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The SIX runners up that will each receive 2 PDF patterns are:
Meliabella, peacefulknitting.com, Diana, stephanie rj, purlverde, & Retrobaby
Congratulations! Please contact me at yarnonthehouse@gmail.com to collect your prizes.
Hi, folks! Hope everyone is doing well. I've been enjoying reading and logging all the fun questions that you left me last giveaway in your comments. There's quite a few of them to answer, so I've decided that over the course of the next few weeks I'll be doing some blog posts to answer all of your questions. This should be fun! And, thank you for all of your sweet comments.
Well, well... this week I have a luxurious giveaway for you! Our wonderful sponsor and guest is Sabrina of Anzula Luxury Fibers. I had fun interviewing her a few weeks back. Check out our chat together (I apologize for the sound feedback; unfortunately, our connection wasn't perfect):
Links and such from the videos:
- Anzula Luxury Fibers
- Purchase Anzula at Purl Soho & Sandra Singh
- TNNA trade shows
- Look at all the lovely colors and yarns on Ravelry!
- Mermaid, Sebastian, & Oasis
- Sabrina on Rav
- Cricket
Thank you, Sabrina, for visiting us and come back anytime!
Anzula's beautiful yarns and fibers can be found online at Purl Soho & Sandra Singh. Sabrina is so talented at dyeing up gorgeous semi solids! I would love to knit myself a sweater out of her For Better or Worsted in the Charcoal colorway, and knit up a lace shawl or stole out of the Wash My Lace in maybe the Toffee color. Honestly, any of the Anzula yarns and fibers would rock my world!
Sabrina is sponsoring THREE ridiculously wonderful prizes for three lucky followers to have a chance to win:
Grand Prize winner will receive 5 skeins of Cricket MCN (that stands for Merino, Cashmere, Nylon for those of you who don't know) in the lovely color Prince! Each skein boasts 250 yards and I got to thinking, hmmmmm... a 1,000 yards of sport weight yarn. That's enough for a Goodale sweater in almost all the sizes available! I quickly contacted Cecily, the uber-talented designer, and twisted her arm to toss in a PDF copy of her pattern for the grand prize winner. Wink, wink! I really want to knit this neat cardi myself in the very near future. I absolutely adore the genius construction of the pockets and I think it would be a super addition to my spring and summer wardrobe.
Photos courtesy of Anzula Luxury Fibers
How awesome would a Goodale sweater be outta this yarn?!
Also, TWO runners up will receive one of the below luxury skeins of fingering weight yarn:
Squishy in Candied Apple
Sebastian Seacell/Merino in Charcoal
I would like you to do the following if you would like to be entered into this week's giveaway:
1. Read over the rules if you have not done so already.
2. Leave a comment on this blog post by the end of Sunday, 3/13/11. What's your favorite spring time color to knit with? Or, do you knit in the same color(s) all year long?
I tend to lighten or brighten my knitting color palette when the weather starts warming up. For me it's the smell and sight of flowers that inspires me to buy cheerful colors to knit with. Actually, some of my favorite colors are muted pastels and I just love knitting them when spring's around the corner!
I'll randomly pick the winners in 2 weeks and post the results along with the new giveaway, so be sure to check back. Good luck everyone.
Sincerely,
Ve
350 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 350 of 350I find that I tend to knit in blue and purples year round. I am currently trying very hard to branch out in my colors but still find that most of my stash is blue and purple LOL.
Green! Oh wait, I do knit with green all year round. But it is definitely a spring color!
I go for the lighter colors like lavender or a soft butter for my spring socks.
I love bright GREEN in the spring. Thanks for hosting the giveaway, it would be a great one to win!
I can't help but be drawn to the same colors year-round!
Deep purple that reminds me of crocuses just starting to bud in the garden
I have lots of ideas about brightening up my knitting but I usually end up in the same color range - Thanks for the giveaway!
Ooh! The colors are gorgeous!! Anything bright gets me out of the MI winter doldrums. Happy oranges, fresh greens, the possibilities are endless!
For the projects planned for this spring, I'm planning to use some gentler shades, like lilac and lighter pinks, while in winter I used bolder purples and reds. Still, I'm not sure this is so much a habit as just my current mood.
I just received a skein of Azula Squishy as a (completely unnecessary) gift as an apology for a delayed shipment. I can testify it is heavenly. I do tend to lighten up my knitting in spring--lavender instead of purple; lighter and pinker reds, and I really like whites and neutrals with some color splattered about.
