It was suggested to me that a new blog needs a celebration. How do you celebrate a blog? Well, by having a contest! And not just any contest. This contest is a haiku contest. Write your best haiku about sock yarn, and I will pick someone to win this lovely skein of hand-dyed (by me!) sock yarn. It’s not the most perfect dye-job in the world, as I am still learning. But the colors are fun (if you like green, that is… if you hate green, I have a couple more undyed hanks that I could give a shot at dyeing in the colors you like. No guarantees, though), and hey.. it’s sock yarn!
This is a lovely skein, dyed in green, blue and yellow, and completely overdyed in green. It is a 75% Superwash Merino Wool/25% Nylon blend, with 462 yards (422 meters) in the skein.
If you’re not sure what a haiku is, here is the dictionary definition:
noun: An unrhymed verse form of Japanese origin having three lines containing usually five, seven, and five syllables respectively.
Here is an example:
Sock yarn in my stash
Lovingly dyed with kool-aid
Delicious color.
Easy… leave a comment with your haiku in it, and you’re automatically entered! I will run the contest through May 15th, and on the 16th I will choose a winner. Winner will be completely subjective… I pick the one I like the best! I’ll need your email address or a link to your blog to notify you if you’re the winner.
Thanks for visiting!
Update, May 8: I have added a matching set of stitch markers to the prize!
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Okay, I’ll bite…
Argh! No pun intended!
My dog ate my yarn
But his stomach did reject
Guess not his colour.
“Sock yarn,” they call it.
But other options abound –
baby sweaters .. shawls
or
Self striping or plain
Wool or bamboo or cotton
Just let me knit socks
Good ones so far!
Sock yarn so pretty
Tried to wind it in a ball
Nothing but knots-Dang!
Spring yarns are socks yarns
Green like the flowers growing
Spring socks grows as plants
I’m a sock virgin
If I win pretty sock yarn
That is sure to change
green like grassy meadows
yarn interwined around sticks
talent patience then socks
i like the green, would love to see how it knits up!
Hmmm…….
rainbow balls of yarn,
round and round form knit and purls
charming my toes…. warm.
Found you via Wiknits… such an awesome idea!! Mmm… gotta think about my haiku now.
Gorgeous skein of yarn
Waiting to be touched and held
Never letting go
Skinny string, pretty
Yarn dresser full, soft fibers
Many colors
Sock yarn full of knots
Must roll it into a ball
Cut the darn things out!
Oh, delicious green
I see socks, a cute design
maybe…for my feet…
In my L Y S
So many pretty sock yarns
Need to buy them all.
yarn for socks
unwinding slowly onwards
as I knit
knit for joy
socks on needles guarantee
peace happiness bliss
OK – now I’m really getting into it. Here are some more entries.
My husband – nice man
But does not understand me
Thinks I’ve too much yarn
Sitting in my chair
Knitting socks in pink and green
Maybe not for son
Knitting husband socks
They are too small and frilly
Guess they are for me
Ok, these are absolutely wonderful. I have no idea how I’m going to pick my favorite.
I’ve got one more too:
my dear grandmother
always knit me socks too large
room to grow she said
This is so much fun. Thanks for the fun contest. And I don’t even like green (I’m a purple/blue person myself!)
Just one more and then I have to clean :-}
Will work for sock yarn
But I do not do windows
Write haiku instead
Definitely my last!
My husband complains
You have much too much sock yarn
No – just too few feet
OK I’m in again
When I dream at night
I see only my yarn stash
Never have enough
I go to the store
My yarn stash runneth over
Still I buy some more
yarn into stitches
stitches into nice warm socks
socks washed-oh no, felt!
I found your contest through WiKnits contest blog. There are lot’s of great entries. They’ll be hard to beat, but here goes:
Little unmatched sock!
Was your mate lost in dryer
or just never knit?
This brilliant green yarn
frees the mind and the spirit
to knit Spring’s bounty
Got my needles set
Sitting in comfiest chair
Please, did I win yarn?
Pretty green sock yarn
Kool-aid dyed, vivid color
Tangled by Alley cat!
A contest oh boy
And with sock yarn as the prize
I am in heaven
Keep ‘em coming!
Me, Write a haiku?
But to miss out on sock yarn,
you must be joking.
I think the dye job is marvellous!
I have not knit socks
since I killed a sock needle
but I love sock yarn.
Count me in
Driving in my car.
I wish I could be knitting.
What a waste of time.
Here’s another one
Those lovely sock yarns
Upon the shelves of yarn shop
Should belong to me
Luscious Skein Of Yarn Ball
Hip To Dye Over
The Pleasure I Felt
Balls stretched to the walls
Summer green chili-spring blue sky
My basket awaits
Socks I’ve never knit
Yarn we want to win
for we have 30 wee bald toes
Sock it to me kaessa
loving texture touch and smell
Warm heart plus two feet
Now you’re in for it. I’ve just been watching a Bugs & Daffy marathon.
Elmer Fudd:
Be vewy quiet!
I’m hunting sock yarn now, not
wascally wabbits.
Daffy Duck:
The rabbit won yarn?
Pretty green hand dyed thock yarn?
That’th dethpicable!
The Abominable Snowman:
I will call you George
and hug you and pet you and
knit you into socks.
Elmer Fudd in What’s Opera Doc:
I’ll kill the sock Yarn!
I’ll kill the sock Yarn! Oh, no!
What have I done now?
Marvin the Martian:
No kool-aid handy?
Eludium Q-Thirty
Six dyes wool nicely
Porky Pig:
Th-th-th-that’s all folks!
Now I don’t want to sound competitive but … I do have to keep up with Rachel and Elaine, or at least come close.
Yearning for sock yarn,
It’s not nice to be greedy,
Still I want it all!
And one more for good luck:
Look at their stashes,
While I’m cruising Ravelry,
Should not wish them ill!
Sounds of needles click
May fifteen is coming soon
My sandles tear waiting
Winning is your choice
Think-No postage required
A sock free for all
Surrounded by yarn,
Does sock yarn bring happiness?
Yes, it surely does!
You just *had* to say it, didn’t you?
Thanks for the chance, because that’s gorgeous yarn!
Ah cool green sock yarn
You’d fit so well in my stash
Oregon green feet
I have been sockBorged
For two years now, and yet
Have finished just one
I procrastinate
Four socks on needles, but see
Green…cast on again!
Sitting in my dorm,
Studying for my finals,
Wish I could knit socks.
Green is not my shade,
Still I love the stitch markers,
Dare I try to win?
All those hand knit socks,
Wish I were a millipede
Wear them all at once.
I had some sock yarn
From a pretty famous girl
But now I want more.
Hand knit socks of blue,
Did not rinse the dye all out.
Sickly looking feet.
Thought I might not win.
Tried to dye some yarn – not good.
Nice green fingers though!
While I’m dying yarn
Hubby asks “How’s it going?”
Now he is green too.
Extra benefit
of dying yarn in kitchen.
Green polka-dot walls.
Whispers from the hall
“How’d the yarn turn out, daddy?”
“Ooohhh, honey……Don’t ask”.
Happy Mother’s Day all!
Damn… I have no idea how I’m going to choose a winner. These are great!
Four more days! I will announce the winner on the 16th (or the 17th – it might take me a little bit to figure out the winner).
Good luck to everyone!
Sock yarn, you offer?
Hundreds of bloggers attempt
Prize-winning haiku.
Spike in readership?
Contest for yummy, free yarn!
Most are strangers here.
green sock yarn for me
to try and make a pair that
actually gets knit
how could I resist
the immense lure of green yarn
totally gorgeous.