Tomorrow afternoon represents my biggest finish to date - I will have been knitting for exactly one year *grins* To celebrate this, I have decided to have a giveaway. I've been very lucky to win some fantastic giveaways since I started blogging, and I wanted to give something back to the community that has welcomed and inspired me over the last year.
Before I get too sappy, I'm sure you're interested in the prizes:
So, clockwise from top left we have:
- A 50g skein of Shunklies hand-dyed 4ply Superwash Merino in "Royal Gala"
- A selection of sock yarn mini skeins - including Mini Mochi, Regia, King Cole and Zauberball - so many people knitting the beekeeper's quilt that I couldn't resist ;)
- Cable Collection knitting book - I've noticed quite a few blogs recently where people are trying out cables and discovering how easy yet effective they are
- Party Crochet book - really good pattern book - some bizarre ones but some really pretty garments that prove crochet can be really beautiful
I've had a great time over the last year, and I'm grateful to everyone who has read this blog, left comments and generally been lovely. The last 3 Fridays, where I have gone through my archives to remember my earliest projects, have been great fun. So, thanks so much for joining me and I will have real finished objects to share next week, honest *laughs*
I'm quite excited about my first giveaway (in case you couldn't tell already!), but before I forget, here is the smallprint-type stuff:
To enter the giveaway all you have to do is leave a comment on this post. If your email address is hidden on your profile, please make sure you leave me a way to get in touch with you if you win! If you have a preference for which prize you'd like, let me know in the comments. Giveaway is open worldwide. Closing date for entries is Midnight (GMT) on Thursday 10th November and I will announce winners next Friday.
Good luck, and thank you for stopping by *grins*
PS: Don't forget the usual suspects: Tami. Natural Suburbia. Wisdom Begins in Wonder ;)
That's so nice of you :) Happy knitaversary!!! :D
ReplyDelete*drools at all the lovely yarn*
Yay for knitting, hurray for giveaways! Lovely yarn you have there.........
ReplyDeleteWow, they look very impressive.
ReplyDeleteWow fantastic giveaways!
ReplyDeleteYay - hapy birthday to you! Hope you plan to buy yourself some nice presents. ;)
ReplyDeleteLooks like I fantastic giveaway!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great giveaway *crosses fingers*
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your one year knitting anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a wonderful giveaway, but as I do not knit or crochet
(I know, I know...the horror!!), please don't include me in your drawing. (Sadly, superwash wool does NOT felt!!) :) XXO-
Congratulations on reaching one year! I'd love to be entered in your givaway!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on one year of knitting!
ReplyDeleteCongrats one your one year anniversary.
ReplyDeleteGreat looking selection of yarn.
Happy Anniversary I's love to celebrate with you by knitting up the Royal Gala :)
ReplyDeleteYay for your one year anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteI love the sock yarn mini skeins...nice rich colors, that would be my preference.
Thanks
Happy dance! Happy dance!!! Another knitter in this world!!! Congrats on one year anniversary!
ReplyDeleteminis would be my first choice....
(I don't crochet well...last choice)
Congrats! It's an accomplishment. A warm, fuzzy, pretty accomplishment. Well done! (the sock yarn mini's are awesome!)
ReplyDeleteLove it! Congratulations on the anniversary! Huge accomplishment!
ReplyDeleteTake care!
Yhime407 on Ravelry
Wohooooooooooooo! What a wonderful anniversary and very lovely skeins to go with that. So yes, I have a preference, how can one not love these gorgeous yarns?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what happens on your blog when you celebrate your 5th anniversary: the roof might come off ;-)
Have a nice weekend, all! Ciao, Fleur (Fleurtje-Eliza on Ravelry)
Wow! Happy Knit-aversary. Only a year?!? I still can't believe it... you're definately an over-achiever. ;-)
ReplyDeleteHappy Knit Birthday! My 11th one is coming up Nov 28th!! It's hard to believe it's only been 11 years for me. Seems like I have knit forever!
ReplyDeleteI am not a crocheter, so that book holds no appeal for me.
Ohhhh, those mini sock yarns look so awesome! :-)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your first year! You've certainly got a lot done - here's to a great second one :)
ReplyDeleteThose are lovely prizes, and I absolutely agree about the blogging community being welcoming. It can be hard to find people, but once you get going, it's a great place to be :)
Congratulations on a year of knitting! May there be many more to come. :)
ReplyDeleteI have my eye on those miniskeins... Heh.
