Monday, May 25, 2009

We Love Thor Giveaway






Carina, the dye maven behind We Love Thor is celebrating a birthday this month! She was so sweet to include some of her "Floating Orchid" Peredale roving in her last shipment of samples for me. The top photo is the resulting yarn- aren't the colors just yummy?!

Carina "super sized" some of her samples included in May's box as little gifts to you!
We Love Thor is having some extra terrestrial sales right now! They are changing their current sock base and are clearing out stock- so go snatch a pair of yet to be knit socks!

In celebration of Carina's birthday, we're giving away some really delicious We Love Thor yarn. It is called "Garden Variety" and is a light worsted weight- and like much of their goods, looks like candy to me (note chubby 3 year old boy fingers in second photo- they look like candy to someone else I know too). Please visit We Love Thor, find something you like, and write about it below here. We'll draw for a winner on Friday. Remember, I will count your twitter, facebook, plurk and blog updates about this as second entries!

Thank you, Carina for sending in such gorgeous samples! We Love You!

98 comments:

MissMoosey on Ravelry said...

I absolutely love the Nikko Blue Superwash. Beautiful!

-Rebecca

PogKnits said...

I love the accidental sunshine sock yarn! and the chocolate strawberry cookies BFL roving

CptSnoopy on Ravelry said...

love the athabasca - merino lace!

Darcys Knotty Knitter said...

I love the athabasca - merino lace.Hugs Darcy
darcysknottyknitter[AT]gmail(DoT)com

thewiggy1 on ravelry said...

I could just devour the welovethor rovings. The classic bubble gum silks (and the batt), the coral and violet, and the ornaments are my faves. Love the colors.

Sarah said...

Love the Floating Orchid roving, and pretty much everything else!!

~ Sarah (RavID AlaskanSass)

alittleweirdo said...

Great colors! I especially like Accidental Sunshine.

Jacy said...

OMG Wet cotton candy!

- Jacy

(shortsleeves on Rav, also posted to Twitter and Facebook)

Patience Ann said...

*joins the Accidental-Sunshine-lovers-club* :D
RTing now @millarca!

JuliaA said...

emerald city. omg the gorgeous rich green tones.

i'll tweet this...i'm juulia

Jude said...

Accidental Sunshine! It has been rainy all weekend and this perked up my day! :o)

Jags said...

I've spun marches sample and it turned out great, nice and easy to spin too

i want the chocolate strawberry cookies - polwarth roving it looks almost edible!!

GHouk said...

I love the butter cake and icing colors. I also really like the chocolate covered strawberry color.

kataish said...

OH OH PICK ME! *I* love Thor!

I love the Accidental Sunshine colourway. Its soooo bright and summery!!

Anonymous said...

I really dig the Floating Orchid roving. The colors are great. I also really love your name "We love Thor." I am obsessed with Iceland (been there twice, lived there for 2 months in 2005) and all things Icelandic. I assume you're referring to the Norse legend "Thor."

Jen said...

wet cotton candy is so amazingly perfect I might have to break my fiber diet. yum!

posted on twitter (gonzopants) & facebook (http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=656115224&ref=name), too!

limejuicy said...

ooohh the buttercake and icing colorway looks so yummy!

TJJ said...

Chelsea morning and chocolate strawberry cookies are beautiful.

Buckette said...

After much deliberation, I finally settled on the merino fingering yarn in that beautiful Emerald City colorway. It would be lovely as a scarf.

I believe the Thor they are reffering to is the character Thor from Stargate.

Buckette on Rav.

Sally said...

I love the sea grass yarn, the colors are amazing. I also need to learn to spin so I can spin up some of that beautiful fiber. Yum!

Sara said...

I am just loving the athabasca - merino lace! The color is stunning!

A close second is emerald city - merino fingering! Beautiful!


RavID: WintersSong

Brody Knits said...

I love the chocolate strawberry cookies bfl roving. Very yummy looking!

Anonymous said...

I'm not a spinner... yet... but what is not to love about the Butter Cake and Icing - superwash merino? I adore that color combination.

