I have finally gotten to work with Malabrigo Sock, (yes for the first time). I am using it for a wonderful test knit, and now I understand why people love it so much. Its soft, I find the stitch definition fanatic, and its not horribly expensive. I notice now that the hard thing about it is getting the colors you want. Seems like all the good ones go pretty quickly lol. While I have heard mixed things about it as well, I am looking forward to finishing up the knitting on these socks and wearing the heck out of them.
Ok my FO of the week before we get into the stuff your really here for (contest), I have completed the Norwegian Rose Socks by Wendy D. Johnson. I had finished knitting the one sock, and of course, It didn’t fit. The foot part was great, but I cant get the leg over my heel. Why, because I didn’t think I needed to go up a size cuz the yarn last time I used it stretched out pretty well…well herm, colorwork doesn’t stretch. *Gasp* I’m sure to most of you experienced knitters that’s a given, but for the record, they were only my second colorwork, and the first colorwork sock. So instead of frogging, I made the socks a bit sorter (I like them shorter anyways). I had no intention of doing the second one, except for the fact, (due to my slight obsession with Ravelry), I didn’t want to have a project half done. So I decided to power through the second one… 3 days, thats all it took. First one took me months lol. Anyways here they are…hopefully I can find someone with skinny heels they will fit. (Oh ps, despite the poor photo, they are the same size)
Ok Now on the Good Stuff! Right?!
Contest!
I will be giving away one pretty skien of malabrigo sock yarn. The color is a great Navy Blueish (which honestly my camera/poor lighting in my room doesn’t do justice at all). The colorway is 807 Cote D Azure. It is approx 440 yards of fingering weight yarn. *Again really sorry for poor photo, I might need to invest in a light box soon lol* Just as a side note, I have another two skeins on the way for this contest, but wanted to post now, so once those are here, I will take photos, so There is really THREE skeins to win. The other colorways are Ravelry Red and Violeta Africana if you want to look them up before I have photos.
*UPDATE* Have all THREE skeins in the photo now, so Three Prizes to Win. To Clear up some questions, International Shipping is an Option, so Please don’t let that stop you from commenting. Also each person can only win ONE skien, so three separate people will be winning one skein each.
There are many ways to win, which is even better. You have tell October 6th 2010 (Wed) to enter. You can earn multiple entries by doing the things listed below.
1. Comment on this post. *Remember to leave your email address, So I know who to contact if you win*
2. Joining my group on Ravelry.
3. Blogging (or other social media about my site/contest) – Send email or pm on Rav about where to find it so I can verify for this entry. (Each post is worth an entry)
4. Donate to the site, as most of you know, running a site can be expensive and trying to run it off pattern sales isn’t going as well as I expected. So any donation amount of 5 dollars will get one entry, every additional 5 is another entry. (THIS IS ABSOLUTELY NOT REQUIRED TO WIN)
Winners will be contacted either by email or Ravelry pm for addresses/other shipping information.
Thanks for reading all, and Good Luck!
The socks are lovely (but I already told you that!) and the malabrigo is very nice to work with. Good luck with the contest!
Pretty socks! I don’t have skinny heels!
I do however LOVE that pretty blue yarn! Pick me! Pick me! and I joined your group on Rav too!
i love malabrigo glad you finally got your hands on some!
a cheapo way to light box is to pick up a clamp light for $5 at a hardware shop and pop a CFL bulb in there. The white light can be helpful for night time photos.
Nice socks…mine came out tight too. Nice Malabrigo!
Your socks are great love the color combo. You are giving away some beautiful colors of Malabrigo thanks for having the contest.
Your socks are lovely! Good luck with the contest!
I am happily already a member of your Ravelry group but I will be blogging about my Ardeo socks tomorrow. Unfortunately I am knitting them in Navy and the camera does not capture stitch definition and pattern too well.
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cool! I will go join the Ravelry group now…(I’m jetgirl1313) I love malabrigo(doing customized fetchings with mal now…) but never used the sock yarn!!
I love those Norwegian Rose socks!…I should learn to do colorwork so i can make myself some.
Pretty socks! Commenting here and joining your Rav group!
*measures heels*
I love this skein, the color is beautiful
I also love, Love, LOVE those socks, I want to cast them on right now
MMMM Malibrigo sock. So lovely isn’t it.
I knit a Traveling Woman out of Malabrigo Sock earlier this year…it was divine to work with!
This is such a great idea for the contest. Thank you for hosting it.
Cool socks. Chance to win Malabrigo! YAY! Count me in
Just found your site through the ad google put up on my site. Fabulous socks! I’ve only recently tried Malabrigo at all, and it was the worsted weight. Would absolutely LOVE to try the sock yarn!!
Very nice socks!
Thanks for running the contest. I’m going over to join your Ravelry group now : )
Heard about your site from the Knitgirllls. I’ve never used Malabrigo before and would love to try it!
Really enjoying the blog-I’m going to be reading in the future!
I LOVE the socks! Thanks for this fun contest.
Lovely socks! Isn’t malabrigo sock yarn the best? I knit my mom a Multnomah shawl and she just LOVES it!
I just heard about you from Laura and Leslie. Your blog is now on my “must read” list. I just bought my very first Malabrigo about a month ago and can’t wait to use it. Being a toe-up sock person, I would love to try out some Malabrigo for a pair.
I love the red and blue yarn. Lovely socks!
I joined your Ravelry group as knitterofhats
Yay for contests! I’m glad I’m not the only Knitter, who started off knitting through the back loop=)
I also joined your rav group as MindyerKnP
Gorgeous. Always have wanted to try Malabrigo yarns!
I also joined your Ravelry group…
I also tweeted your contest, here
http://twitter.com/mysevenkids/status/26511978577
Oops forgot to give contact info…
twitter @mysevenkids
email my7kids @ ymail.com
ravelry my7kids
Sorry!
Love the socks! May the best socker win!
Great socks! Hope I’m not too late to enter the contest
Your Norwegian Rose socks are beautiful!
And you finished one in 3 days – WoW!!
Who doesn’t love Malabrigo!!!?!!!
Heard about this from the knitgirllls, cant wait to see who wins
so beautiful! You have great colour taste. Would be thrilled to win.