I had such a good time at Squam Lake and the whole time I was there I was wishing you all could be there too. So I brought back a little something for you.
This lovely yarn was dyed by this lovely woman, Heather, of Sereknity.
Heather is as sweet as strawberry pie and wicked talented. Her colorways were so gorgeous that it was difficult to chose just one. Luckily, I don’t have too. Heather will be our featured indie dyer soon, and she’ll be creating a colorway exclusively for our shareholders.
In the meantime, one of you lucky ducks is going to win the skein above for your very own stash. All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this post telling me why you should win. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy. One entry per person, si vous plait. All entries must be in by Midnight, Thursday June 11, 2009. One winner will be chosen at random on Friday and the winner’s name will be posted right here. Winner will have 48 hours to contact us and claim your prize. Sounds fair?
Good luck, y’all!
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I was the first one to rush to comment after getting your Tweet! (Why didn’t I set it up to get Tweets to my phone ages ago?) If I were to win, I’d make my brother a hat for Christmas because the entry deadline is his birthday. I know you didn’t want to know what we’d make, but that’s what I’d make. Welcome back home!
Feeling low. Just looking at a picture of this lovely yarn lifted my spirits. I would be wonderful to experience it with all yarny senses!
Thanks
Oh, what lovely yarn! As for why I should win…. well, how about because I think the yarn is gorgeous and I’m a nice person who rarely wins anything?
I should win because… hmmm… because I rarely win anything. LOL! I am a new designer and I would LOVE to use this yarn to design with!
I love yarn and piles of gorgeous, soft yarn stashed in corners of my living room! This yarn would look lovely sitting in a record-bowl in the dining room until I turned it into a new iPod case….
Hmmm… because I am a faithful blog reader?! I had a long day, and reading this post was a pick-me-up! Thanks!
Hmm, well, I think I should win because I almost never win anything and I really like that yarn?
Hello, hello! I should win because I really want the yarn! It’s so purdy. Is that a good enough reason? =D I can’t quite tell the gauge, but if it’s fingering I’d make a lovely shawl out of it.
I should win because while you were enjoying lovely yarn, I was enjoying SNOW. For the first time since 1952 it snowed in North Dakota in JUNE!
I feel silly saying I should win, because well… we all have reasons why we should. I’ll state why I would like to win.
1. The yarn is very pretty.
2. It would lift my spirits a bit. I’ve had 2 cats die in the last.. 10 days. One of old age, one of feline leukemia. I am feeling rather down about that still, and while pretty new yarn won’t make me not miss them, it would be a little something that would make me smile.
i think i deserve little yarn love right now. my life is in transition. in waaaay too many ways! in the past few months i have turned thirty, been forced into a receptionist job after restructuring at the office, quit said unwanted job and accepted a low paying (but hopefully refreshing and fun) new job that starts next week. we’re looking for a new apartment too. whew! i’m done with change for a bit. i just want to settle down with my needles and stash on the couch and ignore the world for a while.
what beautiful yarn heather has died. can’t wait to see what else she comes up with!
Golly, that’s pretty yarn! What other reason could you need? (grin)
I probably shouldn’t win — but I’d like to. (I’ve never known anyone who says, “easy peasy, lemon squeezy.”)
What beautiful yarn! I definitely think this yarn is saying “Christmas present scarf, please.” And who am I to argue?
Gorgeous colorways indeed! Heather is a very talented woman! I should win because I rarely win anything.
mc.crafty.bunny at gmail dot com
I should win because I haven’t won anything is 107 years… okay, not 107… maybe 10, maybe ever.
Also, the colors are fantastically gorgeous and they look heavenly soft.
Thank you for considering me at this time
MMmmmm–I wants it, I does! I’ve been on a charity knitting kick (cotton sun/chemo hats for Ronald McDonald house–12 so far!) and the cotton is killing my hands. I’d love something nice and soft and gorgeous to knit for me!
I should win because I’m awesome.
Isn’t that reason enough? I think so.
Well I should win it because you got to go to beautiful Squam Lake and I didn’t. Jane
Oh many reasons I should win, mostly petty so not worthy of speaking. So the most worthy reason is also slightly petty… I’ll share that one.
I’m on a serious yarn diet. Think Hunger strike but not food and not in protest of anything other than other things protest my spending money on fun stuff instead of them (read that as bills bills and more bills).
That yarn diet keeps me from buying yummy yarn for yummy projects that 99.9% of the time are for other people.
So if I want to knit for someone else, I need to win the yarn so I can give away something pretty. Make convoluted sense?
Maybe I should win because I may have been the person who came the farthest for Shearing Day? All the way from Texas. And I do like the color!!
i should win because the blue in the yarn looks like the color of the starling eggshell i found in my basil plant this weekend. presumably, it fell from the nest just under the roof of my apartment building.
i would find something bird-themed to knit with it.
Hmm…because I can’t afford any yarn and so all my stash is made of gifts.
Reason why I should win? Because Heather is a peach! And I know her in real life!
I’d like to win because I have a special friend who could use a lift and I’d give it to her.
There’s something awkward about saying that I should win.
Well, as I’m a student, my yarn budget is limited and I don’t get to experience much outside of Michaels yarns. And I have a long summer break ahead of me, so I would love to knit something fancy with it. And because beautiful yarn makes me happy.
I should win because I also say “easy peasy lemon squeezy” sometimes. I picked it up from a friend of mine, who would absolutely love a pair of socks made out of that yarn.
I should win because this weekend I learned how to drive a stick shift, and I drove all the way to Staples and back! If that doesn’t deserve yarn, nothing does!
I could make the most beautiful pair of socks. I know I must have a sock fetish.
This is amazing how many generous wonderful people there are in knitting! My best friend and “big sister” Chris got me into knitting two weeks ago. I picked it up overnight and knitted my BF’s doggie a scarf and am working on a pair of socks and a mohair scarf for me now. If I were to win I would either make a lacey scarf for myself or a hat. I LOVE the colors they are so serne and pretty. I love knitting and am more then hooked and true yarn snob from the get go! Happy knitting!!!
I should win because banana monkey spleen doohickey feet.
Which is to say, I have absolutely no legitimate reason to win, I just think the yarn is purty.
Why should I win? The word is Hapiness. It would aid me in creating a gift of Hapiness for my mother’s 76th birthday.
I should win it because I never win anything! Also, because I think you’re awesome for always having these giveaways. Thanks!
I’ve recently decided I’d rather knit lace than socks… But this skein just might make me change my mind – what beautiful socks (or shawl ;o) this would make!
OMG!!! I totally have to win – my 17 yo daughter who really thinks my knitting and my yarn are pretty dorky and she never likes ANYthing (remember she’s 17…) said, and I quote, “Dang, that IS pretty…man, I love all those yarns…Mom could you make me something out of that yarn?”
I am still reeling over her reaction to the yarn…is the world spinning backward???
