It’s May! It’s May! And May brings so many glorious things — lovely warm days, evenings that seem to stay light so late, and the start of the fiber festival season! — that I thought I’d add a little gloriousness of my own.
Do you subscribe to this blog? No? You silly Earthling! Being a subscriber means you’re always up-to-date on all things SpaceCadet — and it’s completely free!
Ok, here’s the deal: If we can get my blog subscribers to reach 75 by the end of the month, I’m going to give away a skein of my sock yarn — that’s 100g of soft and smooshy 100% superwash merino hand-dyed goodness — to one randomly-picked winner, and two 2oz bumps of beautiful, hand-dyed, soft-as-clouds BFL fiber to two runners up. All you have to do is put your email address in the subscription box over there on the right, just above the SpaceCadet’s head. And if you subscribe already, don’t worry — that just means you prebooked your entry!
Once you’re subscribed, you can earn up to six additional entries by doing the following:
- Go take a peek at my shop, pick your favourite item, and then come back here and tell me what it is and why
- Follow me on Twitter.
- Tweet a link to this contest
- Join the SpaceCadet Creations Ravelry Group
- Mention SpaceCadet Creations in a post on Ravelry
- Friend me on Ravelry
Just leave a separate comment here for each that you do, and be sure to include your Twitter and/or Ravelry name so I can tie them together (and remember, you have to be signed up for a blog subscription for your additional entries to count).
So, that’s seven ways to enter! And, best of all, free yarn and fiber to three lucky winners! So get the word out — and when the subscriber numbers hit 75, everyone’s in with a chance.
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Contest ends 31 May 2010 at 11.59pm. Prizes will be awarded only if SpaceCadet’s email subscriptions reach 75. Subscriptions must be via the email subscription form at the top of the right-hand column on this blog — subscriptions through other sources (such as online readers) are not visible to the SpaceCadet and so cannot be counted as entries. All entrants will be verified and must complete the mandatory entry (that is, subscribing to the SpaceCadet Creations blog) before completing the ‘extra’ entries. Comments must include the commenter’s Twitter or Ravelry name (as applicable) in order for ‘extra’ entries to be included in the contest. Invalid entries will be disqualified. Winner will be contacted by email for further details and must respond within 72 hours or we reserve the right to choose another winner. SpaceCadet Creations reserves the right to substitute prizes. Prizes cannot be redeemed for cash.
Totally lovin’ on the superwash merino fingering weight yarn in Seagrass. Totally my colors!
I subscribed.
I love the combed top in summer fruits because the colors are delicious and I would love to get my hands wrapped around it!
Friended you on ravelry
I tweeted about the contest 🙂
I’m in love with the Freshly Cut Grass yarn in your shop! I hope it’s there on Friday when I get paid. Definitely my favorite! The color is just gorgeous!
Followed you on twitter (homerknits)
So so glad to meet you here, on Ravelry and on Twitter!
Hello!
I followed you on Twitter, friended you on Ravelry and joined your group (I’m JennJustJenn on Rav, JenntheKnitter on Twitter).
Very glad you were mentioned by Brenda Dayne – it’s how I found you and your lovely things!
Cheers
Jenn
So much to do to enter the contest many different ways!
1. I typed my email address in
2. I followed you on Twitter
3. I Tweeted about your contest
I’m lostarts on Ravelry and Twitter. I spin and knit socks among other things, and I like blue and lavender.
Hello!! I’ like to say that your “Hand-dyed Combed Top, Superwash Merino, in Summer Fruits” is my favorite item in your shop. I love the colors and it makes me want to learn how to spin my own yarny goodnsss!!! It was a hard deision to make, all of your sale items are stunning.
Thanks for the contest, an thanks to knitting daily for directing me towards your websites. I’ve also followed your tweets and joined your Rav group!!!
Thanks again!!
