So, to the Stylecraft giveaway. Do we have some winners? WE HAVE SOME WINNERS, OH YES! Wow, a big fluffy THANK YOU for the 232 entries you submitted here and on the 'Yarn's Facebook page, and for the enthusiastic/kind/funny/interesting comments that you left in your entries. And THANK YOU to Stylecraft for providing the prizes. So at midday on Sunday, the giant gong sounded, signalling the end of the giveaway. Did you hear it? I guess not, given that it's made of yarn - a fatal design flaw Continue Reading
Giveaway? Giveaway!
Shall we have a giveaway? Wa-hey, let's have a giveaway! Start sharpening those typing fingers in order to enter, because details are coming later in this post. This is the third and final part of my triptych* of posts about the exciting Yorkshire/Stylecraft/Blogstars shenanigans. (Previous parts: the mill tour, and the first evening.) But it's very hard to produce an even mildly amusing post when absolutely nothing about the experience was catastrophically disastrous or weird. The closest I 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
Outdoors Knows It’s Pretty
You’ve still got time (just!) to enter the Wool And The Gang yarn giveaway! Just head over here… Meanwhile, I’ve been all over the place – knitting a bit of this, crocheting a bit of that, drifting from room to room, bumping into members of the household whom I’d forgotten existed... “Great uncle Mortimer! Heavens, I haven’t seen you since the Great Tidying Up of ’96! How the very devil are you, ol’ bean? What’s that you say? Huh? Oh. What, that cupboard there? The one with the hefty lock on Continue Reading
The Moo-Cowl Pattern. AKA Simon The Cowl.
Before we knuckle down to the knitting, allow me to remind you that the absurdly overgenerous Wool And The Gang (WATG) giveaway touted in my previous post is still very much w-i-d-e open for business. Can I just say how much I've loved reading your warm, witty, woolly comments on that thread? Do pop over and enter (but only if you fancy a stonk-load of soft, fluffsome, chunky, Peruvian, pure wool in shades of your choice – no pressure). Oh and whilst you’re entering, I’d be most eternally Continue Reading
In Praise Of Petrol. No, Really…
...By which I mean the colour, not the fossil fuel that you put in your car. You might (or might not) be wondering why I mention this now, instead of finishing off THAT project ready for the big reveal. The thing is, folk at Stylecraft yarns have been grappling with a weighty dilemma. Quite a few of you, no matter what country you live in, have probably knitted or hooked with Stylecraft Special DK yarn at some point. There are 80-odd shades in the range, increased since the competition I Continue Reading
Wobbly Blog Is No Longer Wobbly
Never work with children or animals, they say. I'd add technology: never work with technology... except for the fact that you can't avoid the stuff. It's great when it's doing what it should: I have a gadget strapped to my wrist that buzzes and shouts MOVE! if I've been sitting still for longer than is healthy - this thing is a little like my husband, reproduced in electronic form. But I'm sorry to report that we've had a wobble here at TTY that made it impossible for people to comment/like Continue Reading
The Carnival Bag, And The Stylecraft Giveaway!
Welcome to day five of the Stylecraft Blog Tour! Fancy a free pattern and a chance to win a whole caboodle of yarn, regardless of where in the world you are? Read on, Macduff... So, just for the benefit of anyone who is new round these 'ere parts, (hello at the back, there), a few months ago I co-judged Stylecraft yarn's competition to find a new shade for their range of Special DK. With me were the editor of Let's Knit magazine (who waited very patiently in the car park before we went in, Continue Reading
You Know That Thing I Said? It Might Not QUITE Be True…
The Stylecraft Blog Tour seems to have got off to a decent start, with plenty of colourful patterns and daily chances to win a whole hairy heap of yarn. For those who asked a few posts ago, may I just say YES, the competition is indeed open worldwide. Hurrah! Today, it's the turn of Crafternoon Treats. Tomorrow (Tuesday) it's the turn of this very blog, so there'll be another free pattern and another chance to win a limited edition pack of yarn right here. So set your alarm clock for Continue Reading
The Stylecraft Giveaway: It’s Coming!
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 Continue Reading