Yarn Fanatic Party #53 – Final Day – The Rainy Apple Shoppe Yarn Giveaway

Welcome to the 53rd Yarn Fanatic Link Party, and my 36th as co-host, alongside Rachel from The Philosopher’s Wife.


First off, HAPPY [late] THANKSGIVING!! Well, to my friends here in the states. How was your holiday and crazy holiday weekend? Eat too much, and spend a lot of time in traffic and big crowds over the last few days? You can read about my Thanksgiving in my Happy Thanksgiving from EyeLoveKnots post, but as far as Black Friday shopping that was a no this year. In years past, I really look forward to going to my local JoAnn’s Arts and Craft Store on Black Friday. Why? 1.) Not much more business than a normal weekend day, since everyone else is out shopping for electronics and whatnot; 2.) Everything is on sale! Including Christmas decor.
This year though, I was looking forward to getting some of my things organized and Chad’s arrival home from visiting with family out of town. As many of you know, I recently moved. LOTS of my things are still in boxes in the garage, and I don’t know where much is. I took the opportunity on Black Friday to go through some boxes, find new places for my things and put things aside for donation. I am proud to say that I have donated four totes full of items so far. I also took out my beautiful 6 foot Christmas Tree pre-lit with multi-colored lights, but when I plugged it in, only some of my lights were working – ugh! I kept it up until Chad got home, but after he started laughing at it, I decided it was time to get rid of it and get a new Christmas Tree for my new home.
We waited until 6:30pm to go out – hoping things had died down out – and it had! We went to Big Lots and got a little 3 foot topiary. It was pre-lit, came with ornaments on it already and was on sale so we took advantage. I don’t know if I am sold on it yet, but it was cute and affordable.  
We also went out to Barnes and Noble for coffee and reading. It’s a normal part of our week, and nice to get away and relax. A little choir group from one of the local high schools was there singing Christmas songs. It was neat.


Since Week 2 of the Yarn Fanatic Party #53, I have been very busy working on and finishing up some projects – none of which are going towards Christmas Gifts – procrastination is a terrible trait, hehe. Find them listed here in order of appearance, first to last.

To see our Most Clicked from the Yarn Fanatic Party #52, and my EyeLoveKnots Favorites, please visit the post for the Yarn Fanatic Party #53 – Week 1.

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Must be 18 Years or Older to enter. US only. Void where prohibited. Winner has 48 hours to respond to notification, or another winner will be chosen. Social media not affiliated with this giveaway. The Rainy Apple Shoppe is responsible for prize fulfillment, not EyeLoveKnots nor The Philosopher’s Wife.
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Are you a pattern designer – Crochet, knit, plastic canvas, embroidery, latch hook, pom pom crafts, and other yarny crafts… Or do you design yarn related graphics, shirts, buttons, printables, tote bags? Maybe you are a yarn dyer? Or perhaps you have a really large yarn stash and you are looking to do a de-stashing of them? We are in need of giveaway sponsors for the Yarn Fanatic Party! If you are interested in teaming up with Rachel of The Philosopher’s Wife and I to sponsor a giveaway at one of our parties, PLEASE contact either Rachel or I.