Here in the US we've started Spring Break week. The kids get a week off from school, some use it as a time for family vacation, and some use it simply as a time to regroup and get things done. Here at SSYC, we're going to celebrate with a week's worth of contests!
Today, you have the chance to win a skein of your choice of Smooshy with Cashmere from Dream in Color (shown above in Morning Glory and below in Flower Drum Song). We just received a restock and new colors (like the whole Hamilton Color Collection) in this super soft cashmere blend, and all you have to do is answer the question below for your chance to win.
Where would you like to go for a week's vacation (if cost were no impediment)? Are your kids old enough that Disney is now an option? Or are you the type that wants to sit in a café in Paris and enjoy a pastry with your love? Perhaps you'd like a week alone to relax and be by yourself? Tell us all about it before noon EST on Saturday, April 8 and I'll randomly choose one person to win a skein of your choice.
I really want to take my kids somewhere beachy with family activities. But the idea of flying with two little boys or driving 20 hours gives me pause every time I start planning. I mean, I love my kids but put them together in the backseat for more than two hours and they will be arguing over the same Legos and complaining enough about having to go to the restroom again that I might turn back. We did go from Indiana to Maryland Sheep and Wool last year, and they did fine, so perhaps I should seriously consider a longer trip?
Mykonos, Greece. So dreamy in pictures.
Posted by: Joyce | April 04, 2017 at 09:02 AM
I would love to go back to Mykonos or Santorini Greece. To be able to sit at one of the outdoor cafe's enjoy the cerulean blue of the water and the stark-white homes with bright colorful doors on the hillsides would be the ideal vacation for my husband and me.
Posted by: Beverly Shearon | April 04, 2017 at 09:06 AM
Bermuda! The flight wouldn't be too long for my 4.5 and 6.5 year old sons from where we live. My husband and I have been to Bermuda twice before having children and it's the most relaxing place!
Posted by: Chrissy | April 04, 2017 at 09:07 AM
I would like to take my kids to NJ to visit my extended family, and then spend time touring the historic places that they've been learning about in school.
Posted by: Amy | April 04, 2017 at 09:07 AM
If cost were not an issue, I would love to go on a week long vacation with the rest of my family to any big city in the U.S. that we haven't been to before or on a solo trip back to NYC or somewhere outside of the US like Ireland or Australia.
Posted by: Tabitha Burks | April 04, 2017 at 09:12 AM
The Rocky Mountians! I'd love to have a week in Jackson Hole. Like others who commented, Greece has always been on my bucket list as well.
Posted by: Merna | April 04, 2017 at 09:23 AM
I'm torn between Cuba and Southern Spain. I've never been to Cuba before and I'm dying to go, but I loved Southern Spain and really want to go back!
Posted by: Acraftyknitter | April 04, 2017 at 09:38 AM
I would like to spend a week in Northern Minnesota with my knitting and quilting friends at a lakeside resort. Knitting and quilting and relaxing
Posted by: Linda Sutherland | April 04, 2017 at 09:40 AM
I would like to go diving and knitting😀 In Belize with my husband and adult children.
Posted by: Pat | April 04, 2017 at 09:46 AM
My kids are at an age where the gimme gimmees are in full effect, so much as I'd love to take them to Disney world, I'm not sure i'd survive. But I would love to take my husband to London to site see and taste.
Posted by: krista | April 04, 2017 at 09:47 AM
I would love to go to New Zealand! But I don't think a week is long enough :)
Posted by: Kate | April 04, 2017 at 09:47 AM
Rome :)
Posted by: Samantha Reitman | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
I would love a trip to New York City - just to hit the yarn shops!
Posted by: Jennifer Rozens | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
I'd go to Monoco, sit on a beach & knit!!!
Posted by: Brandi | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
I would love love love to take my kids on a cruise to somewhere warm!!! My kids are 11 years in age difference so a cruise would be the option to make sure everyone has something to do.
Posted by: Jenny | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
I would like to return to Vienna and explore it without a group of high school students.
Posted by: Suzanne Smiley | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
Santorini in Greece has been my favorite vacation spot. Next in line would be a week at my hometown on the Jersey Shore!
Posted by: Deb | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
North Platte Nebraska to spend a week with my daughter and her husband and 3 boys!
Posted by: Donna Kuehl | April 04, 2017 at 09:49 AM
I have always wanted to go to the Maldives and stay in one of the huts above the water. One day...
Posted by: Becky | April 04, 2017 at 09:50 AM
I would love to go to Hawaii.
Posted by: Helen King | April 04, 2017 at 09:50 AM
Road trip! Two summers ago, I took a week and basically circumnavigated Lake Michigan, via Lake Superior and a bunck of little maritime museums. In 2004, my sister and I took over two weeks and swung out to Wyoming, down through Utah into Arizona, and back via the Colorado Rockies. I think I could do some damage to the Gulf Coast states in a week... some culture, some nature, some tourist traps...
