Saturday, February 23, 2013

Woollie news and a Great Giveaway!


Hello!
How has your week been?  Have you got something interesting planned for the weekend?

It has been a bit of a woolly week here with me getting everything organised for my little shop.  
I have finally got my shop open, I guess this is a grand opening post!

I have had lots of fun playing around with colour schemes and photographing all the yarn.
Do you want to see all the lovely colour? Well, here is a bit of a sneak peek....









These colours are the ones I am using for my star stitch blanket at the moment, it is the second one I have done in this colour scheme, I think they look lovely all together.  I am planning to offer these colours as a pack, but am waiting for an order of the light lime as it was out of stock for my first delivery, and the other problem is that the nice minty green is a discontinued colour and I only have a limited supply of it :(  So when it is gone, it's gone and I will have a hunt and see if I can find a good substitute for you all.









I am opening my shop on  Storenvy, I hope it all runs smoothly, there are bound to be teething problems but I hope I can sort out anything that comes up quickly.

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Anyhoo, to mark this occasion I thought it would be good to have a Yarny Giveaway. Yay!!  

All you lovely readers who pop in here and take the time to be so encouraging and generous in your comments are really appreciated, and I thought it was time for a thank you !

So here is what I am giving away: 
*1 pack of 7 balls of wool in the colours: pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream. (photo second from bottom)
*1 pack of 6 balls of wool in the colours : mustard, peacock blue, sea green, sea blue, grass, and dark grey. (photo above)
These are really lovely yarns and I hope you will like them and make something fab with them!
One person will win one pack and another person will win the other.

Would you like to enter?
Just leave me a comment on this post and tell me which colours are more up your alley, and I will pick the winners in 2 weeks!  
It is open to all my lovely followers and anyone else who is of the yarny persuasion !!

If you would like to spread the word about my give away that would be lovely, but you don't have to, and it's open to the whole world!

Here is a link to my shop Little Woollie Makes Yarn Store, I'd love it if you had a look and tell me what you think.

Ok, I think that's about all for the moment, I'm off to have nice cool drink in the sun, it is still really warm here, talk soon!




268 comments:

  1. Such lovely colors and yarns. Congrats! May all go well with you!

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  2. yeh when i'm finished with my daughters blanket I will be definately stopping by to pick up some of magic colours. Congratulations on the shop opening and thanks for the giveaway (second pack please)

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  3. HI, Jules!
    I'm really very happy you are realizing your dream! You sound very inspired! I checked out your shop, it looks so cute and in all your favorite colors :)
    I'd love to enter your giveaway :)Let's see if I can be lucky. I like red, blue, yellow, green colors :)
    All the best with your shop, I'm sure it'll be successful.
    Anna

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  4. Congratulations on your momentous occasion! I use all colors I can get my hands on but if its anything for me I love neutral colors.

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  5. Love what you are doing, very bold. I have recently revitalized my relationship with a crochet hook and am going like lightning to create all the projects I have had on hold for 20 years!!! My daughter recently announced she is expecting in June so I'm really fired up. Both batches of colors would really send me. I love them all. Good luck in your venture and I will surely be back.

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  6. I am really excited for you and think that having my very own yarn store would be such a lovely thing! I would love to enter your giveaway, I think I prefer the bottom colours although I have always admired your colour schemes because they are a bit different to what everone else is using so I like the top ones too.
    I can't decide, I would feel blessed to win either :O)
    wishing you much luck with your shop

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  8. The new shops looks lovely, good luck with it! As for the giveaway, I just love the second lot, it would be perfect for my future niece/nephew. (Kati from Hungary)

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  9. The colors that most appeal to me are pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream. I love all colors and the brighter more colorful the colors the better I like them. I use a variety of colors in many of my crochet projects. The more color the merrier. Thanks for the give away. I am not lucky when it comes to give aways but maybe I will be blessed in this one. Have a lovely weekend.

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  10. Wow they are both so beautiful, but the first one (with the pinks) is more me. Good luck with your shop!

    Em xx

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  11. Jules your shop looks GREAT! How exciting! It looks like you've gotten in a great colour range :-)
    Your giveaway is super generous - I love both colour packs, so I guess if I was lucky enough to win, I wouldn't mind which once I received!

    Good luck with it all!
    Sarah xx

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  12. Congrats on your new store! I'm in love with the pinks, red, peacock blue, light aqua, denim, and cream. Yarn is my addiction so thanks for having a giveaway!

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  13. Congrats on your store! I'm loving the colours in the first pack.. especially Flamingo!

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  14. All the colors are just beautiful. I dont think you could go wrong with either set. :) im drawn to the one with flamingo in it.

    Love them all
    So excited for you
    Amber

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  15. Congratulations on opening your shop! How exciting! I've admired your color sense on your blog for ages, so I expect you'll do well. I lean towards the second set of colors, being more of a green than a red type person, although both sets are lovely.

