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Thank you all SO MUCH for entering this draw! I went through each and every entry, looked to see if you had mentioned Emley (the sweater I am knitting) and if so, you got a bonus entry. This made it a bit hard to set a random number generator....so I went with the old fashioned kind of draw....names on pieces of paper, bonus draws had a star on them, gosh my writing is absolutely horrible these days (who actually writes any more? I dictate on my iPhone and make grocery lists, everything that way...what is the world coming to?!?) ha ha ha....the draw.... I wrote each entry on a line of a note book, cut each line into a slim, long, entry folded them all in a little knot put them in my lovely new yarn bowl  ( see my K-W Knitters' Fair post for details) and picked a name! The winner, will receive 5 Absolutely Gorgeous Skeins of +RowanYarns  Fine Art Aran, in shade Conga (545) (courtesy of Rowan Yarns - thank you Rowan!) I had promised myself that...

There have been some good guesses as to what design I will knit out of the ... "Simple Shapes Fine Art Aran"   Durkar seems to be the clear winner in your guesses....but I am NOT knitting Durkar....hmmm, maybe I should be :) GIVEAWAY UPDATE! Since nobody has picked the design I am knitting.....I am going to change it up! This is my blog....so I can do that :) So now, tell me what design you'd like to make from the " Simple Shapes Fine Art Aran " booklet....click through on the link above and go to the Rowan web site...have a look!  Then leave a comment below with your favourite design.....for a chance to win my extra skeins of Fine Art Aran! Everyone who has already commented on my original post is entered in the draw for my extra skeins of and yes, you CAN enter again!  I might have 4 (or even 5!) extra skeins....so this is a great opportunity to "win" this yarn! Anyone who also guesses what I'm knitting will get an ext...

A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED THE 106 DAYS TO CHRISTMAS DRAW FOR A COPY OF ROWAN'S KIDSILK HAZE ECLIPSE MINI COLLECTION.  THE WINNER IS "CLARE" WHO ENTERED VIA FB. STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT DRAW - AS A ROWAN AMBASSADOR, I HAVE LOTS OF GOODIES TO SHARE WITH YOU! Yes, it's ONLY 106 Days to Christmas - and for us knitters, well, we have to get knitting! "Hershey" This year, why not treat yourself to a little something for Christmas.....something knit with Rowan's new Kidsilk Haze Eclipse yarn! The latest addition to the Kidsilk Haze family is the expected Mohair/Silk combination....but a shimmering metallic thread has been added to make it sparkle!   Kidsilk Haze Eclipse is available in 8 of the most popular shades in the Kidsilk Haze line - 8 sophisticated, spectacular, sparkly shades! "Suki" Kidsilk Haze, Eclipse and Glamour all work up to the same gauge....that means you can use ANY pattern that uses...