Since March 10th I've done over 43 miles of running training for the Team Challenge half marathon I'm doing in July. The race is the Napa Valley to Sonoma half marathon, and boy do I need to work on my running. The course is supposed to be hilly, and my normal training runs are just as flat as flat can be!
I've set myself the goal of raising $5000, which with your help I'm sure I can make. To sweeten the pot, I'm following the footsteps of Claudia and the Yarn Harlot, who have raised tons of money for charity by having a raffle (prizes to be added once or twice a week)! For every $10 you donate from now to the end of July (the race is July 20th), you'll get an entry in the raffle. So, head on out and donate!
The first prize!
I've been trolling around my local bookstore looking for the best knitting books I can find, and this is definitely one of the tops (it's a prize for you, but I'm going to buy one for myself as soon as I can)! Heck, I saw it in the bookstore last week, but the cover was torn. Can't have that!
I love that this book has so many patterns, so you can put into practice some of the information provided in the book. I've been looking at them on Ravelry, and they are just to die for.
You know you want this book (well, I know I want this book, but I can restrain myself)! Tune in later this week to see the first of the yarny prizes! Om nom nom (yeah, it might be time for lolyarns).
Find out more about the book at Amazon.
(There is a page that lists all of the raffle prizes to date, but needless to say there isn't really anything in there yet.)
The second prize is a skein of Hand Maiden Sea Silk in wonderful blues and greens. This one is from the stash, bought at Lettuce Knit on the Yarn Harlot's birthday (I'm horrible, I know).
It has gorgeous shades of blues and purples and is wonderfully soft. This skein is enough for some of the smaller shawl patterns and for the 60-inch version of the Lace Ribbon Scarf.
More prizes will be added late next week! Until then, happy knitting (and spinning, beading, crocheting, macrame-ing)!