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  16. I'm loving the colours in the first pack..
    *1 pack of 7 balls of wool in the colours: pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream.
    Good luck with your shop!

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  17. Yum yum yum,Jules I am so jealous. Congratulations and I am sure you will be successful in your wooly endeavour. I just love the combination of mustard, peacock blue, sea green, sea blue, grass, and dark grey.Good luck and best wishes

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  18. Truth: I'm a bit obsessed with your yarn work and the colors you use. I'd love a bag full of your bright colors, in either palatte!

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  19. Congrats on opening your shop! I love the second pack. Yellow and grey in a colour scheme us definitely one of my favourites :) x

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  20. What lovely colors and so very sweet of you o consider us readers for such a fabulous give away. All my wishes with you in your new adventure. I love both the packs but the last one is more eye catching for me. :)

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  21. Greetings from South Africa!

    I've been dying to open a yarn shop of my own but have been held back in doing so due to the high costs involved in running actual physical premises. I love experimenting with different yarns from around the world and so am thrilled with what you're doing in starting up a virtual shop. You can be sure I'll be sharing your link with all my yarny friends on my Facebook.

    Of course, I'm thrilled to enter your giveaway for a chance to win some gorgeous Aussie yarns. The pack that most appeals to me is the one containing the pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream. What a lovely cheerfully cosy lap blanket those would make!

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  22. thank you so much for the chance to win. While both packs are gorgeous, I love the colours in pack 1 a little more.

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  23. lovely! loving the pinks and blues :)

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  24. Congratulations on your new venture, hope it all goes well. The yarn looks lovely. Don't they have great names. I love both the flamingo and the peacock, but I think my preference goes for the pack containing the flamingo.
    xXx Helen

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  25. Good luck with the yarn store. I was having a rant about my LYS the other day over at my blog and how it is a total mess and does nothing to encourage people to take up crocheting or knitting. Anyhow your colour packs and yarns are 100% improvement on what I can see locally:) I love pack 2 - gorgeous colours. Daffy x

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  26. Shop looks fab!
    I like the look of both colour packs but would love the first pack. Rather Cath Kidson which is right up my alley.
    Goodluck with the shop!

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  27. Good Luck with the new store. Love all the colours - especially the bottom three. Very inspiring!

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  28. Totally love your shop!!gongratulations!!!love pink!!!kisses!!!

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  29. Love the colors that you have picked out. Good luck on your new shop!!!!!

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  30. I wish you all the good luck in the world with the yarn shop! Who knows?meyb some day you'll have a grand opening of a yarn shop on the ground. Keeping my fingers crossed for that. I love the colors you picked but i must say i'm in love with mustard more:x

    Congrats and all the best wishes!
    Alexa

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  31. wow I'd love to join I really like the first choice (I don't like the mustard colour much) Really nice colours This is a nice give away Thank you for that and good luck with your shop!!!

    have a nice weekend
    Chris

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  32. Oh lovely - and any congratulations on having a dream and actually doing something about it! (I don't comment very often but follow your blog along in my google reader and enjoy it!)

    I love both of these colour combinations, but I think the first one with the pale pink is more up my alley. Funny, but they say the colours we are drawn to are more likely to be those that actually suit us to wear, and I am a 'cool summer' in all that colour season stuff, and the paler, muted colours are my thing.

    Thanks for the chance!

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  33. Awesome can not wait to get my hands on your wool! I love purple, i love it so much! Your peacock range is stunning, you are amazing in your selections, they work so well. Finally a shop we need is here, with a blog to keep us inspired. Forever happy, thanks to wool, and creative people like you!!

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  34. Loving the last picture of colors. Your crochet along blog is inspiring.

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  35. Hi Jules and greetings from Germany,
    I am really a quiet reader on your blog but now its time to write sth.I love your blog very much.
    Congrats to your shop and of course good luck and many customers.
    I love the wool...espescially the lime,deep pink, mid pink, purple sea foam and so many others too.
    Now I keep my fingers crossing ;)
    Have a nice weekend
    Birgit

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  36. Congrats for the shop and thank you for this lovely giveaway! I've been following you for a long time now and I just love your blog! It is the first time I participate in any giveaway and I could not resist such beautiful yarn :) I am holding a giveaway too and the two prizes to win includes some lovely yarn too...I would really love you to participate it is right here:
    http://www.lemondedesucrette.com/2013/02/14/giveawayx2/
    Angie

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  37. All the colours are very beautiful, but I like the second from bottom. Thank you for the giveaway. Good luck for your shop. Tina (Italy)

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  38. I love the colours on the first pack!
    Congratulations on the opening of your shop!Must be a great feeling!!

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  39. Oh yes I would love to participate! My favourite is the mustard/peacock blue/sea green/sea blue/ grass/dark grey combination :-) Lots of luck with the opening of your shop! :-)

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  40. Wow Jules, what a fab give away. I have allways loved the colours you used and who doesn't like yarn he? I would love to participate but It's very difficult to choose between the two pakkets of yarn. What a dilemma he. Oke, I have thought about it long enough now and I like to give it a try for pakket 2 (6 balls of yarn).
    I wish you very much succes with your shop!

