Sparkly Yarns Giveaway!

Putting together the Sparkly Yarns article for this week’s newsletter was so much fun, thought you might like to see some more shiny, shiny yarn photos!

Loop Hardcore Art Yarn

Berrocco Blackstone Tweed Metallic and KnitPicks Stroll Glimmer

Mocha's Fiber Designs at Tuckerwoods Farm Silver Optima

Squoosh Fiberarts Glint Lace

Check them out here:

Loop Art Yarn

Berrocco Blackstone Tweed

Squoosh Fiberarts

Knitpicks Stroll Glimmer

Mocha’s Fiber Designs

Giveaway

And now, you could be one of the lucky winners who gets to try one of these glittering yarns for yourself! One winner will receive both of the Blackstone Tweed Metallic skeins, and another will get to take home the Squoosh Fiberarts Glint Lace!

In the last contest, people said by more than 2:1 that they like reading techniques and tips articles; please tell me which techniques you’d most like to learn!  Colorwork, cast-on’s, lace, short rows, grafting…?

Leave a comment below making sure to let me know your Ravelry/Twitter handle or email; or mention/retweet on Twitter to be entered for a chance to win! US and Canada only, please. Winners will be chosen by Random Number Generator and notified Wednesday, February 23rd.

 

Comments

[Kathy]

Mastering colorwork is one of my resolutions this year, and I'd love to hear about tips and tricks for it!

[Jillian_R]

I would love to see information on grafting and specialty stitches. I would like to see heel turning for magic loop as I always seem to end up in a LYS to have them help me.  I enjoy the tutorial aspect of the pictures as I am a visual learner too.

Love all the sparkly yarn!! Great give away!

[Mary]

I love lace so anything to help with techniques is appreciated.

[Donna]

Colorwork - I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to hold yarn in both hands.

[Larissa]

Cast-ons - one can never know too many cast-on methods....bind-off too...

[Carrie]

Carryover on rav. I would like to see some articles on finishing. Color work isn't my thing. I like to play with lace and I think it just takes practice and careful documentation. It would be nice to give my finished knits more of a polished look.

[Yarrow]

I really want to try entrelac this year.

[Kathy]

I would love to learn more about short rows and colorwork both.

Katbrown on Rav

[Marie/Underground Crafter]

I'm interested in entrelac and brioche and slip stitches.

[Sylvie]

I'd love to see techniques as the apply to needs, like short rows for bust or shoulder shaping, rather than just short rows in the abstract.
I'd also really love to see techniques for pattern design and/or modification.

[Carol]

I'd love to try double knitting which looks like quite a good challenge. I'd also like to work through Brioche kitting since I've seen so many interesting projects that employ the technique.

[Carolina]

Seaming
Different provisional cast-on
Different bind off

ravelry: sewcarolinaknits
twitter: @carolinaknits

[Derica]

I would like to see info on color work regarding how to keep one color from "hiding" against the other, more info about spinning and dying yarn, intarsia, designing your own knitted garments and how to fix mistakes in lace knitting.

[Nancy]

Learning about how to make and use of steeks is most interesting for me.

[Marisa Bourg]

Loved the cast-ons. Tweeting about this, too!

@lilbluechair

[Connie]

Short row shaping. I would love to learn to customize my knits.

greyowl (rav id)

[Stacey D]

I'd love to learn color work and entrelac. I've been trying a tiny bit of color work and definitely need more practice and help! I've seen such lovely entrelac that I want to try it too... (c-villehokie on Rav)

[alane]

I lesrned a lot about short rows doi.g the purlbee bandans cowl. One goal for the year is new cast on and bindoffs

[kelly-ann (ravelry)]

I would see ideas on how to make the short row heel fit correctly - what are some options to make it larger without affecting the pattern on the instep.

[Chelsea Wong]

I think lace is beautiful, but I haven't tried a pattern yet. I will soon! I feel like I don't know what issues I might run into, and that makes me nervous.
Chels580 on Rav.

[Chelsea Wong]

Tweeted:

https://twitter.com/#!/Chels580/status/170718484827877376

[Eloise]

I would like to try socks from the toe up.

[Eloise]

I would like to try socks from the toe up.

[Turtle]

For me , one is the better way to attach buttons to finished work...so they don't end up stretched and kind of hanging.

Also short rows, they stump me...

[Barb]

I am a fairly new knitter so many techniques are new to me and helpful to learn. Thank for doing this and for the give away!