FYI to the yarny

[Occlith]

Vanna White just doesn't schlep around on Wheel of Fortune; she has a line of yarn called Vanna's Choice and there is a second annual Vanna's Choice Yarn Contest - Knit, Crochet or Craft - running until February 1, 2010.

A yarn manufacturer is sponsoring the contest at Michaels arts and crafts stores in Canada and the USA. Of course, you would have to make the craft using Vanna's Choice yarn but there is a $1000 grand prize.

 

[abecedarian]

Vanna's Choice yarn is awesome. Nicer than Redheart, cheaper than the nice acrylic from a local yarn store(LYS). I've made several projects with it.. I keep thinking I should check out that contest...but figure I don't stand a chance against the fancy knitters and crocheters whose items I've drooled over on www.ravelry.com
Maybe one of these days. Thanks for thinking of me:flowers:

 

[Occlith]

Abc, here are some of the winners. Note the obvious toadying in the Vanna cross stitch and the lion for Lion Brand yarn.

Winners: Vanna's Choice Contest Website

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[Litany]

I think that's a crocheted Vanna rather than cross stitch. There's a program you can use to convert a photo to a pattern. Still, not a terribly tricky thing to make.

Third place to a scary clown? And that much acrylic in one place would have been terrifying. Like walking around inside a balloon someone just rubbed against the wall.

 

[abecedarian]

I'm a little creeped out by photoghans. Clowns are less creepy. Still, as affordable acrylics go, Vanna's Choice is not too bad. I'm starting a slouchy beanie for my son this morning with brick-colored VC. I have a bag-full of VC squares I need to put together to make an afghan, but I'm stumped for a joining color. I'll probably have to choose one, then add another round to each of the 48 squares. Meanwhile, I've got my oldest son's Doctor Who Scarf in progress. It's been languishing in the closet for a few months waiting for me to finish it. I'm up to 8 feet done with another two-four left to go. I hope he enjoys it; I doubt I'll ever make another one!

 

[Litany]

Depends on the colours you've chosen for the squares. If they're bright, I like black, if they're more muted then a cream shade is nice.

 

[ewomack]

Vanna White has had a long strange career. Out of curiosity I looked up her Wiki page and found this under "Television Career":

White's first appearance in a game show was on the June 20, 1980 episode of The Price Is Right, in which she was among the first four contestants. She did not make it onstage, but the clip of her running to Contestants' Row was rebroadcast as part of The Price Is Right 25th Anniversary Special in August 1996 and also was featured on the special broadcast Game Show Moments Gone Bananas. After Wheel of Fortune hostess Susan Stafford left in October 1982, White was chosen as one of three substitute hostesses (along with Vicki McCarty and Summer Bartholomew) to co-host the show. On December 13, 1982, White became the show's regular hostess and remained as the show's daytime hostess until 1991.

White's popularity peaked after the syndicated version of Wheel of Fortune made its debut in September 1983. Her 1987 autobiography, Vanna Speaks!, was a best-seller.[5] Also in 1987, she was featured in a Playboy pictorial, showing photos taken of her (before her career on Wheel of Fortune) wearing see-through lingerie.

In 1988[6], she appeared in the NBC television film Goddess of Love, in which she played Venus; fellow game-show personality Betsy Palmer co-starred as Juno. The film was panned universally by critics, with TV Guide joking that White's acting was "wheely" bad. Film historian Leonard Maltin added that said picture was "...bottom-of-the-barrel yet, on its own terms, a must-see."

White also has made cameo appearances on television shows such as The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, 227, Simon and Simon, and Full House; and in films such as Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. She guest-starred on Married...With Children, in a gender-bending parody of the film Indecent Proposal; Vanna had the Robert Redford role, while Al Bundy was in Demi Moore's. She served as guest timekeeper for WrestleMania IV. In 1992, the Guinness Book of World Records recognized White as "television's most frequent clapper." On April 20, 2006, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Truly, there are 1,000,000,000 ways to make a living in this gaseous world...