Another week, and another giveaway closes. I'm truly sorry that this one was UK-only but don't worry international folk, there'll be plenty more sharing-the-yarn-around to come. So, do you remember me introduciing this marvellous book that's just been published? Within these flip-book pages, you'll find everything you need to design and create the unique monster of your dreams - or nightmares. Up to you. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a review with a contest to win a copy of this fine Continue Reading
Archives for September 2016
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
And Now For Something Completely Different
Ahem. (By the way, do remember that there's still time to enter the Edward's Crochet Imaginarium giveaway.) I've been thinking for a while that I'd like to do something helpful via this blog, something for charity. The idea hadn't progressed very far when a plan came along of its own accord and plonked itself in my lap. It's a ludicrous idea, and the friend who suggested it wisely did so after I'd had a couple of glasses of wine, in which state I can be talked into pretty much any kind of Continue Reading
Giveaway Review: Edward’s Crochet Imaginarium
And another review with a giveaway! Wa-hey! (This is part of a blog tour organized by Pavilion Books - more on that at the bottom of this post.) So I'm guessing you've noticed that there are lots of knitting and crochet books around these days. Like, loads. If you're as untidy as I am, you probably trip over a pile of them every single time you stand up to water the cat. (See those bruises on my shins? They're knit-book-related injuries. Life is tough.) Some of these publications are more Continue Reading
Want To Win A Set Of Gorgeous Knitting Needles?
Time for a review and another giveaway, I think*. Let's talk about knitting needles. KnitPro (that's Knitter's Pride in North America) are busy expanding their range even further. They sent me samples of two of the new products to review: small (2.25mm) short-length fixed circular Symfonies for socks or sleeves, and this splendid set of Royale interchangeable circulars:- But let's begin with the Symfonies. Many of you will have knitted (or crocheted) with Symfonie needles or hooks at some Continue Reading
The Mandala Picture: A Free Knitting Pattern
Another free pattern? Really? Well, yes. Aeons ago, I designed and knitted this large piece of craziness:- I wanted to play with the idea of the mandala, subvert the medium a wee bit, so I knitted a picture of a mandala. The idea of writing up this monster as a pattern was then filed away in Volume XII of the Great To-Do List in the bottom left corner of my brain**, between ‘learn to speak Finnish’ and ‘organize my sock drawer’. But then a nudging comment on a recent post prompted me to Continue Reading