√ Silent Comeback Contest

√ I'm sure many of you have been wondering where I've been. Well, I've been working on other pursuits but life isn't done twisting me around just yet! However, I've found that no matter what happens, and how far I go, I always come back to yarn. . . so here I am, working on new projects and loving every minute!

As a "silent re-opening" incentive, I'd like to run a small contest. The prize will be <--- a="a" href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/64582338/pattern-crochet-woven-lemon-neckwarmer" latest="latest" my="my" of="of" prototype="prototype" this="this">pattern. All you have to do is leave a comment to this post thanking a specific service-person or saying why you are grateful to the troops for their service. That's it!

This contest ends on January 2, 2014 and the winner will be announced on January 3, 2014. Everyone is eligible to enter, so be sure to tell your friends to come by and leave a comment! Winners will be selected by a randomizer.

Good luck!

√ Katya Spring Shrug Pattern Release

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Finally!! The Katya Shrug pattern is complete and ready to be distributed! To celebrate I'm going to give a copy away to 1 in 10 entries so be sure to spread the word. What do you have to do? Find the image on Pinterest here then follow the directions! Don't have a Pinterest account. . . if you leave me a comment with your email address here, I'll enter you into the contest and send you a Pinterest invitation!

That's it! Quick, fun and easy. . . spread the word, the more people that pin the more chances to win. Contest closes Sunday night and winners will be announced on Monday, February 27, 2014 by 9:30 am.

The pattern is available on Etsy, Kindle, Nook, Ravelry

√ Comment To Win - Etsy Treasury

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Click "here" to be taken to the treasury to comment to win!

Today I'm doing something a little different. This week I've been completely off my game because of various reasons so I was not able to get a shop profile together. However, I did have the presence of mind to join in this "Comment to Win" treasury game by the Avid Treasury team. So, today you can go to this treasury, leave a comment for a chance to win all the items in the treasury! How's that for a great start to Spring?!

BTW - This weekend we lose an hour with Daylight Savings Time, so don't forget to turn your clocks forward one hour before going to bed on Saturday!

√ End Of Summer "gift-away" Contest Winners!!!

√ Thank you to everyone that jumped in and made this contest a success! I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you discovered something new along the way. We only had space for three winners this time, however, don't fret, there will be other opportunities throughout the Fall and Winter for you to win!

Congratulations to!

Karen Gray - Winner of the "Peacock Neckwarmer"
Robin Scott - Winner of the 50% off Coupon
Diane Harris - Winner of the 30% off Coupon

Thanks again and make sure to come by the facebook page every now and again because sometimes, it's just a Facebook contest!!

Enjoy your day!

√ 12-hour Contest - Winner!

√ First, I want to thank all the really great fiber lovers who stopped by yesterday during the 12-hour contest! It was so much fun watching the comments come in. You were all so very kind and gracious. I also loved hearing about all the fiber love out there! It makes me feel good when I can "enable" your obsession, after all, that is my motto!!!

I promise, there will be another 12-hour contest very soon, with another really fun prize. National Craft Month is not over yet and there is so much to do!!! If you didn't win this time, come back and try again. . . I may get addicted to doing this.

The winner of my first 12-hour contest is

Seema

Congratulations!!!

She has the cutest crochet Amigurumi in her shop. I know she'll get a kick out of making other crochet items as well!

Your book, Crochet Squared: 30 Easy Crochet Projects Made from Simple Squares,
will be shipped out by Friday so you can be working on your next crochet project by the end of next week!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your new book!

√ End Of Summer "gift-away"

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We mourn the end of Summer, but it doesn't have to be that way!! Fall is an amazing time of year full of color, school etc. It's always been my favorite time of year, maybe because I was born in the fall. Whatever the reason I love the Fall and I want to give you a reason to love it too!

To celebrate the end of Summer I'm sponsoring a contest until the end of August! That's right, Fall is coming and you get the chance to win a brand new "Peacock Crochet Neckwarmer" for the season!! The instructions are all laid out below so enter, share with a friend and enjoy! Good Luck!!

