You guys are loving Inis Oírr and I can see why!
What a beauty! And for all this work you get a wrap or a blanket. No fussing with sizing. If your gauge is slightly off…you still get a usable wrap or blanket. Gain or lose a little weight and you still have…a usable wrap or blanket. Give as a gift to a baby and you’ve given an heirloom that can be used now *and* later.
Knit along with us. Inis is a BIG wrap/blanket so you’ll need help from your peers to keep going. You know what it’s like when someone posts pics and eggs you on? We’re all for some peer pressure and peer support. And we’ll be here right along with you.
I started one in Lake Heather this weekend. I still have A LONG way to go. Won’t you join me? I could use some nudging too. Nobody likes to lose.
We’ve starting a thread in Ravelry so it’s easy to post your progress. We also have some tutorials planned and Kelly – the designer – will be here to help as well.
Contest
Enter to win 10 skeins of Valley Yarns Northampton in the color of your choice (sponsored by Webs). Northampton is a gorgeous worsted weight 100% wool (the same yarn Kelly used above). Northampton is just slightly lighter weight than Cascade 220 – it’s about 10% lighter than Cascade 220. I honestly didn’t notice the difference – I’m going purely on weights (247 yards versus 220 yards per 100 grams). Like Cascade 220 it’s *not* superwash so it can be felted. I suspect they can be interchanged but I haven’t checked to confirm.
Either way this is a gorgeous yarn you’d be proud to give as a gift project.
Leave a comment on this post with your preferred color and you’re entered! It’s that easy. The contest will run through Sunday August 28th and we’ll announce the winner on the 29th.
Good luck! And don’t forget to post in the Ravelry thread to be included in the KAL. We’ll have some more contests and prizes too.
Ooh, I would love to do this in Pacific time. So gorgeous.
I really like the medium grey (50) color. I believe it would make a beautiful Inis Oirr.
Lake heather color is so lovely!!
What a fantastic pattern. I would love to make one in dark green heather.
Oh this is lovely. light Grey for the win! CHEERS!
I also love Stratosprehe! It would be awesome to knit the blanket in that color 🙂
I’d like Lake Heather. Something that reminds me of being at Lake Mackinac and the 4th of July, that will keep me warm in the winter.
Lovely pattern and yarn. Twilight Heather, please 🙂
I love this pattern! I’d use Denim Heather 🙂
Great colors….loved a couple of them….my choice is Dark Navy
My favorite yarn of Notth Hampton is Fawn…what a beautiful pattern to use it on! Thank you
Denim Heather and wear with my fav Blue jeans.
I could easily pick a bunch of colours that would be gorgeous, but I am going to go neutral so I could wear it with anything and pick Sage Heather.
Lake Heaher is my favorite too! But what a tough decision, they have some gorgeous colors!
Love this pattern!!!! It would look AWESOME in Ocean Heather! I can’t wait to see everyones!
I love the Lake Heather yarn! This is such a beautiful pattern it would look great with any color.
Blue & Green are my favorite colors, so it has to be Ocean Heather!
I love black…because black is the new black
It’s a tie between the dark green heather and the dark olive heather.
Rust or Amethyst. Rust or Amethyst. Decisions. Decisions.
I want them ALL!!! But, since I have to choose, I will go with Fawn, please.
I’d love GARNET 41
I love this! I would make it in Lake Heather! Beautiful!
Such a beautiful pattern. I would like deep periwinkle. Thanks for the contest.
Absolutely beautiful. Think I’m up for the challenge. My choice would be sage heather.
This is a beautiful piece! Would love to try working it in dark green heather.
Love the Dark Periwinkle.
Gorgeous wrap. I’d make mine in med gray
I really love the color Fawn and Eggplant
My favorite color is Merlot Heather! This yarn and pattern are simply gorgeous!
This is very pretty I would do it in lakeheath numberv42
This is really pretty. I am up for a chellange. I would do it in lake heather number 42.
I would use “fawn”
I love the lake heather color way. It’s perfect for this project!
I would probably try it in the “fawn” as pictured as it really is beautiful!
