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!
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I think I like dryad the best!
mlangfitt777@comcast.net
Love the yarn, so many choices but my favorite two are Early Crocus and Earl Grey.
So many gorgeous options - but my favorite is November Saturday, hands down. Which is odd, because I don't usually like multi-color skeins.
beautiful yarn and patterns! If i had to choose just one colourway, it would be martini :)
-Tamara
bbank334 (a) hotmail . com
Thanks for the chance to win! stampalinaATgmailDOTcom
Antique Teal is my favorite colorway. ~Melissa (mnmjunk@hotmail.com)
Any of the blues!
Mkrids on Ravelry
Any of the blues!
Mkrids on Ravelry
Gorgeous! Patterns and yarn both! I really like the Velvet Midnight, Precious Jade, Flirt, and Allure!
db819 at charter dot net
Gorgeous! I love the Earl Grey colorway.
I am especially drawn to Earl Grey and Art Deco. Totally different vibes, but both awesome.
So hard to choose.
Martini! bawetherell (at) gmail (dot) com
So many gorgeous colors! My favorites are harmonic violet, earl grey, and dryad.
How can I choose just one? I love all the bright colors like candied lemon, rhubarb, forget me not, marigold, and tutu to name a few. I hope I win
I've been dying to make some socks and that yarn looks so yummy.
love the yarn, love the patterns, love it all!!
Favorite color is Art Deco but to be honest all the colors are gorgeous!!!Love your giveaways.
Grays/teals my fave! Needledee on ravelry!
I really love "Lagoon" and "Saffron". Both caught my eye immediately. Beautiful variety of colors!
Breakfree7(at)juno(dot)com
How can you Pick just one? Tuscany...valentine
Wow! I really hope you choose me for this!!
Jpeled on ravelry
Lovely colorways! Harmonic Violet just grabs me.
KnitAdmin on Ravelry
Lovely colours but too hard to choose just one favourite. Perhaps Art Deco or maybe Lagoon or even Ancient Forest.
roseleafibresATyahooDOTcom
Wow, so many lovely colors to pick from! Earl Grey is very yummy, but then I noticed Lagoon. One I scrolled back through, I noticed Vintner green and Tomato. Sigh. Into the Deep is beautiful, too.
Oh, and I would be jenifgrr at hotmail dot com
I love Shiny Penny - thanks for the opportunity
Quite enamored with celestial rose. Beautiful yarn! melmatthewson@gmail.com
Beautiful yarn! My favorite colorway today is Maiden. . . the colors remind me of my sister!
erin at campascca.org
awakening earth and darling! what beautiful colors!
Hello from Australia
karencrook.kc@gmail.com
Hello from Australia
karencrook.kc@gmail.com
I adore lagoon, but dryad is a close second as it is a favorite (green) and named as a D&D character. The geek in me loves it.
Wow- so many beautiful colorways! I love shiny pennies
Haute couture - love the hot pink! ariennemccracken@gmail.com
Such lovely soft colors.
I love this book of patterns; it's been on my wish list for a while! And Yarn Love too? How awesome! I can't seem to pick one color I like best - they are all so beautiful!
All the colors are beautiful but my favorite is Pizazz.
I'm new to your blog and podcast and I love it. Art Deco is my favourite.
jacquibeard (at)yahoo.com
Thanks for the generous giveaway! I'm drooling over all the Yarn Love colours, but my favourite at the moment is Dryad.
I'm notpanicking on ravelry
Beautiful yarns! My stash could certainly use some wonderful and new yarn :)
frances.nojd@yahoo.com
Those yarns and patterns are beautiful!
banna split and pumpkin are my favorites, but all are beautiful
Love aqua! They're all beautiful.
Yummy stuff. I like Art Deco & Candied Lemon.
Oh, so amazing! I love Gundrun's patterns and the yarns are just gorgeous. I love the ancient forest and the banana split and into the deep and oh, art deco!
Oh my! All of that yarn looks so beautiful!
I love this yarn and the patterns!
Eek! Must win!!! Love this prize!
You always come up with such great yarns!!! I think my favourites are Bouquet or Early Crocus. Hmmm I must be ready for spring!
