Frankly Beka & delilahbowie
Congratulations! Please contact me at yarnonthehouse@gmail.com to collect your prizes.
There are so many wonderful indie yarn companies out there, but today's sponsor, Toil & Trouble, is definitely worthy of being looked at. Ana, the owner and lady behind the beautiful yarn and patterns, is super talented. Her taste and way of making unpredictable colors blend so gorgeously together is truly magical. Just look at this skein of yarn, and this one. How about this for some yarn eye candy?! Seriously lovely! I also love Ana's tagline of "bookishly inspired". Listen to Ana tell you a little about how she dyes and names her yarn...
Links and such from the videos:
- Toil & Trouble on Etsy
- Toil & Trouble's blog
- Like T & T on Facebook
- Find Ana on Ravelry
- Ana's patterns on Rav
- Hecate colorway
- Starry Night
- Sun Also Rises
- Ana's Rav projects
- Breezy Cardi & Blank Canvas
- Laurel Leaf pattern & kit
- Rose Bush color
- Geeky Girls Knits
- Doctor Who Starry Socks kit
Toil & Trouble has sent over two stunning skeins of yarn for two of you to have a chance at winning. Each skein comes as a yarn + PDF pattern set. Watch the videos to hear more about the patterns, but here's the winning yarn for you to drool over in the meantime...
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, 6/2/13. Hop over to Toil & Trouble's lovely Etsy Shop and come back to tell us which skein of pretty yarn is your favorite!
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
177 comments:
Another fab giveaway, Ve! The yarn from Toil & Trouble is stunning! I chose this one as my fav: https://www.etsy.com/listing/92963619/hand-dyed-yarn-worsted-superwash-single
I'd love to make a hat from it. :)
Thanks for doing what you do!
Sandie
Sandie at KnitzyBlonde dot com
I love her colorway called "Lorelei"!
I always end up drooling over her Smoke Signals shade, in whatever base it's offered on any given day. Soft grey...sigh. And then her oranges and apricots!
I like Lorelei in Warm Purple and Dusty Orange.
I want the self-striping sock yarn in the colorway Blue Dart in Turquoise Blue and Dark Blue Purple.
wow, amazing colors! I love the lace yarn in "smoke signals" its beautiful, I love grey silver colors.
Oh my gosh. The silk and SWM sock yarn in Typhoid Mary. Please!
My favorite is the DK Tweed Yarn - the soft gray and light aqua. Just stunning. So many beautiful yarns. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity.
Oh goodness. Ent is gorgeous, as is Nebula (although in completely different ways, of course). You're right about the unique way she puts color together - there are some combinations there I would never thought would work as well as they do!
I love the laceweight yarn in the yellow colorway. That would make a beautiful shawl. Thanks for the chance to win.
lmecoll on Ravelry
I don't see it in the etsy shop at the moment, but I really love the blue and pink one in the giveaway pics! I'll have to keep watching the shop for its return! Thanks for the chance!
The tweed sock yarn in the Ent colorway is gorgeous - and the name is from one of my favorite stories! I'm ShadowAP on Rav btw.
I love the Self Striping Sock Yarn in Blue Dart. Thankyou:))
reiki on ravelry
I am drooling over the fingering weight yarn in Amethyst... Just gorgeous!
Rav ID: fabiknits
I love Ana's yarn. I still have a pair of socks in progress in Maleficent, but if I was buying yarn today I would be picking up her laceweight in Apollo. Such a glorious yellow/orange!
So pretty! I really like the Hand Dyed Sock Yarn - Ent in Pine Green and Cream. Thanks for the chance :-)
My favorite: Hand Dyed Tweed Sock Yarn - Superwash Merino / Nylon 438 Yards - Persephone in Pomegranate Purple and Warm Pink
I ADORE the "Sun Also Rises" colorway!!!
I love the subtle Smoke Signals lace yarn. Would be gorgeous for a lace shawl.
I really love the tweed sock yarn in "Ent." So pretty and such an interesting texture!
Oh wow, what lovely yarn!
I think my favorite is "Rose Bush."