√ Contest Winner!

√ Running a contest is always so much fun! Not only do I get a bit of exposure, but I get to meet some really nice people who have at least the same love of yarn that I do! The "Show Yourself Some Love" contest was no different! I was hoping to get more people to know about the Facebook Page and the Yarn Obsession Shop as well as this blog and I think the mission was accomplished! I also wanted to have a reason to work on another project and that too was accomplished because we have a winner!

Congratulations to Amber Gintare who stopped by and let me know that she loves the Frill Edge Crochet Wrist Warmers

I'm not sure if that will be the item she chooses, but she has the opportunity to get a custom made item of her choice from the shop!

Thank you to everyone that stopped by and left a message. . . don't be discouraged, I'm gonna be running a few more contests cause I'm having such a great time with them! That means more opportunities to win more items!

As we look to Spring, expect to see some really cool Spring patterns as well as custom items hitting the shop in the coming weeks. . . of coures, I'll have to take a few weeks off soon to have my baby girl, but after that, we'll be having lots of fun!

√ 12-hour Contest!

√ In honor of National Craft Month, I'm having a 12-hour contest! The prize is this book! Crochet Squared: 30 Easy Crochet Projects Made from Simple Squares. I'm working on a book along these lines, so I purchased it to take a look at the "competition". Although I love the patterns, I don't want to be influenced by the patterns so I'm giving this book away to one lucky ready.

What do I do? Well, all you have to do is: 1)answer the new poll in the sidebar over there <--- ; 2) Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you've answered the poll and a way to reach you if you win!

That's it!! However, this contest ends at 9:30 PM today (3.11.09) so make sure to tell your friends!

This book is a great addition to any crochet lover's library or as a gift to someone who loves crochet!!

Good Luck and thanks for stopping by!

√ February Chunky Scarf Winner!

√ It is my pleasure to announce

Jen Otero

as the winner of February's Chunky Scarf giveaway!

She now gets to select one of the colors listed below for her scarf!



Congratulations Jen! I hope you enjoy the scarf and that you let your friends know where you won it!

There will be one more scarf giveaway for March so stay tuned!

√ Quick Contest Winner!

√ I want to thank everyone that came by and left a note for my 300th post! It crept up quickly and I almost missed it! Thank goodness I didn't because it was a great excuse to run a short contest to give something fun away!

Congratulations to Lorraine who stopped by to say congratulations on that post! Lorraine won this really cute and warm Crochet Chunky Hat!  She selected the Citron color (green shown in the photo) and as soon as I can, I will ship it out to her, hopefully in time for colder weather and even Christmas.

Thanks again and know that I appreciate your continued support!

If you are a follower or subscriber to this blog be sure to look for a "Black Friday" 5-hour Coupon code in your inbox soon! If you are not yet a subscriber, please go ahead and either follow this blog via email on Feedburner ---> in the right sidebar or be "In the Know" <--- in the left sidebar!

I'm so excited about giving this coupon code to my supporters. It will be a great opportunity to get what you'd like at a great price!

Stay tuned!

√ Final Chunky Scarf Giveaway!!

√ Win a FREE CUSTOM Chunky Scarf from my shop!
That's right, On March 23, 2009, I'll be giving away my final FREE CUSTOM chunky scarf (a $70 value) to a lucky reader!

To be eligible, you need to go the top right hand corner of my blog and enter your name and email address. If you have already entered your information you already have one entry, in order to receive a second entry, leave a comment on this posting. If you are entering for the first time, enter your name and email address and leave a comment, you will be entered twice!!!!

If you win, you will be notified on March 23, 2009 via email, and have the opportunity to select your color of choice to have a scarf made especially for you. Hurry, this is your last chance for a great Winter scarf for free!!!

√ Show Yourself Some Love Blog Giveaway!

√ Happy Valentine's Day!