Wow, what a gorgeous gorgeous colourway! I should win because…um… I think that yarn would love to come live with me, and I haven’t won a contest since the 3rd grade?
Aww… I should win because I missed you and Erin coming through Maine.
xo
Because I have never won anything, and it would really lift my spirits from this down mood I’m in lately.
I also have a sock queue longer than my arm, and not much sock yarn to speak of, and those colors are just awesome.
I’m so glad Squam was a good time. You couldn’t have had better weather for it.
I’ve been knitting all sorts of stuff for my mother who just had surgery and nothing for myself. It would make a wonderful hat for her once it gets chilly out.
I am a new spinner and can’t take my wheel to Alaska while I work this summer to make some college money
But I sure could take a skein of yarn!
I love the brown-y teal combo and would make a wonderful fall beret and the beginning of summer (?) is the perfect time to start so it is finished in time to wear it this coming fall!
The ? because it has been mostly cool and rainy here in Chicago
i love to watch the lambs and goats…great site.
If I win the yarn, I will give it to my best friend, Elma who is 90 and make the greatest stuff! She would love it. She suffered a heart attack AND stroke 3 weeks ago, and I just know being able to work with this gorgeous yarn would make her try really hard for rehab project.
Thanks for your consideration.
Winning this yarn would give me the opportunity to make my very first shawl! Another first, would be to work with a fabulous yarn, such as this one!
I would love to win because I’m ready to take the plunge and knit socks! I’m working on a pair of gloves right now, and then sock knitting is going on vacation with me in two weeks. Thanks for your wonderful blog and farm!
The yarn is not for me, really. It’s for my stash. I haven’t added anything of substance since Stitches South, and the yarns in my stash are getting bored. They want new faces, new companionship. They see old friends leaving, but, on my current yarn diet, new friends are few and far between. Please help my stash through this difficult period. Thank you.
If I win the yarn, I’m going to use it to make a present for my Dad. He had triple bypass open heart surgery on Thursday, and it quite literally saved his life. I’m so grateful, and he could use something nice. The colourway looks like it would be nice for a man, and I think I would make him something…maybe a cellphone and Kindle cosy? Or pillow-cover for his cough pillow (it’s this heart-shaped pillow that he’s supposed to hold to his chest when he coughs or sneezes to help lessen the pain).
I’m having a really blue day and winning the skein of beautiful yarn would really give me the serenity I nee.
I’m sure I don’t deserve to win, but I’d love to win this. I am new to the world of fabulous yarns, so I don’t have much of a stash to speak of. It would get used and become something hopefully worthy of its beauty.
That is the most gorgeous yarn. It reminds me of sky, ocean, streams, blue eyes, and blueberry popsicles. Yummy!
Why I should win it? Well, because I just learned to knit 2 years ago, a menopause miracle, and now I knit everywhere…and I could sure use some beautiful yarn since I got laid off. Pleeeezzzzzzzzz.
Because in a few short months I’ll be an empty nester with nothing better to do than knit? Because I adore the colors (and I bought spinning fiber from her at SPA in February but not in this colorway). I’m bound to get lucky one of these days
Oh, fun! I should win this skein of yarn because my stash is really small.
Hard question. I can not say there is any reason I ought to win, but it really is beautiful yarn. It looks like the ocean…shifting greys and blues. I would make something from it that reminded me of the ocean just as night is falling. It is fun to consider the possibilities.
Hmmmm, not sure why I should win over any of the other wonderful comments here. I’d like to win because the yarn is more than beautiful, my chances of visiting that neck of the woods (anytime in the near future) is extremely slim and like others – have had a rough time as of late. Just the idea of it lifts my spirits though, so thank you and good luck to all!
Ohhhhhh Divine!
That yarn would really class this place up!
Ohh Squam – I swoon!
hmmm, I love the colors, and it would make me very happy to win.
I should win because those are some of my favourite colours.
I believe I should win because I am not lucky in contests (I’m lucky in life but not in contests or drawings.) Everybody has to get lucky sometime, right?
I’m a fairly new reader of your blog, but I just love all your photos and stories! I’m really looking forward to getting to know your flock better. and i LOVED watching the shearing videos – it’s fascinating! I started knitting again just a few months ago, but i’m completely hooked!
ooooooo….
i should win cuz i LOVE those colors and would go enourmously well in my house or my wardrobe!
and i should also win, cuz i havent won anything yet! ;>
I should win because
1) It’s so pretty!
2) It would be an awesome pick me up after being dumped.
3) I love sheep.
A reason why I should win…hmmm…the only reason I can think of is because 12,000 teaching positions are going to be cut in NC if they don’t balance the budget. In my county, they are talking about cutting all non-tenured teachers. Guess whose non-tenured! (I would be tenured IF they counted my teaching years in the state instead of just in this county. GRRRRRR!) Anyway, if I lose my job, that means I will be too poor to buy any yarn ::sniff, sniff:: Of course I’ll be searching for another job, but wouldn’t it be nice to pass the waiting time by knitting with some yummy yarn?
Let me begin
why I’d like to win
I don’t have a twin
I can’t spin
am sharp as a pin
and I ride a Schwinn!
I should win because I rock!!
Pretty yarn. The colors are unisex, so perfect for sox that can be passed on from a sister to a brother. My kids love handmade sox!
I have only recently broken out of the “big box craft store” yarns and have started to truly appreciate GOOD hand dyed yarn! Please O wise one of Fiber Farm, indulge my newly found lust for delicious fiber!
Because I love that colorway at first sight, and would love to see how it works up? Also a regular reader! You’re so generous!
i should win because i have a tattoo of a celtic knot that looks a little like sereknity’s logo!
Thanks!
ohh pretty! just when I thought I had enough sock yarn!
why I should win…why not? it’s totally random
It’s a beautiful colorway and, you’re right, she does fantastic work!
I should win because…. I would love it and squeeze it and call it George… and because I am a beginning knitter who is hopelessly addicted to fiber now and is getting into spinning, dying and has at least 2 fleeces on the way… Yeah, I’m in deep!
Ooh, good contest. I would love to win this lovely yarn. And it’s not so much that I deserve this yarn, but that this yarn deserves a loving home. I would be happy to take it in and keep it warm and safe and give it lots of hugs.
Why should I win? I don’t know that I should, But I would love to win such a lovely skein of yarn, I have just recently become acquainted with real quality yarn, and so I don’t have much of a stash, yet. That yarn would be a fabulous yarn to make a gift for my dad or maybe my grandfather.
To say I should win is definately hard to put into words, but to say if I could win would make me the luckiest novice knitter! I’m sure I would not find beautiful yarn like this where I shop.
I should win because I would love to win. I love the color of this yarn and can’t wait to see what she does for us in the future. Kathy Papcke
Why should I win? Probably no particular reason, but I would put that lovely lovely yarn to good use!