The sock yarn in light grey and turquiose caught my eye immediately. It's gorgeous!
Rav ID tmr714
Hey Ve! Another great find. I love the Lorelei color way. I think it would make a pretty summer flies shawl. :)
Kristebee
Ooh lovely giveaway! Love the fingering Hades skein! So pretty!
I love the Nebula in Red Orange and Purple.
Wahoomerryf on Rav
So many beautiful colors! I think pomegranate purple and warm pink is my favorite. Thanks for the giveaway!
oforney on rav
They are ALL so pretty!! But, I think Typhoid Mary is really unique and lovely.
They are ALL so pretty!! But, I think Typhoid Mary is really unique and lovely.
I like the center one in the banner, but couldn't find it in the store, so I think the Tyhpoid Mary would be my choice. very different from what you normally see
Fracksmom
My favorites are Ent and Rorshach.
I love Maleficent.
Really Nice!
Silurian Collection: Geekery (Doctor Who) Sock yarn
StaceyKnitsIt
Stormcloud caught me eye, but there were so many gorgeous colors!
Amaterusa in semi solid gold can that be right? Probably not but close
They have so many beautiful yarns
Thank you for the chance to win
Can't choose! But for the sake of the giveaway, I'll say kelpie.
Ravid: peruseratlarge
Pine Green and Cream in the tweed sock yarn - very unique.
It's all so pretty. Great shop. I like the Amethyst in Shades of Purple sock yarn.
I like the Apollo colorway. Perhaps it's just that I need some sunny color in my day.
Typhoid Mary, for SURE!
It's a tie between Persephone and Snapdragon. I didn't even make it past the first page before I had opened about 8 tabs! Definitely going to keep an eye on these dyers.
katherinelynn04 on rav
Oh what a nice interview! I love putting faces with names and designs! Love her inspirations as well as her back story from childhood on... After looking i love the new rosebush color she shows but i also love the "sun also rises" colorway (we must be kindred spirits) & i really love "typhoid mary"... those colors are so amazing together. I love the 50 silk/50 wool blend that she shows the typhoid mary on too! Gonna have to revisit that one! LOL
Oooh & the laurel leaf pattern is gorgeous... something i will have to gain more skills for maybe but i love it!
I love the Smoke Signals sock yarn (http://www.etsy.com/listing/103065512/hand-dyed-sock-fingering-yarn-superwash?ref=shop_home_active).
The first thing that caught my eye was the fingering weight in 'Rorschach'. Hmm, now what might that mean?!
My favorite is "Starry Night - Indigo Blue and Ivory Cream." I admit to be heavily influenced by the Doctor Who tie-in....
It's all so lovely!
I want Blue Dart in Turquoise Blue and Dark Blue Purple
Oh I love the blue that's part of the giveaway but on the Etsy shop I really like Kelpie and its subtle variations.
Love the yarn!! Would love to knit some beautiful sock with it.
I can't decide! There aren't any I don't like!
I may have fallen in love with Starry Night. I do love me some van Gogh...even more when it's connected to the Doctor :)
(renny1780 on rav)
Ooh, Persephone and Lorelei are my favorites.
I love the Pine Green and Cream tweed sock yarn. So yummy! I am a sucker for soft, nature-y blends.
Beautiful colors! I would love to make some mitts from it. Awesome!
I hadn't heard of Toil & Trouble before, but now I'm a fan! I love the Tweed Sock Yarn Persephone in Pomegranate Purple and Warm Pink, it's so pretty!
I'm really loving the fiery yellow and burnt orange. I love bright colors so much!
This one's my favourite:
"Hand Dyed Lace Yarn - 875 Yards Superwash Falkland Merino and Bamboo - Marmalade Apricot Beige Ivory Peach Gold". Lovely!
I like the Hades in Ink Blue and Deep Orange colorway.
So hard to choose! But the Pine Green and Cream would make me some LOVELY socks!!!!
Hecate--those purples, blues and turquoise, wow!
The 'smoke signals' sock yarn is so subtle and lovely.
Only one? Really?!
