Many of you noticed that our blog (this journal) was down for most of the past week. Ours, and millions of others served by Typepad, were down (our shop website wasn't involved at all- a completely different website/server), and I do believe we are now back up for good!
To celebrate, let's have a contest! Did you see the new neon Fluormania colors we have from Regia? They are so fun, aren't they? This one, color 7189- Neon Ocean, could be yours by answering the following questions in the comments below:
Who in your life would enjoy a handknit made from one of the Fluormania colors and what would you knit with it? Socks? Hat? Scarf? Do tell!
I'll choose one winner by April 30, noon EST and announce it after here on the blog (and e-mail the winner). Enter just once, please.
Thanks for your patience with us! We all rely on technology and don't realize how much until there's a glitch! Check back throughout the next week, because we'll have another contest or two.
I immediately imagine a light, maybe lacy, tank top with this--such pretty vibrant summery colors! Socks also come to mind, of course.
Posted by: Michelle | April 23, 2014 at 01:36 PM
My college age daughter would LOVE a bright pair of Knitted sock from mom!!! What a great way to celebrate her first year done!!
Posted by: Deb in NC | April 23, 2014 at 01:37 PM
I would make socks for my granddaughters. The brighter the better and they would love it even more if the socks didn't match!! I would need to purchase at least one more.
Posted by: Donna | April 23, 2014 at 01:39 PM
I owe my oldest son a scarf since I made one for his little brother and those are all his favorite colors!!
Posted by: Jaime | April 23, 2014 at 01:43 PM
My daughter would love a pair of socks done in this colorway! That is if I didn't claim for myself first!!
Posted by: Leslie Fehr | April 23, 2014 at 01:44 PM
I'd make a pair of socks for my aunt - she LOVES bright colors, and always crafts for others but never for herself.
Posted by: Beth L | April 23, 2014 at 01:45 PM
My 9 year old daughter has been begging for a pair of light-weight fingerless mitts for a couple of years now, and the Regia Fluormania would be the perfect choice to surprise her.
Posted by: Betsy Mortinsen | April 23, 2014 at 01:47 PM
My eight year old granddaughter would love a pair of socks made out of this. "No more pink, Grandma."
Posted by: Rose Birchall | April 23, 2014 at 01:48 PM
My 2.5 year old son would be thrilled with a hat knit in this fun yarn!
Posted by: Katherine B | April 23, 2014 at 01:51 PM
I definitely would be making socks with this yarn!
Posted by: Diane True | April 23, 2014 at 01:52 PM
A hat for my great niece, she would love this color.
Posted by: Barbara | April 23, 2014 at 01:57 PM
I would crochet a set of mittens and a hat for my 4 year old stepson! He'd love the colors :)
Posted by: Amanda Laven | April 23, 2014 at 01:59 PM
My Husband would love some socks out of this! These are his favorite colors!!
Posted by: Chandra Schneider | April 23, 2014 at 02:00 PM
Socks. Because nothing says fun like surprise neon socks.
Posted by: Stephanie | April 23, 2014 at 02:00 PM
This would make a great knit sock monkey!! I love knitting stuffed things in crazy colors!
Posted by: Crystal Walker | April 23, 2014 at 02:01 PM
Socks for my 13 year old son!
Posted by: Nicole Wetzel | April 23, 2014 at 02:01 PM
For my granddaughter who is heading off to college in the fall. When she gets homesick she can put on the socks and know we love and miss her!
Posted by: Judy Wagner | April 23, 2014 at 02:01 PM
My BFF would love a scarf knit in those colors. She certainly wouldn't be overlooked in a crowd in those colors. Love the colors of all the Fluormania yarns.
Posted by: Beverly Shearon | April 23, 2014 at 02:04 PM
Socks for my daughter and grandsons. They loved Poste neon colors and these look like they would be as much fun
Posted by: Sandra Cash | April 23, 2014 at 02:05 PM
Socks for my creativity buddy. She does lots of crafts but doesn't knit. I know she would love any of these neon colors!
Posted by: Karen Pettyjohn | April 23, 2014 at 02:06 PM
My 12 year old son has picked out this specific yarn already for some socks. Kids his age are all about the neon colors right now!
Posted by: Courtney J | April 23, 2014 at 02:07 PM
I would knit a pair of socks and scarf for the guidance counselor at our school. They are fun colors and she is a fun person. She LOVES anything I knit for her (fingerless gloves last year). They would make her smile and the kids would smile when they saw her with the hat and scarf!