-Liz (RavID: Voxless)

Dani said...

I LOOOOOOVE the nikko blue yarn - stunning!

burnt rain said...

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=9968103
This yellow is fantastic! I want to make the Netherfield Socks from Twist collective out of this sooo badly. :)
Cheers,
Leah
-ravid: burnt3rain

Ashley said...

I love the colors in the spunky electric jelly bean!

Liz said...

While the bright colors are gorgeous, the one that caught my eye was athabasca. It's a wonderful subtle color.

ZombieCat said...

Happy Birthday!

I really like the name and the color of Accidental Sunshine sock yarn. Very pretty. I'm not usually drawn to yellow, but there have been some yellow samples in the last few boxes that have changed my mind.

Rachel O said...

I'm a big OZ fan. The Emerald City is my favorite

hotmail - dadofra

Elaine said...

Although I usually go for purples, I think Emerald City is my favorite.

I'll go blog about it now on
elaine-knitting.blogspot.com

Anonymous said...

I love the nikko blue - superwash merino sport

Elaine said...

I just blogged about the giveaway.

Zaneta @ Runner's Luck said...

ir eally like the seagrass :)
Zaneta
superwoman_4002@yahoo.com

Zaneta @ Runner's Luck said...

i plurked!! superwoman4002
Zaneta

Zaneta @ Runner's Luck said...

i twittered!! :) superwoman4002
Zaneta

Eileen said...

I love the chocolate strawberry cookies yarn. I also wish I spun, the rovings are yummy!

Anonymous said...

That fly in a trap is awesome!

Jen

Unknown said...

I love Emerald City. Subtle yet interesting.

Anonymous said...

We do indeed love Thor! I really like the Chocolate Strawberry Cookies yarn. I am blogging this giveaway.

Anonymous said...

I forgot to post in a second comment that I am blogging this giveaway.

Unknown said...

I love the Nikko Blue Superwash.

gmail = jerseyjessie

purple-power said...

Another vote for Emerald City

Rav id: purple

Unknown said...

I love the Nikko Blue.

My gmail id is: foolforknit

Sylvia said...

I think Emerald City is the prettiest.

weyuker AT gmail dot

Unknown said...

I really love the nikko blue superwash.

Aunt Kathy said...

I love the accidental sunshine color. I am usually not a yellow person but it looks so sunny and cheery.

I am going to blog about this as well as plurk/twitter/facebook

I'll do what I can I would sure love to win this one.

ivyadrena said...

The chocolate strawberry cookies (polwarth roving) and genmaicha (bfl roving) look delicious!

Kristen said...

LOVE the Accidental Sunshine colorway!

Carla said...

My favs are the Emerald City and Nikko Blue. Both look beautiful to me.

my hotmail is popofra

Robin said...

The athabasca - merino lace looks so spring like- I can imagine stolling on a warm evening with a shawl made of it.

Kristina said...

Emerald City... it is calling to me. If I ever get to make MYSELF a pair of socks, this is the yarn!
what pretty yarn.

evel dread said...

Ohh my goodness delicious! I just won a give away so if you hit my number, give it away again but I couldnt help commenting! The roving makes me want to dive in and try my hand at it!

Alpaca Farmgirl said...

Immediately I was drawn to the names. Chocolate Strawberry Cookies, Butter Cake, etc. Delicious! I love the colors too.

Lara said...

The sea-green merino fingering is gorgeous

bunchkin said...

I love the brown silk roving. Beautiful!

Donna said...

I like the fly in a trap - superwash merino sport.
donna444444@yahoo.com

Claudia said...

I love the buttercake & icing. Wow, the colors just touch me in a happy place. :)

knit-wit at cox dot net

Bianca said...

Oh yum! I personally enjoy the yarns with blues and greens in it. Absolutely my favourites

Jane said...

I would have to go with the chocolate strawberry cookies - yummy!

katerina said...

There were 2 I was really drawn to - the fooderati like one in purples and the morrigan with it's pretty dark colors. Beautiful yarn!

