Let's Make Some Wishes Come True!

First, a huge thank you. Before I've even posted any of the prizes we have raised more than $1,500! That's halfway to our goal in only 4 days. I'm thinking I might need to revise our goal...but that's for another post.

This post is all about the prizes! Another huge thank you to everyone who has donated a prize for the drawing. Once again, both friends I know in real life and virtual friends have been generous with their talents and their stash to make this list drool-worthy. Let's get this started.

The details. Unless otherwise noted, for every $10 donation you make to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Colorado using the following information, you'll receive one entry.

If you live in the U.S. here's how to make a donation to Make-A-Wish:

Click Here to visit the Denver Oyster donation site.
Select City: Denver
Select Team: Cupcake Mafia
Team Member: Lynn Zimmerman
Then, complete the rest of the form with your donation amount and contact information.
I will receive an email with your donation amount. With a $5 donation, you will receive the My Wish shawl pattern designed by Laura Linneman. I will email you the pattern and enter you in the drawing. For every $10 you donate, you will receive one entry in the prize drawing that will be held at the end of August.

If you live outside of the U.S., you can make your $5 donation for the My Wish pattern on Ravelry. If you would like to make a larger donation, please send me an email at LynnATlynnzimmDOTcom.

THE PRIZES!

1. An amazing and absolutely gorgeous My Wish Shawl kit with two skeins of Tempted Lil Luxe Grrl in Frigid and Moonlight hand-dyed by my wonderful friend Stacy (who lets me play with her dyes when I come to visit her!) This is the yarn and colorways used in the original My Wish Shawl. Lil Luxe Grrl is 80% SW Merino/10% Cashmere/10% Nylon.



2. A copy of the extremely talented Wendy Johnson's new book Wendy Knits Lace, personalized for the winner by Wendy.



3. Art Yarn handspun by one of our favorite Knit Girllls Laura. (photo to come)

4. A project bag handmade by Denise (Deknits). (photo to come)

5. A project bag handmade by Sharon (SeashoreSharon). (photo to come)

6. A project bag handmade by Sharon (SeashoreSharon). (photo to come)

7. A project bag handmade by the Piddleloop Sewing Team, Jen and Wendy. (photo to come)

8. 3,040 yards of a gorgeous, the photo doesn't do it justice, handpainted pale gray laceweight yarn donated by Rachel from Dyeabolical Yarns and Fibers.



9. Three colorful cotton dishcloths hand knit by Cathie in the Starburst pattern. Once you've used a hand knit dishcloth, you'll never want to use anything else.



10. A skein of the super-popular self-striping two-stripe yarn in Sheena from Lisa aka Fibernymph on her Squoosh base (75/25 SW Merino/Nylon)



11. Another skein of awesome self-striping two-stripe yarn in the Mint Chocolate Chip colorway from Fibernymph on her Squoosh base (75/25 SW Merino/Nylon).



12. A gorgeous skein of hand-dyed merino/tencel yarn from Heidi at Fibermorphosis.



13. A beautiful hand-knit shawlette by Bev (paletpc). It's the Maika pattern knit in Blue Moon Fiber Arts Socks that Rock Lightweight in The Incredible Shrinking Violet colorway.



14. Another gorgeous hand-knit shawl by Bev. It's the Charlotte's Web Shawl pattern, knit in Koigu. It's absolutely stunning.



15. A set of my very favorite stitch markers (RAINBOW!) in the whole wide world hand made by by dealer - um, I mean my friend and Rhinebeck roommate, Rose-Marie from Beagin Design.



16. A pattern of the donor's choice (valued up to $10) donated by Wendy from the Knit 1, ♡ too podcast.

17. A skein of Wollmeise 80/20 in the Aquarius colorway, donated by Wendy's partner in crime on the Knit 1, ♡ too podcast, Sheila. Sheila's son had a wish granted several years ago by Make A Wish and she has offered to share her family's story with us in a future blog post.



18. A beautiful Summer Swatch Scarf hand knit by Chrystal. The scarf is knit in oh so soft Malabrigo Lace in the Cognac colorway. You can see a photo of this light summery scarf here.

19. Two skeins of Sock Hop Yarn from Crown Mountain Farms in the Free Bird colorway donated by Tonia.



20. A pattern of the donor's choice (up to a $10 value) donated by Erin from the MommyNeedsYarn videocast.

21. A skein of Wollmeise 100% SW Merino in the Maus Jung Colorway, donated by Diane from the Knitabulls Audio Podcast and Video podcast.




22. A gorgeous hand knit Little Shells shawl knitted in Sundara Silk Sport yarn, donated by Diane from the Knitabulls Audio Podcast and Video podcast.



Next up is my handspun - I'll be spinning at least 5 skeins of yarn over the next two months. Here is what they look like now.

23. Polwarth from Woolgatherings. This is the January 2011 club colorway.



24. Polwarth in the Fairplay Vineyards colorway dyed by Forest Fiberworks



25. SW Merino dyed by PoppyFlowerFibers



26. BFL dyed by Spunky Eclectic in Thermograph



27. And for the Dr. Who fans, Oatmeal BFL from Southern Cross Fibre in Time Lord.



28. This next prize is the exception to the $10 rule. Those who donate at least $30 will receive one entry and additional entries for every $10 past $30. This will be a bonus drawing - so if you donate $40, you'll have 4 entries in the drawing for the prizes above and two entries in the drawing for this fabulous prize.

Leslie from The Knit Girllls has once again offered to donate a pair of custom-fit hand knit socks in the pattern of the winner's choice from any skein of yarn in her Ravelry stash! If you've never worn a pair of hand knit socks, you don't know what you're missing, and if you've ever knit a pair of socks, you know what an incredible prize this is. Leslie will work with the winner to determine the pattern and the yarn.

Thank you to my incredible friends for their donations and for spreading the word about the fundraiser. This is a team effort! I'm still taking prize donations, so if you'd like to make a donation, contact me at lynnATlynnzimmDOTcom. I'll post all additional prizes in separate blog posts, but I'll create a master list of prizes and post a link on the right hand navigation on the blog.

Once again, if you live in the U.S. here's how to make a donation to Make-A-Wish:

Click Here to visit the Denver Oyster donation site.
Select City: Denver
Select Team: Cupcake Mafia
Team Member: Lynn Zimmerman
Then, complete the rest of the form with your donation amount and contact information.
I will receive an email with your donation amount. With a $5 donation, you will receive the My Wish shawl pattern designed by Laura Linneman. I will email you the pattern and enter you in the drawing. For every $10 you donate, you will receive one entry in the prize drawing that will be held at the end of August.

If you live outside of the U.S., you can make your $5 donation for the My Wish pattern on Ravelry. If you would like to make a larger donation, please send me an email at LynnATlynnzimmDOTcom.