First off, I want to thank everyone who has purchased my patterns as a fundraiser for Haiti this month. Your incredible generosity has helped me to raise over $475 so far this month for Doctors Without Borders! If you haven’t yet had a chance to purchase one of these patterns, you can buy them from my Ravelry page or click here for Harlow and here for Bob the Dog. 50% of every purchase between now and January 31 goes directly to Haitian relief efforts by Doctors Without Borders. (Check out the Ravelry Help for Haiti page to browse patterns by dozens and dozens of designers who are donating a portion of their pattern sales this month to Haitian relief.)
In addition, I have something exciting to tell you: the Completely Pointless and Arbitrary Swap Group on Ravelry is holding an auction to benefit Haiti that’s raised over $19,000 selling precious skeins of Wollmeise and Bugga and other goodies… and in partnership with The Fibre Company, I’m offering a very special prize that will be auctioned off tonight! The winner of this prize will receive:
- a completely personalized copy of Harlow, extensively custom-fit to flatter their exact figure, and
- a pack of the Fibre Company’s amazing yarn Road to China Light to complete the sweater in their size, in their choice of seven gorgeous colors!
It’s extraordinarily generous of The Fibre Company to donate this gorgeous, gorgeous yarn, which alone has a value of $200 – $300… and what better way to use it than to make your own custom-fit Harlow? Just look at the luscious colors you’ll be able to choose from:
The yarn is made of 65% baby alpaca, 10% camel, 10% cashmere, and 15% silk – but it’s so very soft you’ll swear it’s made out of kittens. If you’re not familiar with them, the Fibre Company is one of the absolutely highest quality yarn outfits out there – you’ll be very pleased! And just think how lovely your Harlow would look in this yarn:
…I’ll even throw in a signed copy of Vintage Baby Knits for good measure. It’s a prize you don’t want to miss out on – and it’s for a really good cause!
This prize package will be auctioned off tonight, between 7 and 10 pm EST, here on Ravelry in the CPaAS group’s relief auction for Haiti thread. (updated with link to auction!) You can bid by replying to this post in the thread – so be sure not to miss it!
Again, hugely special thanks to The Fibre Company! Be sure to check out ALL their fabulous yarns, and if you have a chance, thank them for their generosity to Haitian relief!
