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 601 – 800 of 1117 Newer› Newest»I love the stripes! ravelry id - zinda
I believe you! the yarn is awesome....would love to bring those stripes home.
Fun fun fun - fabulous dyer for sure!
Oh, wow! So much color, just when we need it!
I'm gloriane on Ravelry.
I love it! The brighter the better!
gussek on Ravelry
That is amazing yarn! I'd love to win it!
Our tree is still up, and I just BO my last gift for the year- I can't wait to have a little selfish knitting in the new year! And those colors on that sock yarn! Beautiful!
Pretty!
Csbrown Rav. Id.
love this!!
That looks like quite the epic skein of yarn - catiecat on ravelry
I have a huge weakness for self-striping sock yarn!
Annette
rav id - yarnaddict
Awesome giveaway!!!!! Love her colors
Delicious! Candy in yarn format. Love! Ravelry id: nettie717
This yarn looks amazing. Happy New Year!
nigellafoxy at gmail dot com
oooo---ooooooo pick me pick me!
rav: jfreddie
OMG, would I like to win this yarn. I absolutely adore bright colorful socks and I use your sock pattern all the time.
Email: dazie4468@yahoo.com
Ooh stripe-alicious-ness
Ravid: hazysummers
Ooh Stripe-alicious-ness
Ravid: hazysummers
Gosh I have everything to make a yuletide gnome and just never got around to it. I think one should be in the works for next year my daughter would love it.
Fab Funky Fibres definitely lives up to its name. Those colourways are awesome!
CelticCastOn on Rav
I would love to win this yarn for a future pair of socks!
Ravelry ID: mittsandbits
Gorgeous skein of yarn!
Rav ID Diana505
Omg, I love it so much I LURV it!!!!
Beautiful yarn!
Look at all those stripes!!! LOVE!
RavID - aimee73
Lovely yarn! Thank you Susan and Elaine for the giveaway! My Rav i.d. is liveknitup.
Love that yarn!!
Love her yarn! Her shop is on my favorites list on Etsy and I look at her listings all the time.
Thanks for the chance to win a skein!
Oh I LOVE this!!! bellasocks on rav asitero@gmail.com
I love multicolored striped socks! On Ravelry, i am Spinningal.
Gorgeous sock yarn! What a talent! RAVID: Tanknit
Love the stripes!
Knitterlydesigns on rav
Gorgeous yarn! I'm new to self striping yarn and hope to increase my stash.
I have been knitting for 1 year now. Graduating to knitting socks this year ( thank you DKA in Stillwater MN). Love all the variations knitting socks can give me!
I love the colours on that yarn! Self-striping is the best!
Ravelry ID: lolypoplolpop1
I've heard great things about Fab Funky Fibres. I love this colorway so much. Thank you for the opportunity to win this fabulous skein of yarn.
Ravelry ID: Coloradostitcher
Love this beautiful yarn. I am suzi4554 on Ravelry
Those socks are so bright! What a contrast to the monochromatic world outside!
Rav id: Brenda97
What a fabulous yarn! I've been drooling over her stuff for some time!
Rav ID: lostandlovely
Love the yarn and I haven't done socks in awhile. Time to get started! My Rav name is: SparklinR
Thanks
So gorgeous!
Gorgeous! Thanks for the opportunity to win this stunning skein. CecileinIndiana on ravelry
These are AMAZING!!!!
I am taiga hilliard on instagram
What lovely, lovely stripes! Would love a chance to start off socks for the New Year! Ravelry Id knitty48
LOVE those colors!!
rkray3 AT yahoo DOT com
I can't wait to knit more socks this year! Christmas is about to come down around here too..... :(
nendy on rav
Such a beautiful skein of yarn! I'm just learning to knit socks & so this yarn would come in handy :) Thanks! Sheila (ravid: saoman)
Gorgeous! Thanks for the chance to win! Stephanie (indigodogmontana on Rav)
What a lovely color combination. If I knit up some socks with this, my feet would be happy all the time. auntiddaknits@yahoo.com
Thanks for the give away, Patt
Wow!! Seriously gorgeous stuff!! I totally agree that this yarn is worth the price tag.
Rav: ZombieQueenie
Those colors in the yarn are beautiful!
tjfoy40@aol.com
Fantastic giveaway as usual! I really want to try making a pair of socks. You're such an inspiration.
Hugs... Kelly (promqun75)
Thank you for the great giveaway and info on the fabulous striping yarn, I gotta get me some O dat!
how fun are those colors! Happy New Year!!!
Rav ID: SilBell
Cheers!
How beautiful and fun it would be to knit those colours
Knitnut246 on Ravelry
Stripes and Socks. My current addiction. Need more.
(You have GREAT giveaways!)
