Rabble Rousers Yarn Giveaway
Because I love you all, and because yarn people are the very nicest people imaginable, I’ve got some goodies to give away over the next few weeks to mark the launch of Rabble Rousers. (I seriously love my job, not only do I get to play with all this pretty yarn, I get to give it away and make others happy too!)
I’m starting with Wistful by Briar Rose. This is the yarn I used to make Clamor, and holy wow is it yummy stuff. It’s an alpaca, merino, silk blend. The alpaca gives it just a hint of a halo (nothing overly dramatic, just a little bit) and the silk gives it a lovely depth and shimmer. Then of course you’ve got Chris’s magnificent color sense, and you’re pretty much guaranteed to be smitten. You can always pick out the Briar Rose booth at any fiber event, the colors just glow, they’ll call to you from all the way across the room.
And I’ve got some to give away! Best of all, Wistful comes in lovely giant skeins. There’s something like 500 yards in there. More than enough to make at least two of these hats. So to spread the love to as many of you as possible, I’m going to split this skein up between two winners.
All you have to do for a chance to win is leave a comment telling me about your experience with Briar Rose. Tell me what you’ve knit with it, or where you’ve seen it, or even tell me you’ve only just now discovered it! Leave a comment on this post some time between now and Friday night (be sure you use a real email address so I can find you if you win, no one but me will see them, and I won’t do anything with them except use them to contact the winners). I’ll announce the winners next week.
I saw Briar Rose for the first time at the Wooster Fiber Festival. Beautiful colorways and a really nice twist. I have tried a few of Briar Rose’s patterns but I haven’t had the chance to try out the yarn yet.
This is the first time I’ve heard of Briar Rose, and the colors are so pretty!
I have seen Brier Rose before at a knitting fair but never had the pleasure of knitting with this lovely yarn as of yet. Beautiful colors!
This is the first time I’ve heard of it, but alpaca? Silk? Merino? Cue Homer Simpson-esque drool.
This is the first time I’ve heard of Briar Rose, but their stuff looks great! I’d love to give it a try 🙂
I’ve never heard of Briar Rose, but wow is it on my radar now. I love that sort of blend.
Briar Rose is new to me. I’d love to try it with one of the RR patterns.
This is the first I’ve heard of Briar Rose. Oh dear. I think my stash is asking for some!
I’ve not worked with it yet, but I swear, I seem to discover most of my favorite yarns via your exploits, Hunter, so I look forward to working with some Briar Rose soon. : )
This is the first time I’ve heard of Briar Rose, but I love trying out new yarns. It looks beautiful.
I was not familiar with Briar Rose, but it sounds wonderful – would love to try it.
I purchased some Briar Rose yarn for a sweater after reading about it often in Knitspot, Anne Hanson’s blog. She uses it frequently for her sweaters. I love the softness of the yarn and the colors are all gorgeous. I always have a hard time deciding on what color to choose. The Wistful yarn looks sooo soft! Nice choice for Clamor.
I don’t (yet) have any Briar Rose in my stash, but my LYS recently started selling some of their products, so that may change. I think I first heard of them from Anne Hanson at Knitspot — she seems to collaborate frequently with them, with lovely results.
Also, can I just say that I bought Rabble Rousers yesterday, and I am SO EXCITED to start knitting from it? Like, SO, SO excited.
I’ve never used any Briar Rose and my LYS doesn’t sell it, so I would love to give it a try!
I’ve heard of Briar Rose, but never had the opportunity to see it in real life or try it.
I have never had any change to use any Briar Rose. I don’t know if it is selling our yarnstores at all. It would be pleansant to try it.
This is the first time I’ve heard of Briar Rose, thanks for introducing me! The colors are so pretty, especially the reds!
What a nice giveaway! I’ve been hearing for years about the virtues of Briar Rose (doesn’t Anne Hanson love it?) but have never actually seen any in real life.
I have no experience with Briar Rose YET, but I love trying new bases and colors!
I’ve never knit with this yarn but now I would really like to have some. Thanks.
Thanks for pointing me at Briar Rose. Road trip anyone??? Internet shopping is not near as satisfying as hands on and their yarns are crying out touch me!
I first saw Briar Rose at the Michigan Fiber Festival. It’s quite lovely stuff!!
What a wonderful way to introduce what appears to be a wonderful yarn: Briar Rose. I feel lucky to have a chance to win, but truly lucky to have learned of it this way. What a great day this has become!
I have never heard of Briar Rose before, both the yarn and pattern look great.
I’ve never seen or used Briar Rose until now, and boy, does it sound amazing!!!