Alice Jean

Your name came out of the hat! Congratulations! I'll make you a nice parcel and send it out by the end of the week.

Today is a special day for me. I am not going to point out why, it is not significant. Though on account of that special day I want to give something away It's two skeins of Blue Faced Leicester in the 'Blue Jeans' colourway and a skein of Tencel/ Merino sock yarn in violet. If anyone out there would like to have this yarn (and a bit more), please leave a comment on this post, saying something nice. No matter on what person or subject, just be kind. Let's make this a short 'contest'. It will close by Sunday night (23-11-2008), my daughter will pick the winner on Monday.

It is not a habit of me to point to blog contests, but I'm pleased to make an exception for my friend Darcy. She managed to ramble 200 posts together (I'm far far behind) and celebrates this with a great contest . Please check it out, there are some fabulous prices to win!

Pumpkin Pie ! 11 Votes! Chocolate-Mocha with Berries got 9 votes. I am sure this season did affect the choice in especially browns a bit. So I wonder how this will be colour wise in spring and maybe I should have another contest by then. Many thanks to all of you. I feel a bit overwhelmed by all the kind words and the interest showed. Special thanks to Darcy , who encouraged me to have this yarn contest and also to Adrienne , it was your sharing the wealth that inspired me to do something similar. And of course thanks to all those bloggers who posted about this contest on their own blog. My daughter selected the winner of the yarn and the stitch markers this morning. She can't read, so the name was definitely chosen randomly. In the tub 74 names, a few people commented on my other blog or by PM. The winner of the Riverside is... Gini ! Congrats to you, I will send you an email soon.

Every once in a while I enter my name in a yarn contest at someones blog. Not that I ever did win something :-). But I like the idea and that is why I decided to do a small contest on this blog. Rules are simple, you have only to enter your name and tell me your favourite colourway on my Rainbow blog. That will help me to determine what colourway(s) I should dye more often. What you could win is Riverside , a skein of 75% Blue Faced Leicester/ 25% nylon sock yarn. Superwash treated, hard wearing and non felting. The yarn has a greatly soft feel and is hand painted. The skein is approximately 100 grams (3.5 oz) and 350 meter (383 yard). Fingering weight, recommended needle size is 2.5 mm. With the skein a set of 4 stitch markers, hand crafted by Dory and me. I will close the contest by next Monday, 15-10-2007 at 9 pm (UK time). The name of the winner will be randomly selected by my 3 year old daughter, who cannot read. You are all welcome to join this contest. To win the yarn will have...