Mitten Contest Winner!

And we have a winner!

eowyn_ulysses!!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated.

Here is the yarn from which the winner is picking her prize:

Mitten Contest Update

The deadline for the contest is today! I will wait until tomorrow to draw the winner's name, to give folks until the last second to get their mittens and gloves in. ;-)

So far I have the following entries:

Priscilla - three pair
caboosey - two pair
eowyn_ulysses - three pair
leftygirl02 - two pair

If I have left anyone out, or gotten a count wrong, please do let me know!

We have a total of 10 pairs of gloves and mittens, with four people entered so I will be drawing a single name, who can then select one of the skeins of yarn.

Thank you everyone who participated! And if anyone would like to see another contest like this, with perhaps a different item to make, feel free to leave a comment. I didn't get as much participation as I'd thought I might, and I'm interested to know what sort of different contests might be more successful.

Mitten Contest Update

We have just over one more week to go before the contest ends! here is the current tally of entries:

Priscilla - three pair
caboosey - one pair
eowyn_ulysses - three pair

(Ninjasezzy decided to un-enter her mittens in the contest, so she's no longer in the tally.)

This is seven pairs of mittens! Whoo! It's only three different people, which is going to make selecting two winners very hard - either we need lots and lots more entrants, or I will probably select one winner instead of two. (I'm hoping for lots and lots more entrants! ;-) )

The deadline is March 31. Mittens or gloves, fingerless or not, any size or fiber. If you have questions, let me know!

More MIttens!

I was a busy girl this past weekend. I finished 2 more pairs of mittens, one knitted pair and one crocheted pair.

And I made a hat and scarf set.

I will send all these along to HMPCWD. Details are on my blog.

I'm really starting to enjoy the crocheted mitten pattern, and I started another pair last night.

Mitten Contest Update

We have two entries to the mitten contest! Ninjasezzy and I have agreed that since her preemie mittens are tiny and made at work, her total pile of mittens for March would count as one entry into the contest. So she has one entry, and Priscilla has made a pair of mittens as well.

The contest ends on March 31st! There is still lots of time to make a pair of mittens (or gloves). Remember, there are two skeins of hand-dyed yarn for the lucky winners.

If you have any questions or comments, please let me know!

I know I haven't posted lately...

...but I have been crocheting. Here are 13 squares for the WUA contest.

And here is 1 pair of mittens for the mitten contest.

Details are on my blog. More of both to come!

Mitten Contest Update

So, according to the mitten contest tag, both here and on LJ, there are no entries to the mitten contest. All mittens posted have either been from non-qualified folks (myself, and the group mod), or were posted without being officially entered into the mitten contest (by using the 'mitten contest' tag.)

The contest runs until the end of March, so there is plenty of time! Of course, if no one enters, I get to keep the yarn.... ;-)

Mittens, gloves, hand-covers of all kinds (fingerless or not, yarn, fabric, etc). You can donate them to any charity you like, just be sure to use the 'mitten contest' tag when you post your FO pictures.

If you have any questions, lemme know!

Mitttttttttttttttttens!!!

I am going to make myself ineligible as a mitten contest contestant, but I am going to set the game going here.

Three! Three pairs of mittens! Ah ah ah (that's the count from Sesamee Street...love him).



Does anyone see my three and raise me half a dozen pair :) Zort has some beautiful yarn for you if you do! :)

Mitten Contest

Mitten Contest

So I offered to host a mitten contest, for the month of March. Then I thought of two really good reasons why I should open the contest now rather than next weekend. First, I don't want anyone having the chance to accuse anyone of getting a jump on everyone else by starting a pair of mittens before March 1st. Second, I have no patience. ;-)

So I hereby announce the Mitten Contest!

Make some mittens or gloves: fingerless, convertible, or whatever! Any size, from preemie to huge honking Abominable Snowman sized. (Assuming the Abominable Snowman is in need of charitible donations...)

Mittens can be donated to anyplace you wish, just indicate their intended destination when you post. If you don't know of a place, you can always send them in for How Many People Can We Dress (aka Hemp Quid). But any charity which accepts hats, scarves, and other warm clothing will probably also accept mittens and gloves. Some suggestions are:

Afghans for Afghans
Children in Common
Warm Woolies


Each pair of mittens or gloves made by March 31st is one entry into the drawing. Enter as often as you wish! On April 1st, I will draw one name from the pile at random and the winner will receive a prize. If there are lots and lots and lots of entries, I will draw two names. The prize will be a skein or two of wool yarn, suitable for mitten-making. Chances are good that it will be a skein hand-dyed by myself, but I have to check my blank skeins and see if any are worsted weight wool.

You must tag your entry with 'mitten contest' in order for your mittens/gloves/handcoverthingies to be counted. I don't know how or if tagging works on the blog, but if you put 'mitten contest' in the subject line, I will be able to find it. One hopes. ;-) ETA - it looks like the 'label' is the same thing as an LJ tag, so you should be able to label your posts with 'mitten contest.'

If you would like to comment with a name and link to groups taking donations of mittens and gloves, please do so!