but I'll have to go with Nirvana. What a fabulous giveaway!!
spjonescreations@gmail.com
I love, love, love Stormlit Poppy.
Thanks for introducing me to this wonderful yarn company. See my soap company at MamouchaSoaps.com
kate johnson
I love the colorway lagoon, and also earl grey...
Gorgeous yarns and patterns. I would be so thrilled to win. Thank you for the contest.
I already have the book and it's gorgeous, winning the yarn would be the icing on the cake. That and my youngest also loved the book and my copy isn't at its best anymore.
sable at xtra.co.nz
Early Crocus, Ancient Forest, Belgian Chocolate, and Earl Grey are all lovely, but if I had to choose just one it would have to be Whisper.
Thanks for the link -- I just bookmarked the site in my Shopping folder :-).
mosshillmama@gmail.com
earl grey or nostalgia for sure. wow.
I think I'll have to say Early Crocus.
riordjo on Ravelry.
Mmmmm! Luscious! Gotta go with Allure, but Belgian Chocolate would be hard to say no to.
I love stallion! vrsolis@gmail.com
i am partial to awakening earth and tomato right now. thanks for the giveaway!
twee66 at gmail dot com
Tranquil Waters and Maiden
are my favs
spring and so serene
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