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Brambleberry Yarns Giveaway!


This weekend’s giveaway is from Brambleberry Yarns.  In Cynthia’s words:  “Every yarn found in my shops has been dyed using only natural dyes. The beauty of natural dyed fibers is hard to describe. They simply glow and like magic compliment each other, naturally.”


Do your children ever help out in the dyeing process? My children go along with me when I collect wild plants for the dye pots. Those trips are always so much fun and educational too as they learn about the plants we are gathering while taking notice of the ladybugs, butterflies, birds, etc that are always found on those trips. They also help in tending to the dye plants in the garden as well. Most of the actual dye process- preparing the fibers, making the dye, tending the dye pot are left up to Mama but all of my children– both the young ones and the older ones are always fascinated by the results. Actually the younger two love to help out with orders. They help me package up everyone’s order, carry it to the post office, and personally make sure they get out safe and sound. They are very familiar with yarn and fiber too I might add!


What is your favorite yarn in your shop right now?  This month I have been playing around with my spinning wheel and some of my naturally dyed rovings and created a yarn that I am so pleased with right now. I blended some rovings together -one dyed with onion skins, the other indigo- to create the colors you see in the yarn pictured above. I had a vision in my head of this yarn before I even started dyeing the fibers and I am so excited to see it turn out like I envisioned.

For today’s giveaway, Cynthia is offering one winner the above pictured 210 yard skein of her Blackberry Worsted organic merino yarn in “Blush”

In addition, use the coupon code ‘SMALLTHINGS02’ for free shipping from February 9- February 17, 2013.  The coupon code is good in both the Brambleberry Yarns website, and the Brambleberry Yarns Etsy shop.

For a chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post.  For additional entries you can “Like” the Brambleberry Yarns Facebook page, and subscribe to Cynthia’s blog, Brambleberries in the Rain.  Please leave me separate comments letting me know you have done so.

Comments will close and a winner will be selected via random number generator on Monday, February 11.  The winner will be announced within this post.

 

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The winner is Margot:  “So, so beautiful! I love the colors and am excited to have found her blog, thanks for the wonderful giveaway!”

Thanks, everyone!

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  10. I’d love to get my needles on some of their yarn. And this is such a beautiful color.,so silky looking. Almost looks like it could be a dessert.

  19. What beautiful colourways. As Mumma of three little girls ‘blush’ would be perfect. Thankyou for the chance to win x

  20. I love brambleberry yarn and ethos.. I’m always spinning and dyeing and on occasion it has been a family affair,,, but i just love the handspun roving/yarn…

  23. What a WONDERFUL giveaway, and a wonderful business. And, just the right thing to help me de-stress….

  24. Beautiful! I can ever have enough yarn, and my daughter is in a big “pink phase” right now!

  26. With a house full of girls, I think I could find something to knit with that yarn. 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway!

  37. I would love to win this. I crochet a lot and recently learned to knit but have never made anything with fancy yarn, I always just get the cheap mass produced stuff. I’d love to make something special with this.

  38. Beautiful! I have purged all of my ugly synthetic yarn from when I was a newbie knitter and I would love to add this to my newly started stash.

  48. I have been wanting to buy some of this lovely yarn for a while now — I would love to win this!

  50. Oh, what beautiful yarn! I am just getting back into knitting, and thankfully, you’re provided me with the inspiration to think about more fun projects after I finish my first pair of socks (yippee!).