(I'm notpanicking on ravelry)
Congrats on this milestone...have enjoyed following your progress.
ReplyDeletewhat a wonderful giverway.
ReplyDeleteOh, so lucky I found your blog on a giveaway day! :D You have a bright, beautiful, little space here. I love the Shunklies yarn!
ReplyDeletejustsuzie_s at hotmail dot com
i've been here a few times for the yarn along - and am glad i found you again today via natural suburbia! i'd love either of the yarn giveaways. i have a new little one on the way and could make booties, hats, or even another puerperium if it's enough. thank you!
ReplyDeleteWow that is a really nice giveaway!
ReplyDeleteAnd congratulations on your year of knitting ;o)
congrats on your first knitty anniversary, may it be the first of many to come ! Just think of all those years of pleasure you have to look forward to..
ReplyDeleteLove the Shunklies yarn and the Cable book looks very interesting too,..great giveaway ! :)
Roxyrana on Ravelry.
Congrats on your one-year knit-birthday! :)
ReplyDelete(I don't want to enter the giveaway... although they're lovely gifts... I have enough yarn!)
Hooray! I bet you never thought, a year ago, that you'd have knit so much, blogged so much, or made so many new friends because of it!
ReplyDeleteDrop my name in the hat if you would, with a preference for the crochet book or the gorgeous 50g skein. Alas, I have not been bewitched by the charm of the hexipuffs!
Congrats on knitting for a whole year! And thanks so much for the give-away, that's really nice of you.
ReplyDeleteWonderful giveaway, I would love to enter for any of the yarn, my daughter loves to knit and love yarn! Thanks for the opportunity!
ReplyDeleteHappy knit-iversary! (All the prizes are great, but I don't crochet.)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on knitting one year!
ReplyDeleterav id: grandmastatus
congrats on a year of knitting..personally i dont know what i would do without knitting in my life! the prizes are lovely! i love that Shunklies yarn..the colors are gorgeous! raineoc@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteYay Giveaways! And congrats for your one year knitting anniversary! If my email isn't in my profile, there is a contact page on my blog, and that IS linked on my profile. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your one year anniversary. I checked your projects and am really impressed with all you have done in that one short year. This mini skeins call my name.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! It's amazing how far you can come in just a year, isn't it? Looking forward to the next one!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your anniversary!
ReplyDeleteHappy knitaversary!!! You have accomplished so many lovely projects in a year!
ReplyDelete*drools over the yarn and cable book*
Congratulations on finishing your hitchhiker, Ilove his patterns. My first choice would be the mini skeins. patsycoats@bellsouth.net
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! Happy Knitting Anniversary! I learned to knit a year ago this past June and I wonder how I lived without it!
ReplyDeletexx
Happy knitting anniversary! Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteYay for giveaways! Happy knitting anniversary and sorry my blog kept eating your comments. :(
ReplyDeleteWow that Royal Gala yarn is beautiful! Love it. And the miniskeins are pretty sweet too. Congrats on you knittaversary - you've accomplished so much in one year. I'm impressed. (Velourious on ravelry)
ReplyDeleteHappy knitting anniversary!!
ReplyDelete–Cassandra
Congratulations! Keep up all the lovely work! x
ReplyDeleteWay to knit and crochet! Happy crafty-versary. :)
ReplyDeleteI really like that Shunklies hand-painted or either of the two books; I'm not on the hexi-puff bandwagon. Go figure. :)
Congrats and I would love to win any of that awesome looking yarn!!
ReplyDeleteawesome! congrats on your anny. :o)
ReplyDeleteHappy knitiversary! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteI think that's an acceptable FO! Congrats on going 12 months - here's to more Knitty adventures to come.
ReplyDeleteCongrats! Those all look lovely but as I don't really crochet much I would prefer any but the crochet patterns.
ReplyDeleteRav: GingerLee25
Congratulations on your knitting anniversary and thank you for sharing your adventures, I love reading your blog
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your anniversary! I love all things sock yarn, so I suppose my preference would be for one of those!
ReplyDeleteHappy knitaversary!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your one year, and many happy more. I'd be interested in any of the yarn.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! :)
ReplyDeleteE-Dreamer on Ravelry (just shoot me a message if I win)
How kind of you to share. Hope you find great inspiration in all you knit. Denise newsitian09@yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! Great giveaway! I'd love to have Deborah Newton's Cable Collection.
