Aaaaaaaaaaaand.......................................time's up! Put down your pen and face the front. No talking, please, because the Edie Eckman giveaway is now closed. (I should clarify that we're not actually giving away Edie Eckman - her friends and family vetoed that idea - but through this blog, Storey Publishing is giving away a hefty chunk of Edie's crochet wisdom, distilled into one marvellous new book.) Before we find out who's won, I want to say a huge THANK YOU to each and every Continue Reading
So Who’s Won All These Beautiful KnitPro Needles?
Well goodness, an above-averagely-sized THANK YOU to all 270 of you who entered the KnitPro Royales needle review/giveaway before the gong sounded earlier today.* You left some lovely/funny/witty/kind/interesting comments with your entries, too. And a great big woolly THANKS to KnitPro for providing the awesome prize. (I made cautious enquiries as to whether they'd be prepared to provide 270 prizes so that everyone could have one: they gave me a look that suggested I was pushing my Continue Reading
We Have A Winner!
Did you hear that gong sound? Yesterday at noon GMT. That gong signalled the close of the ludicrously generous yarn giveaway by Wool And The Gang on this blog. At the time, I was sitting in the garden at my good friend Selma’s home, discussing future yarn-related projects with and sipping cordial. Man, that gong was loud. A heartfelt thank you to all 195 of you who entered. (Smallprint: as stated in the competition details, email addresses from everyone who entered will be Continue Reading
We Have A Winner!
And........................ STOP! Please put down your pens. (Just re-traumatising anyone who's ever taken an exam, there.) The Burrow And Soar giveaway is now closed. Thank you muchly to absolutely everyone who entered, you indie-yarn-lovers, you. So, shall we have a look at the results? There were 233 entries - wa-hey! (173 people made the 185 comments on the blog post, and 60 people commented on Facebook. 173+60=233, number-fans.) I reduced each and every one of you fine fibrous folks to Continue Reading