You're close enough to the Great Lakes that you could do a beach vacation in South Haven or Ludington or Grand Haven. You could even get to Traverse City in a reasonable amount of car time.
Posted by: Beth | April 04, 2017 at 09:50 AM
Scotland has been calling my name for a few years. 💚💚💚 Just me...
Posted by: Grechen Longfellow | April 04, 2017 at 09:51 AM
Italy, Switzerland, Bora Bora,... just a few places at the top of the list.
Ps. One of our favorite trips ever with 2 boys, ages 7 & 11, was to Siesta Key Florida. The drive was easy, we always spend the night in Atlanta, so much better than driving straight through, condo on the beach, and we could not get those boys to come in for dinner without a fight! They lived in the ocean. My advice is: Go for it!
Posted by: Apryl | April 04, 2017 at 09:51 AM
I would like to go to Hawaii
Posted by: Susan | April 04, 2017 at 09:51 AM
Even though I love travelling, and would like to share that experience with my son (and husband), I love the rest and relaxation we all get from a week - or even just a weekend - at my parents' cottage on a lake about an hour from where we live. Now, with a recent bone cancer diagnosis, that time spent with my father is even more precious to me.
Posted by: Stacey | April 04, 2017 at 09:52 AM
Hawaii is my dream vacation! The kids can stay with grandma!! They would probably prefer it!!
Posted by: Colleen D'Allura | April 04, 2017 at 09:52 AM
Costa Rica would be sweet.
Posted by: Priscilla | April 04, 2017 at 09:52 AM
I would definitely go to a beach place, maybe one of the little island places that are part of Key West.
Posted by: Terri | April 04, 2017 at 09:53 AM
Wow🎉Anywhere and money is no object?????
I am fantasizing right now being on a beach in Hawaii sipping a delicious beach umbrella drink!!!🍹Sigh.
Posted by: Elizabeth | April 04, 2017 at 09:54 AM
Ireland, I would love to go to Ireland, check out yarn shops, travel the area.
Posted by: Barbara Rude | April 04, 2017 at 09:54 AM
The Greek isles! And the world. :P
Posted by: Shanel Sions | April 04, 2017 at 09:56 AM
My husband and I are itching to visit the south of Spain and eat seafood all along the coast!
Posted by: Julie | April 04, 2017 at 09:56 AM
A trip to China with Disney Vacations. They take care of everything and we get to see Disney Hong Kong!!
Posted by: Lilie | April 04, 2017 at 09:56 AM
I would love to visit Scotland. My great grandparents were from there.
Posted by: Diane Hibbard | April 04, 2017 at 09:56 AM
How to choose just one place!? But seriously, as I look out the window at snow I think Costa Rica sounds pretty good.
Posted by: Mary C. | April 04, 2017 at 09:57 AM
I'd love to go to Iceland. Beautiful place where you can buy wool in grocery stores, right?!
Posted by: Jan Johnson | April 04, 2017 at 09:58 AM
I would love to have a week to ride the rails across the Canadian Rockies. Seeing all the scenery from a train would be so soothing. Of course I would have some great food along the way too.
Posted by: Nancy | April 04, 2017 at 09:58 AM
Eight years ago, before I became a mom, I had the opportunity to go to London, Paris, and Dublin. It was a whirlwind trip. All 3 cities in just 10 days. If money were no option, I'd love to go back to all 3, but spend more time and get to see all the things I wanted to, but didn't have time for. I might even consider taking my two kiddos, too. Maybe... 😉
Posted by: Melanie | April 04, 2017 at 10:01 AM
Santa Fe for me. The culture, food, galleries and spas. Plus there are many beautiful vistas to sit outside, enjoy the mountain air and knit.
Posted by: Alecia Helton | April 04, 2017 at 10:02 AM
Seattle is my favourite place to travel. But I'd also like to give California a try!
Posted by: Vicki Deveau | April 04, 2017 at 10:02 AM
Hawaii, please!
Posted by: Geraldine Scott | April 04, 2017 at 10:03 AM
If cost weren't an option, I'd take my kids and grandkids on a cruise through the Caribbean and end the vacation in Orlando for the Disney World/Universal Studios/Harry Potter adventures.
Posted by: Deborah Jones | April 04, 2017 at 10:04 AM
I would love to visit Germany since my ancestors came from there.
Posted by: Rosalind Gibbins | April 04, 2017 at 10:04 AM
Costa Rica
Posted by: Maria | April 04, 2017 at 10:06 AM
Great Britain, with an emphasis on Scotland!!!