Posted by: Cindy Strick | April 23, 2014 at 02:08 PM
I would make a little hat with matching infant socks. He would look adorable and so "cool.
Posted by: Connie Caruso | April 23, 2014 at 02:08 PM
Oh, what a lovely bright color. I would make a pair of socks for my 2nd granddaughter. Those are her favorite colors- the brighter the better!
Posted by: Sue R | April 23, 2014 at 02:09 PM
Definitely my best friend from college. She's an art education professor and LOVES color. I'm guessing a scarf would "brighten" her day!
Posted by: Mary Chrisman | April 23, 2014 at 02:10 PM
I would love to make a pair of socks for my daughter.
Posted by: Angela Hanson | April 23, 2014 at 02:11 PM
My niece would LOVE neon socks in these colors!
Posted by: Rene B | April 23, 2014 at 02:11 PM
Socks!...for my niece who turns 15 on April 30th. She has always loved the color green and she loves neon colors...and she loves fun socks.
Posted by: Melissa B. | April 23, 2014 at 02:13 PM
My daughters would - it would remind them of all of the neon colored clothes I made for them when they were young. We laugh about how bright they were all of the time.
Posted by: Jeanne Morphew | April 23, 2014 at 02:13 PM
I would knit a lovely pair of shorty socks for ME! Yes, that's selfish, I'll admit. But, I love these neon colors!
Posted by: KathyS | April 23, 2014 at 02:13 PM
I would knit the "Dash" hat on Ravelry for my daughter-in-law who is a runner and will be running in the Avon Run for A Cure this year!
Posted by: Ann Duke | April 23, 2014 at 02:14 PM
I would make socks for my oldest brother and I am certain he would wear them to Cross Fit!
Posted by: Kathleen | April 23, 2014 at 02:14 PM
My 9 year old, who is newly fashion conscious, would LOVE an infinity scarf in these colors.
Posted by: Cara | April 23, 2014 at 02:16 PM
I would definitely make a pair of socks for my daughter - she loves interesting socks!
Posted by: Karen | April 23, 2014 at 02:16 PM
Me! Me! Me! Definitely socks. Maybe a scarf, but the socks I would wear year round. Fantastic color!
Posted by: T Rocks | April 23, 2014 at 02:17 PM
I would knit a pair of socks.
Posted by: Phyllis Howard | April 23, 2014 at 02:18 PM
I would love to make myself some fingerless mitts with this gorgeous yarn, I love the colors it would fit perfectly with my coat :>)
Posted by: Claudette Soucy | April 23, 2014 at 02:19 PM
I'd make a pair of socks for my daughter. She was home for Easter and requested some neon socks!
Posted by: Bonney | April 23, 2014 at 02:22 PM
These would be my Seahawks Sox. The ones I knit at all the home games to help the Seahawks win (i believe my sock knitting is just the mojo they need). The yarn is all the right colors.
Posted by: Tina | April 23, 2014 at 02:22 PM
This is just screaming to be socks for my second daughter! These are her favorite colors all rolled into one skein.
Posted by: Jen | April 23, 2014 at 02:25 PM
A pair of socks for my best knitting buddy. She is in need of a winter buster since she lives north of Toronto. She loves neon colors and she can use all the color she can get!!!
Posted by: Lois Yamada | April 23, 2014 at 02:25 PM
I'd make socks for my son....he'd love the neon colors, the brighter the better!
Posted by: Nicole | April 23, 2014 at 02:26 PM
My almost 14 year old god daughter would love socks out of this yarn. Thanks!
Posted by: Sandy W | April 23, 2014 at 02:26 PM
I would choose 7188 and knit something for my best friend. Likely it would be socks or a hat. She LOVES bright colors!
Posted by: Andrea Sandahl | April 23, 2014 at 02:27 PM
Why, I would knit socks for my Mom - she's just 87 years young!
Posted by: Nancy Fanzlaw | April 23, 2014 at 02:28 PM
Socks would be lovely, but my niece is expecting a baby boy next month and I'd knit him a little sweater out of it.
Posted by: Sharon Garner | April 23, 2014 at 02:29 PM
I would make socks for myself, cuz I'm a selfish knitter:)
Posted by: Tricia Werntz | April 23, 2014 at 02:32 PM
Definitely some nice bright socks!
