Raffle to Raise Money for Japan

After the horrible news that a Tsunami had hit Japan, knitters all over Ravelry started auctioning off yarn, knitting notions, and beautiful knitted items to raise money to help the people of Japan. One of the groups I'm pretty active in on Ravelry decided to do a combination of auctions and raffles to raise money to help Japan recover.

I offered up a skein of handspun yarn and a project bag to be raffled off. The raffle starts 4/10 (Sunday) and the end date hasn't been posted yet, but it will be sometime that week.

Yarn is handspun Merino/Cashmere/Nylon dyed by Two if by Hand 

Approximately 240 yards of light worsted weight. 

It's super squishy and soft. 

You know you want it!

We've raised about $2,000 so far, just in our little group on Ravelry!

So.....if you want the chance to win some awesome handspun yarn with a lovely hand sewn bag, here's what you do:

First, click here and read all the guidelines. There's also a list of a bunch of other really fantastic items up for raffle. 

Second, donate to one of the charities linked in the forum posting. There is a $10 minimum, which buys you 2 raffle tickets. There is a 2 ticket minimum for each raffle item. 

Third, forward your donation receipt to YH.japan.fundraiser AT gmail DOT com with a message stating your ravelry name, and which item(s) you'd like to use your raffle tickets for.

I'm not sure if they are e-mailing the winners, but you will receive an "earburn" on ravelry notifying you if you win!

Just wanted to let everyone know of the great chance to help a great cause and win some yarn in the process! 

Love,

liz