Wine.
I love them all, but would love a hat in the Lorelei color way.
I love so many: Ent (esp the tweed version), Persephone, Silurian, and Sun Also Rises!
I love the Yemaya colorway, it would make a beautiful shawl!
LOVE Ana's yarns (I know them personally); favorite of all colorways is Typhoid Mary. To die for, pun intended. xoxo
Ooooh ahhhh so many nice colorways to dream about :) I love the Hand Dyed Tweed Sock Yarn in Pine Green and Cream yummy!!
I LOVE Hecate and Starry Night.
How to choose?! Smoke Signals is so striking, I guess I'd have to go with that if I HAD to choose! :)
I love the colors Rose Bush and Typhoid Mary. I am also enthralled with the very different and unique names.
Smoke Signals color way is lovely and would make a great hat:)
rosebob on ravelry
I really drooled over the self-striping sock yarn in the colorway Blue Dart.
ilovemyipad on ravelry
Hand Dyed Sock Fingering Yarn - Superwash Merino / Nylon 463 Yards - Starry Night - Indigo Blue and Ivory Cream is my fav!
gussek on Ravelry
Awesome give away and it was hard to choose what I loved the most. But being from the great state of Alabama and a die hard Auburn fan, I love the Hades in Ink Blue and Deep Orange.
So pretty! I love the Smoke Signals shade.
(Goodstuff on Rav)
All shades are beautiful, I did like Smoke Signals the best.
rav id: zelator
What awesome colorways! My favorite is Kelpie. Beautiful.
Shaybear on Rav.
Hecate is my favorite--so many beautiful tones of blues and purple, I'd take it in any base!
I think, that as we're heading into winter, I'm drawn to the cheerful colours so Yemaya was my first choice until I got to the Apollo. Hard choice!
Oh my, they have a lot of yarn that I love! My fav colorway has to be "Sun also rises" Thanks for the giveaway!
Desiree
It seems silly with all the lovely colors and color combinations, but I guess my favorite was the lace in Smoke Signals in Light Silver Gray. But, really, I love so many of the skeins it was very hard to pick.
Ent! I love Ent!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/99260766/hand-dyed-tweed-sock-yarn-superwash?ref=shop_home_active
Hecate and (surprisingly) Typhoid Mary are making me drool.
Yemaya is my fave...pretty, pretty, pretty!
The Sun Also Rises is a wonderful colorway!!
I think the pine green and cream is stunning!!:D
Hecate - Indigo Purple Blue and Turquoise is my favourite
I love all the colors but the one that jumped out at me is Hand Dyed Tweed Sock Yarn. yummy yarns! I would knit myself some socks.
oops the colorway Pine Green and Cream silly me
Both Hectate and Silurian are lovely! Everything is so pretty, though.
I love Isa in Light Gray and Turquoise! So beautiful.
Love your great giveaways. My favorite is the Blue Dart in purple and blue.
My favourite is http://www.etsy.com/listing/95608031/limited-hand-dyed-lace-yarn-875-yards?ref=shop_home_active
I think my favorite is that sock yarn "Snapdragon in Fuscia and Yellow"....I am not a big pink yarn person but I do love their pinks.
Starry Night is the most awesome colorway ever! I just adore Van Gogh and Dr. Who. Rorschach is a close second.
Rorschach! Graphic black and white is my favorite color combo and it looks gorgeous in the yarn. Plus it's inspired by Rorschach, my favorite Watchmen character (well, he's everyone's favorite, right?)
Nuff said.
I love any Self striping yarn so Blue Dart really called to me.
apple380 on ravelry
I liked them all, I must have spent a good half an hour oooing and ahhing, I did notice the shade Lorelei a lot:)
yknitt on ravelry
I love the snapdragon color! I'm not usually a big fan of pink or yellow, but she really did a perfect job of getting the yarn to exactly evoke snapdragons, and they're one of my favorite flowers :)
Right now I am very into greys and blue greys so I am drooling over Isa and Kelpie
Who can just pick one....but since I have to ... it will be sock yarn in The Sun Also Rises. I would have never thought to combine those colors
nhsarab on Ravelry
The Persephone in pomegranate purple & warm pink really caught my eye but anything with pink in it usually does.