    Groetjes, Monique

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  41. Your store is very exciting! And I'm excited to visit and buy too!! The first pack is my preference.

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  42. Congratz on the opening of your shop, it looks really nice! I'd love to enter the give away, the 6ball pack smiled at me :-)

    Blessings, Esther

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  43. Good Luck to you with your shop, Off to have a look now. I love the mustard and peacock blue colourway but I also love your little diner table and chairs if you're giving them away too!!!
    Have a great woolly weekend. x

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  44. Sending you the very best of luck for your new shop. I will pop over and have a look after typing this comment. The second colourway appeals to me most. Thank you for offering such a generous giveaway. I don't stand a cat's chance with all those followers but you never know!
    Becky x

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  45. I love your collorfull blog. And your shop is also very nice. THX for the loveley give away.i like the first pack.
    Have a great weekend.
    Greets from Holland.
    Natasja.

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  46. Congrats on your shop. Lurking around your blog is pure bliss an very inspirational. To see a giveaway even more fun, so let's see if lady luck is at my side (I like anything with blue but would prefer the pack with a hint of pink)

    Nathalie

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  47. I'm so thrilled for you Jules.
    Your shop looks gorgeous and I think you are going to be run off your feet with orders.
    I love them both but the mustard is pushing me to choose the second.
    Eeeeep! So exciting. xx

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  48. Congratulations! I love your blog, I know the shop wil be a big success.
    I love the colors on the second pack, the one that has the mustard and grey - just love it.
    All the best from freezing, snowy Germany, Jo

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  49. I love the last photo.
    Your shop is very nice ..
    ...and my english...uff.
    From Spain : buena suerte !!!

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  50. Congratulations! I don't know how you can let any of the balls leave your house, I would be arranging it all day, maybe stroking it... Anyway, if any does escape, I would prefer it to be pack 2 please ;-)

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  51. Your shop is lovely - very you! I love both sets of yarn. I think I would chose the first set (although I would love yellow in it, too!)

    Best of luck with your new venture. I hope it is everything you want it to be.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    lisejackson000 at gmail dot com

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  52. I hope I win the giveaway - thanks! Also, I don't see where I can order the sets of your chosen colors.

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    1. Hi Kelly, I haven't put the sets together in my shop yet, just waiting on a couple of colours to come in and then they will be up there quick smart! ( Although you can pick out the individual colours if you'd like at the moment, and just leave out the ones that are missing)
      Thanks for entering my give away! Good luck! J xxx

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    2. I want to order the set when it is available - I live in the states so I want to do a big order all at once to save on postage. Thanks! (Please feel free to use my email which you should have since I posted here.) :)

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  53. The very best of luck with your shop, I'm looking forward to browsing and shopping. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway, I love both sets for different reasons lol but if I had to pick one I like the second.

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  54. The shop looks great! I love all the colours you have chosen, they all look yummy up there together! And the giveaway is a great idea too! The bundle with the pinks in is def more 'me'
    xx

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  55. Hello Jules, Gorgeus colors, congratulations for your shop. My favourite is the 1st pack with aqua, red, denim... Like a lady-jeans-style:) I love it! :)

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  56. Can't wait to visit your shop! Your stitches and color combinations are always inspirational! Given the choice, I like the first group- with rosy pink tones :) Thank You!

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  57. What generous giveaways as you celebrate opening your woolie shop. I am very partial to the first pack of seven colours in your giveaway.
    Wishing you every success with your shop.
    Anne xx

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  58. congratuLtions on your store!Gaia.

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  59. Hi!
    I'm the type that likes the second package more.

    I have a suggestion for your shop: Why don't you make owl kits with the pattern for your wonderful owls (or needle cushions or whatever) and sell it together with the matching wool? I think this could be great fun.

    Anyway: Congratulations on your shop opening!

    xxx Natalie

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  60. I think both sets of wool are gorgeous! I can't make up my mind!!!!! Good luck with the opening of your shop :)

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  61. Hi Jules,
    I love your work and the colours you choose for them, they are always happy and beautiful to our eyes, I can´t wait for your next star stitch blanket. Thanks a lot for sharing all of them, and also thanks for this giveway, I´d love the first pack if I was choosen as a winner. I love your blog, it´s always a great inspirition fountain, congrats.
    Hugs from Ivani/São Paulo/Brazil!

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  62. Good luck to you with your yarn enterprise! I have always loved your choices in colour combinations and would love the chance of being selected as a winner! I have to say I am more drawn to the pack containing the mustard with the peacock blue, etc collection. It reminds me of the coast and I do enjoy a visit to the sea side!

