Friday, December 24, 2010

Fiber Arts Friday - Christmas Give Away

Welcome to Fiber Arts Friday, the Christmas Edition!  This is the place where Fiber Artists come together once a week to share their adventures in Fiber Arts so...what are you waiting for?  Join in and start sharing. If you blog then link your post here and if you just enjoy reading the blogs then share your adventures in the comment section. Most of all, please comment on the blogs you visit.  Give feedback...bloggers love feedback!
 KellyJ and the WonderWhyGal modeling the Key to Warmth Cowl
Photograph Courtesy of Beth Pulsipher Photography
Today is Christmas Eve and many Fiber Artists are hustling and bustling to finish their final touches on their homemade gifts.  Me?  Well, what's done is done and what isn't won't be.  Yeah, say that five times fast.  In the spirit of Christmas I have a gift for you.  In the last few weeks I have been posting photos of the various hats I've knitted using KellyJ's All Keyed Up Pattern which I truly love.  For anyone who is interested in learning colorwork but is intimidated, this is the pattern to start with and it's rather addictive.  She knit me my beautiful cowl and has been a maniac knitting the cowl for the ladies who work at her yarn store, Your Local Yarn Shop.  Now there are a bunch of us here in Michigan wearing this sassy design using a variety of yarns and colors.  I have to admit, I'm partial to mine because it uses my handspun yarn.
 Lanette, Melissa and Linda all modeling their Key to Warmth cowls.
Photos courtesy of Your Local Yarn Shop FaceBook Page

So...I am offering this pattern, The Key to Warmth Cowl, as a give away for you today.  All you have to do is leave a comment with a way to contact you.  I'll go one better, leave a colorway you would love to knit this cowl in and you might be surprised to have some of my yarn included in the gift. Did you think I was going to knit this for you?  Obviously you haven't been reading my blog long enough then (said with a smile and a giggle). Really?  I'm a slow knitter, remember. Oh, I will draw the lucky winner by random number this Sunday.  So, Merry Christmas to everyone.  Wishing you a wonderful day with your families and hopefully some time to knit, spin, weave, felt, sew, etc.  Now, what adventures have you had in Fiber Arts this week?
Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival!

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  1. Submit your blog article using your current blog address NOT your complete blog  i.e. you would submit 
http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com/2010/02/e-i-e-i-doh.html  
NOT 
http://wonderwhyalpacafarm.blogspot.com
  1. Link back to Fiber Arts Friday from your post so that your readers can come and see everyone else’s projects! Text link to  WISDOM BEGINS IN WONDER!   
  2. Visit as many of the other participants as possible and leave comments! That’s what helps us all connect!
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18 comments:

  1. What a lovely cowl neck. Doubt that i'd have time to knit it though. Oh and I'm also having a giveaway in case you'd like to enter.

    http://lollipoppscreations.blogspot.com/2010/12/lollipopps-creations-is-having-its.html

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  2. Merry Christmas! Hope you have a wonderful holiday x

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  3. Oh what a fun giveaway! Thanks for sharing!

    P.S. I love pinks and purples

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  4. That's so awesome, thanks so much!!! I'd love to knit one for my sister in Ohio State colors (Sorry, I know you're from Michigan but I hope you'll forgive me, ha!) because that's where she works and she goes to a lot of the football/basketball games. I have been wanting to try colorwork for a while now, so if I don't win I may have to pick that up anyway! :)
    Merry Christmas, Andrea!!!

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  5. Merry Christmas-and what a nice giveaway-hmmmm-I like the natural colors of alpaca....

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  6. Merry Christmas, Andrea!
    The cowls are lovely.
    You're so sweet to have a giveaway. If I'm lucky enough to win and you throw in some yarn, anything dark, like black or dark blue would be swell.
    I am so thrilled to have met you and everyone else who participates in Fiber Arts Friday. I look forward to your posts each week and so glad we can all share our love of fiber together.
    I'm EllenRonnie on Ravelry, if you need to get in touch.

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  7. Merry Christmas Andrea!
    I agree ... the cowls are lovely! Love your blog; I check it everyday. How thoughtful of you to have a giveaway! And if I am lucky enough to win ~ I love all shades of purple as well as the natural alpaca colors.
    Thanks!

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  8. Wow, what a great pattern, I love the Greek key design! All the cowls look so beautiful and their owners look quite pleased!

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  9. I'm amazed at how different this pattern works up, depending on the different colors used. Excellent pattern, KellyJ! I'd love to see this one in a deep red...

    Merry Christmas, Andrea! May the days ahead be much sweeter...love you. xoxoxoxo

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  10. I saw the hat you had made and it turned out so cute! Love the pattern as a cowl too! I'm loving pinks and blues right now. Thanks for doing a giveaway! Merry Christmas!

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  11. What a nice present! The cowls are lovely. You have a great and wonderful Christmas!

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  12. Merry Christmas Andrea! Happy Fiber Arts Friday! What a great idea for a contest. That cowl is beautiful. I'd have to go with brown and white as it shows off the pattern so well. I just want to say, also, that it's been so much fun being a part of Fiber Arts Friday. Thank you so much for putting this together. I've made some great new friends here.

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  13. What a lovely cowl! If I don't win it, I think I'll have to buy it... Always looking for good, warm and cozy knitwear here in Minnesota.
    Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

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  14. I want to win! I'd make mine in black with blue flecked handspun along with a multi color rainbow shade. That way, it'd match EVERYTHING, or nothing, but it would definitely be a snotty knit.

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  15. I love working with alpaca. It has such a great feel to it. If I win, you can email me at lacy22161@hotmail.com.

    Merry Christmas!

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  16. Merry Christmas everyone.

    I've been mostly internet-less for the last several days, but as soon as I got online I had to get my WWG and FAF fix. ;-)

    The cowl is fantastic!

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  17. Wow, awesome cowl! I have color work on my 2011 list. avennett AT verizo DOT net

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  18. I have a winner! I drew the number six from my bowl full of scribbled numbers and Ellen was the sixth person to comment so....Hooray! I will be contacting you via Ravelry as soon as my dysfunctional internet on my wicked awful laptop decides to let me load a page other than my blog. My internet went bonkers for Christmas which is someone's way of telling me to get off the laptop and visit with my family. bahahaha

    As for the rest of you...thank you for always being a part of Fiber Arts Friday. I enjoy all of your posts and I look forward to the posts of 2011. See this Friday for the New Year's Eve edition.

    Andrea

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