I find myself picking bright colors when I am sick of winter, which may or may not coincide with the end of winter. This year I have been leaning towards bright yellowish greens.
I enjoyed listening to the interview and so did my son. He's home sick today. I noticed I pulled out a skein of bamboo yarn in greens and pinks. Yes, spring is definitely in the air.
I'm a bit of a winter girl. Plums, maroon, purple.
Although having said that I have just bright some quite zingy green. :-O
I always seem to knit blues. All year. Maybe this spring I should try something else...
on the one hand i find i tend to knit all year around with greys- charcoals... but I also get very much inspired by my photography..so i find myself knitting in similar colours like my paintings and jewellery-- and often discover that they match my photography, hence i am totally influenced by my surrounding colours :):):)
I pretty much use the same colors year 'round....
The yarns are beautiful.I tend to pick the same colors all year round.This year not! I like greens,pinky reds, orange.I love the sweater example.I would love to try that for my first sweater if I win.I mean, first adult sweater.I do make baby sweaters.
I love orange and yellow!
Right now I'm loving knitting bright greens. It makes me feel like spring has already sprung. It's even nicer since I'm knitting up some Anzula Cloud.
I love me some aqua teal in the spring time. Oh and the Squishy is so delightful as is all of their yarns.
I love bright, fresh, springy greens, particularly in the spring, ... but really anytime of the year.
I knit with a lot of different all year since I do a lot of charity knitting. All 3 colors of the prize yarn are beautiful and would be fun to knit.
Sometimes it's nice to knit in brighter colours in the middle of winter to cheer yourself up! For me it really depends on what I'm knitting. If it's a spring garment then I'd probably knit in a lighter/brighter colour.
I definitely move into the blues and purples come spring time. During the winter they just remind me how dark it is, but springtime reminds me of fresh rain/sunshine and blues/purples are fitting.
I love bright color all year round, but in spring I start thinking about delicate pink sweaters to match the cherry blossoms blooming, and delicate cornflower blues to match the pale spring skies after thunderstorms.
I just found this blog through Sabrina - she was delightful in person at Stitches West, and a fabulous dyer. I look forward to exploring this blog more; it looks fantastic!
I tend to favor richer colors most of the year. I like bright shades, but nothing "light".
The colors I knit change from project to project. Sometimes I choose the color to fit the recipient, other times I will pick the color to suit the pattern. I do love Spring and Fall colors!
Blue. I love blue!
Bright, cheerful pink....reminds me of Spring tulips!
Teal is my go-to color year-round, but it gets a little brighter when the weather is warm and the days are longer.
I think pinks and yellows are my favorite spring time colors. I knit with a huge variety of color but am drawn to pinks all year round, for the walk ;)
Well I want to win but I'm not so sure of my luck today (sprained my wrist)
i love green for spring - like peas and favas, yum!
pink is another fave year round.
i just discovered anzula at stitches west this year (my first stitches experience!) and am in LOVE with all their yarns.
The skeins are looking fantastic. I don't have a favourite spring colour but I am knitting a sweater in a cream-colour and I like it very much.
Burgundy, charcoal and black are year round for me. However, I do have some blue and seafoam green linen that I'd like to whip up into a tunic type top. Burgundy is another favorite.
My choice of color is mood-dependent. One day I like purples, the other day I like earth tones. The season has nothing to do with my choice. I knit with whatever color captures my imagination at the time.
This spring I am knitting with greens, navy blue and cloudy sky blue, red and teal. Anything other than whatever color snow turns when it starts to melt and the sand and road dust kicks up on it!
I like to knit with light colours for Spring, especially light greens and yellows, or a very delicate pink. Oh I'm so looking forward to Spring! And it is approaching already, I can smell it in the air and the birds outside are making such a racket, it's wonderful =)
Maike (FlauschiOhren on Ravelry)
mightymaike at gmx dot de
I love green and purple and will knit with either color at any time of the year. Spring usually inspires me to experiment with colors I might not normally use.
By the way, I loved your interview with Sabrina...she is an amazing dyer and a wonderful person. I am lucky to know her.
Shades of purple,comes foward just like the crocus.
I've noticed that I don't change colors based on season. I love all different colors all year round!
I love knitting with green. donno why. any shade is great - even olive. green means spring for me.
tracystuntz@gmail.com
That yarn is A-mazing!!!!! As far as knitting and color goes, I noticed that I tend to knit more brightly colored items in the Fall/Winter, and knit a lot of neutrals in the Spring and Summer. I guess that's how I find balance though I didn't exactly plan it that way. Thanks for offering up such a luxurious giveaway!
