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november 29, 2004
stash nugget #2
1 skein Cascade 220 in a heathered purple (just leave a comment to this post and you'll be entered in the raffle to win this yarn - see this post for details) posted by alison at 8:56 am | in
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I need this one because I love the Sophie bag. I've made one, but I gave it away. Besides this is just my colour! Posted by: Helene at November 29, 2004 9:02 AMPurple - my daughters favorite color!!! She'd love a felted bag... Posted by: diane at November 29, 2004 9:21 AMI LOVE this yarn. So many possiblities but the Sophie bag would be great! Posted by: Bonney at November 29, 2004 9:24 AMHow did you know I needed to make a Sophie bag for someone this Xmas? Posted by: Natalie at November 29, 2004 9:27 AMI'm in on this one, making Sophie bags for Xmas gifts! Posted by: Kate at November 29, 2004 9:31 AMWhat wonderful stuff! Posted by: Anne at November 29, 2004 9:36 AMCount me in! Posted by: sarah b. at November 29, 2004 9:36 AMCascade 220's such a good normal yarn to have around... Posted by: Katherine at November 29, 2004 9:37 AMCount me in on this one as well - Cascade 220 is the best and I love the Sophie bag (need to make one for myself!) Posted by: MA at November 29, 2004 9:42 AMme too me too! Posted by: Liz at November 29, 2004 9:45 AMwoohoo! i love purple! i've heard all sorts of nice things about cascade 220, but i can't get it in norway so i'll try my luck here ;-) Posted by: kris at November 29, 2004 9:47 AMI'm in! Posted by: Peggy at November 29, 2004 9:50 AMThis looks like a beautiful colour! I've got a ball of this at home...one more would make...something! Posted by: Rose at November 29, 2004 9:59 AMcan't resist...... thanks you. Posted by: nancy at November 29, 2004 10:01 AMI am collecting skeins of Cascade 220 for a big felted tote and this is just the color I was after! Posted by: Anita at November 29, 2004 10:09 AMOh! Purple. Knitting. Felted. Yum. Posted by: Carrie at November 29, 2004 10:16 AMcan't resist neither purple or Sophie... must have *squeaky hamster sounds* Posted by: Elisabeth at November 29, 2004 10:18 AMLike everyone else, purple's my color! Posted by: Renee at November 29, 2004 10:24 AMlike i need any more projects! but felting ones go quick! Posted by: marti at November 29, 2004 10:28 AMpick me, pick me!! please? Posted by: rachel m at November 29, 2004 10:34 AMI have been wanting to try Cascade 220 for a while, no one in my area carries it... Posted by: Amy Lu at November 29, 2004 10:34 AMI have been wanting to try this yarn and I love purple. Would be a great grad gift. Posted by: Anita at November 29, 2004 10:35 AMMmmm, felted yumminess... Posted by: Lauren at November 29, 2004 10:38 AMI've never tried Cascade 220, but have heard so many wonderful things about it. I've love to try it and finally make something for myself. Posted by: Corrie at November 29, 2004 10:43 AMI have also been dying to make a Sophie bag. Count me in for this one as well. Posted by: Nancy at November 29, 2004 10:48 AMWhat a gorgeous color! Posted by: Sonya at November 29, 2004 10:50 AMMust have purple yarn,please. Posted by: Lisa at November 29, 2004 10:53 AMI'll take my chances on this one! Posted by: Jackie at November 29, 2004 11:05 AMWho doesn't need more 220? Posted by: Brynne at November 29, 2004 11:07 AMOooooohhhhh. Ppppprrrrreeeettttttyyyyy! Posted by: Michele at November 29, 2004 11:12 AMi'm in. excellent taste in colors by the way Posted by: maryse at November 29, 2004 11:18 AMOne can never have too much Cascade 220~ Posted by: Maggi at November 29, 2004 11:19 AMI've never tried Cascade 220! Thanks for the chance at winning it. Posted by: larissa at November 29, 2004 11:20 AMI'm starting the virtual wave for this yarn... Ooh, pretty, I've heard this is THE yarn to use for felting. I'm in! Posted by: Jenna at November 29, 2004 11:22 AMheathery purple thrummed mittens anyone? thanks for doing this alison! Posted by: maria at November 29, 2004 11:33 AMI've been trying not to BUY new yarn, but I would love to WIN this! Posted by: Annie Driscoll at November 29, 2004 11:37 AMAnd this is too good to pass up, too! Posted by: Jenifer at November 29, 2004 11:40 AMI just had to put my name down...I gravitate towards purple colors, and I've been wanting to make another felted bag, too. What a perfect opportunity! Posted by: Holly at November 29, 2004 11:42 AMHi, I have been reading your blog each day since January. It is my "take a break" time of each day. Would be great fun to make my first felting project with yarn from you! Whether I win or not, I may be back for advice.! Posted by: Barbara at November 29, 2004 11:42 AMpurple for a friend....what it will become is a mystery for said friend lives in Texas! Posted by: debby at November 29, 2004 11:52 AMI haven't made the Sophie bag yet. Posted by: Bonnita at November 29, 2004 11:53 AMThat yarn would also make a nice scarf! Posted by: Anna at November 29, 2004 12:01 PMI'm keeping my fingers crossed! Big yarn winner, big yarn winner! Posted by: Lily at November 29, 2004 12:05 PMSure - why not - I love Cascade 220 - count me in! Posted by: Alison at November 29, 2004 12:08 PMCount me in... :-) Posted by: Lorraine Ea at November 29, 2004 12:29 PMHow sweet! Public destash! Posted by: freecia at November 29, 2004 12:36 PMI love making Sophies! I've never tried Cascade yarn. Posted by: Sonja at November 29, 2004 12:37 PMI've wanted to make a bag for the longest time! This would be perfect! Posted by: Allison at November 29, 2004 12:45 PMI love the color and have wanted to try a sophie and think I have a friend who would felt it for me (yeah the boiling washers over here AND the front loading bit of them- not home felting conducive) Posted by: stinkerbell at November 29, 2004 12:52 PMI'm new to felting and would love to try some of this yarn. Posted by: cathy at November 29, 2004 12:53 PMMy stash is currently lacking any Cascade 200--I knit it up too quickly! Posted by: Stacie at November 29, 2004 1:01 PMI was planning to make Sophie after the holidays, this would be great! Posted by: Emily at November 29, 2004 1:01 PMI am in love with the Sophie bag and so are my friends. Would love to make one more before Christmas! Posted by: Jane at November 29, 2004 1:01 PMA purple Sophie would be so chic. Posted by: katie at November 29, 2004 1:03 PMAnything purple and feltable is great! Posted by: Penny at November 29, 2004 1:16 PMMy neice is a purple fiend! She would look so great in a scarf of this shade!!! Posted by: Dawnya at November 29, 2004 1:17 PMAll my girlfriends want a Sophie! I've got to make a few more and purple would be an awesome color for one! Posted by: Evelyn at November 29, 2004 1:22 PMHi -- Love the color and sophie bags! Posted by: quenna at November 29, 2004 1:33 PMCount me in! Once a lurker, now a poster...that purple is gorgeous! And, I've been dying to make a Sophie bag. Just haven't had time to knit for me, what with all the Christmas gifting going on! Posted by: Sue at November 29, 2004 1:38 PMOh, this I love - I just recently tried Cascade 220 and I love it!! I need a new sophie too ! Posted by: Jenika at November 29, 2004 1:40 PMsign me up! Posted by: barbara at November 29, 2004 1:41 PMDid you say Sophie Bag? I just finished my first and have to build up my collection. Hmmm, a purple Sophie... Posted by: Vicki at November 29, 2004 1:46 PMI've been dying to try Cascade 220 -- and the Sophie pattern. Posted by: another alison at November 29, 2004 1:57 PMI'd like to be entered for the Purple heather Cascade. Thanks! Posted by: Elizabeth at November 29, 2004 2:14 PMyay 220! Posted by: jana at November 29, 2004 2:17 PMGorgeous color! Drooooool. Posted by: Kathy at November 29, 2004 2:21 PMIt REALLY would make a beautiful bag to give as a gift to my little sister who is trying so hard to knit as a left hander. Posted by: Leslie at November 29, 2004 2:26 PMYay! Purple heathery goodness. Count me in, please! Posted by: Stephanie at November 29, 2004 2:42 PMI would like it!!! Posted by: Tricia at November 29, 2004 2:44 PMIf I win, there's a special little girl who would love a little felted purple bag... Nickie Posted by: Nickie at November 29, 2004 3:21 PMI would love to try to make the Sophie bag! This color is perfect for me, and I'll probably end up sharing the bag with my daughter. She knits too and we often stash our stuff together. Posted by: LeAnne at November 29, 2004 3:43 PM
It's a perfect match for the ChicKnits felted bucket I just started! Visions of a matching hat and Sophie bag are dancing in my head... Posted by: Andrea at November 29, 2004 4:10 PMPurple heathered yarn? mmmmmm.... I do enjoy both the color purple and the idea of a felted bag. I'm working on starting a blog - when I have more then one entry I'll come back and post again with the site! Posted by: Kristen at November 29, 2004 5:02 PMI'm a Canadian, and cannot find Cascade here. Thanks for the chance to win some! Posted by: Kerry at November 29, 2004 5:12 PMThis is the one I really want! :) Posted by: Melly at November 29, 2004 5:51 PMI love purple so I can't resist. Posted by: Suzanne at November 29, 2004 6:05 PMOoh! Purple! Posted by: Flan at November 29, 2004 6:13 PMlove the Sophie bag, love the color, crossing my fingers! Posted by: Blithe at November 29, 2004 6:25 PMOut of lurkdom to say: Pick me! Pick me! Thanks so much for doing this...I absolutely love your blog. Posted by: Melissa at November 29, 2004 6:27 PMPurple, purple, I am the purple monster! AAHH! Posted by: Keri at November 29, 2004 6:35 PMCount me in here. Thanks! Posted