Hi, Knitters,
I hope you have all had a good holiday season so far. It has been busy and full around here. Along with hosting Christmas for my side of the family we've had a birthday leftover lunch for my niece and a Packer-viewing game crew just left. We have had lots and lots of family and friends at our house over the past week and I love every minute of it. It's been a lot of cooking, baking, talking and eating. My husband's birthday is tomorrow and then New Year's Eve, my son's girlfriend is coming to visit for a few days... and so it continues.
And in two weeks Vogue Knitting Live in New York City! Come see me! I can't wait to teach at this event. It is one of my favorites.
We have taken down all of the Christmas decorations and tree (the needles were collapsing in piles on the floor every time someone walked by) but I snapped a few photos before they were stored away for next year.
Alan Dart Yuletide Gnome above!
Hope your days were merry and bright.....
Now for some socks.
Do you remember these stripey socks I knitted a couple of years ago? I used to have this photo on the header for my blog. The yarn is in the colorway called 15 Color Rainbow and it is from an Etsy shop called Fab Funky Fibres. The colors are saturated and the stripes are clean and crisp. Elaine does one of the best dye work jobs I've seen. She lives in England. The skeins are a bit pricey but worth every penny in my opinion. Each of her striping skeins is about $38 plus shipping.
Every once in a while I hop over to Fab Funky Fibres to see what's cooking with her yarn. Elaine has a yarn colorway with 23 different striping colors that I purchased. It is called, I Believe in the Impossible. It's the skein on the left in the photo above. Elaine sent me a note saying that she sent along an extra skein called Autumn Rainbow to give to one of my blog readers.
Thank you, Elaine! You are very generous.
The 23 different colored striping yarn is extraordinarily beautiful in the skein but when you see it knit up...
(photo from Fab Funky Fibres, I Believe in the Impossible)
... it is exciting! I can't wait to dig in! Elaine added contrasting cuffs, heels and toes. You wouldn't have to but it is pretty this way.
Directly above in the photo is the skein one of you luckies will win!
From Elaine of Fab Funky Fibres:
Autumn Rainbow a little taste of Autumn Colours knits into 6 rows of knitting per colour depending on your tension for a fab and funky fusion of colour:
75% Superwash Merino
25% Nylon4 ply Superwash
Autumn Rainbow is a 100 gram/464 yard skein of fingering weight yarn. I counted and I think this giveaway skein has about 15 different colored stripes.
(photo from Fab Funky Fibres)
To enter to win the skein of Autumn Rainbow striping sock yarn from Fab Funky Fibres, please leave one comment on this blog post. Be patient for your comment to appear and only click post one time. There is a delay in posting to the blog post. In your comment you must leave either your email address or your Ravelry ID or username so I can contact you if you win.
I will be back in a couple of short days to randomly select a winner.
Good luck and let the comments begin!
xo ~ susan
1,117 comments:
«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 1117 Newer› Newest»WOW! That is a crazy awesome skein of yarn. I'm Boutrosbabe on Ravelry.
Beautiful yarn. A rainbow for your feet.
THAT IS GORGEOUS!
ravid: mamacass
My goal this year is to learn to make socks....I don't know why I feel trepidatious, I have knit colorwork after all, but there it is. I cast on my first pair cuff down beacause I feel more secure about that on Jan 1. 1wish me luck!
daunef@hotmail.com
rav ID dfrankenfield
Oh.. Oh my! That is some serious yarns goodness that I would love to have in my hot little hands! Thank you for all you do! Rav name Andrea9772
Gorgeous yarn, yes please <3
Rav ID: nyrees
Big stripes, no whammies!!!! ;) ;) ;)
knittingknirvana
Oh how pretty! I love finding new dyers of cute self striping yarns. I'd love to win this. Thank you for the opportunity & Happy New Year!
b-girl on rav
Happy Yarn :) I've no true need for more sock yarn but, MORE SOCK YARN!
~ renny1780 on Rav :)
Gorgeous. I am ready to knit a pair of socks for myself and this would be perfect for me : )
Ravelry: melnhermac
I have always loved rainbows. The color saturation on these skeins is amazing. If I were lucky enough to win I know I would have the biggest grin every time I looked at my feet covered in this beautiful yarn. I'm rsisland on ravelry.
Beautiful colors, I have been checking the Etsy shop for a while now! Would love to win.
