Mossy Cottage Knits

Reigniting the Dulaan Fire!

(No posting on Friday, Dear Readers. The classroom beckoneth yet again.)

Dulaan 10,000 or Bust
Kudos and smooches to the “Dulaan 10,000 or Bust” participants who conscientiously send me emails as they finish their five…or six…or seven…or, in the case of Janet Elliott, 65 (!!!) items. As of this weekend, these additional—and completely and utterly awesome—knitters have been marked Done on the "Dulaan 10,000 or Bust” list, bringing us to 108 people done, 540+ items knit:

Abby Bush
Ann in PA
Anne Podlesak
Ariel/Stariel
Barbara Coley
Carol Proctor
Chelsea Dinsmore
Christine in Kent
Danby Ludgate
Diane Wise
Donna Schmidt
Elizabeth Galle
Holly
Janet Elliott
Jennifer Dale
Joyce Fitzgerald
Kary Miksis
Kathryn Mascall
Kelly
Laura Donovan
Leanne Cooper
Mary Lou Egan
Patti Blaine
Rachel Folk
Sandy Soreng
Sheri Roy

If I’ve left anyone out, please let me know. Remember, if you finish your five (or more) items, you can participate in the drawing in June!

CafePress
Thanks to TMK and her rare combination of design-y and techie skills, we have launched CafePress for 2007. The products we are selling this year display this image, one of the most popular, on the front…

…and will have the Dulaan logo on the back. As always, 100% of the profits from CafePress will go to F.I.R.E. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I've ordered some of these items myself and have been greatly pleased with the quality. Please help us help F.I.R.E. get three containers shipped to Mongolia this year instead of the usual two!

Avalanche Yarn
I’ve finally foisted as much of the Avalanche yarn off on local knitters as I can (it’s been much like getting rid of homegrown zucchini during the height of the summer growing season) and am ready to start shipping a few boxes out to anyone else who is interested. As you can see, the burly, sweaty guys in my warehouse have been working hard getting the boxes ready to ship:

If you have didn’t see my earlier posts about the Avalanche Yarn, it is a bulky, medium-quality (not soft but not harsh either) 100% wool yarn donated to Dulaan by Rosemary Hallgarten. It's referred to as "Avalanche Yarn" because they sent me an avalanche—1,000+ skeins!—of yarn.

Here is how this is gonna work:

1. To keep myself having to guess how much something is going to cost to mail, from having to make a zillion trips to the post office, and from getting all fang-flashing surly, I’m using the post office’s all-you-can-fit-for-one-price box and am cramming as much yarn into the boxes as I can. After much scientific and scholarly study, I have determined that nine skeins fit in one box. This means you will be purchasing nine skeins (approximately 60 yards each, 540 yards total) for a flat shipping price of $8.10. (FYI, 9 skeins is enough to make 9 Avalanche Hats or two Avalanche Vests with one skein left over.)

For this set price, I can only ship within the United States.

2. Each box will contain at least some gold or mustard yarn since it is what I have the most of. Here are two pictures showing representative contents of the boxes. The first shows a collection of mustard, terra cotta and silver; the second shows a collection of gold, red, and liver brown. The other boxes contain similar but slightly different collections.

3. I currently have 10 boxes to ship. They will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. If you are interested in receiving one of the boxes, please email me. If you are one of the first ten, I will email you back to get your address and give you mine. As soon as I receive your check for $8.10, I will mail your box out.

I will be putting together more boxes in the near future so I'll keep a waiting list of the people who are interested but weren’t able to squeek onto the list of the first ten.

A reminder: Due to a tax agreement between Rosemary Hallgarten and F.I.R.E., this yarn has to be used for Dulaan.

Dulaan Knit-In
Dulaan cheerleader, dear friend, Feralite, and knit-designer extraordinaire Janine will be hosting a Dulaan Knit-In at her house on Saturday, March 17, from 1pm to 5-ish/6-ish. Keep an eye on Janine's blog for further details. I hope to see you there, especially some newbies!

Dulaan Yarn Discount
Dear Reader Kris, who recently started an online yarn shop, Sonny and Shear, is offering a 10% discount to anyone who wants to buy yarn for Dulaan for her shop. In order to receive the discount, you need to enter the code EMHY78LK.

Thank you, Kris! I hope we get to spend more time together at the next Madrona!!

Posted by Ryan at February 21, 2007 11:26 AM