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  63. Hi. Just finished checking out your shop, fabulous colour selection !! now trying to justify to hubby why i need to create another blanket :)
    Good Luck! Clarissa xo

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  64. Julie, your little shop looks fabulous......lots of gorgeous coloured yarns.
    Hope you have loads of customers through the 'virtual' doors......
    A wonderful giveaway to celebrate the opening.....lovin' the first lot of yarns in particular.
    Enjoy the rest of he weekend,

    Claire :}

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  65. Amazing yummy yarns, thanks for such a great opportunity! Like all colors, I am color addict! Love to make another blanket for my little man! Greetings from Ireland! Alina

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  66. Hi there!

    Hope it all goes well for you. I prefer the second colour way, it reminds me of the seaside and makes me jealous of your location. It's blinking cold at the moment in the northern hemisphere!

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  67. Congratulations! It looks wonderful. I like that you have the link to your facebook page there too. I didn't realise I wasn't following you there, but I have made sure to like your page now!

    I love the mustard colour way. Gorgeous! :)

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  68. Congratulations on opening your shop. Your give-a-way is wonderful. I had to flip a coin to see which set I'd like -- they are both grand. I think the set of 6 is good for me. Thank you so much!

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  69. I would love the second pack with six colors. Both packs are beautiful and i love your shop.

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  70. Loving the mustard and grey colours, they are fab, I love your blog and I'm following you on fb too, good luck with your yarn store. xxxx
    Louise Andrews, UK

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  71. Congratulations on your new store : ) . I absolutely love the set of seven as the colours are bright and amazing and I love the flamingo and blue colours in particular.

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  72. oh my word how exciting and good luck with your shop :) My fav colours have to be the green's and pinks together, they remind me of sweets and spring.

    Katy xx

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  73. Congratiulations on opening your shop! I had a quick look around. When I have finished the blanket I'm working on at the moment I would like to get the yarn for the next one from your shop.
    I like the secound pack better :) but like dusty colors in all shades

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  74. Good luck with the shop and good on you for doing it in the first place.

    Please add me to the list of winners. I am off home to Australia in 2 weeks to see family and would love to win this yarn. Brother and his wife have a new baby on the way and your star blanket has inspired me to make one for the newbie. The yarn would be lovely. If I am not in the winning, I am going to look out for the yarn when I get home anyway.

    Love,

    Liz

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  75. Such a cool giveaway! And congratulations on your shop again, I'm sure it will be a success :)
    I like both color packs actually, but if I *had* to choose... I'd go with the first one :)
    xo,
    wink

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  76. wow i would really love the second pack! lovely and sweet giveaway! congrats on the new shop!!!

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  77. Congratulations!!!!Good luck!!!Love all the colors,yarn is beautiful,amazing colors.Thank you for the chance to win it.

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  78. Hi Jules

    I love your blog and your work! Congrats on the new shop, hope it does very well! I would love to win the 7-pack, but would be very happy with the 6-pack as well....
    Thanks,
    Merav

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  79. Oh! I am so excited for you! My favorite is the mustard,peacock,sea green,gray combo! Best of luck with your shop! :)

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  80. Hi, wishing you the very best of luck. I've mentioned your shop on my blog, I hope it's successful for you. Please can I go in the hat for Pack A - I'm making a blanket for my daughter inspired by you and the colours are perfect :)

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  81. I love the pack with the mustard and the peacock, what beautiful colours!

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  82. Good luck with your shop I'm sure it will be a run away success - I love the first mix of colours best but actually love them all x

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  83. Congratulations on your new venture! It must be so exciting! I wish you all the best for the future & hope it is very successful.
    Id love the first pack if I won, I make blankets for the Premature babies at the local hospital and those colours & softness of the wool would be ideal for the little ones.

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  84. Well done on taking the plunge and starting up your yarn empire! All of that yummy yarn in your lounge, lucky girl. I like the 1st pack best of all.

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  85. Congratulations on your new store. How fantastice to make your dreams a reality. I love the pale pinks and blues with the contrast of bright red. Very you !

    Kaz xx

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  86. Congratulations on the big opening! I love all the pretty colors that you sell, would make for some great projects. Claire

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  87. Congratulations on your new shop! I love the second pack of colors

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  88. Love your blog! Love coming here! Wonderful on your new shop!! Asking which set of colors is prettiest is like asking which you like better - chocolate cake or red velvet - both are great!! I do love the bottom set with the mustard color, though. Love your choice of colors!

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  89. Love your little shop...love your blog...it is difficult to choose between the two colorways but I think I would have to pick the one with the mustard in it...but they are both lovely...thanks for the generous giveaway! Blessings to you and yours!

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  90. What a generous heart..would love either one but the one with the pink in it is so sweet...good luck with your shop..sometimes you just have to do what your heart and mind say!

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  91. Doin the "Happy Dance" for you! Congrats on setting up shop on storenvy!!! I considered doing the same. Guess I am just not ready for it yet. Still struggling to find myself with my Etsy shops!

