Yarn Crawl LA

Photo Contest Winners – Yarn Category

Yarn Crawl — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:51:07 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the 1st annual Yarn Crawl Photo Contest!

Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo - pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo - dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo - JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo - Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo - jedimom

Congratulations!

Winners, if you have not yet received notification on how to claim your prize, please email libby@genesispr.net to make arrangements. Make sure to tell her which photo is yours!

Drum roll, please!

BEST YARN PHOTOS

1st place

1st place – pamfilamagu

2nd place

2nd place – grrrrrrebecca

Knit Culture Studio in Los Angeles
On the 2nd Day of Yarn Crawl LA

3rd place

3rd place – Jihi Marumoto

At Alamitos Bay, Friday, April 19

View the YarnCrawlLA 2013 Photo Pool as a Slideshow

Photo Contest Winners – Shop Category

Yarn Crawl — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:45:38 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the 1st annual Yarn Crawl Photo Contest!

Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo - pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo - dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo - JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo - Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo - jedimom

Congratulations!

Winners, if you have not yet received notification on how to claim your prize, please email libby@genesispr.net to make arrangements. Make sure to tell her which photo is yours!

Drum roll, please!

BEST SHOP PHOTOS

1st place

: 1st place – pocketsofgreen

Yarn Over Truck in Burbank on the first day of the crawl.

2nd place

2nd place – rathgrith

Phebie’s Needleart in Claremont, taken on Friday.

I especially enjoyed the yarn decor on the stair risers!

3rd place

3rd place – Chris0113

I took this pic on Thurs, first day of crawl at Colors91711 in Claremont.

View the YarnCrawlLA 2013 Photo Pool as a Slideshow

Photo Contest Winners – Group Category

Yarn Crawl — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:25:18 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the 1st annual Yarn Crawl Photo Contest!

Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo - pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo - dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo - JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo - Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo - jedimom

Congratulations!

Winners, if you have not yet received notification on how to claim your prize, please email libby@genesispr.net to make arrangements. Make sure to tell her which photo is yours!

Drum roll, please!

BEST GROUP PHOTOS

1st place

: 1st place – dorrie.takazawa; This was taken in front of A Major Knitwork in Van Nuys on April 12, 2013. In the picture are Vanessa Miller, Kim Anderson, Dorrie Takazawa, and Patty Painter. Cameraman is Takeshi Takazawa.

2nd place

: 2nd place – skarinskein

Taken at Unwind in Burbank

3rd place

3rd place – whitfletch2

An amazing 4 days, including staying in a hotel, with an amazing sister! Can’t wait for next year!
Taken at Wildfiber on Thursday

View the YarnCrawlLA 2013 Photo Pool as a Slideshow

Photo Contest Winners – Individual Category

Yarn Crawl — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:12:54 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the 1st annual Yarn Crawl Photo Contest!

Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo - pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo - dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo - JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo - Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo - jedimom

Congratulations!

Winners, if you have not yet received notification on how to claim your prize, please email libby@genesispr.net to make arrangements. Make sure to tell her which photo is yours!

Drum roll, please!

BEST INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS

1st place

1st place – JuneMunky

Zoe Zeynep Knit Studio in Los Angeles, Day 3 of the Crawl.

Marla’s son demonstrating how he weaves a scarf.

2nd place

2nd place – pigsandfrogs

The mural showed a knitters spirit that’s why I choose it!

3rd place

3rd place – EdnaGrace3000

Day 1 of Yarn Crawl LA at Twist Yarns of Intrigue in Manhattan Beach, CA

Veronica tests out yarns at the Yarn Bar

View the YarnCrawlLA 2013 Photo Pool as a Slideshow

Photo Contest Winners – Misc Category

Yarn Crawl — Tue, 07 May 2013 07:10:00 +0000

Thanks to everyone who entered the 1st annual Yarn Crawl Photo Contest!

Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo - pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo - dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo - JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo - Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo - jedimom

Congratulations!

Winners, if you have not yet received notification on how to claim your prize, please email libby@genesispr.net to make arrangements. Make sure to tell her which photo is yours!

Drum roll, please!

BEST MISC PHOTOS

1st place

Yarn bomb compliments of the folks @togatherla!