ReplyDeletegreyowl (ravelry id)
Happy Knitaversary! This is a great giveaway and I'd love to be entered into it for the Cable book please - seeing as I have only just mustered the courage to try cables and have spent the week looking at cable patterns, I feel drawn to it!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend
x
wow this giveaway is awesome, really pretty yarns that I would love and the cable book is fantastic - I need to learn cables (i cannot crochet though!!). have a great and knitty weekend xx
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your first anniversary!!
ReplyDeleteI love the Shunklies yarn- the colours are so funky!
I love that yarn!
ReplyDeleteIt's so sweet of you to do a give away! Congrats on making it to one year!
Hi! Nice giveaway! I love yarn, and love to crochet. Congrats on your knitting anniversary.
ReplyDeleteBeanswife on Ravelry
Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteI am itsvictoria08 on Ravelry.
Congrats on the 1 year anniversary! Hope you have many more to come :D
ReplyDeleteLovely idea your so right its such a friendly community im so glad i started bloging and found new friends .
ReplyDeleteCongratulations and thank you for this generous giveaway! I love the Shunklies.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful weekend:)
Congratulations!!! And such a lovely and thoughtful idea :)
ReplyDeleteoooh how exciting! :) I just had my first giveaway too - it was a hoot and a half! ;)
ReplyDeleteI really love the Shunklies yarn, just sayin' :')
xo,
wink
acreativebeing.com
Happy Anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThe only prize I would not be interested in is the crochet book; the yarns would be my first choices, though!
Lynn
CLPP65 AT gmail DOT com
Congratulations on a year of knitting! I'd love to enter your giveaway for either of the yarn prizes, please.
ReplyDeleteikkinlala AT yahoo DOT ca
congratulations on a year of knitting, i really have enjoyed reading your blog!
ReplyDeletecount me in for the give away xx
What fun and congratulations on your year anniversary!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway. I'd love to win, but I'd need to learn how to crochet.
ReplyDeletemummytocharis at yahoo dot com
Thank you for hosting a give-away. I love the sock yarn mini skeins. Need more multi-colored yarn for a blanket I am knitting.
ReplyDelete~Julie
julie dot koeppel at frontier dot com
thanks so much for the chance:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely thing to do. I still find it hard to believe you have only been knitting for a year. Here's to the next year.
ReplyDeleteI'm julieruth on Ravelry.
Yay! A year knitting! Congrats!
ReplyDeleteThe only thing keeping me vaguely sane on a 3 week orchestra tour is my knitting :-)
Hooray for you, one year of knitting, and many happy years of crafting ahead!
ReplyDeleteAnd look at all your comments -- wow :-)
Congrats on your one year anniversary :) what a lovely give-away
ReplyDeleteWow, only a year? You got good quick! And how lovely to share your knitty journey with you, despite joining a little later.
ReplyDeletexx
There are so beautiful prices !! I love them all, but mini-skeins blink at me ... ;-)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway, and happy knitty'versary !!!
Ps : I am lanouchette on ravelry too...
Definitely amazing prizes to win here!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on knitting for an entire year! How very exciting :) I spose it isn't entirely fair to have a preference about giveaway prizes but I knit more than crochet, although I could always give the crochet book away as a gift and pass the favor forward! Keep on knitting and learning new things :)
ReplyDeleteHow wonderfully generous of you - the yarns are gorgeous. As a new knitter I am in awe by the wonderful yarns out there.
ReplyDeleteYay! It's a giveaway. Congrats on your anniversary.
ReplyDeletecongrats on your anniversary.
ReplyDeleteI'm partial to the mini skeins if my number comes up.
I'm squiggi on ravelry
Happy anniversary!
ReplyDeleteI've been busy as a bee lately, so mini skeins would be lovely! *fingers cross*
I'm kk87 on ravelry
Congratsies! I've just started knitting so I'm looking forward to reaching any type of milestone!
ReplyDeleteAll the prizes look lovely :D
Happy anniversary! It's very enjoyable to see how your knitting has progressed over the last year. Here's to many more.
ReplyDeleteOh, and that Shunklies yarn is gorgeous!
Nice giveaway!!!
ReplyDeleteAnna
anna_k67 at yahoo dot com
Congrats on your first year knitting!
ReplyDeleteCables are so pretty... and so is all that yarn!