Thursday
Jun262008
A new column with a contest inside
Thursday, June 26, 2008 at 1:38PM
We will beginning a new column. A new column called The Yarnista Answers all Your Questions and Then Some. Isn't that a snappy title? So short, so memorable. Perhaps I should've called it The Yarnista Answers all Your Questions and Then Some to Make Happy Smiling Mouth for You.
Better? Yes?
No?
In order to create this schmancy new column, I need your questions.
And therein lies the contest. Reply to this message with a question that you would like The Yarnista to answer. (Perhaps The Yarnista will start referring to herself in third person. It sounds so...officious. So... deranged.)
The Yarnista will use your questions in future columns. She will attempt to answer the questions. She may not know the correct answer, but she will come up with something.
Because The Yarnista is feeling generous, you can even include more than one question in your response. (But only one response total.)
Examples of good questions The Yarnista will answer:
Examples of bad questions The Yarnista will not be answering:
Your questions can be about yarn, dyeing, my site, me, life, or engineering. Engineering is one of those topics where I will not know the answers to your questions, but I will make up an answer that will sound a tiny bit plausible if you don't know anything about engineering.
Have at it!
You have until 8:00pm EST tomorrow. That's Friday.
The Yarnista thanks you in advance and hopes to make happy smiling mouth for you.
WAIT, I almost forgot! The prize!
The prize is a good one!
The winner will be chosen at random, and will win a $20 gift code to our site, Three Irish Girls. You can use it on anything you like. :)
Better? Yes?
No?
In order to create this schmancy new column, I need your questions.
And therein lies the contest. Reply to this message with a question that you would like The Yarnista to answer. (Perhaps The Yarnista will start referring to herself in third person. It sounds so...officious. So... deranged.)
The Yarnista will use your questions in future columns. She will attempt to answer the questions. She may not know the correct answer, but she will come up with something.
Because The Yarnista is feeling generous, you can even include more than one question in your response. (But only one response total.)
Examples of good questions The Yarnista will answer:
- What makes you so fantastic?
- Why do I like you so much?
- Why are you so helpful, so kind, so generous?
- Why did a swallow foretell your birth and a double rainbow appear over the mountaintop where you were born?
Examples of bad questions The Yarnista will not be answering:
- What is your Social Security number?
- What is your mother's maiden name?
- What is your home address and telephone number, including area code?
- What is wrong with you?
Your questions can be about yarn, dyeing, my site, me, life, or engineering. Engineering is one of those topics where I will not know the answers to your questions, but I will make up an answer that will sound a tiny bit plausible if you don't know anything about engineering.
Have at it!
You have until 8:00pm EST tomorrow. That's Friday.
The Yarnista thanks you in advance and hopes to make happy smiling mouth for you.
WAIT, I almost forgot! The prize!
The prize is a good one!
The winner will be chosen at random, and will win a $20 gift code to our site, Three Irish Girls. You can use it on anything you like. :)
Reader Comments (34)
Are you willing to give me some yarn for free?
Just checking. Hee!
double rainbows, huh?
How do you like your new workshop? Did you start out at home?
How did you name your company? Are there really 2 other Irish girls in the back-room at the new workshop?
You asked for it!! ;)
How long have you been dyeing yarn? When and why did you start? Do you knit with your yarn or do you not have any time left for knitting anymore?
Would you ever consider/do you plan on hiring dyeing help (rather than just skeining/packing help), or taking on an apprentice? Do you have any plans to switch to only in-stock distribution?
How old are your girls now and what do they think of your job? Do any of them help you come up with colorways?
Does your partner understand the fiber world or does he just humor you and wonder about all of us crazies out here who buy your stuff (if you have a husband - I think you do but maybe I am mistaken)?
Where do you get your inspiration for colorways? How do you title your yarns (especially the ones that aren't on the 3IG site that have non-Irish-related names)?
What are your hobbies/what do you like to do in your spare time? What is your dream vacation?
Do you ever feel like you are being stalked by rabid knitters?
Do you think Velveeta is cheese, or a cheese *food* product? If it is merely a cheese *food,* then how do those magical food engineers get so much cheesy goodness into a wobbly brick that can live at room temperature for eons?
What is a day in the life of a yarnista like?
oooh... this is fun... :)
How in the world does every colorway you create make me swoon?