Posted by: Lori V | April 04, 2017 at 10:09 AM
Anna Maria Island, Florida. Beautiful beaches, beautiful view of the ocean.
Posted by: Donita Wriska | April 04, 2017 at 10:09 AM
I would love to go to the beach...any beach..
Posted by: Ann Knepper | April 04, 2017 at 10:13 AM
Haiti. It's been too long since I've been back there.
Posted by: Sarah | April 04, 2017 at 10:13 AM
I would love to go to Ireland!
Posted by: Diane | April 04, 2017 at 10:13 AM
I'd fly the 6 of us to Minnesota to see my oldest son and his wife. His siblings miss him and have never been out of Southern California. They want so badly to see what it's like where he lives...
Posted by: Diana M | April 04, 2017 at 10:14 AM
Great Britain! I'd love to spend some time touring the countryside in England and Wales and stopping at pubs for lunch, and then see the wonderful old architecture and museums of London. And Stonehenge! And Wales! And Scotland! (Possibly I will need a TARDIS to fit all of that into a week.)
Posted by: Lizzie | April 04, 2017 at 10:14 AM
PARIS! With my girls..
Posted by: Koreen | April 04, 2017 at 10:15 AM
When I read today's question the first thing that popped into my mind was Charleston SC. It was just lost in my subconscious waiting to get out.
Posted by: Sandy C | April 04, 2017 at 10:15 AM
Hawaii! I've never been, but I love the idea of relaxing on the beach or hiking a volcano- knitting in tow. It would be a welcome break from the gloomy, rainy, midwestern spring.
Posted by: Amanda | April 04, 2017 at 10:16 AM
Aspen! Imnotmixh of a skier but I love the mountains and fresh air!
Posted by: Allise Vicens | April 04, 2017 at 10:16 AM
London, England would be my first choice with Disney World being a close second. Thank you for a chance to win the beautiful yarn.
Posted by: Debra | April 04, 2017 at 10:17 AM
I would LOVE to take my adult children on a long European Vacation including Rome, Paris, Madrid, Berlin, London, etc.
Posted by: MelissaM | April 04, 2017 at 10:17 AM
A tour of Europe visiting as many libraries and museums as possible!
Posted by: Michelle | April 04, 2017 at 10:18 AM
I would go to Ireland and tour the coutryside, seeing castles and wool mills. Maybe a side trip to Gansey or other island!
Posted by: Karen | April 04, 2017 at 10:18 AM
I would love to spend my time in San Diego and area. Love the ocean, the weather, Sea Port Village, Sea World, the Zoo. Then I'd love to travel up the coast to Venice, LA, SF, take in all the little bed and breakfasts, do a bike tour in the wine country, then the train ride up the coast. A relaxing time in a beautiful part of the USA.
Posted by: Rhonda Atkinson | April 04, 2017 at 10:18 AM
I meant to say not much of a skier!
Posted by: Allise Vicens | April 04, 2017 at 10:20 AM
I would take my daughters to the Galápagos Islands!
Posted by: Barbara Newmeyer | April 04, 2017 at 10:21 AM
I would go to my favorite yarn warehouse and camp in the aisles and yarn taste and create for the duration of my week! ( blissfully supported and encouraged by the yarnie surroundings and staff!)
Posted by: Karla Hartzell | April 04, 2017 at 10:22 AM
Italy or France. Sigh! Someday!
Posted by: Anne Marie | April 04, 2017 at 10:24 AM
I would take my husband to the British Isles. I have always been fascinated with the scenery and history. Especially the sea coast. Love reading about Britain, Scotland, and Ireland.
Posted by: Nancy | April 04, 2017 at 10:24 AM
Scotland! Mountains, sheep, men in kilts....
Posted by: Niki Vogler | April 04, 2017 at 10:25 AM
Dream spring break? Hands down, Paris with my lady friends while hubs watches the kids at home. :)
Posted by: Linsey | April 04, 2017 at 10:27 AM
Washington DC, staying right near the Mall, so that we can see all of the Museums! My boys have been going to museums since birth so they think they love to go to them! Also, we went to our state capital (Springfield IL) and watched the legislature in session, and my 3rd grader was fascinated. So maybe we could see a little of the Capitol Hill action too.
Posted by: Marie | April 04, 2017 at 10:30 AM
England, Ireland and Italy.
Posted by: Rose Birchall | April 04, 2017 at 10:31 AM
I would love to take my kids to Disney. They are both at the right age to really enjoy the magic!
Posted by: Katherine Ballard | April 04, 2017 at 10:33 AM
The Maine coast is what I would love to see - I want to spend a month going along the Maine coast, stopping whenever we want.