The light gray and turquoise - hands down my favorite! Beautiful, beautiful...
Boy, it was a tough choice, but I love the hand-dyed sock yarn in Indigo Purple Blue and Turquoise.
All are so pretty...I think I may be partial to "smoke signals"...although "wine" came in a close second ;)
Rav id - txtaurus
I love the Lorelei in Warm Purple and Dusty Orange. That would make something cute for next winter!
Wow, that's some gorgeous yarn. As soon as I popped over to her Etsy shop, the skein of cashmere yarn in blue and orange caught my eye! And it's cashmere, too!! (http://www.etsy.com/listing/126464026/hand-dyed-sock-yarn-cashmere-merino?ref=shop_home_feat). A close second was the skein of tweed sock yarn in pine green and cream- what a wonderful combo!
Hades in ink blue and deep orange .... mmmmmm socks!
No question, start night is my favorite (but don't tell the other colorways, the are all beautiful!)
Wow, it's all so beautiful! I think my favorite is the Indigo Purple Turquoise, but really, it's all lovely!
I loved the "Hand Dyed Tweed Sock Yarn - Superwash Merino / Nylon 438 Yards - Ent - Pine Green and Cream"!
I really love this yarn:
Hand Dyed Lace Yarn - 875 Yards Superfine Merino and Silk - Apollo - Fiery Yellow and Burnt Orange
sherryglover1 on Ravelry
The Hades fingering skein is gorgeous
rav id: kintts
I like the Amethyst shade, I think it is a fingering weight yarn.
The yarns are all beautiful.
I am knittinglen on ravelry
I've been an admirer of Toil & Trouble for about a year now. This is a tough call because there are so many I love, but I am mesmerized by the colors in the Typhoid Mary sock yarn.
Oh wow another great giveaway of yummy yarn! I love Hecate and Snapdragon, I wish I could get my hands on them now!!
Fingers crossed...
Typhoid Mary. Beautiful. Gorgeous! Right now imagining a lace loop in this colorway....
I really love the Persephone. Thanks for adding yet another yarn shop to my list of Etsy favs!
Eenae on Ravelry
I am loving the Dark Blue and Turquoise fingering yarn!
Great giveaway!
I loved the Fingering Hand Dyed Yarn - Superwash Merino / Nylon on the Rorschach colourway. Lovely!
Madly in love with the Rose Bush yarn. Then again, I love everything that Ana dyes up! Yay!
Warm grapes does it for me.
Snapdragon is my fave, but they are all so beautiful! Thanks for introducing this awesome yarn!!
Each one I saw became my new favorite, but if I had to pick one, I would go with Starry Night.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Love the painted hills sock yarn, the colours are amazing. Thanks for doing this giveaway.
Joanneperrow on ravelry
Loved the Tweed Sock Yarn - Persephone in Pomegranate Purple and Warm Pink
Thanks for the giveaway:)
nidhikansal on rav.
Typhoid Mary all the way - I would love to make that for my first pair of socks ever. And the fall yarn club is tempting.
The Tweed Sock Yarn in Persephone gets my vote! Great interview, I really enjoyed it.
brae-burn on ravelry
Typhoid Mary as it made me giggle.
Rav name is cableknitt
The turquoise/blue/lime green is definitely my fav! BEAUTIFUL.
AmandaVondrasek on Rav
Smoke signals (light pigeon gray) would make some great patterned socks!
This is my favourite http://www.etsy.com/listing/126745238/limited-sock-hand-dyed-yarn-superwash?ref=shop_home_active
I found your blog through Ravelry. Is it possible to give away yarn for free without expecting anything back? How lovely to find such a place!
Kelpi !!!
Kelpie...Ent...so many beauties!!
I love the Ent and Persephone colorways!!
I love the Hand Dyed Sock Yarn - Cashmere Merino Nylon Blend - The Norns in Purple and Gray yarn. The colors are just beautiful!