I'm PurlVerde on Ravelry :)
I knit with the same colors all year long. I love blues and greens, but every now and again I'll find a warm red or yellow that I have to have.
Bright yellow. I live in Maine, so yellow is a lovely bright color to help while away the time until the snow is all melted.
We have about 3 feet of it. Still.
For some reason, this spring my favorite color seems to be pink but in the past it's always been pale greens and blues.
my favorite spring knitting colors are bright and light! Year round i love naturals, earthy tones but mixed with lots of green and purple... so those are good year round!
congrats to the winners! Beautiful new fibers shown!
I love color all year long, but I think I'd like my next project to be in either pink or green.
I love to knit with pink year round. Pink makes everyone look better.
Pink is my favorite color to knit with year round.
My favourite yarn to knit with in the Spring is pale, blue, green, pink.
That beautiful yarn that is featured is heavenly!
I'm still working on a project started a few months ago, but it is in the loveliest shade of GREEN... maybe begun with wishful thinking in the depths of winter. :)
winterwrens at gmail dot com
I love to knit in green during the spring and summer.
I love greens year round, but especially in springtime . . . this spring, though, I'm knitting in creamy white, for my daughter's August wedding!
This is my very first spring as a knitter.. but I've noticed I'm leaning toward the brighter colors as the days get longer. :-) I'm currently knitting in apple green (Malabrigo). I've recently discovered your blog - and I'm loving it!
I tend to knit with fairly vibrant colors year-round. I wouldn't say that I use brighter colors for Spring. Of course, living in the Bay Area, our weather doesn't change radically from Winter to Spring and it's always the right weather for a Cardi, shawl or scarf! I love Sabrina's yarns and have already made a Brandywine Shawl with Anzula Cloud in the colorway Heidi, which was wonderful to work with and came out beautifully.
Peach sounds like a good color.
Billie
That is some amazing yarn! Bright colors for Spring! I also love whites for spring. :)
I pretty much go for the same colors year-round---blues/purples/teals. LOVE that purple!
I tend to use the same dark colours year round, but right now I'm thinking some bright colours would be nice to help spring along.
Great giveaway! Such beautiful yarn!
-Rannveig
I don't really change colours with the seasons - love bright colours all year round :)
I definitely have to go with brighter colors for spring, usually green.
All year long, I mostly love all Earth tones and tomato red and yellow greens.
I usually knit with whatever color catches my eye...which is usually gray. Not the springiest of colors, but I'm still a fan. :)
I like to knit with pastel yellows, oranges or pinks in the spring. I love those colors, and in the spring, they are happy and airy. :)
Well I'll probably be knitting with the same colors I've been working with until I finish these socks. But I think I pale green would be nice.
This yarn is so beautiful! I like the red and charcoal, it would make perfect mitts :)
I've always been a blues and greens kinda' gal for ringing in spring, but I've lately had a passion for yellows and orangey-oranges. I actually have spring knitting projects on the needles in both colorways.
I've known Sabrina for a couple of years and she is always warm and welcoming! I love all her colors and fibers. I'm thinkin' the Goodale is perfect for this yarn! Thanks
ilylonn
Ravelry
Wendi
Yellow or green!
my favourite spring colour to knit with is probably a peridot type colour. who doesn't love a nice yellowy-green?
It's textures, not colours, that change seasonally for me. In the spring I like to knit with smooth yarns, but I have the same favourite colours as usual.
I chose lighter shades of my favorite colors - blues, greens, and greys.
What fun and so many contenders! I love MCN . I take that back, I love ALL fiber
Green is my color of choice in any season, but in the spring it is a bright grassy green!
I would say that I am a winter color knitter year round. I guess that is my mind set. LynnIL
Oh, love, love, love! In the spring I knit violets and pinks - just like the flowers in our yard.
I love greens - i make gloves year round, but the colors i knit with reflect the weather, so winter gloves turn out in reds and browns, spring is usually time for making green gloves, and summer is time for those multicolored crazy gloves for my sister!
For Springtime I can't resist, appropriately, Spring Green: lime sherbert, chartruese, grass... the color by any name would still look as fresh! Easter egg pastels are also favorites.
Thank you, ladies, for the give away items and opportunity to win such scrumptious yarns and lovely pattern!
I am starting to lean towards more muted colors as spring seems near here in the northeast. I love lavender. In fact I am knitting a shawl now in a variegated yarn but lavender is the main color.
