Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Strike my Fancy and *Giveaway*


If you were to visit my house, you'd walk into a very modest dwelling, adorned with collections of things that don't really jive together. I am not someone who particularly cares that my living room doesn't look like it's cut from a magazine. If I like it, I buy it, whether it will "go" with all the other things in my home, is almost never considered.

You can guess what my stash looks like! Here is a shop that takes after my own heart: Strike My Fancy sells yarn, fiber and whatever else, shop owner Lisa Haley has in store for us!
In April, Lisa Sent in several samples of her reclaimed yarn as a part of our Green theme. She also sent in this most scrumptious alpaca reclaimed yarn for a giveaway!
It is so soft and so skillfully reclaimed, I don't think I would have known it was upcycled!

Here's what I need you to do: Visit Lisa's shop Strike My Fancy and tell us what strikes YOUR fancy in the comments section below. We'll draw for a winner on Friday! Remember, I will count your social networking (plurk, twitter, facebook, blog, ravelating) as extra entries- it will only take a second to let all your friends know about this fantastic shop!

Thank you, Lisa for the lovely samples and for this delicious giveaway!!

61 comments:

  1. Ohhh ~ Tahiti!!!
    Off to Twitter now....

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  2. Sometimes the first thing that grabs your eye is the best. Nuclear Pants FTW! Gonna go twitter @millarca now!

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  3. I REALLY LOVE any/all of the hand-dyed "green" and seafoam colord yarns and all of the eco friendly yarns.

    Looks to my like you can't go wrong choosing any of these to purchase and create with.

    MissK68

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  4. Do I have to choose they are all so great. Maypole, ocean, choclate mint.

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  5. Ooh! The Blush (http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=20579207)

    I'm a super newbie to knitting but yeah, that stuff is beautiful!

    Thanks for doing this!

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  6. Wow I love that Galaxy batt...I bet that would spin up in all sorts of interesting color patterns!

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  7. Oooh. I love the "maypole" yarn! Lovely.

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  8. I like the Lichen - 450 yards hand dyed lace weight lambswool yarn.

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  9. Easy. Maypole. I'm totally in love *swoon*!

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  10. I saw several yarns that were wonderful and her batts are gorgeous. But I love the brick yarn because there is enough of it to make a big project - and it's priced so that I could afford to buy all of it. Lovely shop!!

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  11. MissMoosey on RavelryJune 23, 2009 at 7:44 AM

    The blue jay yarn is what strikes my fancy!

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  12. So many great options, i think stormy is my fave though- tweeted @claymuse

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  13. Maypole is beautiful. Very summery. :)

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  14. Ooh, I love thie Lichen lace weight. http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=22085405

    I'll tweet now.

    tjbdesigns
    http://stitchingandbeading.blogspot.com

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  15. I love the Seafoam Sparkle yarn with the beads! I love to spin beads into my yarns, too.

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  16. Nuclear Pants & Maypole!! Gorgeous colors!

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  17. Love Sunrise. I seem to have moved from a green to a blue phase

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  18. Her Galaxy batt is particularly luscious-looking, and so perfectly named! That's my pick. =D

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  19. I love the beaded yarn and the maypole handspun. I have never knit with beaded yarn, but it always entices me.

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  20. Definitely "Pixie Stix"! That is adorable!

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  21. I love the colorway Nuclear Pants. The names of her yarns are as awesome as the colorways!

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  22. I absolutely ADORE Fall Finale! Fall is my favorite season, and that yarn just looks delicious!

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  23. Love maypole!! :)
    Zaneta
    superwoman_4002ATyahooDOTcom

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  24. Love this:
    Sunrise - 1.40 oz. drum carded batt - wool / cotswold locks / mohair / firestar

    Cindy

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  25. wow! love this--

    http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=15751113

    vineyard is GORGEOUS.

    juliaa at etsy. i'll tweet from @juulia too.

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  26. maypole, lime and violet, pixie stick!! all so sweet!

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  27. Pixie Sticks yarn! So adorable!!