Posted by: Connie | April 23, 2014 at 02:33 PM
I would say I'm going to make a shawl out of it. I would think I'm going to make a shawl out of it. And then I'd make socks.
Posted by: Mason | April 23, 2014 at 02:33 PM
I would make socks for my boys, they love bright stripey colours!
Posted by: nina | April 23, 2014 at 02:33 PM
Ohhhh, definitely a shrug for 10 yr old granddaughter Emma!
Fluorescent green/yellow is her favourite colour, and with her long red hair this would be stunning on her!!
Posted by: Yolanda | April 23, 2014 at 02:35 PM
My friend Donna would LOVE anything knitted with the beautiful happy yarn. Socks would be perfect, although a kerchief scarf would also be a lot of fun.
Posted by: Janice | April 23, 2014 at 02:37 PM
The doctor I work for wears all kinds of crazy patterned socks and the kids love them. I would make him a pair of neon socks!
Posted by: Elise McKee | April 23, 2014 at 02:43 PM
My daughter would love a pair of socks in this yarn and I would be obliged to knit them for her!
Posted by: Sharon Edmondson | April 23, 2014 at 02:44 PM
My niece, who is 17 would love this yarn...and I'd probably make her socks or mittens. The colors remind me of some of the wild softball socks I've seen her wear!
Posted by: Ruth | April 23, 2014 at 02:44 PM
I would make a pair of socks definitely. For whom is the question. I think Misty, my son's girlfriend. And with the leftovers, an infant pair.
Posted by: Diane | April 23, 2014 at 02:47 PM
I would make matching socks for my daughter and grand-daughter. The brighter and bolder the better
Posted by: Lori | April 23, 2014 at 02:51 PM
I think the person who would enjoy this most is ME! :) I would make socks with it
Posted by: Kate S | April 23, 2014 at 02:52 PM
I'm the biggest fan of neons that I know. Some footies, I think!
Posted by: Laura | April 23, 2014 at 03:09 PM
My grandson, Conner, loves bright colors (these are almost Seahawk Colors) so maybe a hat and/or mittens.
Bright colored socks are always fun too!
Love Regia!!
Posted by: Linda | April 23, 2014 at 03:10 PM
My 10 year old daughter would probably like anything knit with those colors. I'd probably make her socks and some fingerless mitts.
Posted by: carrie | April 23, 2014 at 03:10 PM
Leg warmers for the granddaughters
Posted by: Fabe | April 23, 2014 at 03:11 PM
A hat for my very groovy 13 year old grandson!He said the yarn was "awesome!"
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 23, 2014 at 03:29 PM
My husband loves bright yellows and greens. I would make him a pair of socks.
Posted by: Vasiliki | April 23, 2014 at 03:29 PM
I would cast on for a sock immediately. Every time I wore them they would bring a smile to me because if their sheer brightness!
Posted by: Julie | April 23, 2014 at 03:31 PM
I have a couple of nieces who would fight over socks made from this yarn
Posted by: Barbara G. | April 23, 2014 at 03:36 PM
My nephew, the artist, would love a pair of socks from this!
Posted by: Nancy | April 23, 2014 at 03:38 PM
My granddaughter would love socks from this. Green is her thing, the brighter the better.
Posted by: Lora Welt | April 23, 2014 at 03:38 PM
My son would enjoy a hat made out of this. His current one is lime green and he wears it constantly.
Posted by: Maureen | April 23, 2014 at 03:39 PM
My grand daughter would want one of each. Socks,scarf and hat. As she has said before. "When you make me stuff nobody has any like me. And they wish their grandma would knit."
Posted by: carol creek | April 23, 2014 at 03:41 PM
I would make a pair of socks for me! I've spent the year making socks, hats and scarves for others and its time to make myself a pair of crazy stiped socks. Thanks for offering the contest!
Posted by: Jana | April 23, 2014 at 03:43 PM
My sister Sylvie would enjoy them because she love yellow in particular and all vibrant colours in general. I would knit her socks most probably or fun a shawlette for spring.
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Posted by: Brigitte | April 23, 2014 at 03:44 PM
Definitely socks and for me for a change! I knit lots of socks for family members and as gifts, but I don't often knit a pair for myself. And these colors would definitely lift my spirits!