Ooh, I think it would look heavenly in Lake Heather (42)
Lake Heather would be my choice, a relaxing color for relaxing.
Wow beautiful yarn how can you pick just one but if I must I think Merlot Heather would make a gorgeous …and I had this wrap in my queue! I will be joining the KAL?
Love this pattern! I think it would be beautiful in any color but I would choose Light Gray. Thanks for this opportunity!
I’d love to make this in Merlot Heather. THank you!
I would make this in Lake Heath.
What a beautiful pattern. I would knit it in Lake Heather!
what a beautiful pattern
it just begs to be knit in fawn
Stratosphere, definately. Beautiful pattern.
I would love this in Sage Heather – beautiful pattern
This is a beautiful pattern!! I would love to make it in Ocean Heather.
I think the DENIM HEATH would be beautiful in this wrap.
My first love is purple but I think this would be stunning in the heathered gray
Ooh, I think this pattern just begs for dark green Heather.
It’s so hard to choose, but I think it would be stunning in the Merlot Heather.
This is such a beautiful shawl. If I knit it I would use LIGHTGREY 05.
Oceanheath for sure. Love it and love the pattern.
Beautiful pattern that I think would be amazing in RED!
The Lake Heather you’re knitting with really floats my boat, I’ve always loved colours like that and to see it actually being knitted up is a bonus. So I would unashamedly copy you and pick the same! It’s a beautiful pattern too.
Such a striking pattern. I think it would look great in Lake Heather.
Beautiful knit! I would knit it in Stratosphere. <3
I have already downloaded this beautiful pattern. I love this yarn – always hard to choose just one color, but I would choose Natural.
Would love to make this pattern in Denimheath!
Its hard to pick on favourite colour though…
DKGREENHEA would be my first choice
Gorgeous design. I would knit it in Ocean Heath.
I love the textures in the wrap. The Dark Olive Heather would contrast beautifully with my winter jacket.
Dahlia!
Beautiful! Dark Green would be lovely!
Lake Heather for me. No, wait, Sage Heather. No, Lake! Sage! Sage, yes, Sage Heather is the one. Wouldn’t that be fun?)
I love the Brown Heather colourway. There has been a photo in the Webs catalog of a blanket using that colour which always draws my eye.
Love the way stwitches pop with Northampton, love the Delilah.
The stratosphere and light grey are both glorious. Either would be fabulous or even together it would be stunning. Fingers crossed.
I would love to make one in Natural. I have already printed off the pattern and have yarn for one in a light green. The natural would be truly special
I love the RED!
Lovely! Burgundy please.
Beautiful! I would like burgundy please.
Naturally the natural! LOL
Awesome! Medium gray is one I would like.
I think it would be quite striking in the color Natural.
I would total go for the Rust!!!
I also messed up my email, this reply post has the right email on it.
I would love some merlot heather!
I love color number 20 Eggplant. What a beautiful pattern!
This is really nostalgic for a Smithie alum who used to sit around during Friday teas knitting with her house-mates! I’d love to knit the Northampton skeins in Lake Heather.
I like Ocean Heather. Eggplant is beautiful too.
Dark green
I’d love to make it in eggplant
MEDGREY would be my choice of color!! Thank you!
Heather grey! !! Beautiful colors all if them!!! Red won’t be a bad idea neither
What a gorgeous pattern!! I would love to win 10 skeins in Lake Heather please!!
ooo, great contest! i’d love it in twilight heather
Light grey please 🙂 I messed up my email address lol
Awesome pattern!!!
I would love to make this in light grey
Dahlia 21….if I knit this, it’s going to make a statement ! Love the color!
I would love be to make this in Lake Heather. Gorgeous!
I’d like it in Denim Heather
What a wonderful pattern and lovely colors! I love anything heathered. My eye was caught on the light green heather.
Lovely design! I would make it in light grey.
I would love to make this in medium grey.
Gorgeous pattern. Color has to be Merlot Heather for a wine maker.
So many beautiful colors- I think Denim Heather!
I think this would be lovely in Lake Heather.
Sage Heather gets my vote!
I’d love to make one in fawn!
