B-day Giveaway!

It's time for the third giveaway of February, and since it's the week of my birthday, I'll be giving away something I'd love to get myself! A 100 gram skein of Superwash Peruvian wool! 220 yards of worsted weight lovliness, in shades of blue and green, with wisps of cream and yellow. This is truly a OOAK skein. I was playing around with a new (to me) shade of green, and I am in love with the result!

To qualify to win this wonderful yarn, just follow these simple steps...

1. Like Gillyweeds on Facebook, and comment here that you did so.

2. Follow this blog, and comment here that you did so.

3. Bring a friend to Gillyweeds on Facebook to like my page, and tell them to comment here who brought them.

4. Post about this giveaway to your blog, and provide the link here.

5. Post a link to this giveaway on Facebook, and comment here when you do.

Each of the above actions counts as one entry, but please do not combine your comments. Each entry must have a separate comment.

The drawing will be held Monday, February 21, at 4 pm eastern time.

Hardly collab longies

Hardly collab longies
Originally uploaded by s_gilly_5

These were so much fun to make! I had a skein of Purewool 3 ply, in the Hardly colorway, with matching trim. I have a pair of longies for K knitted from this yarn, and the matching shirt for her came from Lilikoi Lane. So I thought it would be fun to do a collab with Crystal again, using the same colors and the same fabric for the shirt.

So, here are the longies, sized small, and the onesie from LL will be photographed soon.

Muggabug will be making a matching pair of shoes to match. I'll be getting photos up of those when they come. I can't wait!

Coming up to stock at Crunchy Congo later in November!

Pastels

pastels
Originally uploaded by s_gilly_5

So I've decided to try and blog a picture as often as I can. I've been really bad about this. I mean, it's not like I don't have free time, right?

Here's my latest yarn dying: pastels. I only did these because I had an eight ounce skein of Lion Fisherman's wool, and when I tried to unwind it on my swift so I could dye it, I kept coming across breaks in the yarn. I cut it every time I found a break, and this is what I ended up with.

The hanks were too small to dye into colorway, yet too big to turn into dryer balls, so I dyed some semi-solids. I like how they turned out, and they are stocked on Bella Tesori now. I think they'd make a really cute pair of stripey longies or a sweater!