Back on September 3rd I celebrated my 15th blogging anniversary. In previous years (up until 2018) I have held a little celebratory giveaway of finished animals, but the last few years I've been so busy with writing patterns that I've not actually managed to fully finish many animals (I'll show you my rather large collection of unfinished ones another time).
To be honest I have deeply missed the joy of just making, because knitting samples for pattern development and step-by-step photos simply does not hold the same peaceful and relaxing pleasure. At heart I am a maker and making these two animals has given me the most knitting pleasure that I've felt for quite some time. I hope that they will also bring pleasure to their new owners, which brings me to announce a giveaway.
The Giveaway:
To win either this little black bear or grey rabbit all you need to do is leave a comment below.
You can write anything you like (just the word 'enter' is enough) but if you have time, I'd love to hear about something that has brought you some recent pleasure and enjoyment.
Your comment is automatically given a number and on Monday November 15th at 12 noon UK time I'll close the post to further comments and use a random number generator to pick two numbers from all of the entries.
The first number picked will be the first prize winner who will get to choose between the two animal prizes and the second number picked will win the remaining animal.
Here's a more detail description of the prizes:
The little black bear is knitted from Camarose Snefnug yarn in 7313 and comes with a pair of brown dungarees knitted from Krea deluxe organic cotton shade 53, a little cream blouse knitted in Krea deluxe organic cotton in shade 02, a light brown cardi knitted in hand dyed yarn from the Wool Barn, a scarf knitted in The Uncommon Thread Lush worsted yarn in 'Belle Epoch', a cream dress with knitted leaf design and two pairs of shoes; a light brown pair with eyelet detailing and a plain dark brown pair. The extra outfit will be packed in a little tin suitcase from Maileg.
The little grey bunny is knitted in 1 strand of Rowan Alpaca Classic in 'feather grey melange' held with 1 strand of Rowan Kidsilk haze and comes with a pair of brown dungarees knitted from Krea deluxe organic cotton in shade 53, a little cream blouse knitted in Krea deluxe organic cotton in shade 02, a light brown cardi knitted in hand dyed yarn from the Wool Barn, a red scarf knitted in Rowan kidsilk haze in 'ruby', a brown dress with embroidered toadstools and two pairs of shoes; a red pair with eyelet detailing and a plain brown pair. The extra outfit will be packed in a little tin suitcase from Maileg.
Wooden toadstools, pinecones etc. are not included and are just used in the pictures as props.
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To recap: Leave a comment below to be in with a chance of winning one of these two animals and their assorted clothing (giveaway is now closed). Giveaway closes at 12 noon on Monday 15th November.
Please can I ask, only one comment per person, thanks J x
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The number for the first prize is:
I would so love to win one of your beautiful animals. They are all sooo gorgeous.
The number for the second prize is:
Thank you for being so generous with your time and your talent! As I write this, the sun is shining brightly on a very frosty morning. I have my daughter's dog, Miss Molly, to keep me company today and my favourite local radio station playing in the background. My joy comes from counting the many blessings I have in my life right now. I wish you much joy in return.
