The Great Yarn Giveaway

Well, like most of you I buy a lot of yarn. Too much yarn. Waaaaaaay too much yarn. It's not reasonable, but I have made my peace with it.

To ease a bit of the guilt about by yarnaholism, I have decided that every month that I purchase yarn (which is, of course, every month) I have to part with some yarn. I have sold yarn on ebay, but there's better karma to be found in giving it away, I think. Especially if it's a yarn I have developed a sort of relationship with. A yarn I really like and have been petting for awhile, cooing to it, saying things like:

It won't be long now until I knit you up, I promise. Pinky swear. Really.

I have been saying exactly those words to this yarn:


Dave Daniels' yarn from Cabin Cove Mercantile. 100 grams, 100% merino wool, 440 yards. 7-8 spi, hand wash, dry flat. Poor yarn. Poor, eager, sad, neglected yarn. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. This skein languishses, while I knit this:

There is no reason on earth why I should pick the newer, definitely less visually interesting Regia silk solid. But I did. And there are a couple of skeins of Reynolds Seawool that I'm eyeing right now after this pair is finished.

But lo, for the yarn there is hope! You, dear reader, may have this skein of yarn. Or at least one of you. (There may be only one of you, for all I know, anyway.) Simply email me at femiknitzi@yahoo.com saying you want the yarn by Monday, June 18 at 9 a.m. cst and I'll toss all the entries in a hat and pick out a winner.

There is only one condition. Because I really feel for this yarn, I don't want to send it off to languish in some other yarn hoarder's stash. If you wish to adopt this skein you must agree to knit it up within the next month. You also agree to send me pictures of what you made, and some details about the pattern (if you used one), how you liked the yarn, how the yarn behaved, washed, etc. (the more details the better!), whereupon I will post them here and show everyone (or at least myself) the proof of your warmhearted greatness. Alternatively, if you have your own blog and would like to post there, just let me know and I'll link your entry here!

Save this yarn. The moose needs a home.