Cue the Crickets

This is the last you’ll hear from me on this topic, pretty much forever.

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund walk for Maidson, Wis., is this Saturday. Margy R. is going to have several options from which to choose, since she’s the only person who has donated to the cause. Previous posts on this topic are here and here.

Thankfully, Krista and Team Tweed have reached their goal for the walk, so I don’t feel like a complete ass for suggesting this flop of a raffle.

As a reminder, I have one skein of Fannie’s Fingering Weight (Farmhouse Yarns) and one skein of Trekking XXL up for grabs. If you’re more of a quilty type, I’ll find something of that ilk to send you. At this point, I’m tempted to offer a prize to anyone who donates $10 to the JDRF through Krista’s page. Here’s the link. Please mention on Krista's comments on the JDRF site that you found her through me, and I'll put you on the raffle list. (Don't worry, Mehitabel, I got ya on my list!)

And here’s a reminder of the yarn that’s up for grabs.


Ignore away.

Raffle Yarn!

In an effort to continue catching up on my finished objects, I had planned to make this post a Sprout FO post, but … well, that’s gonna have to wait.

What we need to talk about here is the JDRF. Remember last week? When I talked about Team Tweed and all the good they’re doing walking for Diabetes research? A disease they deal with on a daily basis in their family?

Well, so far, Margy R. has an outstanding chance of winning the raffle, since she is THE ONLY PERSON who has donated to Team Tweed!!!

Now really, folks. We can do better than that! In order to properly tempt you, I’ll show you two yarns that are potential raffle prizes. And if you aren’t a yarn-y person, I can come up with something quilty for ya too. Basically, we’ll find you something from Chez DPUTiger that you’re gonna like.

Meet Yarn #1



Fannie’s Fingering Weight from Farmhouse Yarns. The tag is MIA, but I’m pretty sure that this is the Storm colorway.

And Yarn #2



Trekking XXL. It’s one of the soon-to-be-rare Trekkings, since it’s a plied yarn. The factory that makes this is shutting down and these are going to get harder and harder to find.

So Go! Donate! Do your good deed for today and give yourself a chance to win some fun yarn. Each $10 donated gives you one raffle entry, just tell Krista in the comment that you came from here and would like to be entered in the raffle.

KTHXBAI!

Raffle Time!

Greetings from Starkville, Mississippi, where I am ensconced on a quite comfy window seat in my hotel room that will get its picture taken for a future post. I got to spend yesterday in Oxford with my friend Bill. I had a fantastic time and it was hard to leave, but for now, I have a bigger topic on my mind.

Earlier today, I received an email from a good friend that I’ve been getting annually for quite a while.

Krista is a dear college friend of mine. We were sorority sisters and good friends at DePauw (in case you’ve ever wondered where my username came from? DePauw University’s mascot is the Tigers …)

When I first started thinking about starting to quilt nine years ago, Krista is who I emailed for advice. To my left coast quilty friends? You know Mary Ellen’s “Welcome to the North Pole” quilt that she taught several times at Bearly? If you read the “thank-yous” in the front credits of that book, the Piece O’Cake authors thank Krista’s mom and praise her quilt shop in Broken Arrow, Okla., in that book!

Anyhoo, Krista and her family live in Madison, Wisconsin. They have spent years dealing with two kids who have Type I diabetes. For the past several years, they have participated in the Madison Walk for Diabetes and this year is no different.

I have already pledged to Team Tweed, as I try to every year. But I’d like to help Krista do a little more.

So I’m offering all of you a chance to chip in :-) You can read more about Team Tweed at their JDRF page. I offer to you a chance to win stuff if you contribute to Team Tweed!

Like I said, I’m in Mississippi until late Friday night so I can’t tell you exactly what I’m offering quite yet but y’all know I have quite the sock yarn and I promise it’ll be something good. If you’re more of a quilty type, I’ll find something similar to send along if you win.

You will get one entry into my raffle for each $10 you pledge to Team Tweed. If you’re interested in making a pledge, CLICK HERE. You can read more about Krista’s family there too. If you decide to donate, make a note in the “Message to Walker” box and Krista will give me your info.

Once I get home, I’ll pick out some cool yarns and get pictures up. I know not everyone has disposable income for this kind of stuff, but a little can go a long way and I figured this little raffle idea might be fun.

Hope everyone has had a good Wednesday. Please cross your fingers that my all-day meetings on Thursday go well. This could be a big day for me work-wise, and make much of the miserable go away. That’s it from Starkville! I’ll try very hard to check in after the 12 hours of meetings on Thursday, but no promises!