I love WEBS. I’d make this in Garnet…such a great warm color.
Oh, what a lovely pattern. Rust it would be….
A lovely grey would be awesome!
Wonderful! I’d like to make one in a dark forest green
I think this would make me a wonderful birthday present. Birthday August 28
I love this pattern! I’ve been eagerly awaiting it since I saw the preview. I would make it in the Dark Grey. Thanks for all your work!
Loving the cables! Make mine Denim Heather!
Webs, my favorite on-line yarn supplier! Would love to may this gorgeous wrap!
I think it would be perfect to work Inis Oírr in Charcoal. You could pair it with just about anything then and I’d probably try to wear it in the middle of the summer even though I live in Florida.
I love the yarn–have used it before, but would love enough for this luscious wrap!
Ocean Heather is my favorite color of the moment!
Ocean Heather
What a lovely pattern! I would love to make it in ‘Fawn’!
I loved the Garnet, but if that is out of stock, the Merlot Heather would be awesome as well.
Love this pattern and the yarn.
I’d love to try in the sage heather
I would probably make it in Bright Pink . . . or raspberry…or . .
I would use either the charcoal, dark grey, or any of those luscious heathers. It would so difficult to choose, but wouldn’t it be such fun to knit one or more up in this yarn??
Great contest! Would love to make it in Dahlia 21. Thank you!
I would love to make this is Sage Heather!
Light grey would be my color choice
I think this pattern would be beautiful in any color, but I LOVE anything blue!
Love the merlot heather!
I love this pattern, and I love Webs’ Northampton. I does indeed substitute for Cascade 220, and although lighter, it produces a cushier fabric. I always have a bag or two of it in my stash. Ocean Heather, for me please! My only dilemma is whether to cast on now, or wait until I see if I win this!
Just beautiful! I think the twilight heather would be just stunning!
Stunning! I love how multipurpose this is! The dark grey would be my color choice if given the opportunity to win some yarn to make this wonderful shawl/blanket
What a gorgeous wrap. When I looked at the colors STRATOSPHE 53 Stratosphere just seemed to be calling my name
So pretty, especially in the bright pink! ???
All of the colors are beautiful! I would start with denim heather as my first choice.
Fabulous pattern! And so hard to choose just one color! Perhaps Sage Heather!!
twilight heather is my choice.. such a beautiful color and the pattern is absolutely incredible. Thanks for the opportunity.
Such a beautiful pattern and so many beautiful yarn colours. I love the raspberry!
What a glorious wrap, it looks so cozy! I’d love to make one in Midnight Heather!
There are so many lovely colors but I think Chestnut Heather would end up being the one I’d wear the most.
Pacific Tea would be my choice!! Beautiful pattern!!!
Thanks for the opportunity to knit this as a KAL!
Amethyst – a great yarn for a stunning wrap
Oh, I’d love to make this in a lighter shade – uncharacteristic for me! – maybe the Lake Heather?
Dark Olive Heather is my favorite.
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Beautiful! Any shade of blue would be fantastic. I love surprises!
This would be stunning in “Lakeheather.”
What a beautiful design! I would have to pick Dark Olive Heather.
I like the light grey and the medium grey.
OOOH please enter me for “Fawn”!! Love this yarn!!!
This would be gorgeous in any colour, but I would love to make it in Stratosphere!
Beautiful! I would love this yarn in Stratosphere.
Beautiful pattern! I’ve been waiting for this to come out since I saw the preview. I would make this in the midnight heather.
What a lovely opportunity to win such beautiful yarn. I have been eying this project and I think it would be stunning in a heathered gray.
Thank you to Knotions and WEBS
Having been to the Islands… so loving this pattern… and it would be stunning in Sage Heather
Stunning pattern! I love OCEANHEATH. Thank you
Oh this is a great opportunity. I love Northampton. I’d make it in Red. Thanks!
Wow! A friend tagged me on Facebook about this wonderful pattern. I think it would look wonderful in Brown Heather and remind me of the 25th anniversary trip I took to Ireland with my husband!
Gorgeous colours. I love the Stratosphere colourway particularly