Wowza! That's fantastic yarn! Thanks for sharing! Ravid: Lunger.
I love knitting socks, the striped yarn is beautiful! Would love to try some of this! Debinred@gmail.com
How stunning! My username on Ravelry is ktb38
Those socks are super cute! And I am favoriting that gnome immediately. I am farflegirl on Ravelry.
How fun! I'm just finishing my very first sock so this would be great to win!!!
Rav id: akspinedoc
What gorgeous colors. RavID is mettelli
Wow! what beautiful, fun yarn.
Rav id: Alaskamama
I just love this yarn because I love rainbows! annie3 on ravelry.
Gorgeous yarn! I would love the opportunity to try it!
My Rav ID is: lisaknits
Thanks!
Thanks for the opportunity to win such a gorgeous skein of yarn! Rav ID: sewbusyknitting
Oh, my. I could really make good use of this marvelously stripey yarn.
Wow, love those colourways! Might be worth the postage from the UK!
RAV- yarnslayer
That yarn is gorgeous.
(Rav ID: Typy)
What beautiful yarn! Thanks for the giveaway!
JKnits51 on Ravelry
Would be in striping heaven to win! Love love love!
Rav name joyhill
I adore this yarn its been on my wishlist for a while, all those stripes are amazing!
My rav name is Juliaknitsjeff
I love self striping yarn! Thanks for the chance to win.
KnitsbyKelly on Ravelry
Rainbows always make me smile and these are just stunning.
CraftFidget on Rav
What beautiful colors! The socks would got with almost any color outfit. Rav name: DeeS
So in loveee!!
Happy New Year and can't wait to see you at NYC Vogue
Knitting Live.
Ravelry name: Wenmig
With such beatiful yarn, this would certainly bring me into sock knitting ;-)
Rav: mmuesli
That is absolutely glorious!
sewsable on Rav
How beautiful! Happy New Year! Rav id: Annie10
That is some amazing yarn. I would love a chance to win. My Rav ID is berryqueen.
This yarn is SOOOOO cool! I'd love to win.
Digicats {at} Sbcglobal {dot} Net
Love the bright stripes!
Rav ID: wmclean
The colors are so pretty. I would love to win a skein.
This yarn looks beautiful! I would love to win!!
diann325@gmail.com
Hi Susan
I would love love love to win that gorgeous skein of stripey goodness! I love reading your blog! My Rav ID is CTChris. Thanks!
love it! I never dye self strip yarn so it would be super fun for me! gale
Wow - just wow! I've just been drooling at the etsy store. Such beautiful yarn - I'd LOVE to knit these up into socks. I'm mtlhdtrix on Rav
This would be a great retirement gift for me!!!
Knitting gifts for Christmas made my holiday season so joyous. This is beautiful yarn and I would love to win some. Thank you.
The yarn is beautiful and what a great way to start the New Year. Rav Name: Babstitches
Barbara
ohhhhh. Stripy stripy stripes! I love self patterning, striping delicious sock yarn.
Like you, I am a sock-making addict. I would love the opportunity to try this yarn that is new to me! Thank you! My rav name is smorgera.
My email is sharonmorgera5@gmail.com Oh, and happy new year. I love following your blog. I think we'd be friends if I lived closer.
Absolutely beautiful! I'm DistractedKnits on Ravelry.
I have been drooling over her yarn for a while. What an awesome giveaway!! Rav ID is mommyne.
Absolutely gorgeous!! I am addicted to stripes.
Rav ID = lessilly
I love this yarn!!! I must get some--- I hope I win, but I'll be knitting with it in '15 regardless!
Beautiful yarn! Thanks for posting on another awesome dyer.
Rav ID: crhorn
Looks like a fun yarn to knit with and then wear!!
Love the yarn! I also love the reindeer garland! When does that date from?
Love that yarn!
This ysrn is so beautiful! Thanks for the giveaway, and I love your blog! I am shelooksforwool on Ravelry
Totally fun! I agree..striped socks knit up fast..I want to see how the next color sits with the stripes I have already completed.
Beautiful colors. I would love to win this yarn. HNY Ravelry ID Margostitches
Merry Christmas from Scotland. Love a stripey sock.
All the Best for 2015!!
Rav id: oddaud
That is gorgeous yarn. Lots of fun. My name on Ravelry is wannabear.
Love these stripes and your blog! Knittinginsnyder on ravelry
This yarn would be great to combat the post holiday blues. : ). Rav id is averyjen
Striped socks are my fave! Rav-schmoser
I just taught my daughter, Allabelle, how to knit socks. She has been taking her knitting to swim meets and working feverishly on her first pair to get them finished before school starts after winter break. It's so cute to see her breaking a sweat with this first pair:) I would love to win this beautiful sock yarn for her next pair of socks. hilarymlindsey@gmail.com
Happy Christmas and happy new year!
