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Let Them Eat Cake Birthday Giveaway Day #2

6/2/2011

Welcome to giveaway day #2! Up for grabs is a skein of wonderful, glorious, fantastic Madelinetosh Sock yarn in Oxblood ...I think it looks a lot more like berry sorbet than oxblood... but, what do I know?

And, because I'm sure whoever wins won't want to wait to cast-on, this giveaway comes with the winner's choice of one sock pattern from CookieA's Ravelry Shop!

The same rules apply throughout the week. In addition, today's giveaway requires a Ravelry account in order to receive the gifted pattern. OK. Comment, away!

76 Comments

Lindsay Welbers

6/2/2011 02:14:22 am

I need to knit myself some socks, ma'am. It's too hot to finish knitting the sweater I started last fall, but socks speak my language. (It's the language of short attention spans.)

angelanoel link

6/2/2011 02:22:56 am

I knit socks all of the time and would love a chance to work with Madelinetosh. And great idea about giving away things during your birthday week!

Lisa link

6/2/2011 02:37:14 am

Just saw your post on the CKU Ravelry page. Great blog!

I'm just working with my first skein of Madelinetosh for my Citron, and I love it -- so pretty! I would love a chance to knit my first pair of (human-sized) socks with this lovely skein of yarn!

Happy (almost) birthday :)

Debbie link

6/2/2011 02:40:29 am

Hey, great idea. Enter me in.
Thanks.

Brenda

6/2/2011 02:45:47 am

Oooo...sock yarn! And a Pattern! I have just found my love of sock knitting and am on my third pair. :) So this is your Birthday week? When's your bday? We may share the same day! Mine was yesterday! This would make an awesome b-day gift. hehe

Debbie link

6/2/2011 02:46:54 am

Sorry for the duplicate post. I didn't read the rules the first time. And if I had, I'd have realized you mentioned my birthday, the fourth of July, and so of course, I should win the prize. :-) And I've not had the chance to own Madeline Tosh before, but it looks lovely.

Sorry again about duplicating and causing you the bother of deleting the first. I would have edited the first, if I could figure out how.

Thanks,
Debbie

Judi Regan

6/2/2011 02:58:08 am

Have a wonderful birthday! I would absolutely love to win this lovely yarn and a pattern, too!! Thanks for this offer - (I hope I'm doing this right.)
Smiles,
Judi

Tiffeny

6/2/2011 03:04:41 am

I would love to win this, it would finally encourage me to try socks! : p

steffi link

6/2/2011 03:08:24 am

I've never knit with Madelinetosh, so count me in!

rosalie

6/2/2011 03:24:53 am

Enter me please those are my colors and I love knitting socks

dkscho07

6/2/2011 03:27:18 am

Have been wanting to work with Madelintosh and have some patterns on the queue. Thanks for the opportunity! Count me in!

Natalie J link

6/2/2011 03:28:03 am

Berry sorbet sounds more appetizing if nothing else. :)

What would I do with this yarn? I've had a sock pattern fermenting in my brain for a while but haven't had the time to put it on paper yet. This might be the inspiration I need to get it done. Happy Birthday week/month!!

Cynthia K.

6/2/2011 03:30:27 am

Hi,

I saw your post on Rav. Happy birthday!

I'd love to enter the giveaway. Thank you for hosting it :).

If I win, I'd totally dedicate the socks to me for once. I usually knit for everyone else, and leave my own things for "later." Later of course never comes around. So not only would I knit these for me, but I'd finish them before working on anything else.

ohdessa link

6/2/2011 03:31:54 am

Ooh! What a great giveaway - I'd use that gorgeous skein to finally knit Pointelle.

Kendra link

6/2/2011 03:41:14 am

Oh, happy birthday! What a generous and thoughtful idea this giveaway is, too. I would love to win this gorgeous yarn, but how to decide on which pattern?! There are so many fabulous choices... :)

Irene

6/2/2011 03:46:04 am

would love to try Monkey in this colour

Cathryn

6/2/2011 03:54:55 am

Wow what a great way to celebrate a birthday by giving back, fantastic idea.

I would love to win this yarn and of course I would use it to knit socks. I haven't tried any of Cookie A's patterns and this would give me a perfect opportunity.

Happy Birthday
make sure you eat lots of cake.

Kim

6/2/2011 04:03:40 am

Happy Birthday. I would love to win this yarn because I am new to sock knitting and want to try different kinds of sock yarn. I think you are very generous for giving away something everyday this week.

tiekaa

6/2/2011 04:07:03 am

What a nice color, don't care about the name :-) I love to try this yarn and make myself some beautiful socks. Happy birthday to you, I already long ago quit celebration of mine. Have a nice day!

jan stat

6/2/2011 04:27:51 am

gorgeous color! Happy birthday to you! I would use the yarn to make a Monkey I think.. I have had my eye on the no purl Monkey too.. Just made a pair of Monas and had fun with them even though I flubbed a line or two..

