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Lands' End and Warm Woolies FeelGood Knitting Campaign!

Lands' End and Warm Woolies have partnered to kick off a national knitting campaign to create warm items for homeless families on tribal reservations. We are looking for 150 knitting volunteers willing to knit with the exclusive Lands' End FeelGood yarn. Lands' End will ship the yarn directly to qualifying volunteers.

The initiative is part of Lands' End's national campaign to support the new collection of FeelGood sweaters and accessories sold at Lands' End and landsend.com. For each FeelGood item purchased beginning on September 1st, Lands' End will donate yarn to knitting volunteers in an effort to warm up homeless families across the country.

* Thank you for all of your support. We have already received all the necessary volunteers for this Lands' End project ! *

DETAILS

The first 150 knitters who provide complete information and agree to the terms of the contest will be included.

TO QUALIFY, send Warm Woolies an email with "Lands' End FeelGood" in the subject line.

Include the following information in your email:

your name
your street address, city, state and zip (No P.O. Boxes, addresses must be within the United States)
your email address
your phone number

KNITTING GROUPS ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE!

Please provide contact/shipping information for one member, and note that they represent a group. incomplete emails will not be considered

Warm Woolies will respond to your email within 3 days to let you know if you made the FeelGood team.

THE YARN

FeelGood yarn is 55% cotton, 20% wool and 25% microfiber, and yes -- it feels good!

This yarn and fiber content are for this campaign only! Otherwise, all garments still need to be at least 80% animal fiber.

Lands' End is putting up the yarn for us in worsted weight on 2.5 - 3 pound cones. It comes in jewel colors -- they'll choose colors for us.

Our test knitters used the yarn for worsted weight patterns, and double-stranded it for bulky weight patterns.

The yarn is machine washable, making it ideal for baby blankets and infant and children's wear.

THE TERMS

Lands' End will mail 7-10 pounds of FeelGood yarn to each qualifier at no cost during the first week of September. All yarn must be used for the Lands' End and Warm Woolies FeelGood Knitting Campaign.

For this campaign only we will accept hats and scarves in addition to sweaters, vests, socks and blankets.

We need all sizes -- newborn (not preemie) through adult.

You can follow any of our posted patterns or choose your own. Please select patterns on the basis of warmth, coverage and closure.

You must send finished pieces all in one box marked "FeelGood Campaign" to be received by Warm Woolies no later than December 14, 2009. Ship to:

Warm Woolies
FeelGood Campaign
5572 E. Mansfield Ave.
Denver, CO 80237

Warm Woolies will deliver the finished pieces to homeless children and families on tribal reservations in time for the holidays.

GRATITUDE

Warm Woolies is extremely grateful to Lands' End for making this opportunity possible!

If you'd like to give a unique and meaningful holiday gift, knit in honor of a friend or family member. If you include a note with your finished pieces telling us the name and mailing address of up to three special people, Warm Woolies will send them each a holiday letter letting them know what you've done. Holiday letters will be mailed Friday, December 18. You'll feel good, they'll feel good, and the people who receive your knit pieces will feel very, very good.

SOME OF OUR NEW FRIENDS

We have some very special new friends at the Queens Zoo in New York. The two pictured above are part of a flock of fifteen fiber animals at the zoo whose fleeces are being processed into wool for Warm Woolies. We anticipate receiving about 20 pounds of 2-ply worsted weight yarn in the fall and are planning projects for this wonderful yarn.

Leicester Longwool Sheep

Leicester Longwool Sheep

Jacob's Sheep

Jacob's Sheep

We'll reveal more detail about the flock in upcoming emails. For now, we have a small CONTEST! ***

The first 5 knitters who correctly identify the two breeds pictured above will receive four skeins of custom mill spun alpaca yarn.

Send us an email with "BREEDS" in the subject line and your guess in the body of the email-- 1 email per knitter.

We will notify winners ONLY. If you do not hear, you either guessed incorrectly or were not in the first 5. PLEASE do NOT email asking if you won.

We'll reveal the correct answers and contest winners in our August email newsletter. GOOD LUCK!

Our thanks to Scott Silver (photo above), the Director at Queens Zoo for partnering with Warm Woolies on this project. Special thanks to Julie Larsen Maher, Staff Photographer, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx Zoo for taking these photographs.

*** Thank you for all of your entries. Three winners correctly identified the mystery breeds, congratulations.

New Contest
Summer Special Six for Six

Qualifying pieces for this contest are long-sleeved sweaters, vests and socks that would fit a six year-old child. Any combination of these pieces qualifies. The chest measurement for sweaters and vests is at least 26" and the heel to toe length for socks is 6".
You can follow any of these suggested patterns or choose your own, so long as it provides full coverage and closure. Worsted weight or bulky weight yarns are fine! Please remember we strive for warmth and durability.
All six pieces must be sent together in one box to Warm Woolies, 5572 E. Mansfield Ave., Denver, CO 80237. Pieces must be received by September 21, 2009, the last day of summer.
Prizes, consisting of new yarn, needles, patterns and books, will be mailed the last week of September.
Good luck and have fun!

10 for 10 by 2010

We had so much fun with last year’s project we decided to do another! This year we’re focusing on larger sizes for kids ages 10 through 16 -- “10 for 10 by 2010”
The 10 for 10 by 2010 contest will run from January 1, 2009 through November 30, 2009, and will include pieces received during that time.
Every knitter who submits 10 qualifying pieces during the contest period will win a prize. One prize per person, please.
For purposes of this contest, qualifying pieces include: sweaters and pairs of socks that would fit a child ten years old or older.
Of the 10 pieces, at least 3 need to be sweaters. Please use this chart for sweater sizes: http://www.yarnstandards.com/childsize.html. Remember, sweaters need to provide full coverage and closure. Socks need to measure at least 10” from the back of the heel to the tip of the toe.
Select your own patterns, just follow the "Guidelines for Knitters"and read over the "Quality Control Information".
Some free sweater patterns and sock patterns to consider are posted on the Free Pattern Page.
Prizes will consist of brand new knitting supplies such as needles, yarn, books, patterns, and accessories. The approximate retail value of each prize will be $100. Warm Woolies will select prizes at its sole discretion and will mail prizes to winners.
You must have a U.S. mailing address to participate.