The March projects are in! Rag Bags and Rag Baskets!

Have you checked out the Fabric Knitting & Crochet group on Ravelry?
If not, please do!
We just voted on our March kal/cal projects and the winners are....
Rag Bags & Rag Baskets
Hope to see you there soon!

Introducing Riches to Rags Fabric Ball Yarn!

~The ball above was made from Lilly Pulitzer Signature Fabrics~

hk~Riches to Rags fabric yarn

My ball of Riches to Rags yarn has been created from premium, high end fabrics—the modern day vintage & antique rag ball that your grandmother used to have!

My Riches to Rags style yarns are the result of a decade of experiments I have been doing with my own rag knitting and crocheting. I use premium designer fabrics, cut them into strips, and convert them into fabulous rag yarn. It is an extremely labor intensive process. Riches to Rags yarn can be used in knitting & crochet as well as for any of your rag craft projects!

The knitty gritty…
-Each ball is a unique weight and yardage
-5 w.p.i. (super bulky weight)
-Recommended needles: size 15-35 depending on the desired look
-Recommended hooks: P, Q and S depending on the desired look

We are a lovely family of asthmatics and therefore all of the yarn is created in a smoke-free, pet-free environment (except for gonzo our iguna but he lives in a palace in the basement:)

BLOG GIVEAWAY: 160 yards fabric rag yarn!

You could win this assortment of 160 yards of fabric rag yarn!
A value of $15.00 plus shipping and handling!

What is fabric rag yarn?
Fabric yarn is meant to compliment ANY of my RAG BAG patterns you see listed in my shop. OR, they are just perfect for any of your rag craft projects!
Approx 18-20 strips are in each bag.
Each of the strips is 1" wide.
Total yardage is approx. 160 yards!
There is enough fabric here to make any of the rag bags. The feedback I receive from knitters and crocheters with the yardage is that they have about enough to make 1-1.5 bags with each "bag of fabric"...Of course, it depends on how tightly you knit/crochet and what size pattern/bag you are making!

How can I win, you ask? It's easy...here's how!
Visit my new online shop, heatherknitz and do the following 2 things:

1. Choose your favorite item in my shop and report it here in the comments thread!
2. You be the designer...look through my current listings and make me at least ONE SUGGESTION on what I should add to my line of products:)

*Anyone in the U.S. 18 years of age or older can join!
*The winner will receive the fabric rag yarn seen above via US mail!
*ONE winner will be selected using random.org!
*Do all of this by Friday, February 27th, 2009!
Contest ends at 11:50 e.s.t on the 27th!
Good Luck,
Heather

I finally got my shops up on Ravelry...phew!

It took a lot of work, but I finally got my shops going on Ravelry...it sure took me long enough! I'll be starting to add more free knit and felt patterns in Ravelry as well! Check out my fabric rag yarn and my pattern shop on Ravelry!