That yarn is spectacular, I'd love to try it out.
Ravelry ID: KatyKittyJay
COLOR! I love color..even though I'm knitting a funky yellow and grey shawl right now.
rav id: quimicachica
Coolest socks ever!
kbzelazny@gmail.com
What beautiful colors! Just love stripes! My Ravelry ID is suzitwosocks
Love the colours, reminds me of a jumper my sister knit many, many years ago though it was with individual balls of wool! Fiaknit on Ravelry
What great yarn! My ravid is MagpieMarket
Pick me Pick me!! That yarn is too pretty and I covet it..
suzannemm on rav
suzanne.mm@gmail(dot)com
Love...love...love this yarn!
cjpike (at) indiana (dot) edu
Gorgeous yarn. I'd love to try some!
Elisha23(at)roadrunner(dot)com
My ravelry name is NewEnglandKnitter!
Autumnlicious!
So bright! Rainbows on my feet!
Vickster36@comcast.net
Oh, wow! This yarn looks amazing! I definitely need more stripy yarn. I adore the resulting socks!
(Rav ID: StitchThat)
males my needles itch!!!!
I'd love to win the sock yarn! It reminds me of the song "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from my fave movie The Wizard of Oz :)
Rav ID: chef-drea
Not just fab. Not just funky. Fab Funky! Rav name is boog. Thanks Susan.
Happy New Year to you and your family! Thanks for giving us a chance to win that cute striped skein.
I'm LisaknitsinGA on rav.
i would be just over the top if I were lucky enough to win this sock yarn.
I am mjm on ravelry
What a nice thing to do! I love self striping yarn. This yarn is gorgeous! Thank you, Elaine!
Purleywolf
Love it!!! I just learned to knit socks and have done 3 pairs so far. It is an addiction!!!!!
Gorgeous socks! (can a Canadian enter this contest?)
Gorgeous yarn!!
kparkerwatson@yahoo.com
I Love to knit socks and the super stripy yarn looks amazing. Joanne. Ravelry ID hedgiesyarn
Wow! What gorgeous yarn!
Ravens ID is wendytaylor
I would love to win this yarn. I have admired the stripey yarns but have never had the chance to knit with one. It would be so much fun to knit with.
Thanks for the opportunity. Rav. I.D.: Gabyj
Would love to knit a pair of socks from this yarn. I don't have a pair of rainbow-y striped socks.
Rav ID: Annie1970
Sounds like a wonderful wrap up to the holiday. Happy New Year! RavID: trumkle
I'd love to win the yarn. The colors are so cheerful. Rav ID - IUGrad
Gorgeous yarn, would love to make a wonderful pair of socks with.
Rav ID: Donna22
Whoo hoo! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sheila
sheilazachariae@gmail.com
Happiest of Hoildaze to you and yours.
And the best of happy happy knitting in the New Year.
I would adore the yarn, so thank you again for another giveaway,
susus at ravelry
Beautiful stripes yarn! Thanks for a chance! I need some socks on my needles. LynnIL on ravelry
I can't believe how beautiful this yarn is in these socks! Amazing color! Thanks for the chance to win Susan - see you at the January Thaw. Cori
irocknits on Rav
Great yarn, I hope I win! My ravelry ID is knitandputt.
What a way to start the New Year.....Somewhere over the rainbow!
vivianos3@aol.com
Susan - you and Elaine are so generous -- love the colors. My Ravelry name is bamanattee.
That yarn is a breath of light in this dark, winter season! Why I agreed to some white-colored commissioned knits while my yard is covered in snow is beyond me.
RavID: NMUJillbean
I love Fab Funky Fibres...order a rainbow skein last spring :) My ravelry id is yazvec!
All the best for 2015!
Ooooo, beautiful yarn, hope I'm the lucky one! RavID: 4lmbonly
Happy New Year
What fun this would be to knit! Beautiful yarn. Marsod on Ravelry
I love Fab Funky Fibres! The service is fast and friendly....and the yarn is always great!
Happy New Year Dear Susan!
judyinthedyes on Rav
That yarn looks yummy! My Rav name is MyaLMG
Wow, wow, wow! I would be "over the rainbow" happy to knit socks with this yarn!
Wow, 746 comments for one skein of yarn! It's worth a shot! Johnston4kids on rav
Sweet colours!
Ravelry: cnittercatey.
Happy New Year and knit pretty!
I LOVE stripes. This yarn is amazing
Knttnggirlsheri on ravelry
Such beautiful yarn! I haven't knit socks in a few years...this may be the motivation I need to get back into sock making!