Right in the center of the month of February everyone turns their thoughts to Valentine's Day! A day to think of those you love and show them appreciation. Well, I want to turn my attention to you and show you some appreciation. What better way to do that than to have a giveaway?!

Let's start with the Prize:
Anything in the Yarn Obsession Etsy Shop custom made just for you! Your choice of whatever you want, in the color of your choice made just for you!



How to enter:

No purchase is necessary to win. You just have to go to the Yarn Obsession Etsy Shop, take a look around, then come back and leave a comment about your favorite item in the shop. Your comment is your entry. Only one comment per person please, duplicate entries will be deleted, and if you want more entries, more ways to win are listed below.

Please leave your name and a way to reach you should you win (don't be anonymous!)

Additional Ways to Enter:
- Follow Yarn Obsession on Twitter and send a "DM" or @sedruola Tweet.

- "Like" our Facebook Yarn Obsession page and leave a message on the wall.

Bonus Entries:

- Blog about this contest and leave a link to your post in the comments
- Post on your facebook page about this contest and put a link to the Yarn Obsession page in your post and let your friends and family know to "like" the Yarn Obsession page and leave a comment letting us know where they heard about us

This giveaway starts today, Monday, February 14th and ends on Monday, February 21st at 9pm. The winner will be announced Tuesday, February 21st. Open worldwide.

Show yourself some love and enter for a chance to win!!!

√ Peacock Crochet Neckwarmer - Pattern Giveaway!!

√ It's Thursday and it's my 9th wedding anniversary so I'm feeling a bit like I want to give something away. Why? Because it's Thursday and it's my 9th wedding anniversary and I'm so looking forward to another 9 years!!

This is the Peacock Crochet Neckwarmer that I have listed in the Etsy Shop and on Ravelry. It's a quick fun and easy project that delivers BIG in the stylish department and I want to give away a few patterns.

If you think you'd like to add this pattern to your library just follow the instructions and Good Luck! The more entries there are, the more patterns I'll give away. . . 1 for every 10 entries so tell your crocheting friends to come by and enter as well!

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√ Introducing "amber"

√ Some of you may remember back in February when I had the “Show yourself some love” contest if you did a few things to help get the word out about my Facebook page and blog. I had a great time running that contest because in the end I knew there would be one lucky winner who could choose whatever they wanted from the Etsy Shop. Well at the end of that contest Amber Gintare was the winner and she decided to get her very own, custom made Knit Chunky Collar. I got busy and got it done before having my baby, but it took several weeks to reach Amber in Lithuania. Just last week she contacted me to say that she’d received her package and in her own words:

“OMG, it's so amazing. literally my jaw dropped. . . from the picture I could see it was beautiful, but in real - it's above beautiful. I am loving it! Thank you so so so much for it. It's really amazing (and all the people I showed it to were amazed)”


How could I not be happy to have made it especially for her! She selected the yarn color and I just worked it up. Then, I asked that she send me photos and boy did she deliver! So, I decided to do two things, with Amber’s permission of course: 1) I’m renaming the wrap to “Amber”: 2) and I’m using her lovely appreciation photos as the ads for the custom wrap.

Introducing Amber, in her “Amber”

More contests coming soon!

√ January Contest Winners!!!

√ Happy New Year!!!

In the past two weeks I posted two contests on my blog and had a lot of fun considering the prizes! Although I hoped for more participation, I’m sure in the coming weeks that will take care of itself! So, without further delay I’d like to announce the winners and their prizes here today!

The first contest was for the prototype of my new neck warmer pictured here --->.

I wanted to hear about some of our men and women in uniform because yellow is the color of support. Congratulations to Karima who told us about her son-in-law Huey Robinson who on active duty overseas! We'll keep him and all the men and women in uniform in our thoughts. I’ll be sending the neck warmer in a few days so you can have it just as Winter gets “crazy”.

The second contest was just spur of the moment where I wanted to send something special to anyone letting me know what their plans were for the coming year! Congratulations to Ikkinlala who is planning to learn to drive this year as her main goal!!! You go girl! As a token of thanks for participating I’ll be sending you some handmade washcloths similar to the ones you can view here and a small sample soap from this Etsy Shop!

