Opal Yarn has released their newest sock yarn collection, this time with a timely floral theme. Finally, the weather here in the Midwest has shifted from cool and rainy to warm and lovely, and little blossoms are popping up all over. It makes the Blossom collection feel like just the right knit!
If you had to choose your favorite, which one would it be and why? Tell me in the comments below sometime before Tuesday, May 17 at noon EST and you could win the color of your choice! I'll announce the winner shortly after. Thanks for playing!
Mannertreu, of course! Purple and green, my faves together.
Posted by: MarthaO | May 12, 2016 at 03:34 PM
Love several of them, but my favorite is Stiefmutterchen, because pansies remind me of my Mom (they were her favorite flower, because they look so happy). :)
Posted by: Kris C | May 12, 2016 at 03:50 PM
I'll got for Mohn as poppies are my favorite and I love how the red and purple work together.
Posted by: Sue | May 12, 2016 at 03:57 PM
Stiefmütterchen. I'm not sure pansies are my favorite of the flowers, but I like the colors best.
Posted by: sprite | May 12, 2016 at 04:22 PM
Tulpen! Reminds me of the gorgeous tulips at Keukenhof!
Posted by: Lisa Sauer | May 12, 2016 at 04:44 PM
Definitely Mohn. It's just a happy color combination, makes me smile.
Posted by: Wanda | May 12, 2016 at 05:38 PM
I like all of the colors, but Mannertreu would be my choice. The tiny purple violets are so sweet.
Posted by: Paula DeMarco | May 12, 2016 at 05:38 PM
I am not going to try to type the word and will just say 9112. It's sort of rainbow-y and I don't have any rainbow socks.
Posted by: Alison | May 12, 2016 at 05:39 PM
Rosen. I like the color combo
Posted by: Maria R | May 12, 2016 at 06:05 PM
I like Mohn, #9111. Very cheery!
Posted by: Marjorie Millner | May 12, 2016 at 06:10 PM
Stiefmütterchen - I LOVE purple and orange pansies. Second favorite Mohn - red is my favorite color but the combination of purple and orange in pansies is spectacular.
Posted by: JoAnne B | May 12, 2016 at 06:38 PM
Stiefmutterchen (pansies) is my favorite because the combination of purple, orange, and gold reminds me of fall flowers, which are my favorites because of the richness of color.
Posted by: Nonstopknit | May 12, 2016 at 06:38 PM
Tulpen is cheery and I like the stripe pattern but I choose Flammemblume because I can't resist purple.
Posted by: Diane Eskritt | May 12, 2016 at 06:41 PM
My favorite is 9113, because everyone needs Stiefmütterchen in their life!
Posted by: Jane Penrose | May 12, 2016 at 06:45 PM
I would pick # 9114 Phlox. I just love the light purple and blue together. It's very pretty.
Posted by: Nancy Griswold | May 12, 2016 at 06:50 PM
Tulpen is my favourite of these. The joyous red and yellow with the contrasting leaf colours are so cheerful and spring-like. And up here in Canada we haven't even had the tulips in bloom yet. So this colourway gives me hope.
Posted by: Amphibiaknitter | May 12, 2016 at 06:50 PM
I'm normally a tulip sort of girl, but, this time, Rosen makes my heart sing!
Posted by: Geraldine Scott | May 12, 2016 at 07:36 PM
I love the colors in Mannertreu!
Posted by: Merna | May 12, 2016 at 07:49 PM
I love them all but I'm going to pick Mohn because I love red ( they really are all gorgeous) and I love that red & purple combination.
Thanks for this opportunity!!
Posted by: Barb R. | May 12, 2016 at 07:57 PM
Stiefmutterchen definitely! Bright and cheery colours. Thank you for the giveaway:)
Posted by: Min N | May 12, 2016 at 08:14 PM
I like the Mannertreu because it looks like the little purple flowers that grow in our grass. haha
Posted by: Lauren | May 12, 2016 at 08:27 PM
I love flammenblume.
Posted by: Mary | May 12, 2016 at 08:43 PM
Evidently not as popular, my favorite is 9116 Margeriten. I love the cheery yellow contrast with the gray. Thank you for the contest!!