    Oh such wonderful colors! I'd choose the last batch! (last photo) They are soooo beautiful!
    (Lovin that "Retro" table and chairs of yours! GORGEOUS!)

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  92. Congratulations on the opening of your shop.
    Lovely colors. If I must choose, I like the second batch (with the mustard).

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  93. Congratulations on your grand opening. Such yummy colors! I am drawn to the second grouping of colors, but all of the yarn is so colorful and delicious.
    Susan Harms

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  94. Your shop looks great!

    As far as yarn colors go, I tend to like purple, blue, and gray.

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  95. oh I am so pleased for you and your new venture:
    think I'd spend all day squeezing those yummy balls of colour!
    palette two is more my style:
    the sea, lichen, moss and the sun ☼ in yarn form:
    wishing you love & light ☯

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  96. Congrats on your new shop! It looks very good. I like the colorway that you have used in your star blanket, but honestly I am fascinated with your color choices and have liked every combination you've put together! You have a great eye for color.

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  97. Ohhh, all the lovely colors...love them all! I use such a wide variety of colors in my crochet projects but I am really drawn to the pink pack...but I like the darker colors too - either one! :o) Congratulations on your shop, very exciting!!

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  98. Congratulations lovey, it's so good to see your yarn shop up and running!

    The second set of 6 colours is my favourite, I need some more muted tones in my collection, they'd make a lovely granny square blanket :) ! xx

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  99. Both sets are beautiful, but I like the first set a touch more!

    Donna :)

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  100. Oh i do love your blog (recently didscovered) I like the second colourway if i was lucky enough to win. Good luck with the yarn store .
    Susan xx

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  101. you go girl! best of luck to you. I love both bundles. I guess if I had to choose I'd pick the top bundle

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  102. Congratulations on your new shop venture! Oh to be surrounded by all that squishy, yarny goodness! I wish you the best of luck! I'm a fan of the mustard (2nd) colorway! If i win, I'll be happy to knit or crochet something up and post it and your new shop on my blog, pinterest, facebook and so on!

    Best,
    Sheila

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  103. Hi!congrats! Its great you could made your dreams come true!
    I love all your colours and the set I liked is the first one but my favourites colours are: blue, turquoise, light blue, greens in all their shades
    Lovely shop!

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  104. Congratulations Jules! I'm sure you will be very successful. :) Now, about that yarn giveaway....how could I possibly choose? All the yarn is gorgeous...all the colors. Love! If I have to choose, I suppose I'll go with the first pack. <3

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  105. Oooh lovely! Congratulations on the shop, alas I think I am too far away or I would be ordering right now...hopefully someday. I love the second pack colours best but you have great taste and I like them all really ;)

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  106. Hey! Congratulations on your shop! Good luck, and have fun! You're living my dream, and seeing how I'm only 14, I've got some time to make it happen! My favorite set is the bottom one, but they're both so very lovely. ~Shelby

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  107. Best wishes with your store. I prefer the colors in the bottom photo although it was hard to chose between the 2 sets of yarn because I like the other colors too.

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  108. oh it looks like you had such fun with all the colours!!! I just love the blue, lime, lilac and yellow comibination. All the very best for your new shoppe.

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  109. Hello, and I'm grateful to the friend who referred me to your shop. As a newly-minted knitter, I admire your following of your fibre dreams, and I hope it goes well!

    My favorite color combination, since reading a water-themed short story in my childhood, has been yellow, blue, and green. Thus I adore the second set of yarn.

    Thank you for having the contest, and again, good luck on your store, which I'll be bookmarking once I submit this comment.

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  110. I was very excited when I read you were opening a shop- I love the pinks and blue combination.

    Wishing you lots of luck in your new venture all the way from England. X

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  111. Beautiful yarn! Wishing you lots of luck with the new store. I hope you have lots of fun with it too :) If I were lucky enough to win that yarn, I'd love the first set. Have a great weekend! Elisabeth x

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  112. I would looove pack 1 :-)! Good luck with your shop, very exciting to hear how you get on! I am going to pop in and have a peep when l'm finished writing this comment. Enjoying hot coffee inside by the fireplace, still cold winter here...a little while longer :-) Pam

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  113. Such a wonderfull yarn. I love bright shiny colours.
    This is the reason, why I read your blog, your pictures make me happy :DDD
    I wish you from Czech Republic great times with your yarn store.
    Lucia
    luciavlk@email.cz

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  114. Congrats on opening your store. I have never used this yarn. I would love to be entered in your giveaway so I can try it. I would be happy with either color group.

