While poking around Kitterly, Elyse found this super-cute and October-appropriate spider cowl pattern! And since we have a lovely community of knitters, she’s going to give away one of these kits to one lucky winner!
Kit info:
– Includes pattern and yarn (needles not included).
– Finished cowl measures 28″ circumference and 8.5″ tall.
– Difficulty level is advanced beginner. Need to know how to work in the round.
– Yarn colors come in orange, tan, black, and green.
Standard disclaimers apply: We’re not being compensated for this giveaway. Void where prohibited. Open to US residents where permitted by applicable law. Must be over 18. The spider cowl does not use real spiders. No spiders were harmed in this knitting project. Sharpen those knitting needles in case our random number generator is down and we have to pick a winner, Thunderdome-style.
Comments will close Monday, October 17, 2016 around NOON EST and winner announced same day.
Ready to enter? Leave a comment with your favorite seasonal or holiday knitting projects! A cute sweater for the winter? A baby beanie for upcoming showers? Tell us in the comments!
Good luck!
UPDATE: Our Kitterly Spider Cowl winner is CS! CS, you should be receiving an email shortly and thank you to everyone who commented!
I love to knit hats! There are so many varieties, and you can make them as complicated as you’d like because they’re short projects. And who doesn’t need a hat in the northern part of the country?
I’ve been knitting fingerless mittens like crazy this Fall (mostly because I work in a frigid library and need any extra warmth I can get).
I try to knit a hat for someone every Christmas. It’s my tradition.
I don’t knit, but I’d love to pass this on to my sister who knits. She lives in the Midwest where it gets cold enough to use this pattern. Her seasonal knitting project is a a memoriam for a wonderful elderly lady who used to knit baby caps for the hospitals in the region. Babies can lose a surprising amount of body heat from an uncovered head during cold weather. So the hospitals are glad to have these tiny caps.
I have been going nuts over shawls for ever so long now! The nice thing is that they are really all-seasons projects! Pick a delicate linen blend for summer, and go for cuddly warm yarns when the weather turns colder!
I have two nephews, and I knit or crochet gifts for them every year. This year my older nephew is getting a set of hats to feed his Ninja Turtle obsession.
The younger nephew is getting an amigurumi Totoro.
At the moment I’m committing froth, making a very light and lacy shawlette as a present. But it getting time to start a cold-weather afghan project. In winter I love knitting something that keeps you warm as you work on it!
I’m thinking about breaking out the summer patterns because I don’t like fall! Because it just means: Winter is Coming! I am a fan though of making fun wreaths and decorations for Thanksgiving because I think it’s a holiday that doesn’t get enough attention 😉
What a cute project! I like to knit scarves at about any time of year.
Oh, I love this! Right now I’m thinking about fingerless gloves – a little bit of warmth when you need it but still keeping your fingers free. I’m going to make a pair to gift my sister for her job.
Hats are my favoite item to knit. I like to try new patterns or to knit images into a hat.
I am obsessively knitting slippers, which I then felt. So as I am knitting they look like booties for giants, but after felting they fit nicely. I even have three different sizes, for feet as small as size 5 or as large as size 10.
Love to make cowls!
I like making really textured scarves! I also like starting projects in the spring to have finished in the winter and then pretending that working on them in the winter makes them seasonal even when they’re summery tops.
My favorite holiday knitting project is ornaments. All the credit for a handmade gift in a quarter of the time it takes to make socks.
I love knitting hats and shawls for fall/winter.
Scarves and fingerless gloves! It’s so cold in the office, I wear them all day like a Dickensian urchin. Next up: learning to knit socks. Unless I have a spider cowl that I would gladly wear year round.
Ahhhh I have many projects on the needles right now, but it’s fingerless mitts that I can’t resist. I need two or three new pairs every year, right? 😉
I’ve been too busy knitting Click for Babies and chemo hats to think about anything else. This would be cool, especially since my nickname in school was Spider Legs.
I’m making a dragon. Only, I didn’t have a dragon pattern handy, so it’s technically a green goat.
I love to knit lace, scarves, shawls and hats – my favorite holiday knitting I did was a gift for my boss’s son – I made him a Teenage Ninja Turtle hat. He loved it so much I had to make him another when he outgrew the first one. There is nothing better than having a handmade gift appreciated!
I don’t have a favorite season to knit for, I just knit so I can give things away to my favorite people
Boot cuffs!
I get the urge to knit a sweater at every turn of season! I’m at the yoke in this year’s “early winter” sweater. Which got started a couple of weeks after the “summer sweater” was finished… in early September…
Cooler weather definitely gets me inspired. I’m currently into blankets, knit and crochet. Recently finished a hue shift blanket for my granddaughter (knitted) and a wedding blanket for my daugther (crocheted). I am currently working to complete an celtic design blanket (knitted) that I started 5 years ago!
Adorable. Scarves are always nice because they can be made into so many colors for the wardrobe.
**Don’t count me for the win. This should go to someone with more advanced skills.
Just before Halloween every year my Mother has a pumpkin carving party, and I knit everyone Halloween themed dishcloths!
SO FUN!
I’m fond of this Aran style Afghan for long cold nights. It’s a series of rows with different cabling patterns. Engaging and relaxing at the same time.
There’s that Outlander- inspired cowl that I want to learn how to knit: it can be stretched down to cover your shoulders, or wrapped around your neck, or worn as a hood.
I love knitting up a new hat each fall so I can wear it around all winter. I usually end up making extras for xmas gifts, too.
I have an addiction to knitting shawls. The thick cozy ones are great for cuddling up with a book and a cup of tea on a chilly autumn night. Lacy or sparkly ones can fancy up your holiday outfit, and lightweight shawls are great for chilly theaters and restaurants in the summer. Thanks for the great giveaway!
I am a ‘betweener’ knitter. As in, I always have a major project on the needles (right now it is a Kaffe Fassett that involves weaving in ends at a rate hitherto unknown), a medium project (right now that is a large afghan in an aran pattern I designed in a nice deep plum), and a bunch of easy projects (hats, cowls, scarves). I juggle them around. Sometimes I have to finish something so I blow through a cowl or hat in a weekend. Sometimes I want to make some real progress on something in a relatively short period of time, so the afghan comes out. Then sometimes I feel the need to work at the top of my game, colorwise and end weaving wise, and the major Kaffe project comes out. I’ve done about three Kaffe projects and they always last a season or more. That afghan will be out the door by Christmas (they always are) and those cowls and hats will be tossed in with Christmas gifts as well. Post holiday I start everything over again, and hold for the next year. But I want that spider cowl! I want it! It would be a step between easy and medium, a step that I now realize I desperately need.
Right now I’m still at scarf level.
I have been knitting and crocheting hats and scarves which I donate to a non profit organization. Operation Graditude sends care packages to US service people and veterans. They like to include handmade items.
Being the partner of a disabled Vietnam vet this has great meaning for me
I’m currently knitting a hat, two shawls, a sweater, three pairs of socks, and other stuff that’s in time out. I have knitting ADD. 🙂
My favorite is whatever I’m working on at the moment, but I do love a good hat! Plus they’re quick and give that instant gratification that sweaters lack.
I’m trying to finish a sweater I started in the spring and didn’t finish before summer started, and I’m looking for some fun yarn to make Elise’s Outlander mitts from last year.
I always have a pair of socks on the needles, and they are always appreciated this time of year!
I’m still very much a knitting newbie, so I would gift this to my sister who is light years ahead of me.
Shawls! I compulsively knit or crochet shawls from the first hint of fall until winter breaks. Occasionally I take time out to knit a scarf, hat or mittens, but only if I or someone I know needs them.