Posted by: carol green | May 12, 2016 at 08:54 PM
I love purple and green together and usually that would be my go to combo. I'm really enjoying the pops of pink in Flammenblume though, so that's my choice! They're all great mixes of color. It's fun to see the floral inspiration.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 12, 2016 at 08:58 PM
mannertreu ... any combo with green is the best! thanx for the opportunity to win some opal sock yarn.
Posted by: ritainalaska | May 12, 2016 at 08:59 PM
Tulpen. Tulips are my favorite flower and I will buy just about anything with a tulip on it :)
Posted by: Renee | May 12, 2016 at 09:20 PM
Mohn! Love the colors and because I love mohnkuchen!
Posted by: Kate s. | May 12, 2016 at 10:42 PM
Flammenblume! My old house had a great hillside that exploded with phlox every spring, just beautiful!
Posted by: Nicole | May 12, 2016 at 11:12 PM
Mannertreu catches my eye first. Love how the green and purple complement each other. This is a great collection of very wearable colors- love their floral inspiration.
Posted by: Karen G. | May 12, 2016 at 11:34 PM
I like all of them but 9115 is lovely. Mannertreu!
Posted by: triplesss | May 12, 2016 at 11:37 PM
Mannertrau would be my first pick (and I see it's gone from the shop!) but the second would be Margeriten because it's my favorite flower.
Posted by: Renee Anne | May 13, 2016 at 01:00 AM
So hard to choose ! But I'll go with Mohn, because there's a hole in my souls that can only be filled with purple and scarlet poppies and blue salvia are so uplifting and exciting!
Posted by: Connie | May 13, 2016 at 01:29 AM
Steifmutterchen, in a heartbeat
Posted by: Jeanne | May 13, 2016 at 02:27 AM
Definitely Flammenblume, though the Rosen did tempt me.
Posted by: Lara | May 13, 2016 at 06:45 AM
I love Rosen.....reminds me of the roses I'm anticipating in my garden!
Really beautiful colors.
Posted by: Marty Ward | May 13, 2016 at 06:48 AM
9113 is my favorite.
Posted by: Shannan | May 13, 2016 at 07:36 AM
Tulpen!
Posted by: Tonya | May 13, 2016 at 07:49 AM
They are all so lovely, but I think my favorite is Männertreu because purple and green are two of my favorite colors. :)
Posted by: Kimberly Schutt | May 13, 2016 at 07:50 AM
Mageriten. I like the blue/gray and yellow. I have no socks in that color. Hmmmm
Posted by: Teresa | May 13, 2016 at 07:51 AM
Mannertreu is my favorite!
Posted by: Tracey | May 13, 2016 at 07:54 AM
Rosen. Just a beautiful combination.
Posted by: Janet Gay | May 13, 2016 at 07:54 AM
9113 BECAUE pansies are my favorite.
Posted by: Labrista | May 13, 2016 at 07:55 AM
The pansies! They always have such beautiful variations in color and can stand up to the spring chill.
Posted by: Allise Vicens | May 13, 2016 at 07:55 AM
Mannertreu!! Purple and green means spring, budding trees and lilac
bushes. Truth be known I will knit any of Opal's yarn into socks.
Posted by: Sandy | May 13, 2016 at 07:59 AM
My favorite is the Margeriten yarn. Such beautiful colors, and I love daisies.
Posted by: Louisa Neveau | May 13, 2016 at 08:01 AM
Margeriten is my favorite in this collection
Posted by: Trisha O'Leary | May 13, 2016 at 08:03 AM
Margeriten! Daisies are the happiest of the flowers :)
Posted by: Selena Smith | May 13, 2016 at 08:05 AM
John. It is totally outside my usual color choice and I need to get out of my rut.
Posted by: Lugarda Cappetta | May 13, 2016 at 08:09 AM
I meant MOHN. Poor proofreading skills.
Posted by: Lugarda Cappetta | May 13, 2016 at 08:10 AM
Stiefmütterchen, because pansies always remind me of my childhood watching Disney's Alice in Wonderland. They also seem to sprout up like weeds all over my parents' landscaping, but my mom is so fond of them she can't bear to pull them all out.
Posted by: Emily | May 13, 2016 at 08:11 AM
Any of them because who doesn't love Opal! But my number one is color 9115 because purple and green are perfect together.