Friended you on Ravelry
Posted about the giveaway in the forums under: Sock Yarns – Good, Bad & Ugly
Joined your Ravelry group
Tweeted about the contest
Following you on Twitter
I’m jusshar on Twitter
I have to say the colors of the Fresh Cut Grass is amazing, but I’d honestly take anything…even the unspun bats
Subscribed to your blog
I friended you on Ravelry – I’m also AmberStrocel over there.
I follow you on Twitter – I’m @AmberStrocel.
I love your Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Sunset over a Stormy Sea. So. Lovely.
Friended you on Rav. I can’t believe you have a shop now, I’m so excited for you! x
Joined the Space Cadet Creations group on Rav, I’m Ladypole
Tweeted a link to the contest, albeit to my rather meagre following from halfway across the world 😉
I follow you on twitter, in fact I’ve followed you on twitter for the past couple of months without realised who you are! headdesk* I’m geekpie on twitter
My favourite item in your shop is the yarn Into The Deep, truly gorgeous colours. It’s spring here in the UK and the combination of blues, greens and purples in the yarn is like a spring garden. Sky, grass and flowers all in one colourway 🙂
I’ve joined your Ravelry group, and I’ve friended you. On Ravelry you will find me as yarnmagic.
Just took a look around your shop. I love sock yarn, and could have picked almost all of them. But I’m in a spinning fiber frame of mind today, so I’m picking the superwash merino in Summer Fruit as my favorite. Believe me, anyone who has survived the winter where I live, deserve some summer fruit!
Subscribed 🙂
I just subscribed to your blog. Then I saw the Fresh Cut Grass fingering merino in your shop, and the color makes me spread it out the floor and roll around in it.
I also friended you on Ravelry and joined your group (also sarahsarah there)
Thanks!
Followed you on Twitter as BanrionKH.
I’m Banrion on Ravelry
Friended you on Ravelry.
I’m Banrion on Ravelry
I’m not a green loving girl, but I am in love with your Freshly Cut Grass!
Banrion on Ravelry
I also subscribed. (Needlebee)
I love your yarn in your Etsy shop! My favorite is the “Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Into the Deep.” My favorite colors 🙂 I also adore your “Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Seagrass” because of way shades of green flow into one another. Gorgeous yarn! (from Needlebee on Twitter and Ravelry)
I tweeted about your Giveaway on Twitter with a link. (Needlebee)
I friend requested you on Ravelry. I’m Needlebee.
I joined your Ravelry group. I’m Needlebee on Ravelry.
I’m following you on Twitter. I’m Needlebee.
Saved the best for last…looking at the luscious yarns in your shop! My favorite color of the fingering weight is Sailor’s Warning…so warm and pretty!
And…joined your Ravelry group. I’m SapphireStitch on Ravelry.
Tweeted the link to your contest! (AdageCat on Twitter)
I LOVE your Freshly Cut Grass. Gonna have to purchase it come payday. (2 weeks). Beautiful!
Oh and I have not officially completed all my tasks… except for posting in Ravelry. I will do that tonight.
Now following you on Twitter. I’m AdageCat.
Subscribed to your blog!
Oh, yes, and that fingering weight in Seagrass is awfully purty.
Hi!
I friended you and joined your group on Ravelry. 🙂
Kristina (Kristina 14)
I loooove Into The Deep. It’s such a gorgeous colorway! I wish you’d do some fiber in that colorway so I could get it from you… 😉
i friended you on ravelry as sadiekate
i joined your ravelry group as sadiekate
i tweeted! http://twitter.com/sadiekate08/status/14275324452
i follow on twitter as sadiekate08
I think the Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Seagrass is just beautiful!
I just signed up for your blog!
I ADORE “Hand-dyed BFL Combed Top, in Garden in Spring”. No wonder it was the first thing you sold!
I retweeted and followed you on Twitter (LittleGreyCat) and friended you on Rav (LittleGreyCat). Well, I’ll do the Twitter stuff whenever Twitter finally lets me in 🙁
Oh, what fun!
So I have done the following:
Subscribed to your blog using the e-mail subscription form.
Took a peek at your yarn shop. My favorite item is the Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Into the Deep. I think it’s a lovely colorway and can’t wait to see what that yarn becomes.
