Category Archives: Contest

Knit. Sock. Love. Giveaway!

This contest is now closed.  Thank you so much to everyone who participated!  To find out who won, click here. Socks are wonderful for so many reasons. They are small and portable, they are an excuse to try out new techniques and you get to use crazy colors that you wouldn’t normally pick out for your knitting! If you are a sock knitter, I am sure you are well aware of sock designer extraordinaire Cookie A. In honor of our love for socks and Valentine’s Day, we are giving away 3 copies of Knit. Sock. Love.  Cookie A. has once again filled another sock book to the brim with interesting textures, shapes and designs – all of which are set against gorgeous photography that is bright, playful and just plain fun. Right away, my eye was drawn to the section of the book devoted to the diagonals. I just love how these lines seemingly go against and cut right through the vertical sensibility of socks. At first glance, the diagonal bands that meander over and across the socks may leave you with a feeling of “how’d they do that?” but these are the kinds of questions and design elements that are explored in Knit. Sock. Love.

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Winners of the Knit. Sock. Love. Contest!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway!  We had some really fun comments and everyone seemed really inspired by all of the sock love thanks to Cookie A’s wonderful designs.  Unfortunately, we were only able to pick three winners.  To select our winners, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.  Our winners! #22 – Julie H. I would love this book! #566 – Debby I think her socks are amazing and I would love to win this book! Thanks for the opportunity to try to win. #1306 – Nicole I. I LOVE Cookie’s socks, the patterns are written so well that it feels almost like I am getting a lesson on sock knitting! I chose one of her patterns for my first socks actually, and saw it through to completion with total success. This book features a drop dead beautiful collection and it would find a loving home ...

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Dangerous Contest

This contest is now closed.  Thank you so much to everyone who participated!  To find out who won, click here. Why is this Dangerous?  Because if you win this book you will be overloaded with cuteness! If you are a regular reader of the blog, you know that I love Rebecca Danger's creatures (and anyone who sees my desk can confrim it).  So I am so excited for her book, The Big Book Of Knitted Monsters - it's full of 20 awesome monster pattterns!

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Winners of the Dangerous Contest!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway!  We had some really fun comments and we always love reading all of them.  Unfortunately, we were only able to pick three winners.  To make our selections, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.  Our winners! #29 - Katherine R. from Knightdale, NC #209 - Kris G. from Baltimore, MD #384 - Sarah B. from Bountiful, UT Our winners have each been sent an email and as soon as we hear back from them, we will ship them their prize. Hopefully Katherine, Kris and Sarah will make some really cute monsters and share pictures with us.  If they do, we will be sure to post them!  Thanks again everyone!

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Knitting Noro Book AND Chroma Giveaway!

This contest is closed!  Thank you everyone for your participation.  You can read about who won here: winners. Are you all ready for another giveaway contest?  We've had so many great responses in recent contests that we thought we would give you a little something extra this time.  Not only will the winners get a copy of this great book, Knitting Noro - The Magic of Knitting with Hand Dyed Yarns, they will also get a skein (weight and color of your choice) of Chroma!  Between the amazing patterns in this book and the rich, gorgeous colors of Chroma, you are destined to make something absolutely stunning.

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Winners – Knitting Noro Book AND Chroma Giveaway!

Thank you to everyone who participated in this giveaway!  We got some really great comments and it was fun reading what all of you would do with the book and yarn if you won.  Sadly, we were only able to pick two people.  To select our winners, we used a random number generator that chose our winners based on the number of their comment.   Our winners: #9 - Jessica B. Yay! Love this, because I was just eyeballing that Chroma in the catalog :) I would definitely make a cowl. Oh, how pretty! #1747 - Ann S. Definitely going to do a striped scarf! Also thinking about the Jindabyne a-Line sweater from Swing Swagger Drape by Jane Slicer-Smith. Ooh, ooh, choose me! We have emailed Jessica and Ann this morning and once they let us know which color and weight of Chroma they would like, we will be shipping out their prizes.  Thanks again everyone, as always, we love to hear your feedback! -Alisha

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Contest Winner – Knitting at Home

It’s time to announce the three winners of our Knitting at Home book giveaway! I used a random number generator to pick winners from the comments. #271 – Trishia Jimenez #357 – Hannah #921 – Billi Cummings Congratulations! We’ll be emailing the winners to get their addresses so we can mail these out. Thanks to everyone who participated!

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A Fresh Start Contest

I love the beginning of the new year! There all sort of possibilities for fiber crafters - new projects, new resolutions, new techniques to learn! But I'm having problems trying to decide what I want to do for 2011.  Maybe learn a new techniques?  Maybe a sort of project a week or a month to do?  I just don't know! Are you also feeling overwhelmed with choices?  Well, we're here to help you with a brand new contest!  Trafalgar Square Books and Accord Publishing have kindly provided prizes for our Fresh Start Contest - for 2 lucky winners, we have copies of both the brand new Debbie Bliss book The Knitter's Year as well as a copy of the 2011 Page a Day Knitting Calendar!

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A Fresh Start Contest Winners

I hope all of you are having a wonderful & crafty New Year so far! We ended up 1185 comments. I went to my favorite random number site this morning and here are the comments it choose for the winners! The 2 grand prizes - 1 copy of The Knitter's Year and the Knitting Page a Day calendar: #1063 - honeybee33   #53 - Angela   Congratulations you two!  I hope you enjoy! For our runner up prizes - a copy of the either the Knitting Page A Day or the Crochet Page A Day #544 Susie Sturgill (knitting) #18 - Sita (crochet) #209  - Meg (knitting) I've sent out emails to the email address the winners left on their comment & I hope you all enjoy! Now, excuse me, I need to start some projects...    

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Book Giveaway Contest – Knitting Motifs for Babies and Kids

This contest is now closed.  You can see who won by clicking here. We know how much you all love our book giveaways so, we're having another one! Knitting Motifs for Babies and Kids is an absolutely adorable book featuring 50 great ideas by Lucinda Guy for decorating your kids’ knits. We only have three copies of this fun-filled book to giveaway so if you want it; you are going to need to tell me what children's project you would use it for.  Leave me a comment on THIS blog (comments on other blog posts won't be counted) and I will choose three winners on December 23rd.  Good luck!  Rules: Only one entry per person. To be considered, submit a comment describing what children's project you would use the book for. Contest ends at 8am PST on December 23rd. Must have a US or Canada shipping address.  No purchase necessary.

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