Thanks for great podcasts!!
frogpeak@hotmail.com
LoveLove your new hat and headband!!! All the best at Stitches West :)
Elizabeth Benning in Antique Teal or..... Vintner!
Rhinonotes at Yahoo dot com
So many lovely colors...think I like Belgian Chocolat and Martini the best.
love the colors can't decide... but if i have to -Tranquil Waters-its like the beach and sand and water .
i won't be disapointed with any color the yarn looks great ,can't wait to get some.
Victoria
Although I love more than one colorway, I think my fave would have to be Shiny Penny!
bfjangATshawDOTca
Bouquet, Earl Grey, Schoolhouse,
and Valentine all appeal to me but I'd hardly turn down any of those vibrant colorways. Thanks for the giveaway!
Lovely colors especially the Shiny Penny and Belgian Chocolat. But it sure is hard to pick.
I think the dryad colorway look lovely.
zophenia@gmail.com
I love all the blues, but I'm trying to keep my stash from becoming a solid block of blue, so I'm making myself pick Flirt. Which, naturally, includes some blue.
What gorgeous colors! My favorite is Rhubarb....I see a lovely shawl made out of that.
I've been so excited about this since i saw some previews of Jard Flood's incredible photographs of the equally stunning knitworks.
This is such a great giveaway!
Okay, I deleted my earlier comment 'coz I forgot to include contact info! I love her semi-solid colors, like Lagoon & Into the Deep. Find me on Ravelry as AnnBan, or on Blogger as Tresdivine.
One of each, please. I love Martini and Allure! What great colorways!
nice giveaway! I love the Antique Teal color.
I used Celestial Rose to make a beautiful pair of socks.
Wow!!! What an amazing giveaway! My favorite is Pizzaz and Allure. Okay, that's two, but their all so beautiful!
downsyndromelvr@gmail.com
As usual, what a great drawing! Thanks!
vanessarocks AT gmail
I'm liking Stallion and Earl Grey the best.
There are so many gorgeous colors! I love lagoon.
cindymen on ravelry
Alana,
I am torn. I like Shiny Penny and Bouquet both! Lovely colors.
Debra
thenappyewe
Park Forest, IL
Ooo! Candied Lemon! It just makes me drool, and think of spring and the possibility of warmth right down to my toes! mmm!
I have to choose just one??? Can I pick 3? I love schoolhouse, marigold and bouquet!
Art Deco and Candied Lemon are my favourites, I think. I put the book on my list last week, but school is such a time suck.
You are awesome for doing all this stuff. Blarg, podcasts, patterns, giveaways, etc. Thank you veryveryvery much.
Favorite colorway for yarnlove: dryad. What a generous giveaway! My info is ntrop at ix.netcom.com
I really like a lot of the colors but keep going back to Nostalgia. Allure is similar to a color of Smooshy Yarn I'm hooked on at the moment. Love all the oranges too, like pumpkin, saffron.
Francesca freitano at gmail dot com
My favorite is Earl Gray. I usually shy away dark gray/black yarn, but I think the variegation in this yarn would knit up subtlety and gorgeously! What pretty yarn.
So hard to choose but if pressed I'd pick teh ancient forest colourway as my favourite.
Thanks for the prize
:-)
Bee
yummy what an amazing prize you are giving away thanks for the chance..
tandemsandy (rav)
I love Gudrun's designs, so it would be fabulous to win the book! As for the colours, it's really hard to decide... I love warm greens and oranges like Ancient Forest, Fresh Celery, Lagoon and Pumpkin, but I think my favourite must be Shiny Penny! I also like the very light yellowy/orangy skein in the drawing, although I can't quite make out which colourway it is. Champagne?
Llule on ravelry
The colours are beautiful
jenny_hearn@hotmail.com
Wow, that yarn is really cool! Gorgeous colorways and even cooler literary yarn names!! I've never heard of it before. I'm definitely going to check out this yarn!!!
Count me in! This is lovely stuff!
ClothedInTheLamb
I love Teal, Stallion and Celestial Rose.
Wow, I guess I'm jumping on the bandwagon too, but I love Art Deco.
The yarn is beautiful! The patterns are so inviting.
Early crocus is absolutely beautiful!