Hmm, why should I win? How about because I’m feeling selfish post-op (I’ll be getting my stints out tomorrow, woohoo!) – all sore, stretched, and tired of being poked at and I just want to feel better already. Maybe a little fiber love will make the mending a bit easier. =)
I should win because I will hug him and squeeze him and love him and pet him and I will call him George.
I should win because this is the truly beautiful yarn that wants to be with ME more than anywhere else in the world. Go ahead, just ask it… “Yarn, you want to be with Kitten WAW, don’t you?” There, did you hear that squeaky little “Yes, please.”, ‘cuz I sure did!!
I just told my husband I want a divorce. We want different things out of a marriage. He’s a great guy. I feel horrible but I’m doing the right thing, right? This yarn gave me some inspiration that I have been lacking for months now. Thanks for posting a pic of it’s lovliness.
Well I don’t deserve to win. I mean I want to win, but that’s not the same. Here’s the closest I can some to deserving it…
This school year has gone on forever, or so it seems. My own children have been done for close to two weeks. We just finished today. Some lovely yarn might take away some of that envy…
Why should I win? Mmmmm, I can’t think of any better reasons that everyone else on these comments has said. I guess if I should happen to win, I would make my sister wristlets. She just asked me the other day to make them for her because her hands get so cold while she is driving during the winter months. Also, welcome back.
I should win because it would make my day, week and the day I received it in the mail and of course every time I would look at it!
If I won, I’d make something (a scarf? socks?) to donate to my old Pony Club for them to sell in a fundraiser – because those are their colors!
I should win because the blue in the yarn matches the blue in my 8 year old daughter’s eyes and I would love to make a hat for her with it!
Why I should win…The color coordinates beautifully with yarn I have on hand, and I could combo them for a fabulous project.
Oh, awkward question to answer. I should win because I have a cat that is older than I am (25 versus 22)
There is really no reason why I should win. It would just be FUN.
I just love yarn – that’s why. Its not original. Its not anything anyone else wouldn’t say who is on Ravelry. But its true. And I’d try to make something cool with it and give you a picture because you always get such a charge out of that. Thanks Susan.
I should win because not only do I love the colorway, I would totally enjoy knitting with that beautiful yarn.
I should win because I’m going to need a new project after I get back from taking care of my daughter less her 4 impacted wisdom teeth – all that knitting time, I’ll be able to get so much done!
Never mind- Susy who posted at 6:07 should get it – there was a miracle in her house….!(from one who has been there.)
Cause it matches the Noro that I bought a ton of and love and have made hats, mittens, and scarves from so far?
Lovely dye combos from her.
Thanks for the chance at a give-away!
I should win because…. hmm. I have no good reason. I do love this yarn – the colors are wonderful and I would love to knit with it. Probably not the best reason, but there you go!
Because it’s a hot humid day and the colors on this colorway make me think of cold icy evenings which sound good right about now.
Hm … maybe I should get the yarn because I’m going through a tough time right now with school coming to an end and finding out today that I’m the ONLY person in my class without a job in the field we’re going in to. I also told my boyfriend not to stress about getting a new job when he lost his last month so now I feel like I’ve TOTALLY screwed up and he’s going to have to hunt for a job with me which makes me feel awful for promising him something I can’t deliver on right now. Add to that stress, we just got a new apartment that costs more than this one and now I’m stressing about whether I’ll be able to find ANY job that’ll allow us to keep the apartment we just got that we really like. :/ *shrugs*
what a fabulous color way! It just so happens that gray has only just become new favorite color to play with. I have such a love for color but have been using shades of gray recently to play off jewel tones and am having great success.
I would love to win this yarn. I think it would make a lovely shawlette. I do not have a special “why” that is more pressing than others, just a desire for lovely threads.
What beautiful yarn. I should win because it would fit right into my favorite colors.
I never win anything. Surely I’m due?
I believe I would be a fantastic recipient of this skien of yarn because it reminds me of the dusk on the lake and the calm that comes just before the true dark. It speaks of ducks, and water, and small woodland creatures, and would be loving worked into gloves to wear when walking and seeing these sights…..
I should win because I’m sweet as strawberry pie too and that yarn would make a lovely hat for one of my boys
I wouldn’t necessarily consider myself the most qualified because there is obviously better talent out there, but I DO believe I’m well worth it for at least passion alone. I’m becoming more and more addicted to socks every day and I’d work my hardest to make something worthy of the yarn. Thank you so much for giving me the smallest percentage of hope for something so amazing!
I should win because after months of being down in the dumps over various things, I am ecstatic tonight because my 3 1/2 year old son is FINALLY pooping in the potty! What better thing to help celebrate than yarn?
I should win because…1. I LOVE yarn and 2. I lost my job and can’t afford to buy yarn for myself! 3. I don’t want my knitting needles to be lonely
Ooh pretty! I should win ’cause I’d make something fabulous with it!
I should win because I want to
I have 3 teenagers, and need a treat.
I should win because my kids have been home for just one week and I have managed not to kill them, maim them, or even scream at them, which is a considerable accomplishment considering they are driving me nuts. Did I mention I have 4? I need some quiet time maybe a beautiful comfort shawl. Otherwise they may not make it the rest of the summer
Lovely yarn! I should win because it’s dyed in my favorite colors, and I am in the process of designing a new sock project this yarn would look beautiful made up in.
The Ravelry Revelry looks like y’all had a lot of fun.
I should win because I entered. Because really, that was your only requirement, right? Oh yeah, and I claim it.
why should I win…. well, perhaps because i try really hard to be a good person to others, even when life is very hard (like now) – so if I were to win, i’d make something for my mom, who is elderly,with parkinson’s, dementia, alzheimer’s and doesn’t remember me anymore… but she’d love something soft against her skin. thanks.
Hows about because it is my birthday on Saturday : )
So purty!!
Why should I win the yarn? Because it’s the most beautiful shade of green and I LOVE green. I am on a self-imposed stopage of green yarn purchasing, but if I were to win it — well that’s a whole different ballgame!
Such beautiful yarn! I would love to win this so I could make 2 pairs of socks–one pair for each of my young nieces. They both adore these colors! I love to get started on Christmas gifts early! Winning this would help me get my early start.
I should win because it would totally make my day!!! That is a beautiful skein of yarn, and I would love to give it a home. Thanks for the chance!
I think I should win this yarn because I am a beginning knitter and it would help me add to my stash.
I should win because that’s pretty yarn and I’ve been feeling a bit down lately and having pretty yarn to knit with would cheer me right up.
Woot! That looks beautiful! I think I should win because I’m a very new fiber person and I haven’t had the chance to work with anything really amazing yet. I would love to have that opportunity.
I almost hate writing why I should win the yarn – I say almost because that yarn is so lovely…. but June is my birthday month and I’m 9 months pregnant with an almost 23 month old little girl.
After reading all the other posts, I probably don’t deserve to win this beautiful yarn, but I would really like to anyway. Fingers crossed!
