Category Archives: Contest

Knits for Nerds Winners!

Wow, thanks for all of your great entries in the Knits For Nerds Contest - I had a lot of fun reading all of your nerdy loves!  Alas, I only have 2 copies of the book so I loaded up the Random Number Generator & came up with our winners Winner #1 - Meli Santiago! Her comment:  Nerdy-ness is a trait passed down in my family. My dad was a Trekkie and a Star Wars fan. Passed that down to me, who adopted Firefly, Doctor who, and Torchwood on top of that. Now I've got my phone that is completely Doctor Who-ified. It plays the Theme song when someone is calling, the TARDIS sound when I get a text message, and the background screen is of the tenth and eleventh doctor. (10 is my favorite) Squee! Winner #2 - Jenifer! Her commnet: Um. My last name is Spock. Pretty sure I win on that alone ;) I am a Firefly and Doctor Who freak. Husband, kids are all Star Wars nuts, I love the original and Next Gen Star Trek series, and I can quite pretty much quote any Harry Potter book, and am a firm believer that Cedric Diggory would have beaten the minions of Team Edward into the ground. In addition, I also make and donate Jayne hats to the PDX Browncoats for their annual Can't Stop the Serenity screening to benefit various charities. Also, did I mention that the "Status is NOT quo?" and Dr. Horrible is one of the best creations of Joss Whedon... I could go on with my love of DC Comics, but I'll stop.., ;)   Thanks again everyone - this was a really fun contest!  Stay tuned for more contests here on the blog!  

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Warmth for Winter Blues Contest!

Thanks everyone - contest is over! We'll draw a winner on 2/13!   Here at Knit Picks, we're on a mission to change the perception of the Winter Blues.  The color blue makes all of us so happy - gazing up the blue sky, watching the ocean waves, seeing a blue jay flying by - so why should "blue" mean sad?

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Congratulations to our winners!

Thanks to everyone who entered our crochet contest! We had nearly 600 entries!  Unfortunately I only have 3 copies of The Best of Interweave Crochet so I randomly choose 3 winners (with the help of random.org). Cori of Ft Worth TX Emily of Coon Rapids MN Anne of Albuquerque, NM I've contacted them all & will be sending out their books on Monday And stay tuned - we have more blog contests up our sleeves!

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Crochet addiction…and a contest!

Contest is over!  We'll contact the winners & and announce them on Monday 2/6   I've been addicted to crochet lately!  And it's all because of Brittany Tyler's excellent Bullseye pattern. <

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and the winner is…

Thank you so much for all your responses to the Knits that Fit contest! It was fun reading your comments! I'm sorry we didn't have more books to send out to you! We have randomly chosen two people to receive a copy.  Congratulations to: Winner #1 - Thressa! who said: I would finally be able to make myself a sweater. and Winner #2 - Kim! who said: Ooh me! We will be sending each of you a copy of Knits that Fit. Thank you again to everyone who participated. We love hearing from you!

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Win Your Wish List Contest Winners!

Thank you to everyone who entered this year’s Win Your Wish List contest- we had over 4,800 entries in just one week! We selected three participants at random as the winners. Congratulations toTara Paine, Rebecca Bryant, and Kara McIntosh! These three lucky knitters each won $50 worth of goodies from their wish lists. It’s fun to see what’s on everyone’s wish list this year. You can visit this page to get a peek at Knit Picks’ most wished for items. Of course, the staff here at Knit Picks wanted to get in on the fun too. Since they couldn’t enter the contest, they’ve made their own wish list. We hope all your holiday wishes come true this year and thanks again to everyone who participated.

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Win a copy of Knits That Fit!

I love a contest and I'm pretty sure you do too.  Well we have another one for you. Are you tired of putting so much work into a project that just doesn't fit right? Knits That Fit is a wonderful guide to making garments that are tailored to suite your body style and size. I found two extra copies that are looking for a new home. So the solution is to have a blog giveaway!

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The Win Your Wish List Contest is Back!

We have great news!  We have decided to bring our Win Your Wish List contest back this year and, instead of just having one winner like we did last year, this year we will have THREE!  That's right, three lucky people will take home $50 worth of goodies from their wish lists.  (Insert SQUEEEEs)Entering is super easy and can be done in just a few easy steps.  Click "read more" for more details on how to enter.

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An unofficial survey (with a giveaway!)

Thanks for all of your suggestions!  Comments are now closed - we'll announce the winners soon! Over the past couple years,  I would say that the majority of my personal knitting projects are from downloaded patterns. The popularity of downloadable patterns has been growing every year - for instance, we have almost 1400 patterns in our Independent Designers program, not to mention our popular in-house designs, free patterns, eBooks and book patterns available for download as well. I get requests from the IDP designers a lot, asking me what kind of patterns they should be working on.  Well, we know what we like & what we think would be popular with our customers but I thought I'd ask our blog readers - what kind of patterns would you like to see more of?  Sweaters? Socks? Hats? Easy patterns?  Challenging patterns?  Leave a comment below & let us know!

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Contest winners!

Thank you so much for all of your suggestions on our little survey!  They were all really helpful & we'll make sure to pass them along to the IDP designers. We randomly chose the winners for the prizes  - I hope they enjoy the pretty Glimmer yarn!

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