Would you like a free pattern and the chance to win a whole sack of joyfully colourful yarn? You would?? Oh my friend, you’ve come to the right place: you won’t be disappointed.
I’ve mentioned this on the ‘Yarn’s Facebook page (do please ‘like’ for updates) but I hear a faint rumour that not quite everyone is accounted for on The Book Of Faces, so it’s only fair that I also mention it on Ye Olde WordPress(e).
Y’see, it’s like this. Cast your almost perfectly photographic memory back to Stylecraft’s competition to select a new shade of yarn, which I co-judged along with the editor of Let’s Knit magazine and Lucy from Attic24. So gorgeous were the ten shades that we shortlisted that the fine fibrous folks at Stylecraft briefly put down their knitting/crochet to announce that a limited edition pack of all of these colours would be made available. Hurrah!
(That’s the ultimate winner bottom right: duck egg.)
And it gets better. Stylecraft has organised a ten-day blog tour beginning on the 25th September. Each day at 10.15am GMT from that date, a different well-known blog will post both a free original pattern and a chance to win a pack of all ten of the beautiful shades shown above in Special DK. Obviously the day to triple-underline in your diary is Tuesday 29th September, when this very blog will feature a chance to win AND a slightly splendidly colourful knitting pattern. Other participants include Emma Varnam, Sue Pinner, and The Patchwork Heart. I don’t know about you, but I’ll be fascinated to see what other designers come up with. Stylecraft gave us complete freedom to design whatever our hearts desired in knitting or crochet, as long as it featured these ten shades, so I’m guessing that there’s going to be a splendidly fabulous range of creativity. I’m very, very curious.
Meanwhile, I’ve been busy working on my own design (hence the slight pause in my other projects). It’s so tempting to get over-excited and show you what I’ve done so far but that would probably be naughty. I will say that I’m very, very excited about it. And I will show you a little sneak preview as I crochet together some knitted panels. But this picture doesn’t really do it justice. I can’t wait until the 29th.
Do enter the giveaway. And do give the pattern a go. 🙂 So I’d better go and write it up then, hadn’t I?
Squee! Ooh how exciting. Lots of patterns! (Ten of ’em? Really?!) And lots of scrummy yarns…? Stop me now before I go into punctuation overload…
Yup. I’m properly excited to see what ten completely different designers will make using this one pack of colours. Here’s some more punctuation for you, just to emphasise the moment: !!!????****!
Wow! Definitely a treat coming our way. Love new patterns and the yarn to play with. Count me in!
Excellent. Good luck! I’d better finish writing up my pattern then…….
I can’t wait! Muse set myself a reminder.
Don’t worry, I’ll shout about it loudly enough when it comes!
Love the patterns and love your lovely posts!
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Thank you!!!!!!
Yeah, I am not much one for being able to decipher patterns from other people’s brainwaves. I think your brain would be stuffed to the back gills with SO many things that my poor brain would have a twisty fit having to wade through that I feel the need to put up my hand for a blog pattern translation please ma’am 🙂
Actually, my brain is mostly full of fluff. And wine. Not too tricky to decipher.
Soggy fluff? That’s the state of my lounge-room carpet on any given day. Earl stores his carefully hoarded stuffed toy remnants in there and whilst wine isn’t usually involved (unless Stevie-boy thinks it might be fun to give Earl the blown up inner mechanics of a wine cask…sigh…) the fluff is ever-present. I have taken to collecting it up and recycling it (before it gets too soggy) into amigurumi. Remember “always look on the bright side!” 😉
Fun!!! I am going to reblog… 🙂
Thank you!!!
FUN!!!
Thank you!!
Hey! I jut stumbled across your blog and I think its awesome!
It’s nice to see a yarny blogger also from the UK!
Anyway, keep up the good work. I’m looking forward to seeing more of your posts!
Welcome, fellow crafty blogger! (Also fellow PCOS person. I rambled about our final IVF earlier this year.) Thank you for your kind words. And I love your colourful blog (your mini-bunting pattern is really cute).
Thank you! and Thanks for popping over!
Isn’t it cute! I’m working on more haha!
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Oh, what a fantastic thing to be a part of! I shall be looking out for the patterns!! x
Hi, me again! Where can I find out who the other bloggers are participating in this blog hop. I can’t find it on the stylecraft website or FB? x
Yes! I’m sorry that I’m just going to write the names of the blogs because I don’t know how to do links in this reply, but they’re all eminently Googleable. So, we kicked off today with Jane Crowfoot at janeknits.blogspot.com . Tomorrow we have The Knitting Exploits Of Josie Kitten. 27th: Emma Varnam. 28th: Crafternoon Treats. 29th: TheTwistedYarn (She’s a bit rubbish – don’t bother with her!) 30th: The Patchwork Heart. 1st: Le Monde De Sucrette. 2nd: Hand Knitted Things.
So… all very exciting! Have fun, and I hope you win one of the packs.
Thanks ever so much for that info, I shall have an explore!! x
You’re welcome. Sorry it took me a few hours, but I was at work.
Lovely, lovely yarn! Thanks for the chance to win it!
You’re welcome. Less than 24 hours to go. Good luck!
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