Knitnsmyle on Rav
Love this yarn! Beautiful
Love it!!! :)
These stripey yarns are pretty enough thar I actually would knit socks from them for myself, and I am pretty anti-sock. I'd love to win a skein, and if not, I might have to head to etsy and order one, since knitting more for myself is one of my resolutions for 2015.
Stripey socks! Who could ask for more? I love the sharp lines of the color change. Beautiful!
Rav ID: stitcher22
wow! that is gorgeous! thanks for the chance!
Love this yarn
But everyone loves the fingerless mitts that I learned how to make in your class
My Rav id is danamom
Happy new yarn !
Beautiful! The perfect yarn to keep spirits bright during cold midwinter nights. Happy New Year!
Ravelry: cinque2gen
Love this yarn
My Rav id is danamom
Happy new yarn
Oh my! Love, love rainbows! My best friend and I always had some sort of rainbow amongst us when we were in high school together - rainbow earrings, ribbon in our hair, even our pj's were rainbow! I would love to knit a pair of socks for her and send them from Boston to Tennessee with love.
Oh my! Love, love rainbows! My best friend and I always had some sort of rainbow amongst us when we were in high school together - rainbow earrings, ribbon in our hair, even our pj's were rainbow! I would love to knit a pair of socks for her and send them from Boston to Tennessee with love.
Love your blog, all you stripey socks, and of course, the giveaway! Have a Happy New Year!
Rav ID: aumentato
The bright colors are just what we need at this time of year! I'm sweatershy.
Such beautiful colors! What a great way to brighten our cloudy wintry weather. Thanks for sharing.
Ravelry ID: ifonly6564
Oh man! That's stunning dye work! I hope I win. But even if I dont, I'm gonna have to save some pennies and go drool over her yarn. Nom!
(Rav ID: aisforamy)
Absolutely beautiful yarn! So cheerful, especially during this cold, dark time of year.
Ravelry ID: bonniebon
Beautiful yarn!!!
OMG, that rainbow stripey yarn is amazing - I'd love to win it!
Rav id: ShelleyB63
Beautiful yarn!!! Judigo on Rav
Such beautiful stripes! Happy New Year! annejz on rav
What a lovely colorway
There are already 226 comments as I leave this one. But someone's gotta win - right? Let it be me!!
And a very happy 2015 to you and your family Susan.
Barb (KnittyBarb on Ravelry)
Good luck at Vogue. You are amazing and so is that sock yarn!
Wonderful yarn!
hbswoboda@gmail.com
Wowsers!!! that yarn is stunning!
Happy New Year, love the fun socks!
Love
Missellen
Fabulous colors in those socks. Happy New Year, Happy Birthday and enjoy the girlfriend.
ScrappyKnitter (Ravelry)
Shez7557@yahoo.com
What a fun yarn to win!
istitchfast on Ravelry
One way to beat the February doldrums.
wow. those are so colorful. I would love to win. grey. I'm greyguy11 on ravelry
Oh so so very pretty! I would love to win this. Maybe this will be my time :)
Rav ID: soonerknitter
Happy New Year Susan, to you and your family! I love stripy sock yarn. You are an inspirations for knitting socks.
Rav ID: Chonita
Thank you!
Love the stripes!
oh wow this yarn is amazing, off to check out her store. My rav name is thecozyknitter
I would so love to give these a whirl! I think stripey socks are the key to happiness. My rav name is caseympb. Thanks!!
i love this yarn and I think winter socks would brighten anyone's day...thanks
Those are some outrageously coloured socks! I love them!
Rav ID: Joline
That is such fun yarn. Thank you to both of you for the giveaway! :-)
-DeaFelis
What stunning yarn! Thanks so much for sharing. MadMartiKnits on rav.
The yarn is beautiful. Happy New Year. mcchase on Ravelry.
So pretty! Want to knit some colorful stripe socks!
Rav ID:
Kaydidid
I love FabFunkyFibers. I go and drool and dream on a regular basis, but haven't ever been able to get any.
Lucy21780 on Rav.
Oh my, so pretty! I love stripey yarn. Rav Id: craftysbs
Lovely!!! Rav Id: christie
This would be the perfect yarn for my first socks in 2015!
Ravid: fabiknits
Happy New Year!
fun fun fun... loved our fox in vest class at vkl chicago....looking forward to nyc!
I love great stripes in socks! Thanks for the great giveaway! Peetie0 rav id
Thank you for the giveaway! You always share beautiful photos, I love seeing other people's holiday decorations.
My Ravelry name is RachelP.
A girl can never get too much sock yarn! Gorgeous! Rav- harmonytg
Love those socks!
