Time to celebrate and get yourself in the running for a BIG prize of yarn and lots of great stuff!
I Love Yarn Day Kicks off Facebook Photo Contest to
Win a Year of Yarn—365 skeins in all!
Thousands
of yarn lovers around the country to share their fiber passion and
fashion this October 12,
2012
Whether you knit, crochet, craft,
spin, weave, or just adore fiber, the second Friday in October is the
national day to declare your LOVE for yarn. This day is all about
spreading that good feeling people have about yarn and yarn-related
crafts. Knit it, crochet it, spin it, weave it, wear it, post it, tweet
it, carry it, share it, give it, or bomb it!
“The
idea for this celebration started last year,” says Mary Colucci,
executive director of the Craft Yarn Council, an industry nonprofit
association. “Response to the ILoveYarnDay.org web site and the Facebook
page was amazing. Thousands of yarn enthusiasts posted their plans.”
This
year, I Love Yarn Day is expanding its social media outreach with a
“Show Your Love of Yarn” photo contest on Facebook, Twitter, and
Instagram. The contest is open to anyone in the United States who loves
yarn—crocheters, knitters, spinners, weavers, and general yarn
crafters—and photos should depict the entrant’s passion for yarn.
The
official page for the contest on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/iloveyarnday
Photos
should be original, of entrant’s own creation, and can be of an
existing photo or one someone has taken specifically for the
competition. Photos might depict an entrant’s yarn stash, a yarn bombing
the entrant has done, or be some other creative expression of one’s
love of yarn. All contest entries will be viewable on the I Love Yarn
Day photo contest page on Facebook, and people can vote on their
favorite once a day, at: http://bit.ly/ILoveYarnDay_PhotoContest
The
contest will also accept photo entries via Twitter and Instagram from
anyone who tweets a photo, or uploads an Instagram photo, and uses the hashtag #YarnDayContest in the caption.
The
Grand Prize winner will be selected from the top ten photos with the
most number of votes to receive a year’s worth of yarn—365 skeins in
all, one for every day of the year, from grand prize sponsors Bernat,
Patons and Caron Yarns; Lion Brand Yarn; and Red Heart Yarns. The ten
photos that receive the most votes on Facebook will be awarded
runners-up prizes of an I Love Yarn Day tote bag containing the
following prizes from contest sponsors (retail value over $300):
—All American Crafts: a copy of Knit ‘N Style, Knit 1•2•3 and Crochet 1•2•3, plus a free subscription to a magazine of the winner’s choice
—Annie’s: a copy of Creative Knitting Magazine and Crochet Magazine
—Boye: knit and crochet accessories
—Clover Needlecraft: a Knit Mate accessory kit and 29” circular knitting needle
—Creative Partners: a knit and crochet book by Jean Leinhauser and Rita Weiss
—Future US: a copy of Crochet Today Magazine
—Interweave: a copy of Interweave Knits, Interweave Crochet and Knitscene magazines; plus Knitting Daily TV Series 900 DVDs
—Leisure Arts: a Knook beginner kit
—Soho Publishing:
one copy each of Vogue Knitting Anniversary Issue, Knit Simple, Debbie
Bliss magazine, Noro magazine; plus a set of Knit Notes—books for
recording projects
—TMA: a dozen skeins of yarn for each runners-up
The
deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. EST on Oct. 15, 2012 (three days
after the official I Love Yarn Day on Oct. 12), with voting open to the
public until 11:59 p.m. EST on Oct. 22, 2012.
I Love Yarn Day Special Events
In
addition the Facebook photo contest happening all month, thousands of
yarn lovers will be sharing their fiber passion and fashion this Oct.
12, 2012 in their hometowns around the country.
National
retailers A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Michaels, and Jo-Ann Fabric and
Craft Stores will be participating in I Love Yarn Day on their websites
and in social media. In additional, many local yarn stores around the
country will be hosting their own events.
Last
year on I Love Yarn Day, Girl Scout Cadette Troop #6141 in LaMesa,
Calif., celebrated the day by making “teenie beenies” for preemies at
their local hospital. Ben Franklin Crafts and Frames in Redmond, Wash.,
invited customers to the I Love Yarn NIGHT. The store stayed opened
until midnight and customers yarn bombed the store.
Other people posted to the I Love Yarn day website that they honored the day last year by:
- Taking their yarn to work
- Giving away 500 knitted and crocheted heart pins with a tag that said "knit it, crochet it, spin it, WEAR IT"
- Yarn bombing their front yard
- Teaching someone to crochet
- Getting together for a pizza party and knitting before going back to work.
If you are planning an I Love Yarn Day event? The I Love Yarn Peeps would love to hear from you! Info@ILoveYarnDay.org with information on your plans for Oct. 12.