Posted by: Linda | April 23, 2014 at 03:47 PM
This yarn would probably become socks.... for ME!!! Although I knit lots for other people I make sure to keep myself well supplied w/ "crazy color" socks. Do not wear commercial socks @ all.
Posted by: AndreaW | April 23, 2014 at 03:49 PM
My granddaughter would love these socks.
Posted by: Donna | April 23, 2014 at 03:49 PM
This would make an awesome shawllette for my mother-in-law, who lives in Florida. Bright colors and light weight yarn work well for SW Florida.
Posted by: Kim | April 23, 2014 at 03:50 PM
My sister. These would be her "lucky" socks to wear when racing her horse.
Posted by: Paula Thibideau | April 23, 2014 at 03:51 PM
A dead fish hat.yeah this yarn would be perfect for that!
Posted by: wendy | April 23, 2014 at 03:52 PM
I would make a shawlette - maybe another Hitchhiker...
Posted by: Marla Ford | April 23, 2014 at 03:54 PM
I would intend to make socks for my daughter, but would have to keep them for myself. I would get another skein for a Sockhead Hat. I might give that to her.
Posted by: Elaine | April 23, 2014 at 04:02 PM
I would make stitch surfer socks for me
Posted by: Kim Pierce | April 23, 2014 at 04:04 PM
I have 3 daughters who would love a pair of socks out of this. Knee high? Bet I'd be one of their favorite moms with this!
Posted by: Rhonda Atkinson | April 23, 2014 at 04:08 PM
Socks for my son-in-law. When I asked what colors he liked, he said "The brighter, the better."
Posted by: Angel | April 23, 2014 at 04:10 PM
Socks!! I love to knit socks. These would be for my lovely granddaughter! She loves bright colours!
Posted by: Sherill V | April 23, 2014 at 04:13 PM
I would make socks for my son. So far he hasn't wanted a pair although my daughter loves hers. He loves neon and this maybe just the trick to get him into handmade socks!
Posted by: jessica | April 23, 2014 at 04:16 PM
My daughters and granddaughters are crazy for wild colored socks, so there would be fighting over who gets the first pair!
My in-laws live near your store, and I have been begging to go visit them (so I can stock up on sock yarns!) be use I miss them so much...
Posted by: Reina | April 23, 2014 at 04:22 PM
I think it's time to spoil my 15 year old kitty who just loves to snuggle in my knitting bag
Posted by: Christian | April 23, 2014 at 04:25 PM
that would make a super cute baby hat for a dear friends baby
Posted by: sheri | April 23, 2014 at 04:31 PM
My girlfriend, who is pregnant with her first little one, would be the recipient of a very cozy baby blanket....I would definitely need more than one ball.
Posted by: Sheila | April 23, 2014 at 04:33 PM
My middle granddaughter loves neon colors and scarfs/cowls. So it would have to be for her. She's my favorite person to knit for!!!!
Posted by: Sheila Enestvedt | April 23, 2014 at 04:37 PM
I know two little girls (6 and 9 years old) that would love socks made out of this yarn!
Posted by: Johane | April 23, 2014 at 04:41 PM
I would love to make a pair of socks for me! I love the bright colors!!
Posted by: Debbie H | April 23, 2014 at 04:44 PM
My brother loves his neon t-shirts and hoodies, so I would knit him a pair of socks to match.
Posted by: Sarah | April 23, 2014 at 04:44 PM
I would knit socks for my daughter. She loves bright colors!
Posted by: Carla | April 23, 2014 at 04:46 PM
Definitely some socks for my husband. He loves the wild, statement colors.
Posted by: Charon Coonfield | April 23, 2014 at 04:53 PM
I confess ...these would be socks for me! Love the neon colors!
Posted by: Marianne Koller | April 23, 2014 at 04:56 PM
My partner would love neon socks, particularly as that green is among his favorite colors.
Posted by: sprite | April 23, 2014 at 04:56 PM
I think it would be a gorgeous scarf or leg warmers
Posted by: Jana | April 23, 2014 at 05:03 PM
My 5 year old nephew would love some socks out of these colors. He runs around- just like his mom-with socks flopping off the end of his feet. I think he would love to see these colors flopping.
Posted by: Liz hall | April 23, 2014 at 05:22 PM
Socks for my daughter who loves my hand knit socks!!
Posted by: Jeanette | April 23, 2014 at 05:26 PM