New prizes and an overview also a linkfest.

There is exactly one week to go until the Relay and I am now nearly halfway to my goal. Thanks to shout outs from people and from all of you who stopped by to donate to a great cause. So far it's looking to be a cold weekend during the Relay, but I am Canadian and I can hack it. Not that I won't whine, just that I can take it with the application of wool.

I got a few great prizes in the mail yesterday and I found a couple more in my stash.

Category #1 = The everyone draw. The names of everyone who donates go into a hat one time. You can only win once in this category. So far there are 7 names being drawn from that hat. The prizes (two new ones) are:


1. Two skeins of S.R. Kertzer's Truffles (virgin wool cashmere blend) in either pink or grey.

2. Two skeins of S.R. Kertzer's Truffles (virgin wool cashmere blend) in either grey or pink (which ever is left after the first name drawn chooses).

3. A photo of your choice from my Flickr set in a size specified by the winner up to 8x10.

4. Same as 3.

5. Same as 3.

6. One skein of Noro Silk Garden in blues and greens. I made a Santa Cruz hat pattern as written and a pair of wristers in the same stitch pattern from one skein.


7: One giant ball of Bernat Handicrafter worsted weight cotton in their Blue Grass colourway. I believe you can get seven dishcloths with this stuff. I made the Baby Kimono from the Mason-Dixon book with a ball of this and still had nearly two thirds of a ball left.

Category #2 = Everyone who donates $10.00 or more. The names go into the hat one time for each $10.00 donated. This means you can win more than one prize. The prizes are as follows (two new ones):



1: Fleece Artist sock yarn (colourway unknown - there are closer photos of it on this post.)

2: Lorna's Laces sock yarn in Flamingo and sock bag donated by Cynthia (sock bag made by Jen of Cafe Crafty).


3: Two skeins Sheep Shop One donated by Suzanne (the second photo on this post). She will throw in the pattern for her Luna scarf if you would like it.

4: Socks That Rock sock yarn in Midsummer Night and sock bag also donated by Cynthia (sock bag also done by Jen of Cafe Crafty). Beautiful stuff this.


5: Two skeins of Dorchester Farms (no website, regular vendor at Mass. S&W) sock yarn also donated by Suzanne (first photo on this post)

6: 2 skeins of Rabbitworks Fibre Studio's "After the Party" colourway donated by Rabbitch (bigger photo here)

7: 10 skeins of Briggs and Little's Heritage in their Anniversary Twist colour (better photo here scroll down to last two photos) more than enough to make a sweater or fall coat.

8: A Season's Tale by Kim Hargreaves. A book of 35 patterns written for Rowan yarns. There are some beautiful patterns in here.

There were three skeins of a matte silk from Elann that I had overdyed, but when I started knitting my ISE 4 scarf with the skeins I had kept for that purpose, it turned my hands Terra Cotta (the colour I used to dye them) and although I have tried setting the dye repeatedly, it still bleeds like a squashed blackfly every time I try knitting with it so I pulled it from the prize pool. It isn't much of a prize like it is. I'm working on something else to replace it that you would actually be happy you won.

My link button is smokin' now and I have more baking to do before the garage/bake sale tomorrow so peruse the prizes, decide if and how much you would like to donate and giterdun! One week left!

Also seems to be my favourite word today.

Prizes that all can win.

Since I know that not everyone has $10.00 to give I have added another prize to the main hat. There are some photos on my alternate Flickr account. I will be drawing three names and those three people can choose a photo that they would like to receive. All three can choose the same photo if by chance they all like the same one. They can also choose what size they would like to have it in up to 8 x 10 (photo quality can be lost in larger sizes). I will give the winners the option of full colour or black and white. I'll upload a black and white copy of the photo of choice to my Flickr account and they can compare and choose that way.

The total is going up and we are nearly half way there! You all rock so hard!

Yet another prize!

Rabbitch very kindly sent me these two skeins of handdyed 100% New Zealand wool from her shop to offer up as prizes. It is some really nice stuff and there is enough to make my Flapper Girl's Twist hat or a cute bag.

Looks how luscious that is. It's a beautiful colour called After the Party. There is 91m/100yds in total and it knits up at 3sts/1" on 7mm (no US equivalent) needles. Thank you Rabbitch!


We are getting down to the wire now. Our team is hosting a garage/bake sale this weekend and I hope to be able to add more to my total, but I still need help from you lovely people to reach my goal and cause the Mr. to eat crow as it were while supporting an excellent cause.

Even more prizes.

The lovely Suzanne has generously offered up some beautiful yarns as prizes. Some gorgeous sock yarn and a couple skeins of a really luscious chunky weight yarn along with a pattern that is perfect for it. Go here to see them.

Thank you!

We are rolling along now! Check out the new total! Every one of you really rocks.

New Prize!

I managed to find some S.R. Kertzer Truffle 80% virgin wool/20% cashmere (60m/66yds in each ball) for a very decent price. So good in fact, that I am offering these up as prizes to every one who donates no matter the amount. There will be two winners. The first name drawn gets their choice of either the grey or the pink (Oops, the next name gets what's left). The grey is more of a smoke colour then it appears and the pink is a soft pale pink.

There is enough here to make a pair of wristers (Fetching comes to mind) or a lace hat. You could even get a thin, lace, jabot style scarf. It is beautiful and so very soft. It has enough wool in it to show off cables really well and enough cashmere to gently hug your hands/neck/head.

One Quarter!

We are one quarter of the way there! Thank you to all of you! I appreciate every donation and every shout out you have given me.

Since the Mr. laughed and underestimated us, he has been surprised by how fast we managed to come up with this much and has agreed to pose for an apologetic picture should we actually meet my goal. He secretly doesn't really think we will though. Probably why he agreed to pose.

There are a few more prizes in the works and I am still working on some prizes for everyone who donated. Really, every amount counts in the main goal and that is to help find a cure for cancer and help out those who already have cancer.