Winners!

Congratulations to DgitalMisfit for winning the Touch Yarns pack, and to BibandTucker for winning the FabFibres pack!

Grrrl Shaped Yarns

Today I'm featuring a new NZ yarn producer called Grrrl Shaped Yarns who has just set up business and is joining in the NZ Yarn Sampler Box! Brooklynne has some amazing yarns - I have my eye on the Pukeko colourway, 50/50 merino/silk. But I also love My Grandmother's Quilt (and it does look like a quilt my grandma made!) - and a bamboo/merino blend sounds divine to knit with.

I'm about half way through knitting up all the patterns for my upcoming sock book, so I might have to buy some Grrrl Shaped Yarn to knit up a cool pattern to use for photography in my book!

AND.... Brooklynne tells me that all the samples she is sending in for the boxes are all colourways that will be exclusive to Blendy's NZ Yarn Sampler participants! So that is really exciting - I can't wait, can you? Go check out www.grrrlshapedyarns.com now and treat yourself to something (from Santa of course)...

TWO Giveaways this week!

We are very lucky to have two giveaways this week - details below for Touch Yarns and also Fab Fibres. Enter both! Competition ends Monday 30 Nov at 9pm NZ time.

Giveaway: Touch Yarns Wool & Pattern

Wow, Touch Yarns are giving away this beautiful 100g skein of 2ply wool (that's 900m!), and a cute baby singlet pattern to knit. I love this colourway, it's just gorgeous.

To enter, all you need to do is visit www.touchyarns.com, find something you like and spread the word via your blog, Twitter, Facebook, email etc. Make sure you post a link to your promotion in the comments below so I know you've entered the competition. Each link you share gets you an entry, and if you buy anything from Touch Yarns, you'll get 5 extra entries :)

The prize will be randomly drawn from all entrants in the comments on Monday Nov 30 9pm NZ time. Good luck!

Giveaway: Fab Fibres Goody Bag

Ooh how exciting - you could get your hands on this super sparkly goody bag from Fab Fibres! The prize is a skein of 5 assorted turquoise yarns and threads (2 metres each), a 10 metre hank of thick gold metallic thread, and a sample of turquoise/blue/black wool paper. Perfect for making your Christmas craft creations even more special.

To enter, all you need to do is visit www.fabfibres.co.nz, find something you like and spread the word via your blog, Twitter, Facebook, email etc. Make sure you post a link to your promotion in the comments below so I know you've entered the competition. Each link you share gets you an entry, and if you buy anything from FabFibres, you'll get 5 extra entries :)

The prize will be randomly drawn from all entrants in the comments on Monday Nov 30 9pm NZ time. Good luck!

Fab Fibres Samples

When I opened the box of Fab Fibres samples, it was like opening a box of treasure! You are going to love these samples. Each bag contains 3 colour co-ordinated yarns - an assortment of 5 different thread (2m each), a 10m hank of metallic yarn (perfect for knitting feature stripes on the Christmas stocking patterns I'm currently working on), and a sample of handmade wool paper. Fab Fibres is where you go to get amazing supplies for whatever your handcraft talent is. Check them out - and their fabulous Treasure Packs for $30 would make great Christmas presents for your crafty friends.

Fab Fibres was created to fill a niche of providing textural threads, initially for embroidery but also for general craft use, such as scrapbooking, tassels, embellishments, cardmaking, costume design and lots more. All threads are commercially manufactured. The product range has gradually increased to include handmade fibre papers, collections of fabrics and threads, and most recently packs of textural yarns for freeform knitting/crocheting or "scrumbling".

What are you waiting for? Check out www.fabfibres.co.nz

My Phat Fiber Sampler Box

I just got this in the mail today! It's the PhatFiber Sampler Box from the US. Exciting! This is the type of thing you can expect from the NZ Yarn Sampler Box, although of course from mostly NZ crafters. We also have knitting accessories too. Check back soon for more sample photos as they arrive!