    Linda

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  115. I wish you good luck with the shop. I love your work and all the beautiful colors you use.
    If I am on of the lucky ones I will prefer the firs set.
    Jette from Denmark wish you a nice weekend

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  116. I wish you well with your shop... I have a feeling it will be a big success! I would love to enter the giveaway and pack one would be right up my street. Always love the colours you choose, have a good week x

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  117. i like the colours pink, and blue.

    regards Renske

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  118. Good luck with the news shop..... I'd be happy to have any of the colour combination s as they all look divine :-)

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  119. This is so exciting - your shop will be amazing - great wool and great colour taste - win/win! I think I would like the pack with the yellow but I honestly can't choose - whatever I won I would be so happy with AND you could even send it to my Mum's address in Australia to save postage money!!! Thanks for holding the giveaway - it is such a generous one!
    Love Kate (from greedyforcolour). xxooxx.

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  120. I always wanted a wool shop !! Good luck with yours. Love all the colours you are stocking and using x

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  121. Oh what fun. I am more attracted to the pink and red group. I quite enjoy your blog and I have been working on my own stripey mixed blanket! It is good fun. I am also very excited about your store!

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  122. Loving the beautiful colours of the yarn giveaway. Would love the chance to try using that yarn. Both colour ways are lovely , I especially like the second pack but would be so happy to get chance to use either.

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  123. As I have told you before...I read you everyday that you add a post...it feels like I know you already. ....I am in love with anything flamingo, pink, turquoise, teal, mint, sea green........I guess it is because it reminds me of the colors you use for your little critters and your stripy blanket and the star blanket. Soooo happy for you that you are following your intuition and opening your store on line.
    patricia

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  124. I teach 5 little girls around the age of 10 crochet and I am always referring to your projects and showing them pictures from your blog in class. We absolutely love your color schemes. I am so glad you are opening up a store. Finding quality yarn in great colors around here is impossible. I really like the colors in your latest star blanket.

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  125. Congratulations on your store! I love your star blanket and I have been trying to locate the book you found the pattern in. I love the colors in the first pack. My whole house is done in browns and neutrals, but all of my afghans and quilts are full of bright, fun colors. My inner color is trying to get out...lol!
    Kerri

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  126. What beautiful shots! May your shop be a great success! The colors in the pack of six would be more my style. Thanks for the chance :-)

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  127. Wish you all the best for your new project ! The pack of 6 is my favorite !

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  128. Congrats on opening your dream! Those muted darker tones are my fav. Thanks for the chance to win and best of luck!

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  129. Best wishes to you. I love all the colors but first choice is pak of 7 colors. Thank you for this lovely giveaway.

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  130. Have always loved the colurs you use in your crochet projects. So exciting to be able to get those colours and in merino - love that. Wish you very well with the shop. Nicky

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  131. I would be happy to win any color and all the best with your new venture
    wyeejulie@yahoo.com.au

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  132. wow i love the second one with the grey and mustard color beautiful yarn

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  133. What a generous giveaway. Gosh! If I had to choose I it would probably be the first pack.
    Wishing you every success with your shop :)

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  134. Congratulations on the new business!! Love the first group of colors. Cant wait to see all your shop has to offer
    Best of luck!

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  135. Good luck with your new business!
    I'd love to enter your very generous giveaway. That yarn is scrumptious I would be happy with any of the packs its all wonderful.

    keep well

    Amanda :-)

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  136. Either set of colours would be cherished here! The yarn looks lovely. Huge wishes of luck with your new business, from me, in Canada,
    samm@ravelry

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  137. Wishing only the best wishes in the opening of your new shop. May the customers buy/order everything that they set their eyes upon...thus leaving you smiling with joy and more excitement to stock up more beauties. Thanks for the giveaway. Purples are my favourite for this year.

    Usha
    usharaneem@yahoo.com

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  138. Congratulations on the shop. I love the first pack, especially the pinks and blue - ladybird and flamingo! how cute!

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  139. Wow! I must admit I kind of envy you with that crazy amount of yarn at home... I am sure the shop will pay off, so I wish you the best of lucks with it. And thanks for the chance of wining these wonderful lots. Any of the two would actually suit me, both color palettes are just gorgeous!

    All the best from sunny (but extremely cold today!) Barcelona.

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  140. Wow you have a lot of comments to sort through! Congrats on your store opening! I think I would love the first colors they sound just lovely!

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  141. Best of luck with your store, the yarn colors are scrumptious!! I love the colors in the 2nd photo from the bottom.

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  142. Congratulations! The colours in the pack of 7 would work well in my hexagon blanket - it needs a kick along! Good luck with the shop.

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  143. Hello Jules,
    Wow there are lots of lovely ladies all vying for these beautiful wools. So hard to choose which would be my favourite but as I'm partial to pink I think I would go for that colourway although the other is lovely as well. I do hope your new venture goes well and I will certainly be checking your little shop out.
    Blessings Gail

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  144. Congratulations! Your store really impressive...love the shop header:)

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  145. How awesome, I'm new to crocheting but it's growing fastly into me, I would love to win the pack with the pinks being a mother of two girls, and because I love how all of them look together, Love you shop!
    Thanks!

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  146. on another subject, I LOVE yout table and chairs!!!!