It was SO hard to choose, they are all delicious colors!! My favorite though is "Warmth" just dazzling :) Thanks for a chance to win. meresfab4@gmail.com
so pretty! My favorites are stallion and belgian chocolate. Thank you!
helenacATuvicDOTca
The yarns are just beautiful - the Rhubarb is the most awesome shade of pink,and I love the Flirt varigated :)
I love them all, but am really drawn to Forget me not, armour, flirt...I could go on and on!
I love all these designs and yarn colors!
I love the designs and all the yarn colors. I can't choose a favorite!
Whatever the color of the Amy March skein--that's my favorite! I hope the RNG picks me!
I absolutely adore the Earl Grey colorway. What a wonderful giveaway!
jdlashier@gmail.com
I think Allure is my favorite colorway too! lcm12480ATgmail.com
I would LOVE to try this yarn! All the colors are beautiful, but I love Bouquet especially!
Such creative names and beautiful colors, hard to pick, but I think Ancient Forest is the one tickling my fancy the most. :)
Thank you for another awesome giveaway.
meowzette at meowzettes dot com
I love the fresh celery!!
-Cassandra
Wow, it was hard to pick a favourite colour! Tranquil waters, gala, tomato, saffron.... But I'd have to say "Lagoon" is my favourite.
Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
I think the Art Deco colorway is just luscious!
I love this yarn! My favorite color is tutu!
My favorite colorway is the antique teal, soooo pretty
Antique teal, but they are all gorgeous!
Love the Forget me Not. Thanks for another relaxing and interesting half hour of knitting.
Pamela
Pamela.McCulloch@ocsb.ca
I love Shinny Penny, would love the book and the yarn. dorcecampbell@yahoo.com
So many beautiful colors! I'll choose spring crocus as my favorite.
sevensails.etsy@gmail.com
Such lovely yarn! I am most drawn to Early Crocus as well as Belle. Fingers crossed on this contest!
Laura
smithsoccasional@gmail.com
Hard to pick a favorite but I think I'll have to go with tomato as my favorite. :)
Tammie Pfeiffer
homebody62565@yahoo.com
Thanks for introducing me to Yarn Love; what beautiful colors! I really love Tranquil Waters!
I can't choose between tomato, rhubarb adn stallion!! :)
Marigold! So bright and cheerful... it's begging to be squeezed!
maryrobinsoncecil@gmail.com
I think Dryad is my favorite colorway!
Globalite on Ravelry
Love all of them - leaning towards allure! :)
thanks for this giveaway - someone will be soooo happy!
quintessentialknits@yahoo.ca
Love all of the yarns - leaning towards Allure. thanks for displaying all these goodies ... who knows who'll win!!
docksideknits@gmail.com
Ooh, what an inspiring package! I could knit with 'Ancient Forest' for a very, very, very long time and feel totally fulfilled :-)
My favorite colorway is fresh celery. Thanks for the chance.
Alana: I can't pick just one. I love them all and want one of each. Reallhy!!!!! rosevta@gmail.com
the patterns are so lovely!
This is very hard to choose!!! But if I have to make a choice I would say "Earl Grey".
ga-kiefer@versanet.de
Very hard to choose just one favorite... I guess it would have to be Tulip with Warm Brick as a close second.
godink(at)ymail(dot)com
That yarn is amazing!!! I would love to knit with it!
I love the yarn! just like the name. My favorite colorway is Nostalgia. It reminds me of my Grandmother's bay window where she would winter her African Violets and Geraniums.
Amazing, how beautiful is all of that? Thanks for the giveaway!
skyeaton@insightbb.com
Oooooh my!
Loving that shawl, not to mention the yarn colors.
Love, love, love the Early Crocus yarn.
Would love to sink my needles into it. <3
theneedlenerd@yahoo.com
That yarn is gorgeous! Earl Gray, Into the Deep, and Dryad are calling out to me!
Rhubarb! I would love to knit the Homin shawl in that or any other color . . . .
Allure is definitely one of my top picks but I love Earl Gray and Fresh Celery! Gorgeous!
I love Tutu.
Anything with orange or rhubarb color, love marigold and tulip esp!
Beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!
sherralandmax@yahoo.com
I left a comment previously, but don't see it on here, so I must not have been successful! The Homin shawl in Saffron -- ooh la la! Rubarb, Stallion, Harmonic Violet, Tuscany, all wonderful. My first time listening to the Podcast.
dmcollier@comcast.net
That yarn is gorgeous! I love Lagoon and Stallion!
rmr092183@yahoo.com
Oh, lovely lovely! I adore allure and charm... couldn't pick just one...
All of the colours are beautiful...but have to pick 'allure' as my favorite. I too am loving greys right now. Thank you for this contest. bearkat2@shaw.ca
Oh man, those look amazing!
rachelw519@gmail.com
Oh, this is a lovely give away! I looovvee forget me not...but I live all the way in the Netherlands so I can understand that you can't choose me from oversees. Still I love your patterns and your blog (beautiful pictures too!)
Mama lieveheersbeestje.
I love the Amour! It is fabulous!!!
These are great! I love Fairy Tale.
mbernard829@gmail.com
shiny penny, tomato... oh, them all!
wendygomez43@hotmail.com
The book has some lovely designs and the yarn is gorgeous. I think Early Crocus is my favourite but Stormlit Poppy and Jewel of Autumn are close second.
eshchory AT gmail DOT com
wow what a great give away,,,i never tried her patterns but would love to.
That looks awesome
celiakinney@gmail.com
i forgot to put my favorite color they are all so beautiful if I have to pick one I would say Gala...It was a hard choice they are so pretty, I could just imagine how it would be to knit with them.
Oh.... Such pretty yarn... I would love! That.
arsimonsen13@gmail.com
I like the colorway Forget-Me-Not the best but I was also drawn to Earl Gray and Into the Deep.
Beautiful colors: top of list Lagoon, Tranquil waters, star gazing.
Just gorgeous! And now that is a really hard question...hmmm, well I really like Earl Grey, Velvet Midnight, and Into the Deep - but really, they're all just gorgeous!
All of the colorways are beautiful. Normally I go for variegated but I'm loving red delicious and lagoon...awesome book too by Gudrun.
FishHeaven56058@yahoo.com
Definitely the Elizabeth Bennett in Allure! Must be the name though...
Thanks,
lueken at idmp dot uni-hannover dot de
What a difficult thing to do - choose! Must admit Sunny Skies and Awakening Earth do look so scrummy...
Thank you for the Giveaway - good luck to all!
seraphimgirl@gmail.com
What lovely yarn!!! I think Belgian Chocolate is the one I like best... hard to choose!
VitaLamm on Ravelry
I don't have a favorite colorway however I have been drooling over the Elizabeth Bennet and Marianne Dashwood yarn for like EVER! Oooh I would so love to win.
joshuasprincess{at}gmail{dot}com
I love "Early Crocus".
Recently discovered your blog and am enjoying it. Thanks for the contest!
It's very hard to pick a favorite shade. These are some of the most beautiful selection of colorways I've ever seen. I'm really drawn to the Early Crocus, but I think Art Deco is my favorite.
hibiscus_ballerina@yahoo.com
Love Cranberry.
Hi-I choose Cranberry,it would look lovely in a sweater for my granddaughters.I love Cupid too,reminds me of Spring! I love the Shetland Trader patterns.I have been looking at them over & over for days.rinebird@juno.com
A book I have been coveting, not yet purchased, and such beautiful yarns- what a lovely and generous giveaway!
I love so many of the colorways! My top favorites are Vintner Green, Allure, Martini, and Art Deco.
chickadeeknits@hotmail.com
Beautiful colorways!!
Precious Jade looks lovely.
jonette _ 77 at hotmail dot com
This is one of the best giveaways you've ever had! This yarn looks positively smooshable :)
kahabermanATgmailDOTcom
katskills29 on Ravelry
Wow, just one, I was hand's down sticking with Early Gray, and then, well, then Art Deco beckoned and won my heart over... but Stallion is sure looking at me longingly... and Gudrun's patterns! I am just finishing Kerrera, and loving every minute of it, so looking forward to seeing the book... thanks for this hopeful chance!
liz.kalloch@gmail.com
Love the yarn!! Tried to leave a comment before - but it does not seem to have gone through. Would be thrilled to win - love Allure!