HanamiGallery said...

i really love athabasca. i love the colors. it just looks so yummy. thanx for sharing a great shop~

Cindy said...

this is a great color: emerald city - merino fingering !
Cindy

Sheri Karobonik said...

I love chocolate strawberry cookies - blue faced leicester fingering

One Sheep said...

Happy Birthday Carina! I hope your day is a lovely as the Morrigan BFL Roving!

Carlin said...

It is all so amazing. I love the colors. If I had to choose just one I'd probably pick the Lia Fail.

TheClayMuse said...

Tried to post yesterday but couldn't get the comments to load! now I can't remember which one i liked best, both "I tired for fondant" and
"sea grass" are beautiful!
(I also tweeted about this @claymuse)

littlelib said...

what a hard contest, there's so much to love :) However, today is a gray and dull day so I especially love the Accidental Sunshine sock yarn. It's the happiest thing I've seen this morning :)

Turtle said...

spunky eclectic jelly bean!

ikkinlala said...

The Morrigan - superwash merino sport is gorgeous!

Roma said...

I love the Fly in a Trap yarn - such a pretty combination of colors.

Amie said...

Love the Chelsea Morning handspun.
-amiem on Ravelry

Anonymous said...

I love the ornaments colorway.

Jen said...

Mmmm, she's got some great colors! I especially like the "fooderati like" lace yarn.

Jen - zgma on Rav

Aubrey said...

Wow! There is so much beauty here. I love the fooderati-like baby merino lace and the fly in a trap yarns. I am also IN LOVE with some of the rovings. Floating orchid, chocolate strawberry, and classic bubble gum are my faves there.

auntien said...

I had a really hard time trying to pick a favourite on this one...so I gave up...too many nice colours. I really like accidental sunshine though.

Heather said...

Chelsea Morning... definitely. I love the "thick and thin action."

CinderLisa said...

Love the Chocolate Strawberries roving! So pretty! Of course I have a weakness for pink.

zot said...

I really like the colors in the Morrigan colorway. Very subtle, but beautiful. I also like Thor. :)

jooney said...

It's got to be a tie between the Genmaicha (because I love the name) and the Boots colorways. Lovely...

Kenyetta said...

I love the Superwash Merino- Chocolate Strawberry Cookies

Martha said...

The accidental sunshine sock is perfect for summer days ahead.

betshsu said...

Emerald city merino fingering is lovely

LoverofallEmo said...

omg i dont know what We Love Thor thing i like the most, i want it all!!:) the floating orchid superwash merino roving is way pretty and deff got my attention, if i knew how to spin i would LOVE to make that into some pretty yarn:D

Tina said...

Oh! The butter cake and icing superwash merino roving is making me hungry!

Unknown said...

Chocolate Strawberry Cookies is so yummy looking. I love that colorway! We Love Thor was a big hit in the May boxes. Great stuff!

Anonymous said...

I am completely in love with the Morrigan colorway. The Fooderati laceweight is pretty yummy, too!

rebelhousewife said...

I Just want to eat it all up, the names of them sound so tasty.I like this one best classic bubble gum - silk merino roving
classic bubble gum - silk merino roving. I've got a serious thing for merino and silk.

rebelhousewife

Kitten With a Whiplash said...

What a great combination of blues in the Supergate - perendale roving.

I've posted to my blog.

vickie said...

i love coral and violet and floating orchards colorway vbarton24 at gmail dot com

vickie said...

http://twitter.com/morgaine24/status/1955189651 i twittered vbarton24 at gmail dot com

KPP said...

I really like the athabasca - merino lace

vickie said...

i did the facebook thing username Victoria Barton vbarton24 at gmail dot com

vickie said...

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PenelopeRose said...

Wouldn't I love to get my grubby little hands on the caramel - silk roving! Beautiful!!

Anonymous said...

I love the merino athabasca!

Unknown said...

Since I am sort of going through a yellow phase right now, so my pick is the accidental sunshine sock yarn!

Wendy said...

LOVE the Morrigan - superwash merino sport. The colours are amazing, and I think it would make some fab, fast socks.

Unknown said...

I love the accidental sunshine sock yarn--I'm a sucker for anything yellow!