I’m following you as KalikaKay on twitter
I joined the SpaceCadet Creations Ravelry Group
I friended you on Ravelry (my rav name is Kalika).
I also friended you on Ravelry — one of my favorite places!
I just subscribed! I am very glad to have found this blog! Thank you!
And I’m loving the silk top in the SouthWest colourway – it’s lovely!
And I’ve friended you on Ravelry – I’m adriennec.
I’ve subscribed to your blog!
Hand-dyed Combed Top, Superwash Merino, in Summer Fruits
because it is perfection …that’s all.
I just subscribed…
Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Seagrass. I <3 fingering weight superwash merino, and yours looks squishably soft. Also, that color is to die for.
Follow me on Twitter: done, mediocrikiki
Tweet a link to this contest: done!
Join the SpaceCadet Creations Ravelry Group: done!
Friend me on Ravelry: done! DariaMorgndorffer
Okie dokes, I’ve subscribed, I’ve friended you on Rav (I’m HeatherErin), and I’ve followed you on Twitter (HeatherErin).
Sweet pea is gorgeous! It’s my bday flower and always remind me of good things. Great shop!
Friended on Rav, Twitter , joined your group (mamalefae for all of them), subscribed by email.
Thanks!
Mentioned your ad and contest on Ravelry Sock Madness Forever.
Have fun!
Added you to Friends on Ravelry. Thanks!
Joined the Ravelry group (hope you are doing well with your promotion, SpaceCadet!)
Went shopping — love that seagrass color — it’s just the thing for spring.
What fun! I just subscribed.
I friended you on Ravelry!! (I’m KnitzyBlonde)
I joined your Ravelry group! (I’m KnitzyBlonde on Ravelry.)
Following you on Twitter!
I love this Merino yarn in Desert Rose – http://www.etsy.com/listing/46188728
Lovely color!!
i think my favorite colorway is the garden in spring and seagrass runs a close second! i love the fingering superwash. i am gaysknits on rav and i have friended you and joined the group. good luck with your new adventure!
And I joined the ravelry group. Oh yeah, I am Debbie4 on Ravelry.
Friended you on Ravelry! Thanks!
Debbie
Added you as friend on Ravelry (my user name is coxabey) and joined the Ravelry group
Shop favourite: Sweetpeas sock yarn 🙂
Just subscribed!
also signed up with the email 🙂
ohhhhhhhh i love the fingering yarn in the sailor hmmm dang menopause strikes again…..ok sailor something because i love the color combanations……hoping i get money for mothers day 🙂
Heya. I:
1) Joined the mailing list
2) Looked at your shop and really liked your Merino top in Iceberg
3) Added you as a friend on Rav (I’m cthulhulovesme)
4) Joined the Rav group. 🙂
I saw your ad in the Sock Knitters Anonymous group and decided to stop by to check out your store. 😀
I heard about you from Abi….she says wonderful things about your yarn and I love your colour sense. My favourite item in your shop is the Iceberg Merino Top, which I may just order if I can’t keep myself under control. And I’ve joined your Ravelry group. Must go and friend you right now. 😉
Subscribed to the email list. Follow you on twitter (legal_girl) and friended on Ravelry (legalgirl) and my favorite in your shop currently is sweatpeas.
Thanks!
Allison
I joined the group, your email list, and my favorite thing in your shop, at current time, is the superwash merino fingering weight in Sweat peas. I am a sucker for BFL, however, so if I knew how to spin that would be my choice!
Going now to friend you on Ravelry!
Debbie
Hi —
I subscribed, I joined your group on Ravelry, and I friended you on Ravelry — I love contests!!!
and now I’m in the Rav group 🙂
Fabulous yarn!!
I joined your ravelry group…. mcshoppe
I friended you on ravelry….. mcshoppe
I am a following on Twitter mcshoppe
looked at site and love freshly cut grass fingering yarn
I just friended you on Ravelry…I’m teammom.
currently at the shop i love Seagrass.