It's hard to pick just one. I like the Allure and the Candied Lemon. Enjoyed the podcast. lalhouse@bellsouth.net
Wow this yarn is so beautiful...I can't pick just one but I think one new color a week would be just fine by me!
Thanks for this great giveaway!
quiltsalot3 on Ravelry
Pick me! Pick me! I want to make a Norie hat so bad I can taste it...
My favourite is Ancient Forests - such beautiful depth of colour and shading. Loving the podcast.
pat.austin@blueyonder.co.uk
The yarn is luscious! My favorite is Stallion. I like dusty shades of gems.
I really love these yarns paired together - brown and pink are my current favorites. I like the darker version of the Belgian Chocolat colourway, but I can't decide if I like Sweet Tangerine or Haute Couture better. I also have a couple of pretty skeins from Woolgirl kits.
I would love love love to win this giveaway!!
joolee999 AT gmail.com
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Although all the Yarn Love yarns are beautiful colorways, I am the most drawn to the vibrant colors of Early Crocus. These colors just shout "Come on Spring!" After all the snow we have had here, and just viewing Gudrun Johnston's blog of her Nor'easter of 1/12/11, I think we are all ready for some Spring! Gudrun's pattern called Mirry Dancers in her book entitled The Shetland Trader-Book 1, has me inspired to make these for my niece who asked me to knit her some legwarmers. I will use Yarn Love yarns Belgian Chocolat. Even if we are not the winner of this great giveaway, we can take advantage of the 25% off by using code "nnk25" until 2/28/11! Thanks!
lcc007@cox.net
Ravelry name: Chumley63
i love new tomato, banana split and red delicious. yum to all.
alounsberry@cox.net
So pretty! charis_channah17AThotmailDOTcom
Do we have to pick a favorite? They are all so lovely! If I have to choose, it would be "Valentine". Great episode! See you at Stitches.
Gayle (g.billat@yahoo.com
Thank you for the chance- such lovely yarns and patterns!
Tough choice, but the range of greens in Ancient Forest is right up my alley.
Would have to be between Art Deco, Nirvana and Earth Awakening, I couldn't possibly just pick one! Beautiful.
These colors are wonderful! For me, my favorites are a toss up between Belgian Chocolat and Marigold. They each create a strong emotional effect- chocolat makes me feel comforted, and marigold makes me energized and longing for spring!
I can't decide if I like the Earl Grey or Whisper colorway best. I think I might need both to make some fabulous garment!
oh so many of those colourways speak to me but I think my favourite is rhubarb.
I'm colleensimply on ravelry
All are BEAUTIFUL!! Allure might be my favorite.
sthomasknitter on Ravelry
Such beautiful colors. The Saffron is calling to me!
relaxingcalmness@live.com
There are so many wonderful colors in this yarn, but I'm feeling spring and love the Rhubarb! Such gorgeous brightness in that.
Lovely giveaway!
Wow - I like Bouquet and Earl Grey, what lovely colors!
I {heart} fling! It is a really fun yarn and I love the addition of white (an often overlooked color). Thanks for the sweet giveaway.
Wow! How can you choose? If I have to pick one! It would be Marigold. It makes me smile
I love so many of them! Sparkling Pool is lovely though =)
I can be private messaged as mirfain on Ravelry.com
So many gorgeous colors! I especially love the Pumpkin, Sparkling Pool, Into the Deep, and Awakening Earth.
explodingpinecone(at)gmail(dot)com
I really love the earl gray and red delicious. They gray is just so enamoring and rich it would absolutly go with everything and that beautiful pink in the delicious just steals my heart i have all boys at my house so i LOVE a good pink when i can work it into anything of mine. lol
littlecountrygrl06@yahoo.com
I love the Yarn Love colorway "Harmonic Violet"! And I really enjoy you NNK podcast!
Thanks, Deb
Debbie.Constable@northernhealth.ca
Ah! I can't choose just one favorite colorway. I chose one, scrolled down, chose another, scrolled down, and repeat.
I may have to settle on Stormlit Poppy. Early Crocus and Art Deco are close behind :)
ashwilde@gmail.com
I just found your podcast, and can't wait to listen to more! Can't choose just one - I love Valentine, Sparkling Pool, and Ancient Forest...
I love the stallion colorway.
I love the stallion colorway
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