Qiviut-Queen yarn & Mill ends Giveaway for May 2013

All Natural Qiviut-Queen Yarn & mill ends lot

This months giveaway is for the lot above 275 grams in 2 & 4 ply's sweetly soft. The mill ends are blends of qiviut/merino and qiviut/angora rabbit, some little skeins of pure qiviut all from the bobbin ends that we spin almost daily. Been knitting a lot lately with the qiviut-queen. It has a delicate soft handle and makes for wonderful socks, mitts, scarves, hats, shawls and even sweaters. The yarn has plenty of twist so the socks stay perfect and intact !
Here's a Tundra Fern scarf i knit from the qiviut-queen in Raspberry colorway. To buy the Tundra fern knitting pattern go here:
www.cottagecraftangora.com/knitting-patterns/4557008232

And more socks....

To see more of the qiviut-queen colors here:www.cottagecraftangora.com/qiviut-queen-merino/4557554607

Been working on a new Top down sweater too from the qiviut-queen but its not ready to show yet because i'm busy test knitting my Brae shawl design....knit from shetland and qiviut yarn. Got to make sure my pattern is perfect ! Sold out of the pattern and all our 100% qiviut at the Toronto knitters Frolic....was a fun day....but an exhausting day met some wonderful fibre-holic-friends !  

The next show for us is Twist....right here in quebec ! a wonderful weekend at a lovely hotel with great food, great wine and great company !

To visit their site go here: www.festivaltwist.org

What would you knit or crochet with the 275 grams of yarn ?

Open to everyone world wide.

Runs from : 04- May 2013 TO 31st May 2013

Tundra Fern scarf OR Smokering kit- february 2013- Giveaway

Better late than never ! Been just so busy making yarns and mailing yarns that i never got a chance to post the february blog entry.....its already the 8th....don't know where the times goes !

The Tundra Fern smokering (above)..... this is what i have done so far ! The colour is Hunter green. It's been so dark and miserable that i really need some nice green colour to lift my spirits.

And here's the Tundra fern scarf from the January kit giveaway........

Another chance for you to get a free kit in either the scarf kit or smokering kit.
In comments section simply tell us the kit you would prefer either smokering or Scarf and in what colour from the yarns shown below. ***Please note that the yarns shown are qiviut blends so they take the dye to a lighter shade. The kits im offering are 100% qiviut. Pure qiviut is much darker so the finished yarns are a darker shade too ! Please keep this in mind when you make your choice !

1: Hunter green,
2: Slate blue,
3: Turkey red
4: Purple,
5: Raven Black,
6: Mahogany,
7: Raspberry,
8: Egyptian red,
9: Bordeaux,
10: Navy blue,
11: Not available....sorry !

Two winner drawn at random,
open to knitters world wide,
1 entry per person,
FROM 8Th February TO 28th February 2013.

January 2013-Tundra fern kit giveaway

 

The Tundra Fern scarf kit

 

Happy new year.....

Just a quick blog entry as i'm in the middle of knitting qiviut sweaters and the deadline has come and gone.

This months giveaway is for a scarf kit shown above....looks crappy because its not blocked and i'm just test knitting it on scraps of pure qiviut yarn, the kits i mail out will be so much better and contain New yarns from the same batch and the New pattern !

here's the yarn colour choice below

 

To enter just tell us what colour you would like to knit this scarf in :
1: natural-not shown,
2: hunter green,
3: slate,
4: turkey red,
5: purple,
6: raven black,
7: mahogany,
8: raspberry,
9: egyptian red,
10: bordeaux,
11: navy blue,
12: NOT AVAILABLE...... as the qiviut we are working on is too grey and does not take that light azalea colour.

2 winners chosen at random. 
From january 2nd TO 31st January 2013
best of Luck to you all !  

And here is the finished scarf !