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  28. That Maypole yarn makes me happy - bright, barberpole stripes. Yay!

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  29. I love the green color of the Lichen lambswool yarn - Gorgeous.

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  30. "Sunrise", "Ocean", and "Kelly" are all rockin' my socks right now. Can haz?

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  31. Oooh, Nuclear Pants is awesome. I love the colours (and the name!) and it looks supersnuggly.

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  32. "Earth and Sky" and "Lichen" are striking my fancy...off to Tweet @yarnpiggy and Plurk (yarnpiggy)...

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  33. Oh, that all looks so lovely and squishable. The Nuclear pants is fantastic. I'm not much of a spinner, but I dearly love handspun yarns

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  34. I love the beautiful hand-dyed yarns, the colors just leap off the screen. My favorite is Altroemeria...scrumptious!

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  35. Love the colors in Maypole!!
    Emily
    Serendipity
    www.lilm4105.etsy.com

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  36. I'm torn between the Earth and Sky yarn and the Galaxy roving - depending on how much of a spinning mood I'm in.

    Lizbert on Ravelry

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  37. Everything there is lovely and I am happy to give a shout out to someone who up-cycles.
    My fav? Chocolate mint.
    Off to plurk this!

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  38. oh, Lisa--your Maypole is one of my favorite "types" of yarn--I love the barberpole effect of the two different (changing) colored plies.

    :)

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  39. Wow....so many pretty items! I especially like the Tahiti, Earth and Sky, and all the blue/green/turquoise wools and the Galaxy and Sunrise batts. *drool*

    Jen

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  40. Lime and Violet - 110 yards hand spun yarn


    pretty!!!

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  41. spvaughan http://bit.ly/Twj4Y yarn giveaway...pretty...lots of pretty!

    twitter

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  42. facebook

    Sandra Vaughan http://bit.ly/Twj4Y yarn giveaway...pretty...lots of pretty!

    Phat Fiber Sample Box: Strike my Fancy and *Giveaway*
    Source: bit.ly

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  43. Seafoam Shimmer is really pretty neat.

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  44. I like the Blush - 58 yards hand spun merino wool yarn. I just like the color and the look of the handspun.

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  45. Merino top in Iceberg Blue and Dove are both so gorgeous and would be amazing plied together.

    Jacy
    Shortsleeves on Rav

    Also twittering and facebook.

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  46. I really like the Tahiti and Earth and Sky yarns! It is very neat how she recycles yarn from garments :)

    I am going to twitter @Knitterella!

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  47. I am absolutely in love with the Earth and Sky yarn as well as the Lichen lace weight.

    Oh and the Seafoam and Seafoam Shimmer.

    I like my greens and blues ^_^

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  48. the lichen lambs wool lace weight is very pretty!

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  49. Galaxy - 2.05 oz. drum carded batt - merino wool / bamboo / mohair / firestar looks so intriguing, I'd love to see it spun up by someone with more skill than I have.

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  50. Seamfoam shimmer with glass beads is soo unique & pretty! What a great shop!

    mc.crafty.bunny at gmail dot com

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  51. Fancy dress is as a friend would say, the bomb-diggity!!! Love that combo, and the yarns are very nice too.

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  52. All the wool/nylon yarn looks so squishy! I really love the Maypole and Pixie Stix colorways.

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  53. I like the Vineyard - 225 yards hand-dyed wool yarn.

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  54. I've been thinking about the confetti tweed all day! Nuclear Pants is a great color combination and made me laugh out loud - at work no less.

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  56. Oooh, I'm really digging the Galaxy - 2.05 oz. drum carded batt - merino wool / bamboo / mohair / firestar!! I'd love to dive right into it.

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  57. i love the stormy reclaimed yarn!!

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  58. I love her William Baffin Rose reclaimed yarn!

    tweeted @girlinredshoes_

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  59. It's so hard to pick one thing. I think Chocolate Mint is my fav, quickly followed by Seafoam, William Baffin Rose,& Stormy. I've blogged, twittered and am off to plurk

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  60. plurked...http://www.plurk.com/mamakin/invite

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