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Friday, July 16, 2010

Vintage Purls Giveaway

Well I've been saying I'll do a yarn giveaway and after some stash diving I've come up with this lovely skein
 It's "In the Navy" and is a nice deep dusty navy semi-solid yarn.  Would make lovely socks for a man or woman and I'm finding it really hard to give it away!
In order to enter you need to leave a comment on this post; I'd love it if you followed my blog as well but you're still in if you don't.   I will send anywhere, but it will take a little longer if you're not in NZ.
ETA:  I will be closing this off on Wednesday 9am NZ time.


Oh, and here's a gratuitous kitty photo, the cage is around the fire, not a bird luckily, but isn't she gorgeous?

55 comments:

  1. Oooh that is very pretty! I haven't done socks yet, but I have yarn and pattern for my first pair of kids ones now and I'm excited about starting. I'm sure I'll want some for me after that lol.

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  2. First one!
    I love looking at your blog Rachelle, especially seeing your creations and your boys learning to spin!
    Hope you get lots of followers from this competition.

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  3. Count me in please! Lovely yarn, I have a stash building up here again after selling most of it off to buy a new toy.

    Now just to find time to knit socks!

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  4. Ooo that is so yummy, and so generous of you!

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  5. What a great giveaway, lovely colour. Smart cat you have there, I would be sitting nice and close to the fire too, if we had one.

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  6. I'll have to figure out HOW to follow a blog, but certainly have your's bookmarked to check regularly! Love your stuff, you're so talented :D

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  7. gorgeous yarn!!!
    Vintage purls is the best 8)
    now following your blog :)

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  8. oh that is gorgeous, I would love to win it. Will be a follower too if I can work out how.

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  9. Pretty colour
    Following now ;-)

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  10. gotta be in to win right ;) ... love your blog have been here many times before and followed for a wee while ;) ...

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  11. Anonymous4:33 PM

    I can see why you are having a hard time giving that yarn away - it's just gorgeous !!!

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  12. Always in for a competition, and will sign up to follow you - don't know why I'm not already?

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  13. hmmm, just the thing for my first pair of socks and my first selfish knit.

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  14. That is very pretty.

    Gorgeous cat too!

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  15. Ooooh I love VP yarn!

    Cats always get the best spot in the house don't they!

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  16. Wow ... how generous. My friend has just introduced me to Vintage Purls ... not sure my credit card will thank me :-)

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  17. Lovely VP as ever..... would make great socks to go with jeans.... yes I can se them now!

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  18. Finally found your blog - must set one up for myself.
    I am VP yarn addict and this is one colour I missed out on and I know someone who would love his socks out of this.

    Cheers Fran

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  19. I would love to be in the draw to win this!

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  20. Anonymous7:48 PM

    Nice. I haven't tried socks before

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  21. Gotta be in to win, right? And my yarn budget is currently $0 so the possibility of winning such luscious yarn is too much to pass up - thanks for the opportunity :-)

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  22. lovely yarn, very very cute pic of the cat.
    Socks is one of those things I must learn to make

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  23. Yummmmmmmmmmmmmmy I can understand why you are having trouble parting with it

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  24. Oooh that is a good colour. Luv VP sock. Crossing my fingers and checking out the rest of your blog.

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  25. oh how generous of you! I do like that colour too, wonder if I started soon I'd get some socks for dh before his birthday in Sept? lol

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  26. Count me in! What gorgeous colors!

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  27. Lovely colours, I have added you to my follow list, hope you are enjoying the Robbie News!

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  28. (Yay - commenting at last!)
    Love following your blog Rachelle.
    And I'm always keen on the VP yarn! LOL.

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  29. Wow giving up VP yarn, I struggle to do that!

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  30. Such a deep rich colour alike to the ocean! Thanks for bringing your blog to life :) Anna

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  31. Such beautiful deep rich blues... as deep as the ocean around us in the land of the long white cloud :)
    Thanks for sharing your blog with us :)

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  32. What a lovely prize! Looking forward to knitting up some of your sock pattern VERY soon... waiting for wool!!

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  33. Your cat is soo cute! That yarn would make a lovely shawlette.

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  34. I love everything Blue :) I haven't tried Vintage Purls yarns yet... so perfect change to get in on the yarny goodness!

    Thanks for offering the giveaway!

    Jolene (JoboDesigns on Ravelry)

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  35. Hi Rachelle, jumped here from TNN and I'm so glad I did. I too am an across the board crafter but YOU seem to be much more organised than I am. Will be following with interest and taking some inspiration from you - would love to spin one day. Beautiful VP yarn - DH needs new socks - would be perfect to replace the holey ones!

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  36. I so plan to knit me some socks this year! I've knit socks, hats and slippers for my husband who moans frequently how none of my knitting is every for him - and now I realise it's about time I knit something for me!

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  37. I saw your post on the VP thread on Ravelry - how thoughtful and generous of you!

    And I love the gratuitous kitty photo - so cute! I look forward to reading the rest of your blog!

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  38. Oooh that is a beautiful blue! VP yarn always has the best colours.
    Found your blog through Ravelry. :)

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  39. VP is gorgeous wool, isn't it? I think this would make a lovely beret or hat!
    Signing up to be a follower too!

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  40. pretty yarn and VERY pretty kitteh!

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  41. That's really nice of you! I'd love a chance to be in the draw, and another blog to follow :)

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  42. Anonymous6:33 PM

    Thank you. I would love the chance to win! Love the cat too.

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  43. Anonymous8:41 PM

    That is one cute kitty cat. Happy to find yet another knit-blog to follow, thanks!

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  44. I just found your blog...I did start to follow. I love reading blogs in other countries...beautiful skein of yarny goodness! Count me in!

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  45. Oh that is so generous of you and that yarn looks so pretty. Your kitty kat is so cute.

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  46. Lovely yarn! Added you to the list of blogs I'm following. :)

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  47. That is a really generous gift to give away - I can understand your reluctance as I know just how lovely VP yarn is! Your phot of it is beautiful, too, shows up the colours beautifully. Don't cats always manage to find the very best places to sit? How come I haven't bookmarked your blog before? It certainly is now, thanks for pointing it out!

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  48. Anonymous2:53 AM

    I would really like to knit a pair of tardis socks, and this yarn looks absolutely perfect for it.

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  49. I found you through Ravelry, which is pretty much where I find everything these days, knitting related or not!. That yarn is gorgeous! I'm not in NZ, but would love the opportunity to win it. And yes, she is gorgeous.

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  50. Wow! That is a gorgeous coloured yarn :) I've never (yet) knitted socks but this could be a good reason to :)

    (I'm not sure if I'm a blog follower, I don't have my own blog and don't really know how to 'follow' them?...)

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  51. Hey there Rachelle!
    Here's a little reciprocal blog comment loving :) And bonus with the yarn giveaway possibility! I love Morag's yarns.
    Best wishes,
    Matt

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  52. Beautiful yarn, thanks for the offer!

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  53. On behalf of Hermes on Ravelry who can't post a comment no matter how hard she tries.

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  54. Would love to knit some socks! I have added you to my list of favourite blogs :-)

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  55. Sorry Sumella, it closed yesterday and has been drawn. Webfrau was the lucky winner. I will probably do other draws in the future, but not just yet a while.

    Rachelle

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