Come back soon for your chance at discount codes, prizes and valuable yarn information!

**winners randomly selected by randomizer found at http://valentinedaysgiftz.blogspot.com/**

√ Award & Contest

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Yesterday was an amazing day! I reached 600 "Likes" on my Facebook Page and I got an award out of the clear blue! I decided that today, we'd interrupt our regularly scheduled programing to say a HUGE thank you to Lynette over at Sweet Posy Dreams for bestowing upon me the "Versatile Blogger Award"! It's nice to know that there are those who come by often enough to be entertained by my "lack of focus" which is this blog. I actually think that focus is sometimes overrated. ;-) Lynette's blog is full of interesting stories and I love that she comes by and comments here all the time.

I'm also going to have a contest to celebrate my 600th "Like" But first...

I am going to pass this award on to 15 bloggers, but before I do, I have to tell you the rules:

1. Thank the person that nominated you, and give a shout out on your blog to them with a link to theirs.
2. Share 7 random facts about yourself.
3. Send the blog award to 15 other bloggers who's blog you love and appreciate, and let them know they won the award.

So now let's get to the 7 random facts about me:

1.  I am a first generation Haitian-American born in the U.S.

2.  In high school I wanted to be a Pediatrician (I think it just sounded good when asked "the" question)

3.  I will eat anything made with potatoes

4.  I love decorating and DIY projects

5.  My favorite quote is "for everything there is a time and a season under the sun..."

6.  One of my favorite books is "Go-Givers Sell More"

7.  I have a HUGE extended family that keeps me grounded

So now comes the time where I introduce you to the 15 bloggers who I think well deserve the "Versatile Blogger Award"

Valerie at Everyday Inspired

Kathryn at Crochet Concupiscence

Jayna at JJCrochet's Blog

Reema at Living, Loving, Breathing Boys

Boston Handmade Team at Boston Handmade

Vickie at Vickie Howell

Sarah at Sarah London

Patrice at Yarn Over, Pull Through

CurlyNikki at Curly Nikki

Sleight Girl at All Things Tangled

Lucie at Lucie Wicker Photography

Melle at Melle Amade

Kathy at Weller Wishes

Kara at Petals to Picots

Angela at A Mama's Two Cents Worth...

Contest time! To celebrate the 600th "Like" on the Facebook page I'm giving away three items, a completed Chunky Crochet Slouchy Hat and two patterns, winner's choice! Just follow the instructions below! Good luck! Thank you!

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√ Quick Weekend Contest

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It's Friday and we're all looking forward to the weekend! Here in New England there will be a mix of sun and rain, so we'll see how the activities develop. Anyway, I thought it would be great to have a quick contest this weekend.

Here's what you need to do:

1 - Follow this blog on Networked Blogs, the box is in the sidebar -->
2 - Refer a friend to follow and leave a comment telling me who referred them

That's it! On Tuesday I will announce the winner. . . Did I forget anything?

Oh, right, the prizes!!

If you win on your own, and no one referred you, then you can select anything from the Ready To Ship shop

If you referred a friend and they win, your friend will win anything from the Ready To Ship shop, and you will receive a coupon code for 50% off anything in the store!!!

That means, the more people you refer that let me know you referred them, the more chances you have to win something!!

Ready, set, win!!!

√ March National Craft Month Contest

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Welcome to National Craft Month! I love crafts of all types, I just had to pick my poison due to limited time. However, that hasn't kept me from wanting to venture into new crafts every time I visit the craft store.

To celebrate I'm running a contest all month long emphasizing crafting and it's benefits. Here's how it's going to work. The main thing is to leave a comment on this post telling me a few things:
1) What is your craft?
2) How did you get started with your craft?
3) Where do you sell, promote your craft online (feel free to leave your links so others can find you)?
4) How can I get in touch with you if you're a winner?

Spread the word, spread the love! Happy Craft Month!


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