The winners of the Westknits & Skein giveaway are:

rockbridge & lisaknits

Congratulations! Please contact me at yarnonthehouse@gmail.com to collect your prizes.



I can't believe another year has just flown by! Wednesday will mark my 2 year blogiversary. I've thoroughly enjoyed these past 12 months. It brought us some wonderful new designers, yarn companies, and indie dyers along with some of our favorite repeat guests. I have plans to bring you another great year filled with lots of yummy yarn, fresh new knitting patterns and lots of love. Keeping with tradition... I have some leftover prizes that were unclaimed to give away.


Some of this:




And, something similar to this:




I have a total of 3 prizes this time around for 3 lucky followers. Here's how it's going to work... I will pick one winner from each of the following groups:

1) A comment will be chosen at random (as usual).

2) A member of our Ravelry YOTH Group will be chosen, so if you haven't joined yet, now's the time!

3) And, finally a public follower of the blog will be chosen, so make sure to sign up for that as well to get 3 chances at winning.

Don't forget to tell all your knitting friends about YOTH! The more the merrier. Here's to another fantastic year. Cheers!



I would like you to do the following if you would like to be entered into this week's giveaway:



1. Read over the rules if you have not done so already.

2. Leave a comment on this blog post by the end of Sunday, 2/12/12. What would you like to see on the blog? Or, what was your favorite giveaway this past year? I'd love to know what you like the best. Also, don't forget to join the Rav YOTH group and become a public follower on the left hand side of the blog for two extra chances at winning some lovely yarn.


I'll randomly pick the winners in 2 weeks and post the results along with the new giveaway, so be sure to check back. Good luck everyone.

Sincerely,

Ve

You know the moment when you find the perfect pattern, then the most perfect yarn to go with it (or the other way around), and the whole project just falls in love with itself?! Soul mates is what this pattern and yarn are, soul mates. They are perfect for eachother, but I'll leave it up to you to decide…

Pattern: Current
Designer: Cecily Glowik Macdonald
Yarn: Tanis Fiber Arts - Purple Label Cashmere Sock
Colorway: Sand
My Rav project page here
Modeled by: One of the most beautiful girls I know, Jane.


What did I tell you?! Soul mates.


Hugs & stitches!

-Ve

Let's start this giveaway off with a picture of the mystery giveaway:




Awesome, right?! I told you that there would be ONE very lucky winner. And, the winner is:

Jen

Congratulations! Please contact me at yarnonthehouse@gmail.com to collect your prizes.

It's no secret that I love Stephen West's work. I've knit quite a few of his designs - especially his hat patterns for my hubby. Stephen is releasing his Westknits Book Three very shortly and he's done it again! The collection is cholk-full of beautiful, textured knitwear. Some of my favorites are: Bedrock, Moose River, Old Forge, and I'm loving the Sun Satchel.

But, my most favorite is the Dustland Hat and Mitts. I had the opportunity to knit up a Dustland Hat and it was such a pleasure. Fast, interesting, easy to follow with a fantastic FO at the end! I'm singing the same ol' song though. What can I say, Westknits is a keeper. Here are some pictures of my fabulous Dustland Hat:








Pattern: Dustland Hat
Designer: Stephen West
Collection: Westknits Book Three
Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Merino Worsted
Colorway: Rhodesian 123
My Rav project page here
Modeled by: Jane & Danny


We had (and, still have) a winter wonderland in Woodinville, so this photo shoot with my bro and his girlfriend turned out so cute. Aren't they just adorable?! Not to mention how great the hat is!! It looks just as wonderful on Jane as it does on Danny. I love the outcome. Originally I wanted to knit this hat for hubby, but I think he's going to have to fight me for it!

In addition to the fun Westknits Book Three giveaway, I have a terrific yarn sponsor for you this time around. Skein is our lovely and very gracious sponsor. I have not had the opportunity to knit with Skein yarns as of yet, but I plan on changing that very soon. Skein's colorways are so amazing! I've been stalking their site for the last few weeks trying to decide what I would like to order. Stephen used Skein to knit the Moose River cowl out of their Merino/Silk Worsted. Stunning, right?!

Skein has been kind enough to send over two skeins of Top Draw Socks in the Barley color for two lucky followers to have a chance to win…




Along with the yarn, the two followers will each win an e-book copy of Stephen's West Knits Book Three. Yay!


I would like you to do the following if you would like to be entered into this week's giveaway:


1. Read over the rules if you have not done so already.

2. Leave a comment on this blog post by the end of Sunday, 1/29/12. What's your favorite WK Book Three pattern? And, if you were me, which color would you order from Skein?


I'll randomly pick the winners in 2 weeks and post the results along with the new giveaway, so be sure to check back. Good luck everyone.

Sincerely,

Ve

I mentioned in my last post that my resolution for 2012 is to update my Ravelry projects page and KEEP it up to date. We'll see how long this lasts, but here's three projects I knit (and photographed!!) last year and am finally sharing pics of…

Pattern: Ishbel
Designer: Ysolda Teague
Yarn: Handmaiden Casbah Sock
Colorway: Amber
My Rav project page here
Modeled by: Jane








Pattern: Live Oak Shawlette
Designer: Romi Hill
Yarn: Springtree Road Muscadine
Colorway: Perfect Poppy (and, it really is the most perfect poppy red!)
My Rav project page here
Modeled by: Jane








Pattern: Rosebud
Designer: Jared Flood
Yarn: Brookly Tweed SHELTER
Colorway: Sweatshirt & Soot
My Rav project page here
Modeled by: Jane


Love all these projects and the yarn that I used for each! All were projects I've kept for myself and the colors are spectacular in person - especially the two shawls. Enjoy!

Hugs & stitches!

-Ve

Several posts ago I mentioned that I was not going to knit any Christmas gifts… well, I lied! When I saw the Abernathy Sweater by Terri Kruse pop up on Ravelry, I knew I HAD TO KNIT ONE. Unfortunately, I don't have any little boys running around my home, so I thought a worthy recipient would be my friend's one year old son.

I decided a superwash merino is just what this cute little sweater needed to be knit up in for a one year old. I went stash diving, but came up empty handed. Which is quite hard with the size of my stash, but obviously possible! I jumped online to one of my favorite indie dyers, Miss Babs, and found the most perfect skein of Yowza! - Whatta Skein in a dark navy, semi-solid blue called Into The Deep. The yarn arrived in just 3 days! No kidding!

I cast on for the sweet sweater right away. The thing just flew off my needles. One because it was a size 2T, but secondly because the pattern was so engaging. Terri has done a great job keeping the pattern easy to follow and exciting with its seamless construction and a variety of cables throughout. I goofed up a little bit on the collar when picking up my stitches (you can read more about it in my project notes), but in the end I'm totally head over heels for this little knit. I almost didn't give it away! I find children's knits that look like grown up clothing just so stinkin' cute! You be the judge…

Pattern: Abernathy Sweater
Designer: Terri Kruse
Yarn: Miss Babs Yowza! - Whatta skein
Colorway: Into The Deep
My Rav project page here

I'm so glad I decided to knit a present for Christmas. The mom and grandma of the little boy who received the sweater actually cried. Now, that's a deserving recipient of knitted gifts.

Hugs and stitches!

-Ve