*time's up!* I want you to have this.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010 at 2:50PM *Time's up!* Winner will be announced shortly...
Really, I want each and every one of you to have this.
Unfortunately, I don't have 30,000 of them, I only have one.
It's a rainbow mini skein set. One ounce each of our nine new spring colorways: Brandy Alexander, Cosmo, Mimosa, Creamsicle, Mojito, Agua Vida, Curaçao, Ice Blue Raspberry, and Passion Punch. That's 2-1/4 skeins of yarn.
These sets are pretty irresistible, and the possibilities are endless. You can use them to make stripes, you can use just a couple of colorways together at a time, you can use them for trim, for contrasting heels and toes, or for a project that requires small blocks of color.
I would LOVE to see a log cabin pillow top, or a chevron scarf with skinny color changes. I would ADORE seeing a sweet striped sweater for a little one. It would THRILL me if someone made these into knee socks or a stocking cap.
The set I'm giving away is dyed on Springvale Sport, which can be knit like a heavy fingering weight for socks, or as a true sport weight for sweaters and scarves and such. It's delishy and squishy.
Don't mind me and my made up adjectives.
These sets are currently available only through retailers, but here's your chance to win one.
To enter, please leave a comment describing what you would do with this set if you won. I will use a random number generator to select a winner tomorrow, Wednesday, May 26th, at 1:00 pm, Central Time. The winner will be posted here. One entry per person, please.
Good luck!
Reader Comments (315)
I would make a rainbow shawl.
Definitely something for my daughter, maybe a rainbow tank dress or a lightweight sweater!
....tough choices - but I'd probably make a sweater for my niece's first birthday, and if I had any leftovers, would make some headbands for my daughter
Oh my gosh! First I'd have to just sit and drool a while. After that, it would be cast on as a shawl for sure!
These are so pretty. I found myself wishing that Ruth would win them for her anticipated grand-daughter. But if she doesn't win them, I wouldn't mind using them for a summer tank top for me, striped of course, with maybe some colourwork patterns within some of the stripes. Trisha
What gorgeous colors!!! I would make a beautiful baby afghan---it makes you smile just to look at those colors!!
I would make delightfully squishy and adorable garments for my best friend's new baby girl! Little rainbow hats or tops and socks.
I would make mismatched striped socks for my 4 kids...
So pretty!!! I would make a longies and sweater set for one of my kids :)
I've been hunting for the perfect rainbow to make zig zag blanket for our bedroom, just like the ones my great grandma made us kids. This would certainly brighten my day (and blanket)
If in my possession, these would most likely become a nice, bright, cheerful sweater of some sort for my soon to be Kindergartner! Can you just imagine how cute that would be on the first day of school?!
I would make knee socks for me, and with that much yarn I *should* have enough left to make something for my little girl too...matching socks perhaps?
I've been drooling over this since you posted it the first time around. I would make a whole set of mismatched socks (I could get four or five socks out of this, I'd think) in all different patterns--stripes and swirls and twists and wear them in different pairings. :)
I would knit a rainbow with it and place one end in a pot of gold.
definately something for baby...a jumper/romper type thing... :)
I love the joyful colors of these. If I win, I will make some socks. I am thinking that using them like a gradient dyed set would be cool, with each strip mingling for a few rounds with the next color. Or, how about using them for Silly Socks (by Karen Hodge)?
I would totally knit a shawl out of them!!! So so gorgeous!!!! I've always wanted to knit something rainbowish for myself and these little guys are perfect!!!!
I would make a sweater for Baby #2 coming in August. Or maybe a happy rainbow scarf for me, we have way too many cloudy, rainy days in Washington!
I think I would make a chevron scarf.... love all the colors
These are very swoon-worthy! 9 colors makes me think of a nine-patch mitred-square pillow.