Mmlt on Rav
That yarn is so awesome...the colors and stripes are amazing!!! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I could be the lucky one!
RavID: snippetsandstash
I love the yarn. Thanks!!!
Wow, what lovely stripes - Rav ID : craftienellie
I really am enjoying learning all the many independent dyers that you are getting self striping yarn from - thanks so much for sharing them. This is particularly wonderful yarn with the thin stripes of sooooo many colors - Teresaknits
this yarn will turn anyone into sock knitters - love it
Amazing yarn -- would love to try it!
What beautiful yarn! And the socks are so fun! My rav name is jmmmem. Happy New Year!
I'm running off to cast on socks -- you are such an inspiration. Love Fab Funky Fibres!
MsCabrio on Ravelry
That is seriously some awesome yarn!
I'm ekcj0709 on Rav
Beautiful, beautiful yarn! I've been admiring their yarn for some time and would love to be lucky enough to win a skein to try it for myself. Thanks for offering the giveaway! :) Happy New Year!
~ Tiffany (RavID: bookchick29)
Stripey LOVE!!!! I can't wait to get my yarn...off to shop!
Both of those skeins are beautiful! I've been wanting to try some of her yarn for a while! My Ravelry ID is NoaT
I am a new sock knitter and this yarn looks like great fun!
Rav Name: karenannica
Happy Knitting Year!
Thanks for sharing your holiday photos (even though it made me realize I was a complete photo fail...I didn't take a single photo and it's already packed away).
What a generous and gorgeous giveaway! Those socks will certainly brighten a gloomy winter's day for the lucky winner.
ddboots on Rav
beautiful!
patronknits on rav
Would LOVE to win!!!
Ana
anahuron@gmail.com
How beautiful! I haven't used a self-striping yarn yet, but I'm dying to! Ravelry: AprilDaugherty
Wow! This must be the ultimate in self striping sock yarn.
I'd love to enter the giveaway please
Love love love those socks!
sassykrafty on Ravelry
Oh my what pretty yarn!!
Rav ID: multicrafty
I love all the colors. So vivid and cheery.
Savannagal on Rav.
Oh my goodness, what lovely yarn! And I, too, must put my tree down and decorations away (my tree is looking SAD and ready to retire!). But I am fighting it, as the kidlets are still loving on it and the rest of the decorations.
Maybe tonight....
Happy New Year!
ravID: lizzym25
What beautiful yarn and a great giveaway! My RavID is JaimeK
Thanks!
I love the gnome. So cute!
Wow! Self-striping yarn heaven. It would be such fun to knit those colors up! Thanks to both of you for the chance to win a skein. Happy Holidays.
Rav ID: Jentm
Amydbrooks at sbcglobal dot net
What great colors! Love them. Thanks for the giveaway!
Rav. ID: Craftyslm
Beautiful yarn. I also visit this shop from time to time. I have been on a yarn diet in 2014, so I haven't made a putchase yet. But this shop is one I plan to buy from after the new year. Thank you for this lovely giveaway!!!
Her stripey sock yarn is amazing! I'm ourcozybungalow on Ravelry.
Happy New Year!
I'm always amazed by how much prep must be involved to make up self striping yarns, and how it must multiply to dye that many different stripes!
Rav ID: Dodgypossum
OMG! That is amazing. I've been stalking her site. I am KnitGen on Ravelry.
This yarn is beautiful!
My Rav ID is butnostephanie
Love those stripes ... GORGEOUS!!!
RAV ID: mamatoabigail
You are my sock guru! Love all of your work and am truly amazed at the speed in which you turn yarn into wearable art! Wishing for luck!
I'm Robinbrz on Rav, but more quickly reached at crochetnirvana@hotmail.com
Thank you, thank you!
What beautiful yarn! Thank you for the opportunity!!!
I just love these brightly colored socks. Ravelry id is Resorta
What a great giveaway!!!!t Thanks! Go Packers!!!
Cinders542010@ Hotmail.com
Gorgeous yarn! I've been bitten by the self-striping bug again lately, but I'm all about the fingerless mitts. I am GmaLissaKnits on Ravelry.
Happy New Year!
Super pretty! Would love to cast those on in the new year and feel so jolly! My Rav ID is TenaciousCleo
Wow, cool sock yarn!
I love the colours on this yarn, my ravelry name is helen-a78
amazing yarn!!!!! what a treasure to own! thanks for the chance to win....2015: the year of the sock (just like 2014, 2013,2012....!!!!)
