Time to announce the Summer Search raffle winners!
(Laura W. — that was for you!)
WINNERS:
1. $100 gift certificate to Black Bunny Fibers –Vanessa DP!
2. Signed copy of Sock Yarn Studio, plus a skein of Black Bunny Fibers sock yarn — Molly TB!
3. An assortment of knitting books, donated as review copies by their publishers — Allison K!
4. A free PDF pattern by lovely Lara Smoot — Molly TB!
5. Two free PDF patterns by Tanisknits (the fabulous designer/author Tanis Gray) — Bethany F!
6. A yarny prize from the Miskins at Buffalo Wool Company (who make totally amazing yarn from bison fiber)! — Mary Kay C!
7. Three, count ’em, THREE skeins of Rowan Fine Art Sock Yarn from our pals at Westminster Fibers — Lisa McG!
8. A prize from the wonderful folks at Kirkwood Knittery! — Janet L!
9. Winner’s choice of five PDF patterns from Black Bunny Fibers — Carol W!
10. A PDF copy of Big Foot Knits, by Andi Smith (read about it at the Cooperative Press website) — Catherine M!
11. A free one-year digital subscription to KnitEdge magazine, courtesy of Cooperative Press! — Allison K!
12. A bee-yoo-tiful yarny prize from Happy Fuzzy Yarn (located in delightful Ann Arbor, Michigan, my old stomping grounds)… — Kate McC!
13. A signed copy of Knitted courtesy of amazing Barb Brown! — Wendy B!
14. Gorgeous handpainted yarn from Moose Manor Handpainted Yarns! — Sarah DT!
15. A US $50 gift certificate to Patternfish, where you can choose your downloads from thousands of gorgeous patterns by many designers and yarn companies, including exclusives like Dale of Norway! — Lisa McG!
16. A sample of Wrapture wool wash, courtesy of Kristin Ohmdahl and Eucalan — Shazz!!
17. A lovely prize from Lost City Knits (purveyor and creator of handdyed yarns including offerings from small farmers – their alpaca is to die for) — Ulrika!
18. Three Reflections pattern booklets from the uber-talented Cornelia Tuttle Hamilton, of Hamilton Yarns! — Janet L., Mary Kay, Laurel
19. Yarn and a sample garment courtesy of our friends at Cascade Yarns! — Shazz!
20. A beautiful and functional Yarn Jar ™ from Lancaster Yarn Shop (which has the added bonus of coming from Intercourse, PA) — Molly TB!
21. A supercute “Know Your Cuts of Lamb” tote bag, courtesy of the delightful Lorilee Beltman — Liz G!
22. Two gorgeous patterns, courtesy of designer Anna-Lena Mattison — Janice S!
23. A copy of “10 Secrets of Laidback Knitters,” by Vicki Stiefel and Lisa Souza, donated by designer Kimberly K. McAlindin (whose gorgeous design is the gold sweater on the right-hand side of the cover!) — Mary Kay C!
24. The first download of my oldest kid’s first published knitting pattern PDF — Sarah DT!
25. Signed copies of Indie Socks and Toe-Up Socks, terrific books donated by the wonderful designer Chrissy Gardiner at Gardiner Yarn Works — Liz G!
26. A sampling of yarns from the inimitable Alpha B yarns — one skein of each of her four bases: Luxe B (fingering wt merino/silk), BFF B (100% superwash merino, fingering), Single B (100% merino, singles, fingering wt) and BFL B DK (dk-weight blue-faced leicester). Alpha B doesn’t have a website but you can find their yarns at fine emporia like Knit Purl in Portland, Knot Another Hat in Hood River, OR and The Tinsmith’s Wife in Comfort, Texas. — Sharon F!
27. A gorgeous skein of yarn (handyed/natural dye yarn) from Barbara at Spencer Hill — Marianne P!
28. Stunning yak/cashmere/bamboo spinning fiber (50g — enough to do a scarf) from Ancient Arts Fibre Crafts….Karen C!
29. A prize package from our lovely friends at WEBS! HOLY MOLY — pattern, 6 skeins of Deerfield silk/alpaca yarn and Knitter’s Pride needles to make a shawl AND a $25 gift card AND a lovely knitting bag! — Carry T!
30. A skein of sportweight yarn and a pattern from Mindy at Puff the Magic Rabbit — Roz J!
31. A custom batt by the amazing Solly, son of spinner extraordinaire Loraine G! — Ellen S!
32. Two sets (means two winners!) of three patterns from the Tallented StephCat (Stephannie Tallent, author of the brand-new Hitch! from Cooperative Press, along with California Revival Knits, a fabulous book). — Patrick L. & Janet L!!!
33. Handdyed yarn from the inimitable Rabbitch! — Dianne S!!
34. Two skeins of MadTosh Pashmina from the Mosaic Yarn Shop (locations in Blacksburg and Roanoke, VA)! — Heather S.!!!
Thank you!
I will email you Monday morning to let you know how your prize will be sent to you. I will mail the ones I have, others will come directly from the donors, and some will be PDFs sent via Ravelry.
We raised over $900 for a tremendous nonprofit organization. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to all those who donated prizes and who donated money to Summer Search. You are the best.
YAYZ!!! Congratulations, everyone!
Yay!! Congrats to the winners!! Woo Hoo!