I use pretty much the same colors, but my favorite color is a nice celadon or limey yellow-green. :)
I tend to knit with bright colors all year long. The spring and summer is so short here in alaska that I like to be bright all the time. I especially like jewel tone colors. Thanks! Debbie
It is nice getting to know Sabrina and she does have some very nice hand-dyed yarns! Since I've started knitting, I've sort of stopped knitting as soon as the warmer days arrive. However, I intend to continue to knit this year. I don't have any specific colors in mind but would like to knit a few pairs of socks. I have so Classic Elite Sox in pastels. That could do the trick (unless I cast on this winter!)
Ooohh, FAB interview with Ms. Sabrina. I loved hearing about her Anzula yarns.
Come Spring time, I love to pull out that black yarn and get started knitting it up. The light outside is brighter and helps with seeing that stitch definition.
And, then in honor of the start of a fresh season, I also like to knit periwinkle blue. I'm thinking a little shrug style sweater for those cool Spring nights.
Ciao~
The Prince colour is gorgeous, and I love the pattern, it is a perfect combo. I knit the same sorts of colours whatever the colour of year. Any colour but yellow or orange.
My favorite spring color to knit with is a deep lavendar
Sabrina, the yarn looks delicious!
I usually knit with the same colors all year. I am currently knitting with a fabulous red, but as the weather warms up, I have been very drawn to lime greens and rich blues.
I tend to knit all colors year round, but I especially like the pinks, pale yellows, lite blues and greens, and of course, my daughter's favorite, purples!!
Peaches, pinks, and sunny yellows make me think of spring. I think my next project will also be a springy green because I just feel the need to knit with that color.
i think i knit with brighter colors as spring and summer come along. my favorite colors are blues, raspberries, browns and pinks. i just started to pull out the brighter colors last week, i am SO DONE with winter
I love to knit in bright colors in the spring...something green or light blue!
cindymen on ravelry
I do love pastels for spring also - I recently saw the loveliest pale, almost beige pink that I have to find in some yarn.
Thanks for the chance to win. The yarns are beautiful My colors are reds. I don't change with teh seasons
I keep buying the same blue greens... but, I have some flamingo pink that will make a great pink lightweight cardi.
Something very bright and saturated...like Iris Blue.
I knit with the same colors, but like to think I knit with more springy yarns (so, less chunky wool)
I usually gravitate towards bright floral colors but this year I'm going through a spring-green phase!
I tend to lighten up on fiber, and the funny thing us that I have never thought about it until now! I go for linens and cottons or blends and forgo merino.
This giveaway is spectacular! I hope to win!
A bright green color just screams Spring to me!
Any color works for me! When knitting Spring wearables I consider texture, weight and style.
I tend to try brighter colors in the spring to help cheer me up from all the wintery blahs. I was thinking of starting with some nice reds and purples this spring. blues are my year round choice tho.
Gl everyone! Ve's really spoiling us again!
hmmm. lavender seems perfect for spring.
I love most bright colors. I always come back to blue or green. I'm trying to break out of the box with some bright yellows for Easter.
Depends what I'm making. It is fun to play with new colors after a dreary winter.
Well, green is almost always a go-to color for me. I will lighten up in the spring, looking for spring green or lime green rather than olive or forest green. Not to say I don't kint with other colors! I'm finishing a lace beret in a deep purple alpaca blend -- but I do have another beret in light green (Stitch Nation Bamboo Ewe in Sprout) blocking right now!
What spectacular yarn! I tend to prefer blues and greens most of the year, but do find myself enjoying almost every color. Yay for color!
Prince is my perfect colour for spring and my husband's favourite hue! I never knit him anything and he sits at his desk in our house every day and freezes in this interminably COLD English winter, so I guess I could knit him a scarf!
Anything bright! I'm tired of the winter drab.
I've noticed that I tend to use brighter colors when I'm knitting/crocheting stuff in the spring...though anytime is a great time for using GREEN!!!!!
I seem to gravitate to pinks all year around, but I am beginning to explore bright colors, especially for a kids beachwear pattern I'm developing.
Well, that is just beautiful. I have noticed I am loving yellow and bright blue these days. Blue is a normal one for me but bright yellow? It must be spring!
I like lighter, brighter colors for spring in shades of yellow, green, and blue.
Great giveaway!
Love all the colorways for this week's giveaway.
Happy Blogging!
My favorite Spring colors are pink and green! There was a Anzula Trunk show at my LYS in the last few weeks. I fell in love with a beautiful pink skein of Sebastian, but it was sold before I was able to purchase it after I got paid.