Wow, your colors are gorgous! I absolutely love Garden Spring. The colors are so warm!
And commented on the Ravelry on the wonderfully squooshy Vineyard Stain skein I received this week! (Rav name magdon)
Just subscribed!
Forgot to mention that I subscribed to your blog!
I’ve friended you on Ravelry, and I checked out your shop. I love the fingering weight in seagrass!
I also joined your group and friended you on Ravelry…..
Even though there isn’t much purple in this colorway, I’ll have to vote for SweetPeas as they are one of my favorite flowers, along with bachelor buttons, lilacs and roses.
And now I have friended you… 🙂
I have joined your Ravelry group! My Ravelry name is sdmisha.
Trying to follow the directions here…have just tweeted a link to your contest.
I am now following you on Twitter! my twitter name is sdmisha.
Hello! The superwash merino in Iceberg is my favorite, I love the colors. I don’t spin (yet), but I can just imagine how it would look!
I friended you on Ravelry! (this should make 3 entries for me!) Love your stuff and your blog!
I love desert rose fingering weight merino, and I joined your Ravelry group!
I just subscribed!
Love the Fingering Weight in Sailor’s Warning. Lovely colorway, any chance you do any of the color in this colorway as solids/semi-solids?
Joined,
Followed you on Twitter (wyvernfriend there too),
Have to say I like Garden in Spring, nice light pinks with a little green thrown in to keep my interest.
friended you on Ravelry (again Wyvernfriend),
retweeted (http://twitter.com/wyvernfriend/status/13414694252)
Hi – Your hand dyed is so freakin’ gorgeous! I found you through Annie M. on FB and my jaw dropped when I followed the link! I LOOOOOOVE your Garden in Spring colorway. It reminds me of tulips, sweet peas, bachelor’s buttons, hydrangea, pansies and every pretty light purple hued flower with a little bit of their leaves and pollen thrown in. (These were my wedding colors to incedentally:) ) I love so much I had to buy it!
FYI:
I also got on Twitter and now follow you,
I tweeted a link to you contest,
I joined your Ravelry group and friended you ( thanks for friending me back already!)
I mentioned SpaceCadet Creations on posts on Ravelry
AND
I Facebooked your contest too!
I am so glad I found you and a little sorry but probably better off that I missed out on that Vinyard Stain colorway!
PS OOOOh! I am the first person to fan/like your profile on FB too!
You as so wicked talented, I am so glad I found you!
I tweeted a link to your contest. I also can spell Iceberg lol!
I joined SpaceCadet Creations on Ravelry
I checked out your Etsy site and think the Garden in Spring colorway. Since I haven’t taken up spinning (yet), the superwash merino in that colorway is my favorite.
Diane in Northern CA
ravelry: NorthsideKnitter
I friended you on Ravelry my name is Poe.
I’m following you on Twitter my name is Poe76.
My favorite is Iceburg! It reminds me of a dream I had, I was swimming in turquoise water.
I subscribed!!
I subscribed to your blog! sunshinerain/siren_gardener
Garden in Spring is my favorite! It has such a lovely mix of colors! Perfect for socks!
Sunshinerain/siren_gardener
Also just joined your Ravlery group… sunshinerain
And I follow you on Twitter too! siren_gardener
I friended you on Ravelry! sunshinerain
plentyofyarn’s twitter page:
Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino by SpacecadetCreations http://bit.ly/cZLj6m is some great yarn!!
I tweeted! http://twitter.com/siren_gardener/status/13397776739 I’m siren_gardener on Twitter and sunshinerain on Ravelry.
How fun! Your yarn and fibers are beautiful.
1. I subscribed to your blog in my Google reader.
2. Garden in Spring ~ lovely, lovely, lovely.
3. Followed you on Twitter. I’m IrishJennD.
4. RT’d you.
5. Joined your Rav group. (IrishJenn)
6. Friended you on Rav. (IrishJenn)
My fave is your superwash in the Freshly Cut Grass colorway.