Hmmm….I should win because I spent the last week in bed with pneumonia. Really – in June. I finally have enough energy to leave the house and it is supposed to rain the next four days.
Well, there’s no compelling reason I should win, just that I admire the lady’s talents and I really look forward to her dyeing wisdom.
“Easy Peazy, Lemon Squeezy”, that sounds like a really good reason for me to win.
That and I met both you and Erin at MDSW, so there are 2 very good reasons I should win. 
Because I was a nice mommy today, and even baked cookies!
I would love to win this gorgeous yarn. I am just finishing up a pair of socks for my DH and would use this for a pair for me for a change.
My 60th birthday is June 28th and if that isn’t a good reason to win this gorgeous yarn then I don’t need it. Ya nevah know I may not be around for the next contest. LOL.
I’m another person who never wins anything, so it would be especially wonderful to win such lovely yarn!
Now I must go clean the drool off my keyboard…
OH! How yummy! That would look just lovely knitted up in one of Cookie A.’s new patterns
Please please pretty please?? I can’t come up with a better reason other than, I LOVE IT! 
I can think of four reasons why i should win this beautiful yarn:
1. i am too scared to dye, only done it once and didnt want to wreck the yarn.
2. my daughter broke her hand at field day on friday and i need to “cast on” waiting room socks while she gets her cast on friday! hehe
3. i promise to love the beauty of the colors. they speak to me.
4. it’s my birthday next wed. and i havent bought yarn in almost 3 months! hehe
I would love to win this yarn! I love pretty things and I never win anything.
CrafyCaleb
That is beautiful yarn….. I would like to add it to my stash because I only have about 5 skeins of Red Heart in my stash and maybe one skein of really nice yarn that I bought about 4 months ago and still haven’t used it because I am saving it for something extra special because I don’t know if I’ll be able to get a nice skein like that for a long long time and am too broke t ojust be able to go out and but another one. When my knitting friends come over and look at my stash I have to tell them that I am waiting for all of my yarn to come in the mail even though its not. This yarn would make me forever grateful and make my year! Please pick me to add that wonderful yarn to my stash.. If it can even be called that. Please: ) Be safe and God Bless! Thank you so much for your time and consideratoin: )
Ok – I don’t need to win because I am lucky enough to have several skeins of Heather’s amazing yarn in my possession. Sereknity was the very first Indie dyer I fell in love with and I have never looked back. Right now I have a clapotis on the needles in her Gothic Rose. Its a beauty. I just wanted to add my comment that I am so thrilled to see that Heather will be a featured dyer. Yeah! So I don’t want to win so that someone else will get to experience her talent.
I would love to win because i want to rub it on my cheeks and go to sleep with it
regardless if i win or not. its very generous of you.
oh, I should win because the weather is finally mostly warmer here and I need a small project to work on. And because the yarn is beautiful and I don’t have any colors like it!
Oh, those colors remind me of a storm coming in off the ocean from where I lived when I was in college. It was so beautiful and I’d love to make something that reminds me of those years.
Why would I like to win, you say? Well, because I love to win and it makes me feel lucky! (And Heather’s smile is so pretty.)
I don’t think there is any special reason that I should win and no one else does, but it would be VERY groovy and I would be so happy!
That yarn is sooo beautiful. I love the colors. I don’t know what I would make with it, but I would love to feel it. I love yarn. I think I should win because I love gorgeous yarn.
Ooh, I should win because I spent the past 5 months working full-time for no pay as a student teacher and am now looking for a job teaching preschool which is exhausting and pays next to nothing but is what my crazy heart is calling me to do and I could sure use some beautiful yarn for free to show me karma is on my side. Love you and love your giveaways!
xo
I don’t think I should win (though I would love to win). I think this person should win :JenniferJune 8th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
There’s something awkward about saying that I should win.
Well, as I’m a student, my yarn budget is limited and I don’t get to experience much outside of Michaels yarns. And I have a long summer break ahead of me, so I would love to knit something fancy with it. And because beautiful yarn makes me happy.
I think she should win because I remember how hard it is being a student on a budget, and we should all get to knit with something beautiful. So, if I happen to win, I want Jennifer to win. (Are we allowed to do this?) Thanks for another wonderful giveaway!
I’d love to get this one.
I am just about to finish my first pair of monkeys, and my first pair of successful adult-sized knitted socks, and I’ve officially caught the sock bug. What better yarn for my next project?
Thanks!
How about I make you a hat?
I should win this because I am still laughing like crazy at “The Lanyard”, which I have now forwarded to everyone I know. When I stop laughing, I could knit something really fun and beautiful.
I should win because my middle name is Sue and sometimes my mother & grandmother called me Susie.
I also read your blog everyday. I have learned so much about sheep and goats.
Knittingdancer on Ravelry
I should win because I haven’t won anything on Ravelry. I love the teal and grays colorway.
Debbie
Laurie, you made me teary. Yes. You are allowed to do that.
I rushed here to put in why I should win but after reading the other comments, there are many more deserving fiber artists in need. Best of luck to you in deciding who gets the beautiful yarn. I’ll have to venture out to find some to make something special. Keep up the wonderful work of just making people feel better about their day.
That is the most gorgeous skein of yarn. I would dearly love to win it and knit up something special. It would be hard to give away something made from it; might have to knit it for me!
I need to own that skein because it would look lovely in my hair as a hat…it is just the color I am looking for…
June 11th is our 15th wedding anniversary. The traditional gift is crystal–and Heather’s beautiful colorway reminds me of the crystal blue glacial ice in Alaska!
Well, I don’t like to say I’m more deserving than anyone else so I’m glad this is left to chance. However, I do think I would take very good care of this yarn, ensuring it gets a good home and pattern and therefore am a deserving owner.
I lost interest of knitting the last few month. I should win this and get myself to knit projects like before my stroke. Let me tried the yarn and I could fall in the love with the yarn and become a share holder………….
There is no reason why I should win, which is why I am grateful for random acts of kindness. I just really like the colors and I am very very greedy. If a bribe would influence the random generator it could magically become the possessor of a yarn bowl. Just sayin’.
Wish I was there, too, so I could experience all those beautiful colors! And I love the one you chose — reminds be of my beloved Pacific Ocean. Thanks for sharing!
Hello,
Oh I would love to win your yarn. I
Wow, that is the most beautiful yarn I have seen recently. I would like to win it because I would like to create something beautiful with it. I am just starting to design and I would love to do something with that yarn. Thank you for the opportunity
Hello, I would love to win your yarn. I haven’t the nerve or money to acquire nice yarn to play with yet. Also, I have only won something once in my life and that was because I was the only entry. ‘Tis true. It was during the holidays about 5 years ago. I was the only one who took the time to enter the drawing. It is also some pretty yarn. Thanks.
