~*Knit Witch & A Giveaway*~

Knit Witch is a site for both the novice and advanced yarn enthusiast.
They offer instructional videos and handmade fiber products and are constantly building their inventory check out the gorgeous yarn bowls.
Knit Witch is run by husband and wife team Wayne and Brittany Newberry.
All of their pottery products are handmade their yarn and roving are hand dyed at their home in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Knit Witch Lotions and Potions are custom blended for Knit Witch locally in the mountains of North Georgia.
I have a sheep yarn bowl and love it:)
Now for the best part the giveaway: One person will win
Knit Witch
1 skein 100% SW Merino fingering weight in colorway "Star Dust"
1 skein 100% SW Merino fingering weight in colorway "Orion" (this is a highly coveted colorway!)
1 Zodia "hot off the press" sock pattern
There are 5 ways to enter you can do one or all to better your chances:

1) Head on over to Knit Witch's Shop and browse around, come back here and leave a comment letting me know what a few of your favorites things are... Easy right!

2) Subscribe to Knit Witch's newsletter and come back here and leave a comment with the email that you used.

3) Blog about the giveaway with a link to this post.
Return to my blog and leave a comment with a link to your blog post.

4) grab my button and add it to your blogs side bar/or become a follower and leave a comment telling me you did.

5) For every person that leaves a comment saying they came from your blog you get another entry.(only one comment per friend)

Please leave me a way to contact you in your comment. (it can be your Ravelry Id or email)

Deadline is July 12th at Midnight

Where In The World Is Darcy?

I'm sure you all have noticed that I haven't been blogging of late.
Hubby let me drive home to Idaho to visit my Oldest kids and my grandson and friends.
I arrived in Twin Falls june 21st and stayed with my Aunt and Uncle for a couple of days.
My Aunt showed me some beautiful hand knit treasures passed down through her family from her great grandmother.
Julie was sweet and let me take pictures of the blanket and pillow cases to show you all.
Over the next several weeks I will be posting about my trip.
I will be driving home July 2nd.Hugs Darcy

~*Winner Of The KaratStix Giveaway*~

Congratulations to the winner of the KaratStix giveaway The Ohio Girl:)

~*Winner Of The 100,000 Views Giveaway*~

To the blogs you read.

I have reached 100,000 views of my blog!!!!!

I drew a name from the 101 followers of my blog and the winner is: Isabella's Closet Congratulations:)

I want to thank all of you for visiting me and commenting and following my blog I wish I could give each and everyone of you a prize.


The Prize: A Custom with Leslie Wind the Winner Isabella's Closet will corrospond with Leslie and they will decide together what Leslie will make for her as a prize for having won:)

~*KaratStix Giveaway*~

Karen Snyders started “KaratStix” in the spring of 2007 with a plan to make tools for knitters and other fiber artists from earth friendly bamboo.
She came up with the name KaratStix as it pulls together many meanings: 1) KARen And Tom STIXrud – Tom Stixrud is Karen’s brother and has been a major supporter/helper/laser machine operator and much more, to help KaratStix become a viable operation 2) Karat = gold and Stix = bamboo and 3) KaratStix sounds like “carrot sticks” and it was Karen’s pursuit of a healthier lifestyle by becoming a “vegan raw foodist” that she believes opened up the possibility of realizing her dream to becoming an artisan.

The designs are all drawn and laid out/configured on a computer in Karen’s studio which is in her home.
She then emails the finished files to her brother Tom who will laser (sort of like sending a print job to a printer only this is a laser and bamboo is the paper) the order onto the bamboo and he’ll give each piece a sanding with a mouse sander to prepare it for the next step.
Karen then picks up (or Tom drops off) the pieces for the order(s) and then colors them with colored pencils if it is a design with color.
After the coloring is done, the pieces are then varnished with a few coats of polyurethane and once that is thoroughly dry, the pieces are sanded and buffed by hand.
She then attaches the hardware if required and the order is then finished. Karen enjoys all of the work, but most of all, the coloring when she can see the finished order finally come together as she imagined it.

Karen is most of all passionate about her customers/friends – she sends a warm thank you for each and every one who has shared so many wonderful stories and become a part of what makes KaratStix not just about an artist creating tools, but about making it possible for knitters to express themselves – as their creativity and their passions are so often the inspiration for the art.You can see more of her work on her flickr here.You can also purchase her tools at yarny-goodness,and Scout's Swag.
In The UK check out Socktopus.

One person will win the socks rule guage keyring and little sock stitch markers pictured above.
There will be 3 ways to enter:

1) Check out Karatstix and come back and leave a comment telling me what you like.
2) Blog about the giveaway and link back to it and leave a comment with the link.
3) You will get an extra entry if someone leaves a comment saying they came from your post of this giveaway on your blog.

Deadline to enter is Midnight June 24th

Where Were You Knitting On WWKIPD?

I was knitting with the Yarn Mavens in Bakersfield.
Pictures are courtesy of Vicky.
It was a lovely day to knit outdoors and I was there till 3pm.
We had at least 22 people there everyone had wonderful projects to share:)
I met some other ravelers like Virginia very sweet and Angie who came all the way from Las Vegas.
Ruth just a really nice gal was there as well.
Tiffany and I also knit together on the charity blanket with 2 other sweet gals and Tiffany was knitting a very cool blanket for a friends baby:)
I met Stephanie who was knitting a market bag in a lovely colorway and June.Suzanne was showing them ravelry on her laptop and her husband made us name tags with our ravelry names and avatars very fun.
These are a lovely bunch of gals and I had a wonderful time.
This was my first time out of the house in 2 months since Tom was tdy and just got back a week ago I was very happy to get to go.Hugs Darcy