I tweeted about your giveaway! I’m MST3K_fan. 🙂
I’m following you on twitter. I’m MST3K_fan.
Joined your ravelry group and friended you on ravelry. I’m mst3kfan.
1) Subscribed
2) Looked: http://www.etsy.com/listing/44676779/fingering-weight-yarn-in-superwash (Because I love the colorway!)
3) Following on Twitter (MarieStroughter)
4) Tweeted (under MarieStroughter)
5) Joined Rav group (OneKnittingMama)
6) Started this Rav thread (and hotlinked you): http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/twitter-knitters/topics/1124545
7) Friended you (OneKnittingMama)
Me! Me! Me! Oh, please, oh, please! 🙂
I also just added you as a friend on Ravelry! I cannot wait to check out your projects! 😀
Username: HSailorMoon
I just joined the SpaceCadet Creations Rav Group
Username HSailorMoon
I have followed you on Twitter
My username is HSailorMoon
I really like:
Fingering Weight Yarn in Superwash Merino, in Summer Fruits
The color way is sooooo pretty! 😀 I love bright pinks and dark purples! 😀
The Freshly Cut Grass is a striking colour with an awesome name.
1) Following you on twitter! (I’m http://twitter.com/bogiebogie)
2) Tweeted about the contest
3) Friended you on Ravelry (I’m http://www.ravelry.com/people/bogiebogie)
4) Joined http://www.ravelry.com/groups/spacecadet-creations
5) Browsed the Etsy shop and I love Hand-dyed Combed Top, Superwash Merino, in Summer Fruits (hope it’s okay that I chose fiber, not a sock yarn!)
I just visited your Etsy site and have to say, laughing out loud, that my favorite item is your “freshly cut grass” colorway superwash merino — I am SO allergic to fresh cut grass, but am on green kick at the moment, so I LOVE the color!
I’m also having trouble following instructions: forgot to add I’m MaryjoOrd on Twitter 🙂
I’m Maryjo O on Ravelry; I friended you. 🙂
I “friended” you on Ravelry; I’m Maryjo O.
I “retweeted” your giveaway on Twitter!
I “followed” you on Twitter!
1) just did
2) Merino Top in Summer Fruits
3 & 4) not for me but if you create a group on Facebook I’ll join
5) done
6) done a few weeks ago
7) done a few weeks ago
It was great to watch you pick out your Golding on Sat!! 😛
1. I subscribed to your blog.
2. I peeked at your shop and my favorite yarn is definitely the fingering weight in Seagrass. Green has always been my favorite color.
3. I joined your ravelry group.
4. I friended you on ravelry. (I am hnick)
I love a contest, thanks for offering it! 🙂
Heidi
i tweeted and i subscribe over google reader, does that count?!?
Thank you for your tweet and subscription! But for your subscription to count in the giveaway, it has to be through the subscription box at the top of the right-hand column here on my blog. Unfortunately, I can’t see people who subscribe through Google reader (or other readers), so I wouldn’t be able to be sure I’d added them all into the random drawing.
you can actually. go into google reader – http://www.google.com/reader – and type in the http of your blog and you can see how many people subscribe over it. same with bloglines. HOWEVER, i would not bother myself with trying to keep track of all that if i were you 😉
Okay, my favorite thing in your shop is the hand-dyed BFL in Summer Fruits, love the colorway and love that summer is coming.
I friended you on Rav, I’m following you on Twitter. I am about to Tweet the contest and I subbed to your newsletter.
And I tweeted about your giveaway: http://twitter.com/Wordlily/statuses/13362145364
I’m now following you on Twitter, as well (I’m @WordLily).
I just subscribed!
Yay! Contests!
1) I follow your blog!
2) The Iceberg top is my current favorite item!
3) I follow you on Twitter!
4) I re-tweeted your contest announcement!
5) I belong to your group!
6) I have done this 🙂
7) Already done too!
oh, and how about
8) Used 9 exclamation marks in one comment!
Er, and because I am terrible at following instructions, I’m crayolaab on Twitter and Ravelry 😉