I’m from Malaysia. So far there hasn’t been any “yarn to be worn” contest in Malaysia. Worse thing is there are only a few LYS here with limited choice & very high priced; needless to mention giving away yarn. It’s impossible here in this country! So when I saw this topic, I feel it’s like something coming down from HEAVEN! It’s struggling to be a knitter & yarn lover here cause it’s hard for us to get yarn. The chance of getting a free hank of such fantastic yarn is rarer than rare!! If it comes from heaven, then I’ll pary that it will come to me…….. Since you put this ‘lucky draw’ on Ravelry, it’s to be viewed by people all over the world. So it should be shipped wolrdwide. That’s only fair right?
Thank you & God bless.
Ooooh, very pretty! Why should I win? Um, maybe because I’ve never won a blog contest before?!! Thanks for sharing!
Hi, your yarn is beautiful!! To all reading this, I teach cancer patients to knit at ACS Hope Lodge.Patients are smitten with handpaints/spun . Any wayward yarns??We will love&carress.PM(lynnknitwit)
I should win cuz it’s a pretty skein of yarn and I want it. And cuz I love it. And cuz it’s beeeeaaauuuutiful. And cuz I’m not gonna go into what a wicked bad spring it’s been over here in casa de knittingfool, and that skein of yarn would probly solve all my problems. Nope. Not gonna say it. I should win it cuz I love it. Yep. That’s why.
Ooooo, I’ve been all into teals lately, and this would be an amazing colorway to knit up! Thanks for putting it up for a new home!
Why I should win? I’d make the most beautiful socks out of it, just to promote her beautiful work.
i should win … i don’t know why i should win! “just ’cause” as we used to say.
I like the yarn because it looks like the color of the grey/blue days we often have in the Pacific Northwest where I live. Thanks for sharing the fun of Squam lake.
How about this.. I gave someone a gift today that I knit for them… and now a whole bunch of people I barely know want to pay me to knit them a pair.. I think I need some encouragement to say “no! I am going to knit something beautiful (out of some very beautiful yarn maybe?!) for myself with my very limited spare time”
ps. Very Beautiful Yarn Indeed.
I have a birthday coming up and yarn to knit a lovely scarf would cheer me up.
Cause I’d use it to make my first (deep breath) pair of socks!! Might as well start with excellent products to make the bestest first socks ever, right?
Because I went to great, and completely unwitnessed lengths (including tying a door open with my jacket) to rescue an exceptionally dumb pigeon from the elevator/stairwell at my work. I know they’re rats with wings, but I couldn’t just leave it there!
Because I think it’s beautiful and with my college budget I can’t buy yarns this pretty
And because I think it’s really really pretty 
Why should I win? Well, I’ve not done so before, so maybe it’s my turn now!
there’s no reason in the world why i should win, but the fact that i MIGHT win is reason enough to enter
and it is really lovely of you to do such a nice thing!
Wow, that’s beautiful! As others have written, hard to say why I should win, but I love teal, and that’s a lovely combination!
I’d like to win because that’s beautiful, and I could use a little pretty in my life right now. Thanks for giving away such great stuff!
This yarn is gorgeous. Why should I win? I really want to! I have yet to win a blog prize so it would be a great surprise
Me Me Me…
I should win because I never get lucky in any draw!
Ohhh, this very lovely!!! I would get more of this and make a lovely lace shawl with this!!! I love working with lace weights as you can make such lovely airy things with them. It would also make a lovely trim!! I love the colors in this as I am a very earthy person. I imagine myself on a sandy shore somewehere wearing this. Great for those early Winter nights. Could make up a lovely light tank top too. I would soo deserve this, I am originally a CA girl and this reminds me of San Fran (used to live near a beach!)
Hard to say why I should over someone else, but June 11th is my daughter’s birthday. Thirteen years ago(yikes!) on that day I became a mother. Plus I love the yarn, just looking at it makes me happy!
Thanks Susie, you’re the best.
Don’t you love Heather? She’s the best! I have the luck of getting to see her at my spin-night semi-regularly – she is so super talented and just about the nicest person I’ve ever met.
Oh – and pls. don’t count my comment as an entry – I’ve already won stuff from you, and don’t want to hog!
A life changing event just happened to me not too long ago….nothing grave or heart-wrenching, but highly stressful and overwhelming….knitting itself is theraputic, but winning a beautiful skein of yarn to do that knitting with? Theraputic to the max…i could really use that right now.
Well, maybe I should win because I’ve never won yarn in one of these blog things before. A children’s book once. But not yarn.
Well I certainly can’t think of any good reasons why I shouldn’t win.
I have sweater in progress that needs to be banished to the corner in a time out while I pretend I haven’t knit, unknit and reknit the same 4 rows with exactly the same results which completely do not match the expected results.
I am hoping that a pretty yarn and a new pattern might jump me out of that rut.
Thx.
Yarn makes me happy happy happy. Please let it be me!
Because I have never won anything in my life …
I have tried just about every give away you have had!
It’s my turn wouldn’t say???
Thanks for the chance!
I have no reason what so ever that I should win this yarn. But I hope I do anyway!
I’m coming to visit the farm this summer! If I win I promise to more than make up the cost in purchases…although I’m sure I will do that anyway.
Ever since having a baby, I haven’t been able to get back to my knitting. I would really like to win because this yarn would give me good reason to get back on the wagon.
I have always wanted to try some of her yarn! And yeah, that’s why I want to win!
{heavy sigh}
I love the colors, that’s why.
I’d love to win because I never win anything, but I don’t think there is really any reason why I should win.
Since the cowboy won my $230+million I think this would be a wonderful consolation prize!
Sandy in NJ
Therre’s absolutely NO reason why I should win. But, should that happen I absolutely wouldn’t turn down this gorgeous yarn!
There is no reason why I should win, but I couldn’t resist joining the flock. I never win anyway, so I’m just a lemming.
Actually, I shouldn’t win. I have too much yarn as it is. But it is so lovely. Worst case scenario, I’ll buy when it’s available to us shareholders.
After reading through all these comments, I can’t think of a truly deserving reason for me to win. All I can state is that those are my favourites colours and would love to knit with it.
Well, I’m loving it!! And the color is absolutely me. But the reason I should win it is . . . well . . . I just should. My stash needs a little reving up . . . Actually, I’m trying to get my knitting group to focus on charities this summer, so I’d probably use this to entice them! Anyway, it’s lovely, and you’re lovely to give it away to some lucky soul. Glad you’re back — safely!!!
Ooh! She apparently lives near my mom, who bought me some of her dyed fiber for my birthday, plus a beautiful skein of yarn. I LOVE her colors and I love the one you’re raffling off, it’s so gorgeous!
I should win really for no particular reason other than I like the yarn and I’m a generally good person.