2nd place

2nd place – Lhriangel

at Zoe Zeynep Yarn Studio

3rd place

3rd place – island_walkers

Yarn Crawl Day 2, April 12, 2013

View the YarnCrawlLA 2013 Photo Pool as a Slideshow

Yarn Crawl LA 2013 Prize Winners

Yarn Crawl — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 08:04:37 +0000

Hey everyone! The prize winners of the Yarn Crawl LA gift certificates and Store/Sponsor baskets are below. (Prize winners of other raffles and giveaways by the stores during the crawl are not listed here; please check with the individual stores! We know the list is incomplete, but we will update it as we get more info from the shops.)

We know you were all waiting with bated breath, but we wanted to notify all our winners first before posting their names.

Drumroll, please!

Winner of $500 gift certificate and an Amy Butler bag

Leyla Raquel Magro

Winner of $300 gift certificate and an Amy Butler bag

Bebe Herrera

Winner of a $200 gift certificate and an Amy Butler bag

Sharon Ballard

Winners of one Amy Butler bag each

Kate Moran

Gabriela Vazquez

Ashley Beyer

Martha Cervantes

A Major Knitwork – Donna Nelson

Abuelita’s Knitting & Needlepoint – info pending (photo below)

Alamitos Bay Yarn Company – Cindy Davis

Bourgee Boutique – LouAnne Weldon

The Close Knit Circle – Maria Knott

Colors 91711 – info pending

Compatto Yarn Salon – Jen Matthews

Concepts in Yarn and Needlepoint – Nancy Hunt

Creative U Studios – info pending

Gather DTLA – info pending

Hook’d on Knitting – Kay Berry

Itza Knitterie – Suzanne Smith

Jennifer Knits – Chester Lagmay

Knit Culture Studio – Jenna Radomile

The Knot Garden – info pending

L’Atelier – Kathy Dudley

La Knitterie Parisienne – Bonnie Vilchez

The Little Knittery – Wendy Schell

Needle in a Haystack – Gloria Dominguez

Needlepoints West – Carla Cain

Phebie’s NeedleArt – Carol Bridgewood

The purlSide – info pending

Sit ‘N Stitch – Irene Hui

Stitch Café – Jamie Mackta

A Stitch in Time – Antoinette Morales-Tanner

Stitches in Time Yarn – Lisa Getz

TWIST… yarns of intrigue – Jennifer Scott

Unwind… on Hollywood Way – Deb Tocalino

Wildfiber – Therese Theurat

The Yarn Garden – Julie Anderson

Yarnover Truck – Robin Torres

Zoe Zeynep Knit Studio – Curtis Wilkins

Post-Crawl Survey

Yarn Crawl — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:53:09 +0000

Dear Yarn Crawlers!

Thank you for supporting Yarn Crawl LA 2013! We hoped you enjoyed it as much as we did! Now we want to hear back from you about your overall experience this year. Please fill out this quick survey so we can make Yarn Crawl LA 2014 even better!

Thank you,

Yarn Crawl LA Committee

Take the Survey!

Are You Ready to Yarn Crawl?

Yarn Crawl — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:45:10 +0000

It begins! Bookmark this page of easy links to find your way to all of the stores and fun.

In addition to all the various giveaways and raffles held by each shop, these are the overall crawl prizes:

1 winning passport holder who goes to all 32 stores = $500 gift certificate* + amy butler bag

1 winning passport holder who goes to 21-31 stores = $300 gift certificate* + amy butler bag

1 winning passport holder who goes to 11 – 20 stores = $200 gift certificate* + amy butler bag

3 random winners who go to 11+ stores = each wins a amy butler bag

*Winners will be able to use their gifts at up to 3 participating YCLA Shops.

So remember to turn in your passport at the last shop you visit!

Google Map

Hours & Events at a Glance | Download PDF copy

All About Passports

Badges – Avatars for your social media profiles

The Rules

Facebook

Tweet @Yarncrawlla and hashtags #YCLA #Yarncrawlla

Ravelry

Flickr – Photo Contest!

Tag your Instagram photos with #yarncrawlla to appear on our feeds on the website and Facebook – You can also @YarnCrawlLA

You can check individual store pages for parking info, restaurant suggestions, and special events.