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  147. The shop is great - nice and simple and shows off the gorgeous colours :) I have my fingers crossed for the second pack!

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  148. Congratulations on your shop - I'm just nipping there now for a look see. What a lovely giveaway - I would be delighted with either colour pack.

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  149. Love the color selection for the shop!
    (And the second pack too ;D)

    Greetings from Brazil!

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  150. Hi Jules, your shop looks fantastic and the colours are so beautiful. Its so great to see someone else in Australia supplying high quailty yarn to all wool/yarnaholics LOL. I love your blog and all your crochet goodies. Either colour pack would be fantastic. I can feel my inspiration blooming with great ideas.
    Bec

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  151. The skeins are so very lovely! I've always liked cool colors more than anything. The second pack would be wonderful to create with, though I'm sure they're all a joy to work with.

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  152. Hi Jules, Congratulations on taking the big step and following your dream. I wish you every success. I checked out your store and I think it looks great but I'd love to see the metreage of the Colour Works yarn so I know how many balls I'd need for a project. By the way, I love the second bundle of yarn, the colours remind me of the West Aussie coastal waters! AuntySally :)

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  153. Yay!!! Julie congrats on getting your store up and running (I'm about to pop in and have a look around). Thanks heaps for offering such a lovely woollie giveaway. The colours that are most up my alley are mustard, peacock blue, sea green, sea blue, grass, and dark grey. Gorgeous, gorgeous!!

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  154. Hi ! Congratulations for your shop. I read your blog for a while now and I always admired your colors. The colors I like are pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream. I hope your shop will be a real succes ! Best wishes from Romania !

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  155. Exciting that your shop is now open. I like the colours in the 2nd pack best, but they're all lovely....difficult to choose. I wish you lots of success in your new venture, and hope that you will still have time to blog.

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  156. Hi! good luck with your shop :) It will be a succes for sure!

    I love the colours in the second pack!

    Love, Kirsten

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  157. Congratulations! I wish you lots of success. I'd like to enter the giveaway for the 7-ball pack. Even if I don't win, I will keep an eye out because I want to order some lovely yarn from the U.K. A new swap friend recently sent me some Stylecraft. What wonderful colors! There's so much I see that I just want to grab right away. Have a wonderful weekend :)

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  158. Bestof luck with your new shop! I adore the second set of colours . I'd love to buy some English yarn too!

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  159. Oh yay! Congratulations on the new yarn shop. I wish you the very best and I look forward to checking it out :) After reading your first post of wanting to open a store, you got me wanting to open a yarn store in my town. Ours closed a few years ago.

    I would love to enter your give away. The first set of colors are just gorgeous!

    Best wishes from Iceland,
    Birgitta

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  160. Definitely the second lot - pale pink, flamingo, ladybird, pale blue, light aqua, denim and cream. Getting closer to opening!

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  161. I love your woollies and would like to take part in your giveaway for the first lot, please.

    For those interested: I'm having a giveaway as well, you can check it out:
    http://homeiswherethedachshundis.blogspot.be/2013/02/ready-to-fly-out-rose-white-and-forrest.html

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  162. Oooh ...awesome giveaway! I love both color packs, but if I had to choose just one I think I would pick the mustard pack :)

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  163. You have a fantastic sense of colour and the rugs and toys are a real inspiration! I really like the brights of the first selection so that would be my choice, but all wool is welcome in my home. Have joined your site to check out the great ideas. Good luck with your shop and thanks for your very generous giveaway.

    Best wishes
    Marion
    http://aussieknittingthreads.blogspot.com.au/

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  164. They are all beautiful but I love the denim and flamingo grouping.

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  165. How to choose a color?! They're amazing...I love wool.
    COngratulation for your shop and thank you for this chance to win.
    Have a nice day
    Mopo

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  166. So excited for you ( and a little envious too ! ;) I've been dying to get my hand on your gorgeous yarn in the States, and can't wait to make my first purchase! With 2 little girls, we do lots of pink around here, so we'd lOve the 7 pack with pinks! Congrats!

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  167. Congratulations on your opening. I'm sure evething will be fine. You're so talented..
    All color are beatiful!!!

    Here, in Argentina the Summer is ending so for me it`s time to start thinking about my new projects. Such yummy colors!
    I like to give it a try for pakket 4 (7 balls of yarn).

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  168. Congratulations on your grand opening! You're going to do great!
    Can I please be entered to win the pack of 7 with the pinks and blues? Thanks :-)

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  169. Congratulations for your shop! I'm going to earn my degree (on march) and then I decided to prepare a sweater for me: I like all the shade of blue but the first ball of wool in the last picture is precious! Good look for your shop!

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  170. oo yes please count me in. I love the combination with the pinks in.

    xx

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  171. I wish you lots of success with your shop!
    The yarn is awesome. I've never worked with yarn like that!
    I love the colours of the pack of 6.