Absolutely gorgeous yarn and a very talented dyer. Why I should win? Well, it looks like great material for a new design. Perhaps a long, lacey neck scarf, you know the kind that are so popular right now people wear them when it’s 90 degrees? I suppose, if I won, the pattern I designed should be free so that other knitters could enjoy some of Serenity’s yarny goodness…hmm…yep, a free pattern for all to enjoy, that sounds good.
Today while I made my lunch to take to work, my 3 yr. old was playing with his toys on the floor in the kitchen. They were all sad and crying because they wanted to be with their mama’s…. if I win, I’m going to make something for my little man, so he knows that even though I have to work, I think about him all day long. Thanks for the giveaway- wish I could’ve been at the lake, but at least I get to read about the fun you had
Because I’m having a brainstorm about a Bohus sort of kaleidoscope knitted … thingy (tea cosy? hat? alarm clock mute?) that needs lots of colors? That gorgeous yarn would fit right in.
I should win because it’s my daughter’s 6 month birthday today…and those are my favorite colors!
because I am making blankets for children who are AIDS orphans living in south Africa, and that’s exactly where the yarn would go to.
That yarn is lovely…but what a difficult question to answer! I suppose I should win because it would make a lovely pair of socks to wear on rainy days like today.
I’d love to win this beautiful yarn. It would be wonderful for this years fair entry knitting.
I should win the yarn because then I would be able to stop drooling every time I look at it. Surely drool can’t be good for my computer keyboard!
I deserve to win because it’s been raining here for weeks and summer is passing us by in a big gray cloud. I need to be cheered up!
I like to make socks for my friends, so I’d make socks.
Why should I win? Well, because I’m one of those ‘I never win anything’ people, and it sure would be fun to break that streak. I’m a farmer of sorts – a farm people’s backyards – and so I understand hard work. I appreciate what you do.
So, I’m working on Master Knitter using my smooth, light-colored worsted weight yarn and I’m ready for some color. Bring it on.
Oh, and I love the name – “Sereknitty” – how great is that!?!?
oh, I’m so drawn to teal shades lately! I’d love this skein to make a truly special sweater for a truly special handmade wool lamb and bunny.
I should win because I appreciate the beauty of this yarn and will put it to great use (socks).
Umm… I should win because… because… because I could use some cheering up, and I’m pretty sure that would do it.
You’re so sweet, always picking up prizes for us.
I should win because I usually knit with acrylic and this skein looks just lovely enough to convert me!
Make a believer out of me!!! =)
I think I am deserving of this fabulous skein because I am a beginner. I am at the beginning of everything – a new life in Indiana, a pregnancy, a life with sheep, and a new knitting hobby. What better way to start off this wonderful journey in my life.
….because my budget just went way tight! from an unexpected doctors bill (thanks a lot, insurance!)..and i haven’t had new yarn in…too long. it’s beautiful yarn!
There isn’t any compelling reason that I should win! (But if you are going to give it away, anyhow, I would give it a good home.)
I should win this skein because the colors simply make me swoon!
I’d like to win. Really, we’re all winners. Especially with so much lovely yarn in the world. And if I don’t win, well I guess I’ll just have to buy a skein or two, or six, or twelve….:)
I don’t know why I’m any more deserving than the others on this board, but I can tell you that I started my application to veterinary school today and I’m going to be a nervous wreck throughout the entire process until I get the acceptance/rejection notice- which could be as late as NEXT MARCH (unless I get cut in Nov/Dec). Maybe having some pretty new yarn to pet/knit would take that anxiety down a notch?
I’d love to win (along with 200 other people!).
I would either make a hat for my 4 year-old daughter – the blue matches her eyes or a scarf for a friend who has been a good friend to someone else going through a very difficult time right now that I think she could use something nice for herself.
What a great web site! I’m just getting into knitting, and winning this contest would be the perfect motivation for me to “ratchet it up a notch.” Thanks!
I should win because I would make a beautiful scarf with it. The colors are gorgeous!
I should win because of my efforts to encourage others to knit. I’ve taught three of my friends how to knit socks in the past six weeks and we are all now hopelessly and happily addicted to socks, and heaven knows a sock knitter always needs more yarn. Of course, I may choose to knit something besides socks, and that beautiful yarn may be the thing to encourage a different kind of project–you never know.
I should win because these are my favorite colors! Mmmmm.
I’m using her yarn for a project right now! I also have some of her roving too, which is gorgeous! I would love to win some more.
Beautiful yarn! I should win because Friday is my birthday!
I just wanna…..
I love that you call it a sussy, I have a friend who does that too.
I should win because I’ve never won anything in my life! And I’m poor…and I’ve still gotta pay for my kid to go to college…and I need a new car and can’t afford it much less afford yarn…and I had to walk to school up hill both ways in snow…and
It is beautiful yarn! As for why I should win… I really don’t have a cause more compelling than any of the others, but it would be really nice to win.
What beautiful colors. I have a hard time saying I should win something but I don’t have a hard time saying I’d love to win the yarn. Sooooo many great things to make with this. Socks, scarf, shawl you name it. I wish, I wish, I wish…..
I’m going with the tried and true reason employed universally by parents when asked; “Why?” by a child for the ba-zillionth time…
Why? Because, that’s why!
Cheers!
Hello
It’s very kind of you to run a competition, thank you. The photos of the animals on your website are so cute! It’s lovely to see happy goats and sheep. I think the skein’s colourway is beautiful and I would very much enjoy knitting with it, perhaps as part of a cardigan or a sweater 
What a beautiful giveaway! I’d love to win to have something pretty to knit with as we head into a huge change in our life that will probably limit my yarn expenses to yarns not nearly as lovely… Thanks for being so generous and sharing such wonderful yarns with us!
Golly, that’s lovely stuff! I’d really really really like to put my name in the hat for that skein.
BTW, folks ask me about my MVFF hat all the time. I need to come see the place in person instead of rely on the internet.
I should win because I never win
Why not?
Oooooooooh!! Yummy yarn!! I want it!!
And why should I win? Because I never win anything. Not even the littlest thing. Never, ever, ever. And I want to win something!!
Mmmmmmmmm and that gooooooooorgeous yarn looks like it wants to come to Spain to live with me and become a lovely shawl… or an amazing cowl… well, definetly something gorgeous to fit that color!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I love this yarn and its beautiful colors! I would love to win it!
I should win since my name beckons that I win. . . “Laura” is derived from “laurel” which is the leafy stuff of the victory crowns of ancient Rome and Greece. Besides, I finished my shawl of 3-4 months and would love to learn how to make socks for my next challenge. Thanks for the chance. Is Sicily still huge??
I should win because my name is Sarah!
Sounded just about as good as any other excuse, right?
I should win because June 11th is my birthday and I would love to get such a gorgeous birthday present. I cannot say what I would use it for yet, but it would be for meee!!!
