Sunday, September 16, 2012

A One-Skein Wonder Book Giveaway

So... I mentioned last week that I was going to be having a contest. After reviewing my knitting book library, I have finally made my decision on which book is going up for grabs first. Please read through to the bottom of this post to see how you can earn extra entries and have a greater chance of winning!
This month's book is titled "Luxury Yarn One-Skein Wonders". This is a wonderful book for knitting up some small indulgences. Lustrous alpaca is one of my favorite fibers to work with and this book has patterns for that! It also includes patterns for using such luxury yarns as organic cotton, bamboo, cashmere, silk, eco-friendly soy, corn, angora, and mohair, to the exquisite qiviut. Now you can knit small treasures using yarns you've been dreaming of. So go ahead and indulge yourself!
Contributors include designers, yarn manufacturers, and well-known knitting and crocheting teachers. There are also a few crochet patterns for the diverse fiber artists among us.



This contest will end at midnight Pacific time on Sept. 30th. That gives you 2 full weeks to help me out! How are you going to help me out you ask? All you need to do is leave a comment below and tell me what your favorite knitting patterns are. Do you enjoy knitting socks, scarves, sweaters, etc...? As you know, I'm in the process of designing a collection of knitwear for my own book. So your opinions count! What are you interested in knitting?! I want to create wearable items that you will want to knit!
Now for the extracurricular methods of earning extra entries. Each of these activities will count as one extra entry. Blog about this contest on your blog! Tweet about this contest and follow me on twitter @BayAreaKnitter (counts as one entry). Share this post with your friends on facebook, "Like" me on facebook here http://www.facebook.com/KnittingwithChristine, and/or join this site and follow me on Google friend connect (Click the "join this site" button on my sidebar). If you do all of these things you'll earn 6 entries. Please be sure to link back to this blog post when sharing on your blog, twitter and facebook. Also tell me in your comment which methods you used to enter as well as provide links to your posts and tweets. Also be sure to leave an email address or your Twitter or Ravelry screen name so I can contact you if you are the winner!
Winner will be announced on October 1st.
Comments will be pending until I can approve them. So don't worry if your comment takes a few hours or even a day to show up. I do this to make sure I don't miss any comments. I get an email notification when you submit.  ;)
This contest is open Internationally to anyone anywhere! I don't want to leave anyone out.  
So what are you waiting for? On your mark, get set, Go!  ;)

29 comments:

  1. Right now I am into knitting shawls and I also love knitting cardigans. I have knit lately a few dresses for children.

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  2. i have follow, tweet, like, and join the site. :)
    I share this giveaway through sharing links below your post :)

    I am a knitter that enjoy knitting accessories very much.. the things that i knit most are hats.

    @ajeng_poyeng
    my ravelry name is poyeng

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  3. Wow,this looks amazing and so generous of you.Thank you for the chance to win this lovely book,hope to win.I love knitted socks,hats and mittens too.Hope I help a little.Have a lovely day.

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  4. Thank you for offering this awesome book - it looks wonderful. I like to knit shawlettes, cowls, socks, top down sweaters and baby items. I have "liked" you on facebook, followed you on twitter and followed you on Google friends.

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  5. My favorite things to knit are socks, I can get a pair of Size 7 ankle socks our of one 50g skein

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  6. I like you on FB. francieg@juno.com

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  7. Shawls and cowls and fingerless gloves are my favorites!

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  8. Oh, btw, I also retweeted about the contest, shared it with my friends on Facebook, followed the blog, and shared/+1ed you on Google+. Hope that helps!

    FlyKytten on Ravelry

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  9. I love to make baby blankets, cardigans, sleep sacks, etc... The small size keeps me moving on to the next thing. I love it!

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  10. I'm a shawl sort-of-girl... something with a bright and pretty pattern, but that I can do (after a little bit) without looking at the pattern!
    freshstitches on twitter! (and rav)

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  11. My favorite to knit as a beginner are scarves and Shawls so far. I haven't gotten the hang of knitting yet so still trying to learn more. :)

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  12. Hi!
    I tweeted!
    https://twitter.com/MippyFoofalina/status/248897558565490689

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  13. Hi!
    I shared on Facebook :)
    https://www.facebook.com/mippyfoofalina/posts/147982922010732

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  14. Recently I've been on a sweater kick, but I'm picky because I want something that looks good on me. (crazy right?) My bust size is 42" and it seems that all the really cute sweaters either aren't designed to be made as big as I need them!

    I've also been making a lot of simple classic looking things for my almost 4 year old. I like getting a lot of use out of the knitted things I make for her, and the simpler it is, and the more positive ease I can put into it, the longer she can wear it.

    Fingerless mitts are always a weakness of mine. *sigh* My handwear has really gotten out of hand recently. ;)

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  15. I also follow now via GFC as Mippy :)
    bunnysmip (AT) yahoo (DOT) com
    *** I forgot to put my email addy with my other entries...sorry!

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  16. hats!! you can put so much into a small bit of knitting

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  17. I LOVE knitting hats. My hat box is always full and I can hardly wait for cold weather! I am tired, however, of seeing so many shawl patterns. I don't wear the ones I've knit and can't imagine knitting more.

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  18. I actually like to knit a variety of things; socks, scarves, shawlettes or anything that looks new or interesting. I would love a copy of the book!

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  19. I definitely go through phases of knitting accessories but my faves are has and cowls!

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  20. I love to make scarves, hats and baby blankets. I am looking forward to trying sweaters, mittens and maybe even socks :)

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  21. I think I've entered as many times as possible minus the google thing. Hopefully your blog will get a lot of hits and you'll get some great ideas for your book!

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  22. Amazing giveaway!
    I love knitting hats and scarves

    Anna

    ksurty@aol.com

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  23. Great blog and generous giveaway offer. I have different projects for different moods and even for different rooms sometimes! - some I can pick up and knit without thinking about and others when I can glean and nurture some real concentration time. My favourites right now are shawls, textured squares and playing around with geometric shapes and mathematical knitting. Liked and shared on Facebook as Rumanci Finn. (rumanci at Ravelry)

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  24. Hi Christine!

    I am now following your blog and I support you 100%! You always amaze me with all of the projects you make. I still to this day wonder how the heck you knitted that beanie with all the flames going up the sides! Good Luck everybody!

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  25. This contest is now closed! I will be announcing the winner by Tuesday. Thanks to everyone that entered to win!

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