It’s time for another giveaway, this one for all the happy hookers out there–our crochet friends!
This giveaway includes:
A Crochet or Die tote bag by Spirit West Designs. The bag is 100% canvas cotton and measures 15″ X 19.”
Yarn! From another one of my favorite indie dyers, this is Dyeabolical Yarns Very Starry Night:
Isn’t it gorgeous? The yarn is somewhere between DK and sport weight and comes in at 270 yards. It is 100% non super wash wool.
A Feelin Super Fine project bag (I crack up every time I look at it).
A Fabulous notions bag, that totally works for storing your hooks.
A size K rainbow wood crochet hook from Knit Picks.
A size H caspian wood crochet hook from Knit Picks.
A tube of The Naked Bee hand and body lotion in Grapefruit Honey Blossom scent.
A hand sewn felt roll up case for storing crochet hooks.
And of course, books! We have The Girl from Savoy by Hazel Gaynor, which RHG adored, The One for Me by Sydney Landon, and a baseball romance, Drive You Wild by Jennifer Bernard.
Standard disclaimers apply: we are not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to international residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18 and ready to hook as if your life depended on it! Rest your hands as needed, preferably by listening or reading a good book. The Starry Night yarn also has hypnotizing properties, so try not to stare at it too long! Comments will close around noon EDT Friday, 5 August and a winner announced later that same day.
Ready to enter? Just tell us in the comments what project you’re crocheting this summer, or what you wish you were making!
Good luck!
UPDATE: Congratulations to Holly for winning the Summer Crochet Giveaway! Thanks to all who commented. Your projects sound awesome!
I’m channeling Jane Austen and making a shawl. Just have to find time to finish it.
I’m making a blanket for my niece’s doll. I am a beginner at crochet–but like how it makes me put down my phone and be present 🙂
I’m creating a scarf pattern based on M.C. Escher tessellation. What I wish I was working on instead is…anything easier! But, looking at fall coming, I’d love to do some kind of Outlander inspired shawl or shrug.
I’m working on a Versailles Matelassé Afghan (http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/versailles-matelasse-afghan) which is taking FOREVER. It doesn’t help that I’m using four different colors in each circle so I have lots of ends to deal with!
I just started crocheting again this year after a long time away from it. A friend of mine opened up a shop and has a knitting drop-in on Tuesdays so I’ve been hooking away at a blanket for my new cousin. I’d forgotten how soothing crochet is and wish it wasn’t summer so I didn’t have a lapful of blanket on the bus.
If you’re in NYC and want to drop by, we’re hanging at Planet Cute!
I just finished an Ariel amigurumi the other day, and I’m working on a shawl that I might wear to a wedding next month.
I’m working on crocheting some sweater vests for Christmas gifts and scouring the internet for some good DK yarn in colors I like. This yarn is GORGEOUS and everything else is wonderful too. I’d love to win this.
I’m working on scarves for my daughters.
I’m crocheting a bathroom rug! It’s looking good but I’m not found of the bobble stitch it calls for: very slow going.
Looking to use up a lot of leftover yarn in some kind of scrap/stash busting blanket
We are to welcome our sixth great-nibling in November so I am crocheting a corner-to-corner in Patons Rainbow. It’s winter here atm so a blanket on the knees is very welcome!
I’m a little behind on my crochet…my friends are making babies faster than I can keep up! Lol.
I have a special stitch that I used that my husband’s grandmother called the snowflake stitch, although it’s not like any snowflake stitch I’ve ever seen. The first sign we had that his grandmother had Alzheimer’s was when she couldn’t remember how to turn a row on something she was making. None of her children crochet, so they asked me to reverse engineer it for her. I did, and showed her how many times over. It gave her much joy, and even when she was unable to crochet any more, she still enjoyed looking at patterns. She passed away three years ago, very much at peace. Every blanket I make is now in Meme’s snowflake stitch in honor of this beautiful woman.