by: Ashley at November 29, 2004 6:46 PMThanks for doing this! Posted by: Lori at November 29, 2004 7:00 PMI have heard so much about this yarn but I have not had the luxury of working with it yet. Posted by: Dawn at November 29, 2004 7:04 PMMy college's color, picked by Winston Churchill's mother herself, was purple. I'd love the skein of yarn. Posted by: Lydia at November 29, 2004 7:04 PMA delightful idea. Thank you. Posted by: Janna at November 29, 2004 7:20 PMI would love this for making the leg warmers from Last Minute Knitted Gifts! Posted by: Illanna at November 29, 2004 7:32 PMI've always wanted to try this yarn and haven't yet. Posted by: Catherine at November 29, 2004 7:42 PMHave pity on the poor yarn deprived Australians. People who have never seen Cascade, or any of the other yarns you in the US take for granted. Canada might not have Cascade, but they do have Koigu! Sob. Posted by: Susan at November 29, 2004 7:51 PMooh - purple! I've been wanting to try a Sophie bag for a while now - and purple is my daughter's favorite color! I just taught her how to knit - she's six - and she's the best knitting partner you could find! Posted by: Jan at November 29, 2004 8:16 PMAlways open to something feltable. Posted by: amy at November 29, 2004 8:19 PMWould love to make the Sophie bag in heathered purple! Posted by: Janet at November 29, 2004 9:06 PMCount me in for this, too! You rock, for your creative and exciting ways of de-stashing! Posted by: kim at November 29, 2004 9:13 PMOhhhh...poiple! Pick me! Pick me! Posted by: Jennifer at November 29, 2004 10:00 PMThat's such a lovely color! I want it. :) Posted by: Megan at November 29, 2004 10:32 PMMmmm.. cascade! Posted by: Dani at November 29, 2004 10:48 PMI'm a purple loving bag lady. Posted by: yo at November 30, 2004 12:25 AMI'm knitting up my first skein of Cascade 220 right now and it is fabuous! Such a versatile, soft, yet substantial yarn. Love it! It could be so many things! I'd love a Sophie bag, though I'm also in desperate need of a pair of mittens. Hmmmm. . . Posted by: Meredith at November 30, 2004 2:04 AMI'm in, too. What a fabulous de-stashing idea! Posted by: Alice at November 30, 2004 7:51 AMSophie is chic! Got one on the needles right now for a holiday present for a friend...maybe someday I'll make one for me. Posted by: Annie at November 30, 2004 8:41 AMHi, it is not easy to get Cascade 220 here in Japan, but Sophie bag is im my waiting project list. So I'm in! Posted by: Trico at November 30, 2004 9:01 AMIt's a long shot, but everybody loves Cascade, even lurkers who've come out of the dark for free stuff (don't shoot me!) Posted by: Danielle at November 30, 2004 9:27 AMCascade! Purple! Heather! Posted by: Ann at November 30, 2004 9:40 AMPurple... my favorite color! My fingers are crossed! Posted by: Kristyn at November 30, 2004 10:00 AMpurple? my faaavorite. Posted by: melanie at November 30, 2004 10:30 AMVery pretty. I made a sophie bag out of some heathered green yarn(Not Cascade 220). it was my first felting project & turned out very nice. I would love to make another. Aren't heather flowers purple. very scottish Posted by: Rachel at November 30, 2004 10:34 AMAnd the most popular yarn goes to..... Posted by: Holly at November 30, 2004 11:24 AMThat's a lovely color-- would you believe I haven't knit w/ Cascade 220? Here's hoping for a chance. :) Posted by: Michelle at November 30, 2004 12:47 PMI have been eyeing the felted bucket hat pattern...this would be perfect. Posted by: Leah at November 30, 2004 1:23 PMYes, please-can't get this stuff in Canada! If I win- I will send snail mail address! Posted by: Deb at November 30, 2004 2:23 PMI just used Cascade 220 for the first time last week and I love love love it. It felts amazingly! Plus, purple is my step daughters favorite color. Posted by: tendril at November 30, 2004 3:04 PMI would love some Cascade!! Pick me! Pick me! Posted by: Jackie at November 30, 2004 3:43 PMhooray for stash-busting to make this the happiest 5pm slump at work in a while! Posted by: heather at November 30, 2004 5:18 PMsomething for Anna Claire, I think. And thanks for your truly inspiring blog. Posted by: Karen at November 30, 2004 8:06 PMMittens! I'd make mittens! Posted by: deanne at November 30, 2004 10:15 PMOh! A Sophie bag! I'd try felting for a change! Posted by: Becky at December 1, 2004 3:10 AMI love purple, and I have a daughter who does, too :) Posted by: Leisel at December 1, 2004 3:14 AMit'll go with my purple fuzzzy feet! Pick me! Pick me! I've never felted anything but this would be a great opportunity. Posted by: MJ at December 1, 2004 4:20 PMMe! Me! Meeeeee! Posted by: Sandy at December 1, 2004 5:24 PMOooo, contest! Me, please! Posted by: mouse at December 1, 2004 5:29 PMYum, purple! :-) Posted by: Donna at December 1, 2004 10:30 PM |