Posted by: Rose Birchall | May 13, 2016 at 08:13 AM
Tulpen because I love tulip.
Posted by: Linda Van Der Werf | May 13, 2016 at 08:23 AM
Stiefmutterchen is my favorite. Here in Oklahoma they bloom spring, summer, fall, and I have had them last under snow and ice. The colors are beautiful together. Thank you.
Posted by: Rhonda Atkinson | May 13, 2016 at 08:28 AM
Flammenblume, if I had to choose just one:). The colors are so springy!
Posted by: Olivia Giuntini | May 13, 2016 at 08:40 AM
Rosen 9117🌹 It's always fun to look down at my feet and see a pretty red yarn that I've knit into socks.
Posted by: Michelle | May 13, 2016 at 08:43 AM
I like the daisy and the phlox. But we are considering Daisy as our baby's name right now, due in August. So I think I would choose that one. :)
Posted by: Ashley Gibbons | May 13, 2016 at 08:43 AM
My favorite is Stiefmutterchen. Purple has been my favorite for as long as I can remember and my favorite flower to plant is the Pansy. As the poem by Jenny Joseph starts 'When I am an old woman I shall wear purple'.
Posted by: Kim Loppnow | May 13, 2016 at 09:04 AM
Flammenblume is my favorite!!
Posted by: Kathryn | May 13, 2016 at 09:05 AM
I love the Flammenbleu since I wear a lot of those colors and they all go so well together!
Posted by: Karen | May 13, 2016 at 09:10 AM
I like the Mohn because I'm in the Midwest too, and there's nothing like that pop of red against the green grass that let's you know its spring time!
Posted by: Jasmine | May 13, 2016 at 09:13 AM
Husarenkopfchen! My daughter loves yellow and would love a new pair of socks!
Posted by: Anne Malmberg | May 13, 2016 at 09:15 AM
I LOVE Flammenblume! The colors remind me of Spring , the season I love the most!
Posted by: Elizabeth | May 13, 2016 at 09:19 AM
I love 9113 (Pansies?) - the colors are just so beautiful! There is no deep meaning for me - I just like the way it looks. :)
Posted by: Jardee | May 13, 2016 at 09:19 AM
Stiefmutterchen because potted Pansies in early spring are uplifting!
Posted by: Christine C. | May 13, 2016 at 09:51 AM
Mohn
Posted by: Joyce McCartney | May 13, 2016 at 09:53 AM
Margarite. So sweet and I would love wearing these socks.
Posted by: Georgene | May 13, 2016 at 09:54 AM
Rosen...I like the pink and green together.
Posted by: Nancy | May 13, 2016 at 10:01 AM
It would have to be flammenblume. I just want to lie down in all that; so peaceful.
Posted by: Dari Trout | May 13, 2016 at 10:02 AM
Mannertreu. It's a nice color combo and I saw a flower just like that yesterday. :)
Posted by: Brandy | May 13, 2016 at 10:22 AM
I like the Stiefmutterchen (pansy) as pansies have always been my favorite flower.
They remind we of loving thoughts, Spring and all the good things to come. The faces (the darker inside part of the flower) seem like they are always smiling.
Posted by: Pam Hunter | May 13, 2016 at 10:43 AM
I would love Margeriten - the color combo is so fresh, and the name reminds me of my grandmother, Maggie.
Posted by: Shelley Bowman | May 13, 2016 at 10:51 AM
I'd actually like a pair of socks in each one -- I love them all. But, if I could only pick one, I suppose it would be Flammenblume (with Rosen a close second). They're beautiful!
Posted by: Venice Smith | May 13, 2016 at 10:54 AM
Like several but I choose Stiefmutterchen. Because Pansies....they make me happy!
Posted by: yolanda v | May 13, 2016 at 11:00 AM
Mannertreu. Purple is my favorite color, I wear a lot of green, and I like that the striping is a bit more subtle in this colorway.
Posted by: Carol | May 13, 2016 at 11:45 AM
Mannertreu for me, too! I think green sometimes gets overshadowed in our appreciation for flower blooms, so I love that this one has a lot of green!
Posted by: Bonnie | May 13, 2016 at 12:04 PM
Rosen for me. Those colors just play so well together.