Sophia

6/2/2011 04:38:34 am

It is the perfect present to start making socks. Plus i love the color!!!

happy happy birthday!!!

CatieP

6/2/2011 04:40:10 am

I would use the yarn to knit socks - though perhaps not the CookieA pattern from the shop as what I'm coveting most in the Ravelry shop is Rhiannon and that is a knee high patterns... Maybe Pointelle from Knit. Sock. Love...

OneNTwo

6/2/2011 04:57:07 am

Happy Birthday!!!

The color is absolutely gorgeous. Would make some awesome socks for my daughter =)

Theressa

6/2/2011 05:28:58 am

Love the colour ... reminds me of cranberries bubbling merrily away the stovetop at Christmas. Read your post on Ravelry. Thanks for the chance to try MadelineTosh out!

kristen link

6/2/2011 05:58:20 am

i totally don't have enough sock yarn. i desperately need more ;)

Robin Goldman

6/2/2011 06:02:40 am

OMG! That is gorgeous!! Man, It would look lovely as a shawl too. Man, would I love to get my hands on this!

Berry delicious!

Robin Goldman

6/2/2011 06:04:33 am

Happy B-day too! Have a "sherbert" sock on me!

Vicki

6/2/2011 06:32:29 am

Thanks for a great give away! Happy Birthday to you! Have a great one. I love madeline tosh yarn and I love hand knitted socks. People think I am crazy for making them but I wear them instead of slippers. And it is Winter here now,(Australia) so it is time for socks.

Rina link

6/2/2011 07:27:17 am

LOVE this color! I've never really gotten the hang of knitting socks, not sure why, but every year or so I try again... I'd love to give it another try :) Happy almost-your-birthday!

jette link

6/2/2011 11:00:02 am

Birthdays are great and I hope you have an awesome one - as long as you can knit and someone gives you yarn then it will be a great birthday! I'm developing a crazy sock obsession and anyone that helps feed that obsession is awesome in my books :) yay contests!

joyce

6/2/2011 11:10:25 am

Oh, I love that color -- and I don't have any sock yarn in that color family! And I have never knit with that particular yarn before.

lorraine link

6/2/2011 01:14:25 pm

ooohh..oxblood..so pretty..i just want to pet it!..yay for birthdays!!

Simone

6/2/2011 02:17:28 pm

Hi, I saw your post on Rav and would love to win this awesome prize! I have just started teaching myself to knit, solely for the purpose of knitting socks. I have been crocheting for a couple of years but LOVE knitted socks

janin

6/2/2011 05:11:45 pm

That is a truely yummy colour and I have never knit with this yarn before.

Josie link

6/2/2011 07:30:06 pm

Happy birthday to you! I came here through Ravelry. Lovely color.. I've used Mad Tosh Merino Light and I loved it. Havent used this yarn,though.. Thanks for the chance to win this yarn.

Renay Webb link

6/2/2011 07:45:02 pm

BAH! so pretty. I can't find wool like that around here, such a pretty colour too.... sigh.
Count me in for this fabulous giveaway :-)

Michelle

6/3/2011 01:36:19 am

Beautiful yarn!!! I've never knit with Madelintosh before!

Paloma

6/3/2011 03:35:11 am

What beautiful color! I've been wanting to try Madelintosh... PLUS a cookie A pattern? sounds too good to be true!

Susan

6/3/2011 04:00:45 am

My husbands birthday is 5th June, and I would love to make him some socks in that wonderful colour.

Frances

6/3/2011 06:22:48 am

That is a gorgeous color, oxblood or berry sorbet! LOL Happy Birthday!

Jeannine

6/3/2011 07:00:38 am

Beautiful color. Love it!

meredith

6/3/2011 08:25:29 am

I love that color of Madtosh sock! My birthday was just last week, and I received a skein in Copper Penny... I think they would look smashing together in Emily Johnson's Garden Gate stockings! Maybe you should keep the yarn for yourself and make them! :)

http://knitty.com/ISSUEfall08/PATTgardengate.html

Rhia link

6/3/2011 04:19:22 pm

Gorgeous yarn! Definetly worth trying to enter this give away.

Hannelore link

6/3/2011 09:24:19 pm

I love that wool! I'm not a huge knitter but I can crochet up a storm. I can see a slouchy beret out of this beautiful yarn.
thanks for the giveaway.
lore
x

StephCat link

6/3/2011 10:12:45 pm

ooh, pretty! I just finished knitting up a design in Madtosh DK. I love the luminosity they get with the colorways.

Tina Lahr

6/3/2011 11:16:18 pm

This would be great to start making those socks for Christmas gifts. Love your site. Happy birthday!

Laurie Kivi

6/3/2011 11:33:08 pm

Beautiful yarn!!! I've never knit with Madelintosh before!

My daughters birthday is June 10 and I would love to knit her a pair of socks in that colour...