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  172. Congrats on your store!! Your yarn looks very soft and nice to work with!! You have made two beautiful colour combinations! I like the packaging with the minty and yellow in it most.

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  173. Well done for going ahead with this venture - you are very brave [especially in current "climate"]. Your work is always so beautifully put together with colours so it's nice that you've put together some for this giveaway. I much prefer the group of six yarns together as they're slightly muted - which is more "my style".

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  174. Love the look of your store, the yarn is lovely. I prefer the second lot of colours myself. Very envious of your sunshine - it's cold in my part of the UK!

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  175. congratulations on your shop launch, I hope it all goes really well for you. I love the colours in the first group.

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  176. I love your blankets. So different from others I've seen.
    I like both colourways. Best of luck with the shop.

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  177. Beautiful yarn in gorgeous colours! To win either would be lovely, but the second set is the one I prefer! Good luck with the yarn store xx

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  178. I love the set with all the apricotty / minty / limey colours, that you used for your star stitch blanket and the sampler blanket. It's out of my normal colour range, but they just work so well together.

    Very best of luck for your shop!

    Gail

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  179. Congratulations on your new adventure, I wish you every success. I love reading your blog and living in England I am always surprised by the difference in the seasons (I know it's obvious but there you go!) I also love reading your slow living posts, wishing I had time to live like that. If I were to be lucky enough to receive one of your packs I think I would prefer the second one, but both are lovely.

    Helen

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  180. Hi Jules,
    It's all going ahead brilliantly!
    I'd love to win either pack. :-) x

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  181. Just discovered your blog! Might I say I love your table. It brings back fond memories of sitting around on Sundays at my grandma's house!

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  182. Exciting! I love the colours that you use but can never find anything remotely similar... just love the pack with the mustard in it :)
    Amy

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  183. Well done on getting this venture off the ground. The sales website looks good. So often we think of doing things and never do them...you are an inspiration. I'd certainly be able to put some yarn to good use and I love the 'mustard, peacock blue, sea green, sea blue, grass, and dark grey'.
    Best Wishes from Avril Simpson

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  184. Wonderful news about your shop! Your creativity is amazing xx

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  185. Love your shop - the yarn is soooooo tempting! I really love your second yarn selection - those colours look fabulous together. Whoever wins will be very lucky!

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  186. Thank you so much for the opportunity!

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  187. Wow how generous of you, congratulations to the lucky winner - I hope your new shop goes well, I'm about to pop on over and have a look, I love the pink/green colourways xxBrenda

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  188. The colours are so lovely. I would love to win the first pack of 7 colours.
    Michelle

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  189. Congrats on the launch of the store and thank you for the opportunity to win some of your yarny wares. If I was lucky enough to win I would like the pack of six colours as they are more "me" and I think they are really pretty.

    Dominique
    (Canada)

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  190. Great news on your shop. Congrats, Jules. I'm so happy/Feliz for you. I love all kind of yarns and I'd love to get them in all those different colours you have available. Any set will be perfect to have. Please choose me! I've been following your since 2010 after you learnt how to crochet. Are you going to ship to Vancouver,Canada? Gloria x

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  191. congrats on your shop, wish I had one haha and was wondering where you live that now is your growing season? Looking at your previous posts, food growing in February not happening in US- even in so cal. All your yarn colors are very nice- good luck

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  192. Good luck with your shop I will be bookmarking it for further use and I love the bright colour package :)

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  193. Hi Julie, A very big congratulations on your blog. I've been following you ever since my sister told me about it. I'm a keen crafty person too (knitting mainly, but can crochet granny squares, and am keen to do more) - I even bought the book on 250 crochet stitches from your recommendation on your blog. I have yet to try them out, but am keen to start. I'd also like to make a crocheted stripey blanket for my bed, similar to yours; it's just trying to find the time that's the battle! I also like the mustardy wool pack that you're giving away too, being an earthy girl that I am. I love your chickens too! I wish you loads and loads of luck in your retail venture and I hope it is successful for you. Best wishes, Rosie D

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  194. Congratulations of opening your shop. I like the first wool pack you have put together that includes flamingo and ladybird - what awesome colour names!

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  195. Just visted your shop and it looks great. Congratulatons!!! It will be bookmarked so I can go back again and again. I also want to say that I really appreciate your book recommendations. I've put the last 2 in my wish list on Amazon. I love reading almost as much as I love crafty stuff. :) I would love to be entered in your giveaway. I really like the 2nd pack. Those colors just speak to me. Good luck with your shop. I hope it goes as well as your blog.

    Hugs,
    Sharon

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  196. Congratulations on your store what a wonderful job to have. Seeing how I have 4 girls the second bottom photo colour scheme would suit me the most. I am off to have a look at your store now. Cheers Maria

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  197. Congratulations Jules, well done on taking that big step. I just popped across and had a peep at your shop and it looks fantastic. Can't wait to see more. If I am lucky enough to win I would love pack 1 xx

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