On the Eighth Day of Sock Yarn, Simply Sock Yarn gave to meeeeeeeee.....
a $75 gift certificate to SSYC!
To have a chance at winning $75 to spend however you like, simply answer the following question in the comments below:
What's your weather/view from your home today? Is there a lot of snow? Or perhaps you're somewhere warmer with an ocean nearby? Please feel free to describe or share as much as you like so we can live vicariously through your view.

Well, I'm currently sitting on my couch at home as I type this, so this is my exact view. My kids are off school this week already for break, so it's a balance of being home for them and then going into the shop late to finish up shipments. We are going to continue shipping through the 22nd, then take some time off for the rest of the year to hang with our families. I'm fortunate that I can get a lot done at home though. I love our Christmas tree, which I wrote about on an earlier post, but the view outside is definitely not a winter wonderland. As much of the country has gotten a lot of snow, so far here in NE Indiana we have received just a dusting, which leaves us with brown grass and gray skies. Not my fave. But I also don't like to deal with lots of snow either, so I guess I'll call it a wash.
You may also notice that my view doesn't include any wrapped presents. Well, I'm quite a bit behind on all that, so it's likely those won't get wrapped until Christmas Eve. Such is the life of holiday retail work, am I right?

What might you like to buy for yourself if you win the $75 to the shop? We have a stunning array of Malabrigo and Madelinetosh right now. Literally tons of them. It's the kind of array that makes visitors stop in their tracks as soon as they enter the doors on our open days.

Shown above the shop picture is one of the newer colors on Tosh Merino Light, it's called You Do You. I think it would make a lovely Sockhead Hat or Cowl. There's so much color in it that watching the fabric develop would be addictive. Shown below is Sur on Malabrigo's newest sock yarn Ultimate Sock. Finally, they added some nylon to their normal sock yarn and it's just wonderful. Don't worry, they are keeping the original Sock (which is 100% superwash merino, no nylon) as well. They'll have two different sock yarns now.

In the mood for a new project bag? We have a gorgeous array of Magner totes in the Original Knitty Gritty bag or the Itty Bitty, shown below. The Itty Bitty is a new option from Casey at Magner Co. It's a sock sized project bag and comes in all his beautiful waxed canvas options.

Be sure to check back for the last remaining days of our holiday contest, because we'll be giving out another larger gift certificate too, and other great prizes.
We have 4 more Days of Sock Yarn coming up, so do stop here at the SSYC blog (the shop journal - I've been writing/sharing shop and life stuff here for over 17 years) every day until Christmas Eve so you can win. Full details of the contest can be found here. If you have any trouble entering the contest, just e-mail service@simplysockyarn.com with your comments and I'll add you to the contests when it's time to randomly choose the winners.