The Yarnarian Picks 4 Winners.

Using the Random Organizer, the 4 winners have been selected:

Resplendentquetzal - Top down for toddlers

Delia in NC - Knitting new scarves

KV - Knit so fine

Kitten with a whiplash - Kristin knits

Artseycrafts - Wendy knits

Congratulations to the winners! Please email me with your name and address so I can actually send you the books. fritzL234 AT yahoo DOT com

If you didn't win this time, never fear. I have more books to give away at another time.

Thank you all for participating in the giveaway and for sending me your good wishes. Who knew that I could blog for this long and still have something to say? Not me.

Ilix - I was a winner, too. It's a nice thing to give something away, and I cleared away a tiny space in the never-ending knitting corner. Of course, there are at least 10 books to fit into that little spot on the shelves.

It's my Blogiversary!

Two years of my blather, and you're still reading it. I don't know if that says something about the quality of my blather, or the quality of my readers. Giggle!

The Blogiversary Book Giveaway ends tonight, so don't forget to enter. Just send me an email telling me which book you would like should you win, and then I'll add you to the pile of respondents. Books listed a couple of posts below.

Off to enjoy the day. A Mommie visit, and then who knows what kinds of trouble the Hubbo and I shall get into.

Blogiversary Giveaway!!

Look DOWN. To the previous post. To the Blogiversary Giveaway. sigh.

Dyeing news: I have 3 yarns in a gold mode. I seem to be influenced by all the Thanksgiving decorations and discussions and food around the US at this time of year. I truly did not plan on doing a harvest theme, but there you have it.

All in Alexa: 4oz, approx 420 yds, 80/20 merino/nylon. soft and lofty and a steal at a mere $20/skein.

Harvest, Pumpkin Pie and Glee.

Make a quickie shawl or scarf out of one of these and wear at your Thanksgiving Day dinner. And if Thanksgiving Day is not your holiday, wear it just for the joy of it. Bright, cheery autumnal colors. Remember, winter is around the corner, unless you live in New Zealand or Australia, and you are going to need cheeriness to combat the winter doldrums.





Yep, if you want, email me at: fritzL234 AT yahoo DOT com

Oh, you know the drill already. Yes, I mail to Canada and overseas. It's just a little customs form I have to fill out, so it's no big deal.

Holly - Thank you. I'm in full boggy swing here.

Look down. Right now. Yep, check out the Blogiversary Contest! Previous Post. Do it. You know you want to.

The Yarnarian Has a Blogiversary Coming Up!

2 years of blogging. Talk about running of the mouth. I love doing this. I never liked writing at any other point in my life, but here I get to choose the subject and the tone, and it's fun. And it gives me a chance to display new yarns, and even more important, a way to connect with people all over the place. And let's face it, I like to blab.

So, I thought that this year would be a good time to have a little give-away: books that I have gently used, if at all. Gotta off-load in order to make way for new books. As the Hubbo says: books flow. So how about my books flowing to your hands?

Myers, Lisa R. - Knit so fine



Gemmell, Deb - Top down for toddlers; no-sew knitting



Johnson, Wendy D. - Wendy knits




Barr Lynne - Knitting new scarves



Nicholas, Kristin - Kristin knits




That's it. 5 very different books, by very different authors, and all delightful to knit from and/or read.

So here's the way it will work:

If you want to be in the pool for one of these books, please leave a comment with the name of the book you want in it. Then, on Sunday, I'll do a random drawing of the winners' names and will post those names on the blog. Please don't leave addresses or phone numbers or anything that's private and personal. We'll email back and forth to get the necessary information for me to mail out the book. I'll mail out either media rate or first class, depending on which is cheaper. Hey, you know I'm frugal.

Please, this time, only folks from the US and Canada, otherwise the shipping will be prohibitive. Next time, I'll do only one book and then the cost for shipping won't clobber me.

You can comment through Saturday.

Knitting News: Take a look at this amazing scarf given to me as a gift from a dear fellow dyer, friend, and super-spinner! This is her handspun yarn and I am just speechless at how lovely it is. Even the Hubbo, who rarely notices these things, was pretty amazed.




Lindsay is an amazing dyer of not just yarn, but of all sorts of fleecy, fibery goodies. You have to check out her Etsy site, and then buy her stuff and then spin it up very finely, and then give it to me. Well, I can try, can't I?