Gifts Giveaway #2: Knitterella, Knitpicks, Sunnyside Ellen & Little Red Bicycle

 The Special Gifts Issue is live, and we're celebrating with gifts for you!

Thanks so much again to Knitpicks for the Lantern Moon bags and Stroll prizes for our last giveaway. The lucky winners are:

 lovewend on Ravelry

Karen Despot

and Dragonmommie on Ravelry! Winners have been notified.

 More wonderful prizes today, courtesy of Little Red Bicycle, Knitpicks and Knitterella:

Prize #1, Poinsettia Kit:

Thanks to Little Red Bicycle, we have Penny Farthing yarn in the color Beach Glass and a pdf for Poinsettia, by Linda Browning.

 

Prize #2, A knitter's project bag, from Knitterella:

Third Prize: a skein of Sea Cell yarn from Sunnyside Ellen:

Each winner will also receive a skein of Knitpicks' new Stroll Glimmer yarn!

Just leave a comment including your Ravelry name, twitter ID or email and tell us something you like from any of these sites, or your favorite kind of gift to knit! Contest runs through Wednesday midday.

 

Comments

[Lucia]

My favortie kind of gift to knit is one that the recipient can use and enjoy :)

[KnitSteve]

I love making the unexpected. As a male knitter, most folk expect me to keep to ordinary items. In fact I'd rather make novelties. A doll instead of a scarf, a pair of bright socks instead of a sweater, anything but what a recipient would expect!

Revelry ID: knitsteve

[Jennette Cross]

Hmmmm . . . My favorite kind of gift to knit is definitely a hat - quick, a million great patterns, and you can't have enough! @doviejayknits

[Melissa]

I like to gift hats, scarves, and fingerless gloves to aunts, uncles, and cousins--I can knit a bunch of items from the same pattern in different colors. That way, nobody gets a "better" gift, and if they want to swap colors, they can.

Ravelry: ariadnesthread

[Rebecca]

Favorite gift to knit: ones that are loved and worn by the recipient. :)

Knittingwithwords on Ravelry

[LoopyBiker]

I love to knit the kind of gift that will keep the recipient happy for years to come. Six years ago I knit a great blue blanket for my godson before he was born. It may not cover all of him anymore, but he still uses it to this day.

Ravelry ID: LoopyBiker

[Debbie H]

My fav item from Knit Picks is Chroma fingering. Can't get enough! My fav item to make as gifts is hats. Easy and quick to make and so useful! Debbie H

[Wanda]

I LOVE Little Red Bicycle! Having the opportunity to see and feel her yarns in person turned me into a fan! :)
@kalamandah and kalamandah on Ravelry :)

[helenlam]

I love making something handmade that's unique and you can't buy it in the store. I've always loved receiving those handmade gifts too!

Ravelry: helenlam

[lorraine]

i love knitting lace as gifts because i find its really easy (generally) and the person that receives it is usually amazed and shocked by it :)

[Serena]

I'm knitting with Little Red Bicycle's Penny Farthing sock in Antigone right now! I adore the colours that LRB come up with, and the names are so evocative.
@Serenadragon or Serenadragon on Ravelry

[Debbie]

I love to knit hats and scarves for gifts. Rav name is debd94.
Thanks for the giveaway.

[Lilpearlly]

I love giving fingerless gloves. Each pair is unique and I use them to test out new skills before working on a larger piece. They're so easy to experiment with and I think everyone should have at least one pair.

[Veronica]

I like quick knits for gifts - cowls, mitts, erc

[Laura]

I like to give something practical, but with flair (ie. something they couldn't buy). Last year, I did a theme of mittens and gloves. Everyone got very different gloves, tailored to their personalities.

[Ryn Noey]

My current favourite thing from Little Red Bicycle are her miniskein packs. Perfect for sock yarn blankets without having to go to the trouble of knitting socks first!

Lise on Ravelry.

[Teish]

I could spend a fortune on ANY of those sites! LOL!

My favorite gifts to knit are the sweaters that I make. Each of my four children gets a hand-knit sweater for Christmas. Surprisingly, even my boys love their Christmas sweaters! :-) Nothing like your kids telling you how much they love the sweaters that you've knit for them. :-)

On Ravelry I'm Teish.

[Jennie Kaderabek]

Yummy prizes!
For gifts, I like to make smaller items. Especially if I have a long to knit list. I have three pair of Bella mittens lines up, with a fourth pair just added. I hope they are a quick knit for me!
Javajennie on ravelry.

[pdxknitterati/MicheleLB]

Fingerless gloves! So useful, so quick.
I'm pdxknitterati on twitter. Thanks for the contest!

[Sylvie]

For gifts, the difficulty of the project is proportional to how much the recipient will appreciate it: my handwork-loving friends get socks and lacy scarves and whatnot, while my other friends get hats or scarves in worsted or aran weight superwash.

[Sheila]

For gifts I like to do felted household items - coasters, bowls, hot pads, etc. No chance of getting the size wrong!

[Alane]

I love anything from Knitpicks. : )

I really enjoy seeing Knitterella fun knitting related treasures like the bags and notecards. It great to see her work for others as well.

dcalaneknits on ravelry

[NancyN (n2n on ravelry)]

(Sidebar: I love! the Gifts issue.)
I could browse the knitpicks site for hours. Currently, I'm all distracted by the kits - the Winter Wonderland kit (and its predecessors) I just love, and the mittens kits- I love the colors.

Nancy = n2n on Rav

Thanks for the chance!

[Rivkachava]

I LOVE to make hats as gifts. They go quickly but I can really jazz it up with cables or lace if I want, and can use the recipient's favorite colors.
:)

[Kat]

I have kniterella gift tags on my PLEASE PLEASE buy me this for Christmas list. My favourite ones say 'I made this especially for you, even if you don't like it please act like you do'.

Cheers Kat (Katinspace on Rav and Twitter)