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Winners of Nicole’s 2011 Winter Recipe Banana Fiber Yarn Color Naming Contest
December 21, 2010
Happy Winter my dears!
The first day of winter and I am getting blasted with snow here! Poor Mikey had to drive to work in this mess.
Did you see the new “How to make a tutu” post I set up this morning? If not, click here
But I wanted to share the results of the yarn color naming contest with you for the Winter 2011 Collection of Nicole’s Recipe Banana Fiber Yarn (or Nicole’s Recipe for short). I love the names you came up with.
Perhaps because it’s chilly here the winner of Yarn #1 goes to Brett H with “All Iced Up”. With the hues of a chilly blue, icey purple and a splash of sea foam green, “All Iced Up” seemed perfect to me!
For Yarn #2 Jo Karen M won with “Golden Gate Sunset”. Perhaps I’m missing wine country up in that neck of the woods or I have fond memories of driving back from Muir Woods north of San Fran and knowing exactly what Jo Karen is talking about.
Also, I’ll keep these yarns on sale until the end of the year. And how wonderful- because I am also running to promotion of when you purchase any 4 yarns on the site you get a 5th for free!
Thank you to everyone who participated. Lots more yarn and ribbon on the way so there is always an opportunity to win!
xoxo
Nicole
Yarn #1
Yarn #2
New Pattern: How to make a tutu with recycled silk sari ribbon
December 21, 2010
An excerpt from Patterns…
DarnGoodYarn.com owner, Nicole, walks you through the very basic steps of making a tutu. If you (as an adult) are working on this project on your own it'll take a little over an hour. Plan for a little more time…
Name Nicole’s 2011 Winter Recipe
December 16, 2010
Hello my dears!
Oh Thursday, I figured you can use some color. Check out my Winter 2011 collection of Nicole’s Banana Fiber Recipe colors.
It’s your turn to name them! To submit your color names, just post your comment to this post.
If you you would like to purchase these yarns before they get named you can do so here..and yup, they’re on sale during the contest!
and the other colorway
Don’t forget, winners are chosen by me and get props on the labels that go on the yarn and on the website.
Xoxo,
Nicole
Yarn #2
And the winners are…
December 9, 2010
This was a quick contest because Mike’s birthday (official DGY husband) is tomorrow and I need to bake a cake, clean the house and print labels for these new yarns and get them attached!
This is quickly becoming a very fun tradition at Darn Good Yarn and it’s beyond wonderful to have so many of you take part in this. I always smile when I add the labels with the winners names and send this marvelous yarn off to yarn shops all over the place.
Congrats to the following people for their yarn color choices:
Yarn #1 goes to Jill Holland winning with Jubilee
Yarn #2 goes to Tiffany Conner with India’s Indigo
Yarn # 3 goes to Sam Rose (of Calamity Designs) with Snooki. She submitted it as a joke but I’m a Jersey girl at the end of the day.
Yarn # 4 goes to Rebecca Mohrbach for Rapunzel
Yarn #1
Yarn #2
Yarn #3
Yarn #4
Name that color NOW!!!
December 9, 2010
Good morning Darn Good Yarners!
I told you that you would have a lot of opportunities this month to name some yarns. I have four more for you this morning. To submit your ideas, just leave your response as a comment below! I numbered the yarn’s in their captions so you can just type something like 1= xyz, 2=abc etc.
This is a quick one so make your entries this morning and tell your friends to get in on the action
Have a great day!
Yarn #1
Yarn #2
Yarn #3
Yarn #4
Yarn color-naming winners for 12-6
December 6, 2010
The choice, as always, was tough but luckily I have lots of new yarns coming in over the next few months so you can give it a try.
What am I talking about? Well, the yarn color naming contest! If you’re a part of the group “Darn Good Yarn Fans” you’ve noticed that I’ve been having a series of contest where you can put your two cents in for the name of the colors of the new yarns I’ve been presenting to Darn Good Yarn.
I’m always so impressed by the creativity.
But this round of winners goes to Michelle M and Jared S!
Michelle named this yarn Cerulean Skies. You can read more and discover this new blend of yarn here.
And Jared S, wow, what a head-turner of a name La Belle Mousse de Mer (Beautiful Sea Foam)–hmm, I don’t know if it was the French wine I had last night or what but this one was too pretty to pass up. You can read and see more about this yarn here.
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December 6, 2010
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