Nice bright green! I recently acquired some beautiful handspun in bright green and I'm thinking a Seedling hat is in order!
Pink and yellow are my go-to spring colours without a doubt! They are so cheerful and pretty!
That blue is fabulous! I tend to knit with any color that inspires me.
I tend to go towards greens and blues, as opposed to the browns and reds of winter. Purple is every season!
I'm feeling some seriously 50s colours coming on... mustard yellow, ice-cream shoppe teal, powder blue, coral... paired with horn-rim glasses, of course.
I just knitted my son an Easter Vest (Sand Vest) in a splash color (sea blue). Now I'm knitting a Milo Vest in a Gold color. I'm wanting some green yarn since it is in March. I like colors other than brown and grey for spring!
Love knitting up bright green yarns in the Spring! Reminds me of new plants popping up through the soil. I've been wanting to knit up the Goodale and would love some Anzula to do so with! Pick me, pick me!
So many lovely colors...swoon...i tend to be drawn to the same colors year round, i just use darker more intense colors in the fall and winter and lighter variations through spring and summer...
My favourite is blue all year round (that's why I I loved the very first sight of this giveaway...). I always have to make myself use other colours as well!
I like brighter colors for spring. I'm working on a papaya colored sweater right now.
My favourite springtime colours to knit with are green and blue. I live right by the ocean and love the way the way it looks in the spring1
I really love color. In spring I like to knit with softer shades. I think my next project is going to be in a soft purple color.
My favorite springtime colors are light greens (like the new leaves on a tree) and yellow (which is really odd, since I don't like/knit with yellow much at any other time of the year).
Springtime brings to mind brighter colors, so I try to find those in my stash or what I might purchase.
What a wonderful blog! Today is the first time I've come across it. What a find. My favorite spring colors are blues and purples and pinks.
Love to knit with bright greens and blues like the new grass and a perfect sky. Spring is renewal time and bright colors are the best!!
Love the sweater pattern. All of the yarn looks yummy.
I Love saturated colors- I knit in lots of diffrent hues depending on who the recipient is.
Neutrals are my standard colours, but every so often a pop of purple or orange will appear in my knitting!
I don't really pick colors to go with different seasons. But I do have phases when I prefer certain colors. Currently I've been knitting in greens. (But when I think of spring I think in terms of yellow, green and orange.)
Also that yarn looks amazing.
I am perpetually drawn to blues - Prince is absolutely beautiful - fingers crossed!
Green! I would normally say that I didn't have one specific colro for spring knitting, but lately I'm all over the greens.
Normally I just have to walk into the LYS and be grabbed by a color. I love the tonals...not so much for the verigated yarns.
OH my! First of all I must say that I am IN LOVE With the For Better or Worsted in the Grace colorway! Absolutely gorgeous! Ah!
Okay, now on the the rest. I think my favorite spring color will have to be a tie between any shade of turquoise or lavender. Love them both. Although I am really liking the Cantaloupe colorway of the For Better or Worsted. Very pretty! :)
I don't tend to change my colours with the seasons, I just use whatever takes my fancy at the time.
Since I am a redhead, I tend to go with earthy colors year round, but do prefer toned down colors in the spring and summer. I like teal, rust, periwinkle, gold, cobalt blue and such. And I love Anzula yarn. Sabrina is the best.
Every color in the spectrum is suitable for me, whatever season it is. I like color!
That yarn is beautiful! My favourite springtime colours to knit with are greens. :-) It makes me think of grass and tress in the summer! I am GetKnitted on rav.
That yarn is beautiful! My favourite springtime colours to knit with are greens. :-) It makes me think of grass and tress in the summer! I am GetKnitted on rav.
Soft greens...I love it !
I think spring is about the only time of year that I love to knit with yellows and pinks. :) Something about flowers that make me want to do cheerful!
I tend to knit with whatever color I'm in the mood for. Another factor would be if I'm making for someone specific (my sister for instances, loves pale orange and peach-toned colors, while my grandmother loves deep purples). Weather doesn't often play a part in my color choices, unless it's been particularly gloomy, then I choose something bright and cheery to work with.
I don't change up colors for the seasons. I tend to knit with whatever color I feel a particular project needs.
I love all shades of blue, but tend to lighten up as spring approaches - probably as much due to what is one sale as what is in my stash.
My favorite springtime colors to knit with are any of the rose/coral shades. Thanks for this giveaway.
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