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GIVEAWAY – (FORMERLY BLOGTEST) MARCH, 2010 WEEK #1

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I have two skeins of this lovely yarn (Color #241) for the winner of this month’s Giveaway.  Refer to the bottom of the post for all the rules.

Here’s the question for this week – Giveaway #3, Week #1

What would you make with these two skeins of yarn?  Links to free patterns or a picture of a similar project appreciated.

Allegro Madil is a bulky boucle yarn composed of 85% wool and 15% nylon with 82 yards per 50 gram ball.  So, you have just over 160 yards to work with.  Hand wash, lay flat to dry.  Gauge (hook/needle size) is not given but I’d use an ‘I’ hook or larger.  The color in this picture is a bit brighter than the skein I have in front of me.  I’d describe it as a lime green with flecks of grape and deep mauve.  Please don’t hold me to those color names.  Color is not my forte!  Suffice it to say that this yarn is about the color of the skin of a lime with flecks of two purplish colors.  Good enough???

Here are the rules:

Each item will be mailed to the winner by USPS – books by media mail.  For now, this contest will only be open to participants with a U.S. mailing address.

This is how it will work.  Each Monday, I’ll pose a question on my blog.  Everyone who answers the questions will be entered in the drawing on the last day of that month.  Some ‘answers’ may require you to post a link to a specific pattern or site.  The winner will be announced along with the next Monday’s question.  The winner will have 48 hours to contact me with mailing information.  If the winner doesn’t contact me, the prize will be offered on another occasion.

RESPONSES MUST BE POSTED HERE AND NOT EMAILED TO ME PRIVATELY OR POSTED ELSEWHERE FOR ENTRY.

TO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR, THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH AND THE WINNER MUST EMAIL ME ([email protected]) WITHIN 48 HOURS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT.  So, for sanity’s sake, that deadline will really mean that I need to hear from you no later than 8 PM the following Monday (so you have plenty of time to email me and I’ll get the email for sure even if I don’t sign on to my email on a Sunday).

Simply enter to win by leaving a comment on this post answering the question posed.

Comments

  1. I would make a scarf most likely but I can’t work with wool and this has a high content of it. It is beautiful yarn and I know the winner will come up with something really terrific.

  4. i would most likely make a cowl like this one from lion brand (Frosty Morning Cowl): [IMG]http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r25/Ainadaliel/90596ada.jpg[/IMG]

    but get to 2 skeins of jiffy or homespun yarn and either do strips or two big section of each color.

    good luck to everyone 🙂

  6. I would make a scarf. A simple pattern that shows off the texture and the “flecks of two purplish colors.”

  7. I have a friend who is having a baby soon and I want to knit a cocoon-type swadling thingy. I think the green or the tan would be lovely! Thanks!

  14. I’m just learning to crochet, so it would have to be fairly simple, but it would be for my new granddaughter, Olivia. But I looked up Solomon’s knot from Kathryn’s response… wow, is that gorgeous!!

  15. I’d make a hat. Really simple, not requiring a pattern – just a filet pattern in a circle, then decrease the increases until you have the hat shape.

  17. What beautiful yarn! If I should be so lucky to win I would make an amigurumi toy poodle with this yarn! I would have to buy the book or find a pattern, but I think this would work! Thank you.

  18. I would make pet booties for my daughter’s guide dog. They just moved to Minn. from Florida so the weather has been a shock not only to her but her dog as well. The wool would prevent the cold and damp from getting to his paws.haven’t found a pattern yet that would be close to what I am looking for unless it would be baby mitts.

  19. I would not make an entire object out of this yarn unless I could find more of it, but pair it with a black or matching purple and make a couch through, some granny squares made on a k or l hook, nice and airy, light weight, just enough to ward of the air conditioning chill of summer. Sorry no link, at work-but the basic granny square from lions brand website would work just on a larger hook.

  20. I really want to make a cute sweater for my daughter. This would be a perfect yarn. Sorry I wish I had a link to add. I have the pattern at home though…

  21. Hi there
    Lovely yarn great giveaway
    I would create a warm and wooly scarf for my darling dil
    thanks for the oppotunity
    Cheers
    Catie

  23. These funky little crocheted pocket dolls that are in all colors for the diversity of people and wishes in the world.

  24. If I’d had it in time, I’d have made accent scarves for my daughters to wear on St. Patrick’s Day. Then they wouldn’t have been arm punched all day for not wearing green.

  28. maybe a scarf or a basketweave pattered hat. Variegated yarns don’t always show pattern stsitches well, but a basketweave (fp, bp) would work well with this yarn!

  36. A sweater for my daughter’s doll. It’s all in my head.. no link to any site for an idea.

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