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We’ve curated a Colorwork Starter Kit! It has: The Colorwork Bible by Jesie Ostemiller 2 Skeins of yarn by Freia!: Note that it’s a mini in the picture, but yours would be a full skein, and both colors are chosen by you. By Knit Picks Yarn Stranding Guide Smaller Bobbins Larger Bobbins Enter Just leave …
Comment for a chance to win these gorgeous (2) skeins of Knit Picks Alpaca Cloud Fingering in the Frances colorway. We used another colorway in our Muntins scarf! Check it out so you can see it in action. Stats 100% Superfine Alpaca 2 skeins; 200 yards each of fingering weight. Don’t lose out on your …
Comment for a chance to win this gorgeous Urth Yarns Harvest Fingering in 3 colors – Black Grape, Buckthorn and Indigo (2 skeins of that one)! This is the perfect amount to make our Como Lake Shawl! Stats 100% Superwash Merino Wool 4 skeins; 435 yards each of light fingering weight. Don’t lose out on …
Comment for a chance to win 3 skeins of Malabrigo Sock in the Fortaleza colorway! That’s 1,320 yards of yarn! Plenty for our Vita Maris Shawl! Stats 100% Superwash Merino Wool 3 skeins (440 yards each); light fingering weight. This colorway is classic Malabrigo dyeing! At first blush, it looks like a variegated green. But, a …
Comment for a chance to win a single, mega-skein of Miss Babs Yowza in the Plum colorway! This is 560 yards of yarn! Plenty for our Plum Beach Capelet! Stats 100% Merino Wool 1 VERY LARGE skein of 560 yards; light-worsted/DK weight. This colorway is less-variegated than some others from Miss Babs. You can see this …
Comment for a chance to win 5 mini-skeins from Wonderland Yarns in the Begin at the Beginning #90 colorway! This is 430 yards – a great start to our Milvus Shawl! Stats 100% Superwash Merino Wool 5 skeins and 430 yards; 86 yards per ounce; sport weight. Looks at this gorgeous dyeing! It’s saturated, variegated …
Comment for a chance to win 12 skeins* of Valley Yarns Superwash DK in the Passion Plum colorway! This is 1,644 yards – enough to make any size of the Our DNA Capelet! Stats 100% Superwash Merino Wool 137 yards per 50 grams This is a wonderful yarn for a capelet! It’s soft but the superwash means that …
Comment for a chance to win 2 skeins* of Valley Yarns Huntington in the Lemon Grass colorway! At 436 yards, it’s plenty for most pairs of socks! Stats 75% Superwash Merino Wool/25% Nylon 218 yards per 50 grams It’s a great sock yarn – smooth and consistently dyed! In addition to its softness, it blocks …
Comment for a chance to win 3 skeins* in shades of blue and white! That’s over 450 yards of sport weight yarn. Stats 100% Extrafine Superwash Merino Wool 153 yards per 50 grams The yarn is very soft, consistently dyed and spun. We used this yarn for the swatches in ShawlStar v2 and LaceStar as …
Win 4 skeins of Knit Picks Chroma! You can pick the coordinating color. Get 2 skeins of Grey and then either 2 skeins of Galentine (the purple shade) or 2 skeins of Go Go Boots (the yellow/green shade). It’s enough to make our Varna Shawl in this month’s issue! The Stats 70% Superwash Wool, 30% …
Win a skein of Eden Cottage Yarns Hayton DK in the Silver Birch colorway (a soft gray/green) to use in our Melusina’s Gauntlets! This is a great yarn – soft, wonderful variations and great stitch definition. And, the gals at Eden Cottage Yarn are just generally great to work with. You know that I love …
The dyeing in this yarn is classic Malabrigo! The details Malabrigo Rasta TriBeCa 1 skein in the color of your choice to make our Tresser Hat! 90 yards (82 meters) of 100% merino wool Quoting from the Malabrigo page, These fresh, cool shades bring versatility and style whether used alone or in combination with the …
This skein is gorgeous with its deep winey-purples and lime greens! It’s so beautiful that I paused for a moment as I was taking pics because I considered keeping it for myself. The details Urth Yarns Uneek Fingering Color 3012 435 yards (100 grams) of 100% Extrafine Superwash Merino Register for a chance to win …
Register for a chance to win the shawl that was pictured in our October Issue! Fingering weight yarn and beads create a gorgeous shawl with a little bling! Enter the Giveaway The fine print: Open to US mailing addresses only, one entry per email address (or two if you use the special code from the …
This yarn is so deeply saturated and just gorgeous! I’m so happy to share them with you all! The details Urth Yarns Uneek Fingering Colors 3005 (red) and 3003 (blue/purple) 435 yards (100 grams) of 100% Extrafine Superwash Merino – without any nylon in it, I don’t recommend this for socks…sorry 🙁 Register for one …
I used these 2 colors of Zarina to make the swatches for ShawlStar and I loved the yarn! Squishy, great stitch definition, sproingy and not splitty. Oh and it blocks beautifully! Take a peek at a few swatches. I wet blocked the pink swatch and steamed the yellow swatch and both methods worked really well. …
Loome Party Vilasinee Bunnag 143 pages $27.50 Hardcover from Amazon (I recommend you get the hardcover so you also get the Loome Tool) What a fun book! It gives you lots of options and the tool is so fun to use! Quite possibly my favorite part is that it’s small. It’s about 6 inches (15 cm). I …
I love a useful product that works for both knit and crochet! What Is the Skerin “Best Darn Yarn Tender”©? You might have also heard these called yarn bras. Have you ever had to deal with a ball of yarn that didn’t cooperate? It came apart, leaving unwieldy yarn everywhere and tangled all on itself. Or, you …
Most of you are probably familiar with Eucalan – gentle to wool, doesn’t need to be washed out, and is great for both blocking and general washing. Did you know? There were things I didn’t know about Eucalan until I researched a bit for this giveaway, and some of them may be new to you …
Della Q has such a great variety of bags! Totes, carry-all’s, shoulder bags, needle cases and more! If you’ve ever wanted one of their bags, now’s the time to register for your chance to win a $35 gift certificate to use on any bag in their store. Just leave a comment on this post and …
Wow, over 100 people entered for a chance to win a Love & Leche Lotion Bar! No surprise though, it’s a great product and my review was glowing. The Winner I have a love/hate relationship with this part. On one hand, someone gets a great free product! On the other hand, many of you don’t …
Supple hands that don’t look like an alligator or snag on clothing and napkins – or worse yet, yarn. We all want nicer looking hands. They say that hands show the true age of a person. Plus, when I’m crafting, the last thing I want to do is fight with yarn that’s getting stuck to …