Thanks for the chance!

Becca link

6/4/2011 01:37:07 am

Such beautiful yarn! I haven't been knitting for very long but I wanted to learn so I could knit socks. Thanks for including me in your giveaway.

Jane Soule

6/4/2011 05:33:30 am

thanks fellow Gemini for this great giveaway. I happen to knit socks and adore Mac. Yarn!

Krystal

6/5/2011 12:25:40 am

What an amazing colour - so pretty! I need new socks, I hope I win!

Beth link

6/5/2011 04:40:05 am

This week I'm moving to a house that's all hardwood floors! Have been looking at sock patterns to knit so I can run and slide down the hall!

Kim

6/5/2011 05:30:53 am

Wow! What a terrific birthday give-away. As a fellow gemini (birthday on June 8th), I wish you a most happy day! Would love to win. I've been putting off learning to do socks (is there such a thing as sock-phobia?!) and this would definitely make me do it!

Jennifer link

6/5/2011 05:37:47 am

So pretty! I have yet to use madelinetosh, looks so squishy! Hope you're having a wonderful birthday :)

Terry

6/5/2011 09:46:32 pm

I'm just finishing my first pair of socks. I finally got brave enough to try and it's great.

Littleblanket

6/6/2011 05:34:21 am

I am TOTALLY addicted to knitting socks, it's just about the only knitting I ever do. I LURVE the color of this yarn you're giving away and I think I should win, I'm a June birthday girl!!

Keri link

6/7/2011 08:44:23 am

Is Tosh not one of the most beautiful things ever.
Lovely idea and happy birthday.

Kathy

6/8/2011 12:19:50 am

Ooohhh my.... how beautiful... I can see myself petting it all day long...

Pamela

6/8/2011 04:29:03 am

Ooh, what pretty yarn. I would love to try such fancy yarn on a gift for my mother. Happy birthday to you!

Jane link

6/8/2011 11:15:26 pm

Would love to try this yarn. Lovely color. My birthday was this past week as well. Happy Birthday! And, thank you.

Dana

6/9/2011 10:21:59 am

Happy Belated Birthday

Karen link

6/10/2011 03:28:56 am

I would love to try this yarn and I adore Cookie A sock patterns!! I am econnerd on Rav.

Susan

6/10/2011 03:35:36 am

Have never tried this yarn and would love to knit it up!!!

Bonnie

6/10/2011 04:42:52 am

That yarn is lovely! I'm just finishing up a Christmas Stocking and it is inspiring me to make some socks next!

kibitzknitz

6/10/2011 05:42:13 am

Goodness!! That is Glorious looking yarn!! Love me some socks altho I sometimes knit shawls/lace out of the yarn instead. But, I'll def knit some Cookie A socks to make up for the very first pair I ever knit wearing through and having to be retired.

Samantha J Ballard link

6/10/2011 06:25:15 am

I bought an entire book of sock patterns about a year ago with the intention of diving right into it. Then I started looking at the patterns and lost my nerve to dive into a project. And, the book went back on the shelve. >.<

This yarn and a new (less scary) pattern would be the perfect excuse to take the plunge into sock knitting.

Evelene Sterling

6/10/2011 11:00:19 am

That color is to die for! I've never done socks so this would be a first for me. Thanks for a chance to win!

Anita

6/10/2011 11:56:25 am

Happy Birthday to yooooou! What a lovely give away, I've never tried Madelinetosh yarn before but it looks positively yummy.

florapie

6/23/2011 10:03:05 am

Gorgeous colour! And I've recently rediscovered the joy of knitting socks-they're the perfect portable project :)

Vanessa link

6/23/2011 11:49:59 am

Love the color! And Happy Birthday to a fellow Junebug.

Nat link

6/24/2011 01:27:47 am

What would I do with the yarn? I'd pet it a lot! Then make some socks... But mostly there would be lots of petting until it told me what it wanted to be!

Kim

6/24/2011 03:45:47 am

I'd love to have this!

Mary Lee link

6/25/2011 02:02:39 am

I confess that I've never knitted socks before but gosh! wouldn't this be the ULTIMATE in making my first pair. I love that yarn. What do you think - the BFF pair?

I promise you could find me. I'll wave my arms and hum, to make it easier for you. :)

Lovely giveaway!

Mary link

6/26/2011 09:30:50 am

Oooh I missed this the first go round. I've actually never finished a pair of socks for my own self! So I'd def use the yarn for me and only me.

Rachel

6/27/2011 10:01:07 am

Mmm, berry sorbet... ♥

Hege link

6/27/2011 05:36:09 pm

I agree with you, it looks more like a berry sorbet than oxblood! If I should be the lucky winner, I'd might knit up a pair of socks with it :)

Lauriekivi

7/18/2011 09:30:19 am

Sorry i missed out last one but no one told me i won... i am a active member of ravelry using my real name :(

Tres bien ensemble

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