Raffle begins June 1st!

A very dear friend of mine is suffering from infertility. She is very, very happy to have had a child three years ago with the use of in-vitro fertilization. When he daughter started becoming an older toddler, K and her husband began to talk about adding another child to their family. They had frozen embryos left over from their first IVF and had every reason to believe they'd be successful. After two attempts, they were out of embryos and did not get pregnant. K was left with the choice of doing another fresh round of IVF (at great financial strain)or having only one biological child. I very much want to be able to help her achieve her dream and for her daughter to be able to have a sibling.

So I'm starting to collect items for the raffle. I'm a spinner as well as a knitter, so I'm not sure if other people will be interested in spinning fiber or not. If anyone out there reads this, post a comment!

You can enter the raffle with a $5 donation (see the paypal button below). You can enter as many times as you like. if you also just feel like helping someone out, but don't need the yarn, you can just donate. I'll keep collecting donations for the raffle right up until I do the drawing (by random number generator based on the order in which your donation is received). Drawing will be held June 30th.

So far, it includes:

One skein of Wollmeise, in color Rotkappchen


One skein of Claudia hand-painted silk lace in color Taupe (it isn't really taupe, kind of a pinkish/light brown)


Two skeins of Dream in Color Smooshy in color Ruby River


One skein of hand-dyed Lesleyluu Creations merino/tencel sock yarn in color Korin



Just added! My friend Cheri (http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5799910) donated this lovely skien of yarn from her own stash:

It is a special edition skein from Textile Arts, only available if you were a part of the color co-op.

Here is another lovely donation! This is a skein of BFL sock yarn from Wild Fire Fibres in the colorway Pixie. It was donated by another generous friend of Korin's.


Another donation, from Laurie of Ouou http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5395222
These adorable hand-made knitting note cards (please note, there are many more cards in the prize than in this picture!):


There may be more yarn and fiber to come!

Thanks!