I'm having a Japan Fundraiser for friends of mine in Sendai over on my ebay account:

http://shop.ebay.com/thescorchcake/m.html?_trksid=p4340.l2562

All the starting bids on yarn are BELOW MY COST!

Please pass this on!

I have a new personal record for the smallest amount of yarn leftover after a project!

Check it out:


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It's your last chance to get free raffle tickets when you buy icons!
http://community.livejournal.com/yarny_bits/191621.html
After tomorrow you can still get the icons, but the raffle will be over!

And remember - if you mention the sale or raffle somewhere - you get a free ticket!

We haven't had a YARN RAFFLE in quite some time, so here we go!!!

YARN BOX RAFFLE!!!

This raffle starts NOW and ends at midnight on Thursday the 23rd! On Friday the 24th I'll draw a name and by Saturday the 25th that person will have a box of yarn in the mail to them!

This will be a drawing for a "Wool Box."

You will get FULL SKEINS (in ( Read more... )

If you like to order yarns online, try this site. It's commercially available yarn, a fairly good selection, and their prices are pretty good even when you take shipping into account. Personally, I hate going to Michael's - I always come out with a bunch of crap I don't need - so when shopping for yarn for specific projects or stashbuilders, I ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've never knit with wool before today. Do any of you lovely people have advice about what I should do about my beginning end trying to unravel as I knit? Is there a way to keep it all wound up nicely like it was when I started?

I'm having a raffle for a big-ass box of hand-painted yarn!

http://community.livejournal.com/yarny_bits/168278.html

THIS IS ALL FOR NOW!!!!!

We're about to go camping for a week and then I'll be starting a new, non-temp, regular-hours JOB on September 4th, so I will not be dyeing again until mid-October at the very earliest!

If you want yarn before Halloween, get it now!

$1 off for every two skeins you buy!

BULKY/CHUNKY

MIKADO(94% with a 6% nylon thread ( Read more... )

For details on pricing and yarn and how to order go here:
http://community.livejournal.com/yarny_bits/149410.html

Here are where things stand now:

COOP #1 - COTTON, ALPACA & SOCK YARN!!!
In order for this coop to work I need orders for at least 36-skeins total.
Currently needs 8 more ( Read more... )

On Sunday evenings at church, I attend what is lovingly known as the "old people class." I, at 28 years old, am the youngest by at least 40 years. As is the case with many people-significantly-older-than-I-am, they get there early and they want to start on time. Anyhow, I've learned to get there early as well, otherwise I a) don't get my seat ( Read more... )