RAV ID woolythyme1
I love the colors!!!! My fav name is Marier0608. Happy new year!!
I have been drooling over the Fab Funky Fibers yarns since I first saw them. Knitting this up would be so much fun! I am clearlyrander on Ravelry.
That looks like some fun yarn to knit up!
Rav ID: beeeethy
I love the color saturation and flow from one stripe to the next. They would be perfect socks because they would match anything!
I love this yarn! Ravelry ID KnitGen Thank you!
Very cool colors! Love it!
I love those socks and would love to win the yarn. Best to you in the New Year.
MNDorothy on Ravelry
So pretty! New year. New socks!
Rav id: Liamsmommy
Thanks for posting! Great colors! fingers crossed!
Looks like many of us fell head over heels for this yarn! I'm eugeniap on ravelry.
Looks gorgeous! Add me to the list! carly.degriselles@gmail.com
Rainbow stripes....what could be more fun! Thank you Susan!!
mgladue on Rav
Amazing yarn! Thanks for this chance to win a skein. Happy New Year!
Love the colorway. So cheerful!
This yarn is unreal! Love it. -duolaura on Rav.
Wow! What a fabulous giveaway!!
What a beautiful yarn! I'm just getting the hang of knitting socks and I love your patterns. Email is klmcnew @ gmail(dot)com
Oh my word... these indie dyer self-striping options are amazing. I must try this!
Another new yarn I will have to purchase! You keep me knitting! Gorgeous. Happy New Year.
What an amazing giveaway! I'd love to knit up some stripey socks!
fieldwonderful on rav
I love the stripes! They would be so fun to knit up!
Purlynn (rav id)
What a cheerful colorway!
Rav ID sheseekethwool
It has been so dreary lately and this yarn would be a welcome change. Plus, any yarn you endorse must be amazing!
Weezie72377@aol.com
These are the most wonderful rainbows I have seen. Thank you and Happy New Year. C
Sooo awesome! Hoping I'm lucky! Happy to hear you have had a wonderful holiday:)
triciacrawford@gmail.com
There can never be too many color in a sock. Ravelry ID - suziebell
My name is Becky and I'm a yarnaholic .... My Rav name is Flossiemae ....
Love it!! (sequinK on Rav) 😀
Those stripes are awesome. I'm off to check her Etsy shop.
Rav ID is dogmaw
Beautiful yarn! RavID: KatKing85
Beautiful stripe yarn! Perfect for dark and dreary winter weather!
I love it when you introduce us to new stripey sock yarn! This one is new to me and its fantastic. I'm Alohalizzy on Ravelry.
Great looking socks for sure!
HookingKnitter
I would love to knit with this yarn!
Such beautiful yarn. Would love to win it.
And the nightly just one more stripe begins. Rav ID: permagrin12
Love the stripes- so bright for long winter days.
Yarnbasket on Rav
What beautiful colours and such a generous thought. I'd love to knit rainbow socks.
Revelry ID: Scarletwren
This is just beautiful! My feet would be very happy wearing all these colors! Love the elf too!
Amazing! Would love to win the skein but headed over to the shop
These are beautiful! My feet would be very happy wearing these! Love the elf too!
Rav ID: lkgervitz
Truly fabulous!!!!
Beautiful! Happy New Year!
annapatricia on Rav
This yarn creates knitting that is hard to put down; too exciting to see what happens next!
ravelry: joekathryn
Beautiful! I would love that yarn!
Junglewife on rav
A beautiful English rainbow...love it.
Sando on Ravelry
Such a beautiful skein of yarn!
clivingston722@gmail.com
Beautiful yarn! I gotta make that gnome!!!
RavID: slaprell
Wow! Those sock yarns are gorgeous! After time off knitting shawls, I am ready to knit socks again-especially for DH. My Ravelry name is SingingSue
Oh I love stripey socks! These colors are lovely, but everything in the shop always is! My ravID is k8sx.
Thanks so much for the giveaway! My username is bonitapearl.
So pretty! Susan, you constantly inspire me!
Rav ID: SandraC2
Wow that is some gorgeous yarn! I would love to be entered in the drawing.
Bethie8318 on Ravelry
I love that yarn! Rav ID: calliekp
I love this yarn! I need to check out the Fab Funky Fibre Shop on Etsy. I'm thierria on Ravelry.
I love this yarn! I need to check out the Fab Funky Fibre Shop on Etsy. I'm thierria on Ravelry.