This yarn immediately reminded me of my first dyeing way back in the 80’s Those were really wonderful days of joy and discovery. Also it reminded me that less is more and I dont need to cram as many colours as possible to get a beautiful yarn Thankyou
Time I started a proper stash like my fellow ravellers and this is absolutely beautiful yarn to inspire me to get going ! Mind you ,it wouldn’t be in there long asI would be itching to cast it on and make something gorgeous.
I should win because I don’t have any Sereknitty yarn yet.
I am a new reader, so I think that alone is a great reason to win! On a more serious note, I’m a cancer researcher, and I will knit this up into something that I will auction off, all proceeds go to cancer research. (And I don’t mean “to me personally”, even though that would be funny.)
Yarn of stormy seas
Rolling blues and looming gray
Heave into my stash
(please please a haiku should surely be worthy)
why me???? because I’ve been feeding silkworms for weeks and I’m tired and cranky.
no. that’s not right. I’ll stop whining. I’d just like to win that beautiful yarn.
That’s pretty! Hmmm…I should win because I don’t have a LYS within 50 miles, and the only yarn I ever get to use besides Walmart yarn is whatever I can order from Knitpicks (which is lovely, don’t get me wrong) every few months?
I would love to win this beautiful yarn, as it would be the first hand-dyed skien that I would own.
I have never spent more than $5 per skein of yarn. I have always adored hand dyed yarn but never purchased any. Part of me feels than I cannot spend more than $5 on yarn because it isn’t worth it but I would love to be proven wrong and given that chance to discovery the luxury of hand dyed yarn!!
I am a young mother of 2 young kids, wife to my high school sweetheart, and soon to be cancer survivor!! I was recently diagnosed with colon cancer, despite being told I was too young, and this was “nothing” to worry about for 4 months… So, i am going to have surgery in a couple of weeks and will be on strict rest and recuperation… aka, time to knit! i don’t have as much time to do so when i’m not sick!! This would really make my bad situation a little better…
I love those calming colors and I’d never be able to afford such a luxurious treat. Sure hope I win!!!!!
Wow I absolutely adore the colors. As for why I should win, well…Because I rarely ever get to make something for myself. I always have to pass my hard work on to other people like my kids, their friends, hubby, The people in his office, other family members, and charities. I would love to be absolutely greedy with this yarn and make myself something to enjoy while displaying all of the talent that went into the project proudly. I think I would make a hat from it, or perhaps a small set of fingerless gloves, or mittens. Thank you.
ps I am serenityslr on Ravelry
Why should I win? Well…
1, The only thing I’ve ever won was a record from the radio station and my mom made me choose The Bangles instead of George Michael.
and …
2, *crying* In my few years of knitting I’ve only been able to afford acrylic. I’d love to know and fondle a nice yarn like the one you have pictured.
Good luck everyone!
Pick me cause I want it – or pick #13.
Whoohoo! I’m the 258th comment! That’s always the winning number right? Seriously, I think i should win this beautiful yarn because I’m a teacher, it’s the end of the year, my room is hot, the kids are cranky, and it would get me through the next couple of weeks!
Nathan Fillion
Adam Baldwin
Gina Torres
I have the movie Serenity, so why not the yarn? I can make up my own pattern and call it Sereknity’s Serenity.
I don’t want to win for me. I want to win for my friend Jennifer who is going through a divorce and is looking for a hobby to occupy her so I’m going to teach her to knit. This would be beautiful yarn to make her first project, a scarf, out of
Been feeling blue lately, and a beautiful skein of yarn would be a great pickmeup of the soul.
I think I should win this yarn because my husband is a tightass monkey who doesnt believe in the quality of good yarn.
Batman socks. This looks like Batman socks to me. So lovely!
I should win… because I said so! (How’s that for positive thinking?!)
I think I should get this lovely skein because the blue would match my eyes if I knit it into a gorgeous scarf for the winter.
Why should I win? Well everybody should win because you so generous and everybody is deserving. But I really love the colors and haven’t ever won any of your wonderful things. Thanks for providing such fun.
Thanks for having the contest! Looks like yo had fun on your trip!
Because I’ve never won anything before, ever, I swear.
I should win because… because… because it’s pretty? Because I like pretty things?
I’m afraid I don’t have a better reason — I’m really lucky, in my life and in my stash…
But I still think it’s pretty!
because i was so nice and gave hubby a professional( only cause i am a professional, lol) foot and calve massage after work today as his feet were soooooo sore! smile
I should win because the world won’t be in balance until all the pretty yarns are stuffed somewhere in my living room. Er, I mean, work box.
for my mom. she would love it.
Why should I win? Well, I could throw a little pity party here, but the answer is that there are people who deserve this yarn way more than I do. But I’d sure love to have it come home to me anyway. Isn’t that reason enough? Welcome home!
cuz I love me some yarn and it would make my day totally.
I should win because this is the first giveaway I’ve ever entered on your blog!
because right now in Teas it is freakin’ HOT! i need to make some winter hats to remind me in 4 or 5 months we might actually be below 70 degrees again!
Why? Because it is lovely and I choose lovely to knit.
Its lovely!
I should win because I’ll turn in into something beautiful
Hmmm. Why should I win? Because I would give this gorgeous yarn to my dear knitter friend who is unemployed and not currently buying new yarn, and it would make her very happy.
I would like to win this yarn because I need an excuse to take a break from learning how to play my baritone ukulele. When a yarn colorway doesn’t have a name, only a number, I like to give it a name, something with some emotion. If this yarn doesn’t already have a name, I would name it Alaskan Glacier, since I have been to Alaska. But maybe it should have more of a Vermont-y name? I love your stories and the idea of a yarn CSA. You go, girl(s) and all your support! I would make something lacy with it.
I think I should win because I haven’t won anything yet this year (as if I have any other years, but that’s beside the point…). It’s a beautiful skein and I could do wonderful knitty things with it!
I think the colour is just the same as my eyes colour … it would be a perfect match !
What a beautiful colorway!
Oh that yarn is sooo pretty. I’m new to yarn obsession, since I just learned to crochet in October. I love the blues and would make something worthy of the strawberry pie and wickedly talented dyer.
Well, I think I should win because I just spent 25 minutes driving to my weekly SnB meeting….only to be stood up! NO ONE ELSE SHOWED UP. So then I drove 25 minutes back home. 50 minutes in the car, and I didn’t get to stitch OR bitch OR get dinner. So I’m depressed and hungry, and yarn would be just the thing.
Hmm… why should I win?? Well, because I don’t have anything hand knit in those colors and I think they would look fabulous on me!
Great pic of Heather, BTW!
I would love to win this yarn but after reading all 285 comments I am ashamed to ask for myself, but since I work with people with TBI (traumatic brain injury) and especially those who have had strokes, can I put in an extra please for Esther in CA? If this yarn starts her knitting again SHE deserves it.
I could use the good old reason that I never win anything!
Why should I win this beautiful yarn?
1) I had a bad week on Ravelry because of a naughty swapper
2) I bought 4 skeins of MVFF sock yarn and gave 2 of them to my sister for her birthday (Okay that is why I bought them in the first place, but it did take a lot of willpower to actually part with them!)
