~*Sunshine Yarns & A Giveaway*~

Sunshine Yarn's and a giveaway
I love Dani's Colorways and I'm excited to work with her to bring you this giveaway.

This is what Dani had to say:
I started playing with dyes for fun while working as a water resources scientist.
I enjoyed my job, but felt too contained by the 9 to 5 work style.
Maybe it was the scientist in me, or the need to play with yarn, but I was soon hooked!
I had gotten into knitting pretty seriously that past year and had a blog, Knitting Sunshine.
I started showing pictures of my hand dyed yarn on the blog, and other girls started asking to buy it. That is when things clicked and I opened up a small etsy store.
I decided on "Sunshine Yarns" as a name, because Sunshine has always been a nickname of mine.
I also feel most at home when in the outdoors -- my husband and I are avid hikers, bikers, skiers, swimmers, and triathletes.
Here in Colorado, we are able to enjoy the seasons, the natural world around us, while doing something we love.
Our love for the outdoors and traveling, gives me all the inspiration I need to dye yarn!

Over the past 4 years, Sunshine Yarns has changed allot since those small etsy store days.
We launched our own website in January 2008, and with the help of Ravelry and our Sunshine Yarnies group, have grown by leaps and bounds.
I say we, because my husband Scott has been working with Sunshine Yarns now full time since the Fall of 2008.
I love the fact that we now have a successful and happy business in a place that we love... we try to never take anything for granted!

The prize:
We are giving away to 1 lucky winner,Pale Dawn Classic Super wash Sock Yarn
Approx.370 yds of 100% Merino Wool.


How To Enter:

1. Visit Dani's shop Sunshine Yarns and come back and leave a comment telling me which colorway is your favorite.

2. Blog about the giveaway and leave a comment with a link to your post.
If you don't have a blog but are on ravelry leave a comment about what you like from her shop with your ravelry name.

3.You get an entry for every person who leaves a comment saying they came from your blog post about the giveaway.

Deadline: February 7TH at Midnight

Worst Valentines Day Gift Ever!!!

Drooling Over Yarn was having a contest for the worst Valentine's Day present, She wanted to know what you received that was the worst, ever.
She said what are you playing for? One skein of custom painted lace weight yarn. Why not get something beautiful for once instead of something horrible?
Good luck and may the worst gift win!
Well this is what I wrote: A pair of hedge clippers to cut the hedges with and he bought himself a $450 gas operated weed whacker.
Needless to say I was angry that his was motorized and mine was manual you know like a giant pair of scissors.
On a good note this is an ex husband.
I’m now happily remarried and new hubby and I are celebrating our 5Th Wedding Anniversary on Valentines Day;)so there is a happily ever after after all.
Out of 39 comments I won for having the worst valentines ever.
I was so surprised when I received this email "Just wanted to let you know that you won the contest with the worst ever present. I saw your answer and nearly fell out of my chair! How can anyone be that clueless to give a pair of pruning shears for a Valentine's Day present?"
When I was married to my ex husband we had a football field sized back yard full of bushes and it was my job to trim them and it would take me all weekend to trim those bushes with my hedge trimmers he would be zipping along the flower beds with his expensive gas operated weed whacker and I would be just fuming. I think when we got divorced I threw out the offending hedge trimmers.
I’m very happy to be remarried to a sweet and very romantic fellow like my Tom.
I received an Amazing package last week from Drooling Over Yarn there was this yummy lace weight merino yarn called "Be My Valentine" the picture I took didn't capture the violet color going through it just gorgeous but there was more... some rock’ in stitch markers so cool and a heart shaped tin full of Lindt Lindor truffles which Tom and I quickly ate and they were yum!!!!
Thank you Laura your generous gift of hand dyed yarn and hand made stitch markers are a very special treat and are a wonderful Valentines Day surprise:)