Questions? Please email layarncrawl@gmail.com and we will do our best to get back to you on these busy days! You can also message us on Facebook and tweet @yarncrawlla.

Ready?

Set?

Yarn Crawl!

1st Annual Yarn Crawl-tastic LA Photo Contest!

Yarn Crawl — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:24 +0000

EDIT: Winners announced! Click the links below to view each set of photos. Click here to see most of the entries as a slideshow.

Best Shop Photo – pocketsofgreen

Best Group Photo – dorrie.takazawa

Best Individual Photo – JuneMunky

Best Yarn Photo – Jihi Marumoto

Best Misc Photo – jedimom

Congratulations to all of the winners!

Get your cameras ready, fiber fashionistas!! This year Yarn Crawl LA is hosting a photo contest! Upload your best shots to our Yarn Crawl LA Flickr group for a chance to win some fabulous crawl-tastic prizes! In order to send photos to us during the crawl you must have a Flickr account or download the Flickr app to your phone AND get pre-approved by our Flickr group moderators before the crawl! (Click “Join this group“.)

Enter your best shots in these 5 categories!

Best Shop Photo

Best Group Photo

Best Individual Photo

Best Yarn Photo

Best Misc Photo

Get set up on Flickr – it’s as easy as 1-2-3!

1. Get a Flickr account and/or download the Flickr app – click here

2. Go to Yarn Crawl LA Group page to get pre-approved – click here

3. Upload your best crawl photos – your photo must tagged with one of the the following tags to be entered – “Shop”, “Group”, “Individual”, “Yarn” or “Misc”

Note: If you are using Instagram as well, please tag your photos #yarncrawlla to show up on our website and Facebook feeds!

We will award 5 Grand prizes and 10 Runner prizes!

5 Grand Prizes

1. Eyelet Garter Stitch Scarf Kit (2 skeins of Rowan Kidsilk Haze Glamour and pattern) $40 value

2. Clover Bamboo Circular Needle Set (size 6-13) $75

3. Photo featured on Yarn Crawl LA website and Facebook

10 Runner Up Prizes

1. Clover Bamboo Circular Needle Set (size 6-13) $75

2. Photo featured on Yarn Crawl LA website and Facebook

Judges:

Linda Pratt, Westminster Fibers

Bryson Distributing

Wendy Bernard, knitwear designer, author, and Knit and Tonic blogger

Photo Contest Rules

Contest dates – photos be uploaded April 11th – 25th, 2013
Winners will be announced via Yarn Crawl LA website and Facebook on May 1, 2013.
In order to participate in the photo contest you must be a yarn crawler; i.e. signed up for a passport.

All photos submitted must be:

*taken during Yarn Crawl LA dates (April 11th-14th)
*taken near and around Yarn Crawl LA participating retailer locations.
*posted in the correct category or your photo will not be entered.
Submit one photo only per category – maximum 5 photos per person.
Any photo entered into the contest and uploaded into Yarn Crawl LA Flickr account may be used for future promotions at Yarn Crawl LA discretion.
Failure to adhere to any of the photo contest rules will forfeit your entry.
All prizes must be picked up within 30 days of the event or prize will be forfeited.
Identification will be required for prize claims.
Any inappropriate photo entries will get you eliminated from participating in any future Yarn Crawl LA events and blocked from our Flickr account forever.

Need some inspiration? Check out these fantastic shots from Katie Ferguson:

Della Q Needlecase Giveaway

Yarn Crawl — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:00:36 +0000

5 winners will win one of these Della Q Que Theo Circular Needle Cases in Maroon or Blue (retail $44).

Answer the question: What is your best yarn/needle travel accessory?

This giveaway will run from April 5-8th.

Make sure to “like” our Yarn Crawl LA Facebook Page
Follow us at twitter.com/YarnCrawlLA and on Instagram
Click here to buy a totebag and sign up for your passport.

Contest rules:
Winners can pick up their prizes at one of the participating shops during the yarn crawl or arrange for pick up after the yarn crawl event.
One set of entries per person.
Contest will end Monday, April 8th at 12am PDT.
Winners will be announced on the blog on Tuesday, April 9th.

Good luck!

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