January One -- prizes
December 21, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: FINALLY!
Hi all! Good news! The Spin Out 2007 Prize Packages have been awarded! I have sent emails to all of the winners - please, please, PLEASE! Check the email address you used to email me your raffle information. Also, PLEASE CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDERS! I can't tell you how many times email gets dumped into spam!
I realize that many of you are not at the place where you usually read your email (ie: work - I've gotten a few Out of Office Replys already.) I'm sorry for the timing of all of this - but don't fret. Your box will be waiting for you. And maybe if you read this you'll check your email? (And your SPAM filter?)
The emails all came from the same address: cara@spin-out.org.
Whew!
I also want to take a moment to sincerely apologize for the length of time it's taken me to award these prizes. If I had had any kind of inkling what a humongous undertaking this would be - that the bulk of the work would coincide with the exact same time that my business is at it's busiest. And that this year my business would be busier than ever. And that I'd be pregnant and sick and have half the energy I usually have - well, to be honest, there wouldn't have been a Spin Out this year. Last year Spin Out was in June - which gave me the whole summer to get things out and still have plenty of time before work got crazy. And there were maybe HALF the prizes to give away. And work wasn't as crazy as this year. And I wasn't pregnant and sick.
I truly appreciate that you have not given up on me. Know that I want these prizes out of my house as much as you want to see them in the winners' hands. I'm reminded daily (by the boxes ALL OVER THE HOUSE) that I haven't fulfilled my obligations. I always fulfill my obligations. My integrity is something I treasure and I'd hate to think that someone might question it because I've been sincerely overwhelmed this year.
To all of the people who so generously donated to the raffle and to all of the vendors who so generously donated the prizes: I AM SORRY. Truly sorry.
Thank you.
I will be announcing a list of winners and the remaining prizes that were never featured sometime in the coming week. I want this all done (and hopefully OUT OF MY HOUSE!) before my birthday. Think of it as my present to me AND you.
Thank you again for your patience and continued support.
L, C
Posted by Cara at 06:56 PM
September 25, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: Prize Update
Lots and LOTS of prizes this week - so let's get right to it! I'm very pleased to announce that our total as of this morning is $14020! THANK YOU!!! Don't forget - the registry doesn't close until OCTOBER 15, so there's still PLENTY of time to get in on all the prize action. All it takes is $10 and a dream!
Here are our new vendors just added to the sidebar! THANK YOU EVERYONE!
Artsygal
Jennie the Potter
The Knitting Nest
Schrodinger Originals
Skylark Yarns
Unravelled
Wool2Dye4
The Yarn Museum
Yarntini
Zen Yarn Garden
And away we go!
I love these prizes! First off, we've got a hand turned spindle from Wooly Wonka Fibers. Anne headed my call for spindles! YAY! THANK YOU ANNE! And Helen, well, Helen of Painted Skeins went above and beyond! She sent us three 4oz braids of Merino SPECIALLY DYED IN SPIN OUT 2007 COLORS! How FANTASTIC is that?! THANK YOU HELEN! I LOVE IT!
Jennifer over at Woolgirl sent us THREE sock yarn packages - all with two skeins of sock yarns and stitch markers and all kinds of good stuff - and a Mama Llama bag as well! Fantastic prizes! THANK YOU JENNIFER!
Terry from Crash Into Ewe outdid herself with three different skeins of sock yarn and two different rovings! THANK YOU TERRY!
Lots of prizes here! Allison at Simply Sock Yarn sent us a gorgeous skein of Fleece Artist sock yarn in the perfect Fall colorway! THANK YOU ALLISON! From Roxanne at Zen Yarn Garden, we've got two different sock yarns - one has an accent color for heels and toes! THANK YOU ROXANNE! And finally we've got two sock yarn bags from Tipsy Knitter - so cute! THANK YOU!
How lucky are we?! THREE skeins of the much loved YARNTINI sock yarn! WHOO HOO! THANK YOU JESSIE!
Jenny over at Woolly Boully sent us some gorgeous sock yarn and roving! THANK YOU JENNY!
Lisa Souza's done it again! Three different sock yarns and some beautiful roving! Lisa's roving was one of the first I ever spun and it was a DREAM! THANK YOU LISA!
Lorajean over at Knitted Wit sent us a gorgeous roving of South African wool and a beautiful skein of sock yarn - but better than that, she's donating half her sales to HEIFER until October 14 or she runs out of stock! SO GO BUY STUFF! THANK YOU LORAJEAN!
Here we've got a GORGEOUS handmade knitting bag from Actual Size Creations! It's called Lone Star and it's got a great lone star on the front, plus awesome cowboy fabric lining it - AND it comes with a matching DPN case. FABULOUS bag! THANK YOU VALERIE!
It wouldn't be SPIN OUT without The Yarn Museum representing! Linda has sent us two sets (4 boxes per set) of the fabulous notecards from Yarn Museum. Each card has a awe-inspiring image of handspun yarn. Creative inspiration doesn't get any better than this! THANK YOU LINDA!
This next prize defies all expectations! Sheila and Michael Ernst have taken their expertise with glass and turned out a SPINDLE! This is the Lime & Violet spindle and it is so beautiful in person - I'm sorry my picture just doesn't do it justice. They didn't stop there, though, and included an absolutely STUNNING pair of GLASS circular needles and two of their stupendous buttons! THANK YOU SHEILA AND MICHAEL!
This is just a small representation of the fabulous prizes from SOAK and Azul Bath & Body! Jacqueline, from SOAK, sent us a great big box of wool wash - my favorite - including samples for the event on Saturday! THANK YOU JACQUELINE! And Kristi sent over some great sample sizes of her crafter's balm. THANK YOU KRISTI!
Stacy's in the middle of opening her new yarn shop, The Knitting Nest, down in Austin, TX, but she found time to send us a great prize! Four skeins of gorgeous single ply wool, some lovely lavender soap products, and a great collapsible knitting basket! THANK YOU STACY!
Meera, at Knitnack in Maplewood, NJ, was all kinds of generous! First up, we've got a BEAUTIFUL Offhand Designs knitting bag - it's just gorgeous! AND she sent us a Fleece Artist kit for the Imogen Jacket! Gorgeous stuff! THANK YOU MEERA!
Not to be outdone, Linda LaBelle over at the Yarn Tree upped her ante - she's added a sock club membership to her 200 SOCK CLUB! This club is filled with beautiful, hard to find, indie dyed yarn. Here's the description for the 2007 Sock Club. It's not to be missed. THANK YOU LINDA!
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!
Posted by Cara at 10:59 AM
September 17, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: Prize Update: MILESTONE EDITION!
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!
Posted by Cara at 04:47 PM
September 07, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: Prize Update
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!
Posted by Cara at 02:56 PM
August 27, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: Prize Update
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!
Posted by Cara at 02:48 PM
August 21, 2007
SPIN OUT 2007: Prize Update
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 donations@spin-out.org. If you don't do this, your name will be placed in the raffle ONE TIME. THANK YOU!
Posted by Cara at 11:48 AM