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UPDATE: For the full list of Fundraiser Prize Winners please see our Fundraiser Page Updates here.
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Louie & Lola Yarns is pleased to have again teamed up with Sam & Olga of Thread & Maple and knitwear designer Tracie Millar of the Grocery Girls, to raise funds during Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Our amazing prize pool for this round includes donations from some incredibly generous and talented Aussie Indie Dyers and friends in the fibre arts community.
All donations over $2 are tax deductible and you will be issued with a tax-deductible receipt via email as soon as you make your donation.
All winners will be contacted by email and announced on this page and also the Louie & Lola Yarns Instagram account.
Check out the amazing prizes:
One of the Major Prizes is an epic bundle of 18 x skeins of hand dyed pink skeins, generously donated by some of Australia's best indie dyers. The bundle features:
Our special 'Pink Ribbon' bundle is also up for grabs as another major prize.
Created especially for this fundraiser, it includes a limited edition Thread & Maple rose pink Pochette (which is embossed with a Pink Ribbon emblem), a PDF copy of Tracie Millar's 'Autumn Stripes' cowl pattern and a Louie & Lola Yarns 'Autumn Stripes' Yarn Bundle (1 x 100gm skein of Guava on Merino Fingering, 1 x 50gm skein of Champagne on Merino Fingering & 1 x 50gm skein of Goldfinch on Merino Fingering).
The multi-talented Kathy Girvan of WhotKnot has created this stunningly beautiful Pink Flamingo Water Colour Painting especially for this fundraiser.
As Kathy explains, "The painting celebrates the friendship and strengths of our fibre arts community".
"Flamingos are a social animal and with their stunning pink plumage and shared warmth, they reflect the bonds we form on our journey to a cure for breast cancer".
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Sunday 24 October will receive a gorgeous selection of pink faux fur pom poms from Lovely Loops Designs, 1 x skein of Fiber Lily Super Soft Sock in the 'Cosmos Fleur' colourway, plus a tin of Pink Ribbon Stitch Markers from Yarnia powered by Stitchcraft & Wizardry.
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Monday 25 October will receive a fun selection of Grocery Girls Knits items including a thermal drinking cup, enamel pins, stitch markers and a leather stockinette shawl cuff, plus a tin of Pink Ribbon Stitch Markers from Yarnia powered by Stitchcraft & Wizardry.
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Tuesday 26 October will receive a Fiber Lily 'Rose Melt' Petite Pack of 4 x 50gm Super Soft Sock skeins plus a tin of Pink Ribbon Stitch Markers from Yarnia powered by Stitchcraft & Wizardry.
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Wednesday 27 October will receive a Scheepjes Whirl 'Pink to Wink' skein and tin of Pink Ribbon stitch markers, both from Yarnia powered by Stitchcraft & Wizardry and a pink polymer clay donut stitch marker from Ash & Eve Designs.
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Thursday 28 October will receive a gorgeous selection of pink faux fur pom poms from Lovely Loops Designs, 1 skein x Louley Yarns 'Vintage Rose' self-striping 4 Ply Sock yarn plus a tin of Pink Ribbon Stitch Markers from Yarnia powered by Stitchcraft & Wizardry.
The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Friday 29 October will receive a Beanie + Pom Pom Set from The winner of the Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Friday 29 October will receive a Beanie + Pom Pom Set from NNK Yarns (1 x skein of Hot Fuschia on Super Chunky Merino Singles + Fire Cracker Medium Pom Pom) and two sets of Breast Cancer Ribbon Stitch Markers from Wool + Works.
The winner of the Surprise Extra Daily Prize to be drawn 12noon AEST, Saturday, 30 October will receive a Louie & Lola limited edition 'Go Pink or Go Home' Sock set on Merino Nylon Sock, a skein of 'Natural Pink Agate', our September Crystal & Stone Yarn Club colourway on Merino Nylon Sock, a Katrinkles Stitchable Sweater Ornamet Kit and a Sparkly Orb Stitch Marker set from Fripperies & Bibelots.
A massive shout out to these incredibly generous and talented fibre artists, designers and makers who are also passionate about supporting the thousands of women and men whose lives have been - and will be - impacted by breast cancer.
And thank you for your support of our fundraiser.
Karina, Louie & Lola Yarns xxx
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