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Giveaway: Lion Brand Homespun

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homespun yarn giveaway

Congratulations to Priyanka!

I had a really fun opportunity to teach a knitting class at a local advertising firm that’s doing some work for Lion Brand Yarn, and to show their appreciation they gifted me with a lot of yarn.

A lot.

And I already have a lot of yarn.

So while it was an absolutely lovely gesture, and I am certainly keeping some of it for myself, my gain is your gain as I’ll be giving away some of it periodically.

To start, these six skeins of Homespun. There are three each in the colors Coral Stripes and Pearl. I think the coral is actually self-striping, while the pearl is multicolored. If you haven’t worked with Homespun, it’s a bulky, textured yarn than runs 185 yards per skein, so in all this is 555 yards per color or 1,110 yards total.

The yarn, as you can see, is new in the bag.

If you’d like a chance to win this yarn, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, April 19. Let me know what you’d like to do with the yarn. One winner will be picked at random.

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

Comments

  1. I would love to win this yarn. Set up those to be donated to those who cannot purchase.

  3. I knit all year long for Christmas! I have a very large family and every year at our Christmas dinner I bring a huge box of everything I’ve needed throughout the year. It’s so fun watching all my grandkids and children and nieces and nephews tear through that box and pick out something special that they love. I can use all the extra yarn I can get for this yearly project.

  4. Generous giveaway of pretty yarn. I think I would knit something for the grandkids, got back into knitting this winter and want to make more things.

  5. Hi, I run a prayer shawl ministry for cancer patients in Grand Rapids Michigan. I would LOVE this yarn to make prayer shawls. Thank you

  6. Not sure but in the past I have made some lovely scarves for donations and a jacket for a small granddaughter. I have also made some hats for donations for kids in an area that gets cold in the winter. So something like that.

  8. I run a craft club in my church that has started making prayer blankets for those who need them. If I won, this yarn would be used for that.

  11. I would use it to make prayer shawls or cowls. I love the feel of homespun against my skin.

  13. I’ve just returned to crocheting and am making a hooded baby blanket. I’d use this to continue the fun 🙂

  16. I would love to win some Lion Brand yarn. It is so soft I would se it to make afghans for my at grand kids. Thank you for this opportunity.

  20. This yarn is exactly what I need to serger finish some project edges and for my couching designs.

  21. I have made (so far) 4 prayer shawls for friends and two local prayer shawl groups. I’d love to have these skeins to continue this work.

  22. I hahve a friend who is a Pastor and with her congregation is knitting prayer shawls for all the nursing home folks in their area. This would be the perfect donation to the project. Thanks for the opportunity.

  23. I used that for the first time in an afghan this past fall. I would love to have some more to work with. Thank you for sharing your bounty. :>

  24. Because I’ve been unemployed for a long time and my husband is our only income…we don’t have any disposable income.
    My nephew (a 1st Lt in the Air Force) and his wife are expecting a baby girl in Sept. I’d like to make a blanket and/or a hat & mitts; they live in Ohio at this time and the winters are cold.
    Thank you for your generosity.

  25. A specific project hasn’t been planned. However, I’m knitting for our two small grandchildren and charity knitting. Thanks for such a great opportunity!

  26. I just discovered finger crocheting and need a chunky yarn to try it out. These colors would be perfect!

  28. Great giveaway! The yard would be used to make scarves for a local non-profit, Busy Hands of Michiana. A great group of volunteers that does unbelievable work for our community!

  29. ohhh….i would start with wondrous pillows to lounge about the encampment at the Renaissance faire 😉

  30. What a thoughtful gift idea from you! I’m 80 years old and crocheting keep me active and ‘sane’. I make stuffed animals for Ronald McDonald House and other preemie caps, hats and scarves, etc. for shelters and charities in my area. This yarn would go a long way in helping out these groups. Hats off to you for offering this. Jan O’H

  31. Homespun is wonderful yarn to work with and often our church ministry uses it to make prayer shawls. If I had it I’d make these shawls and give some to our church for others to make prayer shawls also.

  32. I would make an afghan for my roommate’s Giftmas gift this year. She likes to stay nice and warm.

  33. I want to make a blanket for a little girl who is 6 months old. She lost her family in a car accident!

  35. I would use the homespun to make lap throw for my daughter to take with her to college.

  37. I just started knitting again and am making scarves. My next project would be an afghan.

  39. My friend’s husband makes hats and blankets and donates them to local charities for people in need during the winter months.

  41. I just finished making a prayer shawl for my sister who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer. I would love to use this yarn to make more prayer shawls. It is such a dreamy yarn.

  45. If I won this yarn I would make a poncho for my sister. I have s Lions Brand pattern for it.

  48. I am always looking for yarn top make projects for my two granddaughters! Thanks for the chance to win!

  49. We would love the yarn for our hospital guild, we do outreach programs for cancer patients, and our maturnity floor.

Have you read?

Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts. 

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts. 

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects. 

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version. 

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want. 

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do. 

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like. 

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.