I love the Hecate colorway and Starry Night. So hard to choose though. Wonderful give away.
A favorite is really hard to choose. My first choice would be Starry Night. Trying not to buy anymore sock yarn but if you win something g it doesn't count :).
I'm drooling over "Hand Dyed Sock Fingering Yarn - Superwash British Falkland Merino / Nylon - 465 yards - Hecate - Indigo Purple Blue and Turquoise".
Thank you for showing it knit up, It looks even more wonderful.
schwipknits@gmail.com
schwip on rav
Difficult to choose just one. Yemaya, Painted Hills, and Sun Also Rises are all stunning.
Ohh Apollo is my favorite. It really caught my eye.
Well, that's not easy.
But if I have to choose just one, I'd go with the icy runes sock yarn. Those colors are gorgeous!
(sunshine34 on Ravelry)
I liked the smoke signals colourway, the soft grey is really beautiful
Typhoid Mary is a great color.
My favorite is the Fingering weight Yemaya. It looks like it would look great as patterned socks!
Julie
windzgirl on Ravelry
Both skeins in the giveaway are beautiful, and droolworthy. I found it difficult to choose a favorite color, because I like them all. I love the high contrast of Hecate. And I bet Rorschach looks amazing knit up.
Amethyst in Shades of Purple
Hishandmaid on Ravelry
I like the tweed sock yarn in pine green and cream. And that blue in the giveaway is really nice, too.
Fantastic give-away! I couldn't pick just one! I love the DK Shades of Aqua Blue Green and the Lace Smoke Signals in Light Silver Gray.
I love love love the Tweed Persephone color!
i like the Light Pigeon Gray
Anna
ksurty@aol.com
Love the DK in Isa. Such a lovely soft colour!
I normally go for anything colored like "Snapdragon" but "Hecate" is just so pretty, I'd choose it first!
I really like the Apollo colorway
My favorites are the Hecate and Rose Garden sock yarns.
Love the Cashmere Merino Nylon Blend - Isa in Light Gray and Turquoise and love your blog!
KRHknitting on ravelry
Beautiful yarns! I liked the shades of turquoise , that is Merino, Cashmere and Nylon. I could see a shawl in that:). They also have some fun patterns. Thanks for showing us this shop:). My ravid is pamk
The DK in W/C/N in wine. Beautiful!
I nearly whistled when I saw "Hades" -- ink blue & deep orange, wouldn't think they get on well together, but wow! And I'd love it in socks.
Lots of pretty things. For now, I'll select The Norns. How can you go wrong with purple and gray?
(sjn821 on Rav)
Hecate is GORGEOUS!
I have loads of favorites, but Persephone is probably my most favorite knit up
So many pretty colors:) my favorite is the tweed sock yarn in pine green and cream.
All the yarns are beautiful, but I'm partial to Starry Night!
Love Blue Dart and Starry Night!
Rav name is pat mom
To me Amethyst is the best! Nice purple hues.
asteride on Rav
Starry Night is by far my favorite! :)
raelynne01 on Rav
My first time enetering ....
Well, I love them all ... but ... my youngest ds said he loves the Doctor Who Starry Socks and Hades in Ink Blue and Deep Orange.
I love the Blue Dart in Turquoise Blue and Dark Blue Purple. Such fun colors. Thanks for the chance to win!
typhoid mary! most of my favorite colors in the same skein...what else could you ask for?
My favorite is Hecate. but i can't decided whether i prefer it in the lace or sock weight
This one! http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/93181568/hand-dyed-yarn-merino-cashmere-nylon?ref=shop_home_active
Gorgeous, thank you for the competiion
Charly
booksandfeathers@yahoo.co.uk
It's hard to choose one, but I love "Hecate."
Gorgeous! I love The Sun Also Rises (a really neat turquoise and orange). I loved lots of other colors, too! Thank you! Stephanie (indigodogmt on Rav)
I love the colors in the fingering weight Starry Night - Indigo Blue and Ivory Cream
I really like he ate or wine.
Typhoid Mary seemed to speak to me the most!
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