Is your house clean? If so, how in the world do you manage to work and keep your house clean?
How much knitting do you do these days? Do you plan to take up other fiber related hobbies?
Why oh why have you not created a colorway named "Meridith" - oh, I know, its Welsh not Irish, but sorta close, right? I mean, its all Europe.... ;)
What is your best response when someone comments on the amount of yarn you have in your home/shop/knitting bag/under your pillow?
If a picture paints a thousand words, then why can't I paint you?
Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?
Who let the dogs out?
If a knitting needle gets dropped in a forest and no one is around to hear it...does it make a sound?
Does Yarnista EVER get to actually knit?? Being a Mommy with 3 kids,a wife(cooking cleaning,laundry,mopping),a lover :), a friend,a shop owner,account keeper,Post Office runner,on the internet posting on blogs,forums,ravelry,AND having her hands in the dye pot(I realize I left out a ton of other things but you get the idea,LOL!) do you ever get to....knit?
And if you do what does Yarnista love to knit??
Is your husband of Irish blood too? Can you trace your ancestors back to parts of Europe(I wish I could,my husband can but my family didn't care so much about that and never passed it on,dummies!) Your definitely a beautiful Irish girl!!
Okay that's it for now!!
Since you obviously have a great love of color and a great eye for color combinations, I wonder what color are the rooms in your home? Do your children have favorite colors/ colorways?
How many skeins do you dye a day?
What's your favorite TIG yarn?
Thanks for the fun contest!
Oh great Yarnista,
1. How does one go about knitting faster in order to make all this stash disappear as fast as one seems to buy it?
2. How does one stop buying yarn?
3. How does one find more money to buy yarn? All options considered (even robbing a bank)
4. How do I recover from a system32\DRIVERS\pci.sys failure? (Can you tell what my day's been like? Tears, tantrums, sobbing...all because my laptop has a OS breakdown! I think I need to buy more yarn...)
5. Is it July yet? How can we get you to dye faster, higher, stronger, longer....
What do you like most about running yarn of the month clubs?
What effect has the internet had on what you do? What are the positives and the negatives of that?
Have you spent any time in Ireland, and what is your favourite place to visit there?
As I am reading The Evening Class by Maeve Binchy it got me wondering about why you don't have a colourway named Maeve yet. So if you could answer that one I could sleep a lot better I think...only joking. But I'd really like to know.
What are your favorite colorways to dye (variegated, semi-solid, dark, light, etc.)?
How'd you get to be so funny?
How do you choose what retailers you wholesale to?
What is your least favorite thing about dying yarn?
Have you ever knitted an Irish Aran sweater?
And why is there no colorway called "Red Raven"? *snickers* It would be lovely in shades of dadrk reds, browns, and blacks. I'd buy it! :)
How do you decide on colorways? Do you use color wheels? Intuition? Is there a plan or do you just experiment?
What did you do before you opened your yarn shop?
How hard was it to get started in business?
When using dyes, do the colors act the same as if you were using pigments? Have you considered designing a line of house paint (I want it!)? Who is your favorite painter?
What happened to Maeve? Will she be coming back? I loved those colors!
Why does my job not pay enough for me to buy yarn to my heart's content?
Questions! Questions are fun!
How old were you when you began knitting? Who taught you?
How many people have you taught knitting?
Do you knit presents for everyone? If you do, please tell me where you find the time. I have a really hard time finishing up all the projects I want to get done for any given holiday.
Is dyeing yarn difficult? What made you begin coloring outside the lines and onto the yarn?
TIG has some of the most beautiful colorways I've ever seen anywhere. How do you do that? Aren't you glad I found you? =0)
Do you like knitting laceweight things, too?
Red Raven has a good idea! Are you going to name some colorways for all of us? I would love to see what you do with Diamond!
Very basic here Sharon.....
Favourite Cake????
Your favourite cake tells a lot about a person :P
Coffee, Chocolate or Tea?
favourite all time yarn?
Your favourite lusted after yarn?
I love the Red Raven colorway idea - will you consider it?
Have you always been a yarnista? Did you go to school for art or are you a natural?
Oh Great Yarnista,
Do you do coops for your yummy yarns?
What is your favorite fiber to dye?
Thank for the great contest!