prizes prizes prizes!!!

(just bumping this up a bit on the blog, in case anyone had forgotten about the fact that there are AWESOME PRIZES up for grabs!!!)

here's what you could win if you make a donation to Team 4ply - you can donate quickly & easily via our JustGiving page!!! to find out more about how to donate & win, just look here. we'll keep updating this page with new & fabulous prizes over the next few weeks, so keep checking back...

to kick things off, how about a gift certificate worth £44 (all the fours for Team 4ply!!) to the Old Maiden Aunt Yarns shop? it's almost enough to bag yourself 4 skeins of some lovely 4ply...

 

 

& how about a shiny project bag full of pretties? all six original tester skeins (superwash merino sock yarn) for the new 2014 Old Maiden Aunt Yarn collection, plus a hand-sewn Made By Loumms sock project bag!!!

 

 

 

fancy some art? donated by locally-based gallery Bonny-Art, this watercolour painting "Highland Loch View" is by Scottish artist William Melrose (includes narrow silver frame - framed dimensions 62x47cm). Bonny-Art is based in Paisley & is a new online gallery with a diverse collection of affordable paintings, prints & drawings.

 

or, how about a custom knit? the lovely Nicki (luluminstrel on Ravelry) has offered to knit a pair of socks for one lucky winner, who will get to pick their own sock pattern and have the choice of a selection of sock yarns from her (pretty fabulous!) yarn stash!!

what about a set of beautiful stitch markers? or you can use them as pretty necklace pendants if you're not a knitter - or even if you are! They have no joins at the ring, so nothing to snag or catch in your work. I (Elaine) made these myself and I hope you love them!

 

Juice cherry stitch markers (small) - there are five sets of these up for grabs. They fit up to 5mm needles, and include one without a leaf in case you're knitting in the round and need an identifying marker.

 

 

One set of the larger juice cherry stitch markers, fitting up to a whopping 10 mm needle.

 

 

One set each of the cute little owl markers above and below, fitting up to a 5 mm needle.

 

 

or how about these stunning Swarovski crystal stitch markers in hot fiery oranges, and a coal black, fitting up to size 5mm needles, or the larger sparkling heart markers below fitting up to size 10 mm needles.

 

 

from a lovely anonymous donor, how about some spinning fluff?

 

 

this is "copper beech" - a very subtle tweed mix of merino, alpaca and black welsh wool, combining purples, greens, reds, browns (two small batts, totalling 85g).

 

 

and this is "midnight in the pines" - a mix of merino and bamboo with nylon sparkles, in greens & shimmering blacks (two small batts, total of 87g).

how about your own custom-made hand-woven scarf? Ange at WeftBlown is donating one of her "weather-bitten" scarves, hand-woven from Old Maiden Aunt shetland 2ply. the winner will get to pick their choice of OMA colourway, and one of the two available "weather-bitten" styles, and will receive their own custom-woven scarf!!

 

keep checking back for more prizes soon.....