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AllPosters.com Giveaway

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With holiday gift-gving season fast approaching, we’re giving away AllPosters’ new product, SwitchArt™ Magnetic Prints and Frames – the budget-friendly way to change out prints, often and easily, in the same frame. We have a  tropical island getaway Set up for grabs by one lucky Craftgossip.com (US based) winner.  For your chance to win comment below and tell us why you think this product will suit your life?.

 

Here’s How It Works

  • Select a magnetic frame in the color of your choice (3 designer colors & styles)
  • Pick prints featuring AllPosters’ most popular images to start your collection
  • Match the top corners of your print to the top corners of your frame, then unroll into place

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Want a new look? Simply, peel off the print and replace it with a new one in seconds. No hammer required. No need to buy a new frame.

 

A Unique Holiday Gift for Art Novices & Collectors

Whether giving a gift to a friend who loves to travel – a photographic print of a tropical island getaway – or finding the perfect piece for your mate who loves classic art – give them a few Monets – this gift is sure to be a hit.

 

Competition is open to US residents and closes November 1st 2014.Winners will be selected randomly 

 

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Comments

  3. What a great concept! Thanks for the opportunity to win. This would go to my daughter – she and both of my grandkids are amazing artists!

  4. I get bored quickly with my decor but I’m usually too lazy to change it, this would definitely be quick and easy enough for me to change it when I want lol

  8. I would love to win this b/c I like to change things often, so this would be perfect for our house!!

  10. This would be perfect for my kids’ rooms…when they want a change it would be easy to do!

  11. I would love to win this because I love hanging pictures around the house and this would come in handy!!!

  12. Such a smart idea! I would love to be able to change a poster with the seasons, or just on a whim.

  14. I have a bare wall in my living room that a product like this would fill nicely! What a wonderful idea. 🙂

  18. Wow, these would be wonderful in my new (to me) retirement cottage by the shore. Changing the décor would be a snap. Buying several sets would help decide what way to go with the decorating!

  19. Wow, cool way to switch up your artwork!! These would be perfect for apartment dwellers like me who have little space, but lots of artwork!

  23. I just bought my first house and am still getting a feel for how I’d like to decorate.

    This is perfect for my evolving style.

  24. i am always changing my mind and my room up. this would be awesome to have so i can get my fix. 😉 xdanimarie(at)yahoo(dot)com

  25. Great idea! Would be great my new work office – I need some art and I would love the idea of changing it within the same frame! Cool !

  26. I get bored with my decor pretty quickly and I am always redecorating and rearranging so this would be perfect for me!

  28. This is such a genius idea! I would love to have this, I have to have art and pictures on my walls and this is such a great way to change things around.

  35. This is awesome & would be perfect for me …I move a lot and I would have to put any holes in the walls!!!lol Plus, i like to mix things up a bit & change my environment often and I could definitely do it easily with these!

  42. I love this idea…It would work greatfor me both with updating my favorite kids photos as they grow or changing it for the seasons!

  44. That is a cool concept. The ones you take off store to put back up later, and you get a fresh change of scenery when you want one.

  46. I love the fact that you can easily change out pictures…that’s perfect because I’m always redecorating!

  47. This is a very quick way to change the look of a room with little effort, right up my alley!

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Make Your Knitting Machine Scarves Better

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve shared any patterns for our circular knitting machine users. I know these devices aren’t for everyone but even though I much prefer knitting by hand, it is kind of fun to crank things out on these machines.

One of the most common early projects for a circular knitting machine is a scarf. Which makes sense, because it’s just one long tube and you can make it as long as you like.

One problem that comes from knitting scarves on the circular knitting machine, though, is that it can be hard to know how to finish the ends of the tube so that it looks like a finished scarf and not a tube of knitting.

If you’re not a knitter or crocheter, the most basic way to finish a circular knitting machine scarf is just by cinching up the ends and maybe adding a pompom to each end to cover up any hole that might still be visible at the end.

But if you have a little knitting or crochet skill or are willing to learn, there are a lot of different options for closing up the ends of a scarf. And this would also be true if you hand knit a tube scarf!

I recently wrote a post over at Our Daily Craft that includes five different ways to close up the ends of a tube scarf:

  • the simple cinching method mentioned above
  • sewing the stitches together
  • three needle bind off
  • grafting
  • crochet bind off

Grafting is my favorite because I feel like it gives the cleanest, closest to a seamless look. If you’re a knitter you may already know how to do it but even if you don’t it’s not that hard to learn.

Do you knit tube scarves by hand or machine? I’d love to know how you like to finish them!