New yarn listed!

Here's some eye candy for you! Maharaja silk and Duke silk in exciting new colors! Check my store for details! I think my favorite is the Copper and Green Maharaja. What is yours?

Also coming up new multicolored art silk yarn and multicolored pure silk yarn. And solid colored art silk yarn! Watch this space for a giveaway soon!

Green Duke Silk

Blue Maharaja

Copper And Green Maharaja

Yellow and Green Maharaja

Copper and Grey Maharaja

December Giveaway

I'm finally able to announce my december giveaway. It's a coupon for 15% off your entire purchase from my store. This giveaway is going to end real soon, because I want to cram in a few more giveaways this month! Woohoo! Yes lots of stuff coming your way.

All you need to do is "Like" me on Facebook here or follow me on twitter or follow my blog AND leave a comment here so I know. That's all. You get one entry for each thing you do. So if you do all 3 you get 3 entries. And don't forget to leave a comment here telling me what you did! The DEADLINE is DEC 23 2011, Friday!

Edited to add: I noticed a lot of you forgetting to leave a comment here after Liking me or Following me on twitter. Please leave a comment here, so I have you all in one place for the draw. I don't want to leave anyone out.

And here's the new yarn I've listed in my store today. I have so much more yarn but absolutely no time to list it. Hoping to get that done this weekend!

I'm also done knitting the neck warmer with the blue colored recycled sari silk yarn. I will soon upload pictures. It is the softest neck warmer ever!

Happy Crafting!

The store is open again!

I'm back! The store is open again with lots of new yarn some listed and some just waiting to be listed. Watch this space for giveaways and coupons for the holidays! Happy Holidays!

November Giveaway Winner

The winner of the November giveaway is "j" picked via random number generator on random.org. Trying to get in touch with you J. "Your" yarn will be shipped to you as soon as I receive your mailing address.

Folks keep watching this space for more great giveaways! Happy Thanks Giving!

Giveaway ends Nov 20th!

I'm sorry I have to cut the giveaway short by a week. I'm closing the store on account of a family emergency. So I'd like to pick the winner of the giveaway and hopefully ship the prize yarn this weekend. I'll be picking the winner via random number generator on Sunday 20th after midnight PST. More giveaways and this time coupons to my store after I return.

November Giveaway Extended

The giveway has been extended and now entries will be accepted until the Nov 27th 2011, Sunday. Winner will be picked on the following Monday!

I also changed the rules for the giveaway. Just leave a comment here or on the giveaway post telling me which is your favorite yarn from my store and you will be entered into the draw.

November Giveaway

I have finally listed my most favorite color way in the Duke silk yarn. Check out my store for this listing.

Duke silk yarn is a worsted weight silk yarn with amazing lustre and softness. It's perfect for projects that need a lot of drape like scarves and shawls. And the thickness ensures a quickly finished project. It feels luxurious against the skin and did I mention it's soft, oh so soft! Here's a post on what I made with this yarn. My husband thinks I've taken this long to list it because I secretly want to keep it all to myself, but what does he know!

So just to prove my point, let me announce this week's giveaway. Yes, it is Duke silk in another lovely color way - Pastels! I'm giving away TWO 50gm skeins to one lucky winner. What you have to do is

1. Go to my etsy store and link to (at least) one item from my store on your blog, facebook page or twitter or any other social networking site.

2. Leave a comment here with a link to wherever you have mentioned my yarn. You will be entered as many times as the number of sites you've linked my store in. So if you've mentioned my yarn on your blog and your facebook page I will enter your name twice in the draw.

OR

1. Leave a comment here telling me which is your favorite yarn from my store.

And that's it! One lucky winner (picked by a random number generator) will win these exact skeins below. Last date for entry is Nov 27th 2011 (extended from Nov 20th), Sunday. Winner will be picked the next day. 

LAST DATE IS TODAY NOV 20th 2011 (moved due to a family emergency). My store will be closed but I will keep you posted on this blog.

Happy Crafting!

And the winner is....

The winner of the giveaway is Lorraine! Congratulations Lorraine, I will contact you over email to find out find out what color you want and your mailing address.

Thank you every one for participating! I'm having another giveaway this Thursday 11/3/11 so you have another chance at winning a skein of another silky yarn from my store. And while I'm working out the details of the giveaway in my head I decided to give something for my hands to do. A neck warmer from blue recycled sari silk yarn. Only after I cast on did I realize how hard it is to get a really good picture of the blue yarn with the shimmer and the fuzz. I some how seem to be able to only get one of them accurately, the blue, the shimmer or the fuzz. Any ideas anyone on how to get a good picture?

Here are a couple of pictures which don't do justice at all to how glorious it actually looks.





This neck warmer/cowl is knit flat in plain stockinette stich to do justice to the shimmery fuzz. And I think I will add pretty buttons for an extra dash of style.

Don't forget, new giveaway on Thrusday, Nov 3rd!

New worsted weight silk yarn

Lots of lovely luscious worsted weight duke silk yarn has arrived. It's my most favorite yarn in the entire world. I'll soon be listing this lovely yarn on my etsy store. But before I do I want to share this scarf I knit with it. It is the silkiest yarn I've knit with and oh so soft. And because it is worsted weight, it knits up really fast. I wanted to keep going on an on with this scarf. Decided to make many scarves instead!

Coming soon a giveaway of this yarn as soon as I'm done listing it! I love giveaways!

Amber Threads is open!

My store is finally up at http://amberthreads.etsy.com! So what better way to celebrate than with a giveaway. I have a new stock of solid colored recycled sari silk yarn and I'm giving away one skein to one person in a color of their choice. 

Aren't they vibrant? They knit up into beautiful bags, scarves, clutches, pouches and whatever else you can think of. Here's a picture (an over-exposed one) of them glistening in the sun. 

What you need to do is
1. Like my page on facebook at http://facebook.com/amberthreads (there's also a like button at the top of this page)
2. Leave a comment here telling me what you would knit up with this yarn. 
3. A bonus entry (your name will be entered once more) if you become a follower here.


The deadline to do this is Oct 30th 2011 Midnight PST. All names will be entered in a draw and the winner will be picked (via a random number generator) on Oct 31st and notified by email! So make sure there's a way for me to get back to you.


And keep watching this space for more giveaways coming your way!

About Me

I'm a software engineer who used to knit and crochet in my free time. Soon it became a passion and sitting behind a desk did not quite do it for me. And after a year of laborious soul searching this store was born. A little online store that deals in exotic and luxurious yarns from India. I love silk!