Posted by: Amy C. | May 13, 2016 at 12:17 PM
I am going to say Mohn,,, it's a little different than my usual pick of color, but it's calling my name.
Posted by: Natalie | May 13, 2016 at 12:26 PM
When I was a little girl, we lived across the street from a lady who grew the most beautiful pansies. They were huge! She was very educated, taught Latin before her marriage, and very well read, but she talked like the goose in "Charlotte's Web"--every thing three times, three times, three times. She would call me over to her driveway and hand me a beautiful cut glass shallow bowl with one perfect huge pansy in it to carry to my grandmother who was bedridden. I have never forgotten her trust in a little kid-- the expensive bowl AND that beautiful pansy. So--the pansy colorways!
Posted by: Betty Kay Seibt | May 13, 2016 at 01:18 PM
Mohn. Love the poppies and love bright socks!
Posted by: Sarah | May 13, 2016 at 01:33 PM
I think the pope color is beautiful.
Posted by: Gale | May 13, 2016 at 02:09 PM
I'm usually drawn to purple and green combinations and Mannertreu is lively but I'm really drawn to the poppies so have to say Mohn #9111. Thanks for the opportunity to win a skein!
Posted by: Kay | May 13, 2016 at 02:14 PM
Stiefmütterchen. Love the pansys and the color!
Posted by: latifa | May 13, 2016 at 02:52 PM
I really like Rosen. Thanks for all the yummy updates!
Posted by: Connie | May 13, 2016 at 03:18 PM
I love tulpen!
Posted by: Matt | May 13, 2016 at 03:29 PM
I'd have to pick Männertreu. It reminds me of sitting on our deck with the lilac bushes in bloom. Besides I love purple & green together.
Posted by: Donna | May 13, 2016 at 04:51 PM
Flammenblume! That colorway drew my eye immediately.
Posted by: Vasiliki | May 13, 2016 at 05:01 PM
Mannertreu-I've been wanting to knit some purple socks!! I'm usually drawn to pinks...
Posted by: Susan | May 13, 2016 at 05:26 PM
If I had to choose a favorite, I would choose Tulpen because I love the simplicity of the primary colors chosen, but the striping and arrangement of the colors gives the yarn a unique finish.
Posted by: Tabitha B. | May 13, 2016 at 06:17 PM
This is a toughie. Ok, I will go with Rosen but Flammenblume is a close second. I just love the flowers and the colors in both anyway.
Posted by: kelliinkc | May 13, 2016 at 07:24 PM
I love the pansy one...my Mum's favorite flower!
Posted by: Hazel Swoboda | May 13, 2016 at 07:27 PM
Tulpen because tulips are just really beautiful and it was just tulip festival time in Pella.
Posted by: Jean | May 13, 2016 at 08:05 PM
I would have trouble deciding between #9116--Margeriten (I do love sunflowers), or the beautiful red, orange/purples of #9111 Mohn.
Posted by: Ann | May 13, 2016 at 09:52 PM
I love daisy's so I would pick Margeriten #9116.
Posted by: Rebecca Miller | May 13, 2016 at 11:00 PM
Mannertreu 9115, definitely. I love purples and greens playing off one another. Beautiful!
Posted by: Renee Spampinato | May 13, 2016 at 11:15 PM
Margeriten!
Posted by: Vicki | May 13, 2016 at 11:47 PM
Mannertreu - there is something about the purple and green combo that is speaking to me. ;)
Posted by: Lena | May 14, 2016 at 12:17 AM
Stieffutterchen,,the pansy one. I actually like them all but the contrast of colors in this one is gorgeous. It's also different than anything in my stash and that would be fun!
Posted by: Wendy | May 14, 2016 at 12:25 AM
Rosen, they are my favorite flowers and colors!
Posted by: Pat W | May 14, 2016 at 08:08 AM
Margeriten because the colors look like an abstract patch of daisies. I love daisies because where I live the Blackfoot Daisies are the first flowers to appear in the Spring. Love it!
Posted by: CJ Brady | May 14, 2016 at 11:33 AM
I would pick Mannertreu. The colors are the same as the Creeping Myrtle, Violets and Spiderwort that carpet my wooded property every spring.
Posted by: Elaine | May 14, 2016 at 11:54 AM