I’m in the middle of a stash buster afghan. The goal is use up all my basic yarn in one big, rainbow colored throw, and the pattern is simple enough to do while I watch tv.
I am just learning to crochet, all because I found a Star Wars arugami crochet kit that I am determined to finish! Who knows what I’ll attempt next – I did not realise there is so much you can crochet!
I personally do not crochet, but I have a good friend who does, and this would be an awesome present for her. Especially since she promised she would make me a hat for my brand new niece. 🙂
I’m making an aran afghan for my uncle, a corner to corner rainbow baby blanket, a granny square … thing that may or may not be a blanket when I’m done, some amiguri cat toys – hamsters with catnip … or maybe they’ll be beige carrots depending on how the legs and tail work.
I am expecting my first grandbaby in March, so I’m prepping for blankets and stuffed animals. My daughter’s first request was a monkey.
I’m insanely excited!
I’m working on an afghan as a house warming gift for for my best friend (she’s a first-time home buyer).
I admit I hate crocheting in summer unless I’m well air-conditioned because yarn makes my hands all sweaty-gross and then it sticks to me and then I end up throwing my balls across the room, but I am spending some quiet time with my mom soon and I’m looking for something to do while we listen to audio books and she recovers from surgery.
I’m looking for suggestions! I prefer complicated things, I can read patterns and figure out most diagrams, and I have Donna Kooler’s Encyclopedia of Crochet (https://amzn.com/1574862820) which is Ah-mazing. Best $6 I ever spent.
My favorite thing to make so far are owls: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/owl-hat-36
I had no idea until I found this pattern that you could do cables with crochet!
It’s going to be a learn to crochet project this summer. I have lots of knitting experience and it’s time I started in on the other yarn art.
I am working on a winter cowl for a friend.
I’m in the middle of so many projects! My cousin is having a baby and he requested a Trunks from Dragonball hat. Other cousin is getting a Baymax. I’m also making mini-octopi and mustaches to sell. Plus, going to start on a Totoro for myself.
I have a Babette Blanket I have been working on for years!
This may sound silly, but I am relearning to crochet (I’ve been knitting since I could walk, but for some reason crocheting is not an easy thing for me) in order to make this crazy KU Jayhawks hat for my husband. He always looks at it wistfully when I’m browsing Ravelry, and those puppy-dog eyes are starting to get to me. 🙂
An outlander inspired scarf for fall.
Nothing yet, but I will learn if I win this great prize!
I’m finishing up grad school to be a librarian (bonus points, perhaps?) and will finally have time to being craftiness again next week. so I will be looking hardcore into ravelry for where to start.
I’m a total newbie at this but I would love to make a pair of slippers or a blanket. Thanks for the chance to win!
I just finished a poncho for my 5 year old niece. She told me it’s very nice but not finished, she needs gloves and a matching hat. When I finish them her doll HAS to have a matching outfit. I don’t think I dare try to start anything else before her baby is properly dressed.
I’m making a shawl for fall! … If I manage to finish it before fall. Otherwise, it’ll be a shawl for winter! 😀
I’m very much a beginner, so potholders are my thing. Too hot here now to do anything large.
i’m making a sweater!
I have been making flowers and swirls – not sure what they will go into- busy work while I am at hospital with hubby. Also I got an Irish lace crochet book so I have been working on this also.
I usually crochet blankets with cheap yarn while watching Netflix, but this summer my knitting friend gave me my first two skeins of really beautiful and soft yarn from Knit Picks, and I am attempting to make myself a summer vest!
I haven’t crocheted/knitted for a significant span of time . . at “almost sixty-seven” years of age – and preparing to undergo major open-heart surgery (mid-August 2016), I think it’s time to revisit/relearn a meaningful pursuit as part of my recovery process. I still remember “the basics” so it will be a matter of honing my (simple) skills. My youngest daughter will be traveling from Wisconsin to Washington State to provide necessary “after-surgery care” . . she’s a skilled/gifted crocheter – I’m looking forward to (re)learning from her!
I’m making a star trek cosplAy dress.