Ravelry user name: lenelson38
What amazing and gorgeous yarn! Happy New Year from jillypox!
Love the striping yarn and the gnome. You alone, are keeping me in projects! Love the blog.
Rav dburns
Crisp and Saturated describe these yarns perfectly as does pricey but worth it. -K
Amazing yarn! Thanks for another give away Susan. RavID: madame
Colors of the world put into yarn!! Who could not smile at this- thanks
Shallowpond on ravelry
ddak@dejazzd.com
Forgot to send along my Ravelry name: kodea
What beautiful happy yarn! Perfect way to start the New Year!
Indigoblue on Ravelry
I got the book Sock Architecture for Christmas and have declared this the year I finally figure out my perfect vanilla sock pattern! Needless to say, this Fab Funky Fibre would fit in perfectly!!!
MommaJude on Rav
Oh, I feel a new pair of socks coming on! col22 on ravelry. Thanks!
I love stripping yarn for socks.
My Rav name is sewingjag.
Happy New Year
Thank you Susan...this is so fun! So Tinsel!! Happy New Year to you. My Ravelry ID is NatvTxn
I just finished socks for both kids for Christmas... now there's time to knit some socks for me!
Ravelry ID is: akmidden
My daughter would love these rainbow socks!
Georgia70 on Rav
WOW! The stripped colors are gorgeous. Ravelry ID: maltamom
What beautiful colors! Your sock knitting is amazing.
I hope you and your family have a Happy Healthy New Year.
crzjane on Ravelry
So beautiful!
rav: sebby211
Such beautiful yarn! My Ravelry ID is: normal knitter
I love that yarn. My ravelry id is stillawake.
What great yarn. Love it!! Happy New Year to you and yours!
VCR on ravelry
So fun and beautiful! Love the stripes goodness. Happy New Year!
Love Autumn Rainbow!
Would brighten up our Canadian winter.
Thanks, Barbara.
Autumn Rainbow is just beautiful and would be a joy to knit.
My Rav ID is Humaha
I love making striped socks and this yarn is awesome!
Rav ID: AuntBetsy
I love the colors! and with solid heels & toes, they really pop! Would love to win.
My Ravelry ID is Thistledoo and email is pjecole@gmail.com
Love your posts - thanks!
I've been on a big sick knitting kick lately, and this yarn looks beautiful! Happy New Year, Susan!
Rav ID: Rovings
Thanks for offering this giveaway! I will be attending Vogue Live in Southern California in April and look forward to your classes there. My Ravelry ID is eastbaymj.
I would actually knit socks, the yarn is beautiful.
Rav ID kehrlinda
nothing like colorful yarn to brighten cabin fever!Thanks for the chance! lscsfs@comcast.net
Happy New Year you you and yours!
I love sock yarn, and especially love self-striping sock yarn. I've coveted Fab Funky Yarn on etsy for a while, but I was apprehensive to spend the money without "knowing". Now I will HAVE TO place an order to give it a try. I'm jaydawnrn on Rav.
Great colors! I really like the solid heels & toes to compliment.
Love your blogs - thanks!
Thistledoo
pjecole@gmail.com
Oh man that looks like fun to knit!
Ravelry: eastbayknitter
I love this bright and colourful yarn!
lindarumsey on Ravelry
Omg so pretty this yarn reminds me of punky Brewster
Guten Rutsch ins Neue Jahr...awesome stripey socks - would make a great scarf too! email id: degids2003@yahoo.com
What beautiful yarn!
Rav Id: jleman
Beautiful yarn once again. How do you find it? PaisleyPam on Rav.
Elaine's yarns are beautiful and I love the names she picks for them. Happy New Year!!
beverlymay@roadrunner.com
or bszen on Ravelry
I love striping yarn. The colorway of this yarn is full of happiness.
gvac@sbcglobal.net
Dear Susan,
Thanks yet again for your blog posts! This one with the gorgeous sock yarn may possibly have done it for me...I may get out my sock needles and yarn that has been in the yarn cave for ages. Of course I would love that lovely striped yarn but it just makes me smile thinking someone will have a real treat knitting it up.
Tell us, your knit garland...was it mittens, stockings, and what else? I knit 4 1/2 mitten Advent garlands and am currently waiting for the wrist, arm, and shoulder to recover, but still am already thinking about stockings, socks, and other projects for this year.
Best.yarn.ever.
Jmaclatin@gmail.com
So pretty! Thank you for sharing.
Happy New Year!
GrAnLu on rav
Wow, love the colors! I'd love to knit something up with this.
The colorful stripes make happy socks.
Happy 2015.
Wow good for you for getting your decorations down already. We wait until the Epiphany on Jan 6.
I love the stripes on those socks!
Rav: laurelena
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