3) I am in the process of buying a coffee shop. Being able to hold gorgeous yarn might help relieve the stress of starting a business in this economy!
Thank you for your kindness. I look forward to the special colors she creates for you and us.
Because it was my 20th birthday a few weeks ago and I didn’t get to see any of my friends?
Pfft, that’s sad! I can appreciate good yarn!
I would love to win this because I have entered a 12 step yarn buying program. Not an acquisition program just not buying any – except between the hours of midnight and 1 am, provided I set the alarm. And if I forget, I can buy one thing that counts as last night. Also, I’m sure I can’t win that adorable lamb or those cute puppies, so the yarn would be a soft, fluffy consolation prize.
I should win because my stash is very small, and that just isn’t right. thanks!
I think I should win because I only own two skiens of real yarn. I have a bunch of synthetics, but I would love to get my hands on some true yarn.
The yarn is beautiful and winning it would be the best thing that’s happened to me in the past month. Between oral surgery, problems with data in my PhD project, and my cats being sick, I could use a pick me up.
is it sock yarn? Cause I love the colors and after the success of my first pair of socks (baby in worsted) I’m ready to tackle the real thing.
The Yarns you choose are beautiful! you should keep some for yourself! you work so very hard there on the farm. Your always doing things for others, you are a generous person, If I win I would (like you) add it to the lap blanket I am making for an 82 yr.old lady that is in the Ladies Auxilary to the Veterns of Foreign Wars,Her name is Margie, she goes once a week to the VA clinic and helps hand out books and magazines and other materials to the vets and sends letters & cards and care boxes to the ones still fighting.
Thanks again for all you do.
Gorgeous! Thank you for this! I would love to have it because I am well, yarn poor! I’m on a serious yarn diet with not much of a stash to destash. I’m also kinda nice too
Me, ooooh, me!
Hello! New to your blog, but I have a feeling I’ll return soon!
I’d like to enter, and convince you to pick me, because I am a new knitter and have a tiny stash! Really, in the three months I’ve been knitting, I’ve barely kept up with the rate I knit up my good yarns.
This isn’t to say your choice would be wasted on someone who doesn’t appreciate hand-dyed really good yarns! I have a fantastic LYS whose regulars have been quite diligent about educating me and making me fall in love with the good stuff. They’d be so interested (and maybe jealous) if I won.
As far as projects, I think I’d tackle a lacy (but not laceweight) neckwarmer, and probably give it to one of my fabulous aunts, if I could bear to part with it.
Thanks for having a contest!
When you look at your closet and try to figure out what colors you gravitate towards, I find myself going directly to those soothing cool colors. The mix is beautiful and anyone who knits with the flourish of colors will be thinking of the person who had the inspiration to use those colors. Thoughtful knitting!
“Squam” hmmm what does that mean? There are squamous cells in the body but the Algonquian peoples called this lake Keeseenunknipee = “the goose lake in the highlands” and the white settlers that followed shortened the name to Casumpa, in 1779 = Asquam, meaning “water”. Asquam was shortened to its present version, Squam in the early 1800’s. Interestingly enough, the movie “On Golden Pond” was filmed there and it is the nesting site for common Loons.
You can’t get more lovely and romantic than that. The colorway of the yarn incorporates all of the subtleties of the lake and the loons. I like the how those specific colors are represented.
~Pam M.
It is incredibly lovely yarn, but after reading so many comments, I don’t have a good reason I should win. However, my school year is just about over and I will have some luxurious knitting time that I’d love to spend knitting such gorgeous yarn.
it’s so gorgeous and I’m knitting my first sock, so I feel like I can do anything now!! I would do something beautiful with this gorgeous yard!
The yarn is a dream. I should win since I would in turn hold a contest and give away a skein of yarn on my blog.
I should win the yarn because I would make it into something beautiful.
I should win because I have NEVER used a yarn as beautiful as that before!
Not only is heather a sweetheart she is funny and hilarious. Great woman with ridiculous talent.
I don’t need to be entered just wanted to add my props for heather!
I think I should win because that yarn is simply gorgeous and there’s no way I could afford it any time soon…
It look like it could become a wonderful pair of socks – colorful enough to delight me, but grown-up enough to wear to work… once I find a job, that is.
Oh, I need this skein!!! I have almost filled my Mother’s cedar chest with “must have it” yarns, please help me reach my goal! LOL
Hi there
I’d like to win because I’m in the UK and I’d love to try some different yarns from other countries.
LOVE Heather’s products. You are a lucky woman to have her coming to guest dye for you. Her yarn and rovings are simply wonderful. Thanks for all the great pics on your site. It lifts my spirits every day.
I should win because that yarn made me drool cadbury creme egg down my chin!
i should win because… for once everything seems to be going my way, and this would just be the icing on the cake? I know that makes it sound like I shouldn’t win, but the last several years have been long and hard, and now it seems that all our work is finally paying off. If I had some nice new snuggly yarn to knit with, I’d think I’d died and gone to heaven. Also, I’ll be moving to Ohio soon from Southern California, and that wool would probably get a lot of use keeping me warm next winter!
Because I’m a very nice person and I love knitting, it keeps me sane!
I should win just because.
Because…well just because I should!
I don’t know if I should win but I certainly would love to win.
This yarn looks like a stormy sky (clearing or coming would depend on the day you ask me). It would make an exquiste shawlette, I think.
I should win because this yarn makes me Squee! out loud
Plus I’m struggling holding onto a family roller coaster right now so a little extra Squee! is always appreciated 
If I win, you’ll be able to say you have blog readers as far away as Hawaii! Of course I’ll keep reading even if you don’t pick me. Pretty yarn, perfect color for my little sister. Pick me please! Aloha
Why should I win? I don’t know. Because you love me?
Why should I win? Because I always try to support local businesses, and the Hudson Valley islocal for us folks in Troy.
beautiful colorway
I should win because everyone needs a little Sereknitty now! and i’m slightly in love with that colorway. ok maybe more than slightly. ok fine. i’m super in love with that colorway.
That is beautiful yarn. I would love to make a hat or scarf in those soft colors. They look like the colors in the clouds over the mountains nearby. I really enjoy your photos of the mill and the lambs! Thank you!
I should win because I am on a self-imposed yarn diet and I’m jonesing something fierce for new yarn – but so far I am resisting
I think it would be great to win because i very rarely get an opportunity to try indie dyers and luxury yarns, all of the yarn budget is pretty much going to wedding stuff these days.
ravelry id : dreamerprincess79
I should win ,so that I can make something for the new grandchild due any minute. He will be my first grandbaby,and he needs to know about wool from the start.
I should win because I need something to keep me busy while we all wait for our share of the spring shearing!
Losing a job does not diminish the lust for adding to the stash! I feel a new project coming on!