Posted by: Linda Romar | April 04, 2017 at 10:36 AM
Canadian rockies! or hawaii. somewhere relaxing with big open views
Posted by: Dana | April 04, 2017 at 10:37 AM
My husband desperately wants to go to Disney World one more time. Just the two of us, just like our honeymoon 40 years ago. His health isn't the best and I'd really like to do that for him. Trying to get to a place where I can start saving for that. It's a lovely dream in the meantime!
Posted by: Karen Ratajczak | April 04, 2017 at 10:37 AM
An African safari! Dream big, right?
Posted by: Rachel R. | April 04, 2017 at 10:37 AM
I would go on a really long river cruise through Europe!
Posted by: Leslie Sievers | April 04, 2017 at 10:38 AM
Greece!
Posted by: Kay | April 04, 2017 at 10:39 AM
We don't have kids yet, but if I had a choice...I think Iceland is calling me right now. It looks so beautiful and interesting.
Posted by: Jen | April 04, 2017 at 10:42 AM
I would love to spend a week in Bali!!
Posted by: Lauren | April 04, 2017 at 10:43 AM
The Carolinas
Posted by: Joyce | April 04, 2017 at 10:44 AM
Thank you for the contest!
I would go on a long trip to Europe! I want to show France and Italy to my boyfriend and I would like to discover Germany, Belgium and others!
Posted by: Gabrielle Granger | April 04, 2017 at 10:44 AM
A cruise to Hawaii!
Posted by: Dawn | April 04, 2017 at 10:45 AM
I would love to go hiking in Denali National Park in Alaska again and take the adult kids along. They would love it.
Posted by: Mary | April 04, 2017 at 10:45 AM
My kids are old enough to want to go some place afar.... Italy and the Greek Isles is one of our dreams. But I think we need more than a week.
Posted by: Diane | April 04, 2017 at 10:47 AM
I'd LOVE to go to Ireland for a week or two. That's been on my bucket list for YEARS
Posted by: Susan James | April 04, 2017 at 10:50 AM
I have to go with Greece, also-it looks amazing!
Posted by: Linda | April 04, 2017 at 10:50 AM
I'd love to go to Scotland and see the moors and the castles that I've read about in the Outlander series of books (which I highly recommend if you haven't read them!)
Posted by: carolyn | April 04, 2017 at 10:52 AM
France. . . I've never been and it's always been on my list!
Posted by: LisaP | April 04, 2017 at 10:56 AM
Bali is on my bucket list. Enjoy the scenery, people, markets, and food. Hopefully get a little lost for a while.
Posted by: Sheila P | April 04, 2017 at 10:57 AM
My choice is a train trip across the US ending on the west coast near the wine country of CA
Posted by: Debbie | April 04, 2017 at 10:58 AM
I have always dreamed about going to Paris, but would also love to go to Australia, New Zealand and Israel, as well.
Posted by: Tammy | April 04, 2017 at 10:59 AM
Well I've raised my daughter and I've taken care of my 2 grandsons, who have started to school now. So if money were no object and I thought I could be away from them that long. I'd love to go to England, Ireland and Scotland for 3 weeks maybe a month. I'm single and retired grab a bag and my knitting and I'm off! Thank you for the dream!
Posted by: Debra Houser | April 04, 2017 at 10:59 AM
I would love to take a week long cruise to Alaska and just knit! There's so much inspiration in the wildlife and glaciers. I would take my knitting hiking and stop under a tree and knit! It would be the hard reset I need after having my first child!
Posted by: Lindsey Gensel | April 04, 2017 at 11:00 AM
Husband and I would love to go to Norway!
Posted by: Reanna | April 04, 2017 at 11:02 AM
Paris or Tuscany with a group of friends.
Posted by: Anne | April 04, 2017 at 11:04 AM
To a tiny island in the Bahamas, so tiny, they're called cays, not islands. Miles of beach, one place for dinner, and 4 houses for rent make up this perfect vacation spot.
Posted by: Diane Jespersen | April 04, 2017 at 11:05 AM
I have three kids ages 7 to 12, I would love to go to Hawaii!
Posted by: Krissy | April 04, 2017 at 11:05 AM
Ireland! Trace those family roots!!
Posted by: Susan Griffith | April 04, 2017 at 11:06 AM
I'd like to go to Tahiti and stay in one of those huts on the water. I'd stay out of the sun and relax and watch the water move, then Take a break and knot a few rows.
Posted by: CJ Jones | April 04, 2017 at 11:10 AM
I would love to do a Disney Crusie with my family. We just reutherwd from Costa Rica and that was a dream come true as well.
Posted by: Heather | April 04, 2017 at 11:10 AM
If cost didn't matter, Egypt. I've always wanted to visit the tombs and monuments.
Second choice would be New Zealand. Middle Earth and lots of sheep? How can you go wrong?
Posted by: Alice | April 04, 2017 at 11:13 AM