That is such beautiful yarn!! Your photos are also gorgeous, Susan.
Happy New Year!
Color! Color! Color!
Perhaps these socks would magically heal Aaron Rogers calf! Go Pack Go!
Melissa
RavID: antiem70
Beautiful! You have the best giveaways.
Rav: redbayknits
Beautiful yarn!
kolpin1@mchsi.com
What a fun knit! Thanks for the giveaway. I hope I am the lucky one! Ravelry ID is rmvandy.
It's so beautiful! I love striped sock yarn :)
Ravelry: RinaxOo
Wow so generous. I'd love to win. My Rav ID is CityHome
Autumn Rainbow is a pretty coloring. I love the solid heels and toes. A very generous giveaway. Happy New Year!
Deborah (ravelry woollyfa)
That is the coolest sock yarn ever! Rav amchart
Beautiful - I'd love to knit with this yarn! All the best for 2015!
rav id: cookieladyknits
Such amazing yarn! How does she do that? So many possibilities.
Happy New Year, Susan! Thanks for another year of great ideas and inspiration.
Nancy in Carmel
nanheiner@gmail.com
Wow, I love that gorgeous yarn!
My Rav ID is flogigknits.
Have a Very Happy New Year!!
WOW! I would love to try this fabulously funky yarn!!
Thanks for the opportunity!
griffgirls on Ravelry
Beautiful stripes! Rav ID is lynnberry
Wow, that is some beautiful yarn! Happy Holidays! mimifan on rav
Thanks for sharing pics of your Christmas decor! We typically decorate quite late (after the semester is over), putting the tree up around the 22nd and leaving it up through all 12 days of Christmas.
I love, love, LOVE these stripey socks! For 2015, I'm compiling a dozen mystery socks-in-a-sack grab bags for a KAL, and I think some striping socks would be a great addition.
Oh my! I think I died and went to rainbow heaven. My Rav ID is Katiekipper.
That yarn looks amazing.
RavID: Lyshadoodle
And I'm drooling over this yarn!
Happy Holidays :)
paperdiva on Rav.
What beautiful yarn! Win or lose, I think there will eventually be some of this in my stash... Clio.phineas@gmail.com
Now, if THIS doesn't inspire me to retry sock knitting, what will?
RavID Olive14
Beautiful! One day I'm going to order from her. I've only knitted two pairs of socks so far and am casting on my third today. Worked my way down from beginner class/worsted, to DK, and now fingering. Love it!
Ravelry name: Olycrafter
Lovely!
iloriknits@gmail.com
Ravelry ID- iloriknits
Love the yarn and your blog! Happy New Year! Rav ID grammacher
That yarn is so fun! Love self striping sock yarn!
Ravelry ID: GracefulLily
What an amazingly generous giveaway! And an incredible looking yarn. Rav: enidb
Super cool yarn!
Rav id- niteowlknits
I love, love the stripes!! Thanks for the chance to win some beautiful yarn! Happy New Year!
Rav: aquilterknits
The few socks I've done have taken me months to finish.....until I started my first pair of self-striping this Christmas Eve. I think I'm hooked! Thank you for the giveaway opportunity, I'm knittinghawk on Rav.
Beautiful yarn! My ravelry ID is: northerngurl
Love love love those stripes! Ravelry: whoneedssleep
Her yarn is just insanely beautiful. What a treat! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! (hannahr on Rav)
One of my resolutions for 2015 is to knit socks so this yarn would be perfect!!! love the striping and colors. ILKnitting on Rav
Gorgeous yarn!
Lmecoll on Ravelry
Oh my goodness, that's some pretty striping yarn. I would live to win it!
I'm Auntiejo on Ravelry.
Thanks
Johanne
I love going to Fabfunky fibres and dreaming about her beautiful yarn! My rav name is sandraric
I just started my first self-striping socks a few days ago, and am absolutely enthralled with how it works! Everyone who says self-striping socks are addicting is right! The number of colors in these stripes is amazing. I hope I win! :)
Thanks so much, Susan, for hosting this giveaway.
-greg, KnittingDaddy on Ravelry
Oh my goodness! That is some beautiful yarn!!!
I've got my fingers crossed.
RavID: Roadchick
I just finished up my Christmas socks using Fab Funky Fibers yarn. Her yarns are beautiful: soft, beautifully sharp colors (they smell great, also!).
I'd love another pair.
Rav=jackielemon
Fun yarn! Thanks for sharing! Rav name is hidee
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