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And the winner of the Kindle is ….

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Amazon Kindle Winner on CraftGossip

But first, some stats 🙂

Terrific response to our call to get us to 10000 fans before the 10th of March. We started this giveaway on the 22nd of Feb and after extending the end date by one day to 11th of March (due to server downtime), we reached the goal. We went from 8400 fans to 10102! That is around 95 new fans a day!

Thank you to everyone who entered. The condition of the giveaway was that you had to link to your Facebook profile (after liking our Facebook page) in the comment section of the giveaway post. We got 1006 entries. So, 1 in 10 fans actually applied to be in the giveaway.

After checking everything, and then checking some more, the winner is.. comment no. 875. Congratulations to Regina @ Chalk In My Pocket!

Regina, you have 5 days to contact us at [email protected] with your mailing address after which we will draw a new winner.

Thank you everyone and watch out as we have some great giveaways planned for the National Craft Month, including a new sewing machine fromJanome! That giveaway will start in the last week of this month.

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  1. Congrats Regina on winning the kindle and a Big Congrats to Craft Gossip for reaching over 10000 likes. This site is the best!!!!! LOVE IT!

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Knit a Classic Aran Cardigan with this Free Knitting Pattern

Not too long ago I did a test knit for another designer that was for a cabled cardigan. It’s really cozy and nice but it just about broke me in a ton of different ways. I couldn’t get gauge, which I suppose is my own problem, but mainly I was somehow both bored and forced to pay attention at the same time. 

Because it used the same cable all over, I always had to know what row I was on, but nine out of ten of those rows, nothing in particular was going on. So I couldn’t stop paying attention, but what I needed to attend to was boring. 

It may have ruined me for knitting cabled sweaters, but maybe I just need something that’s more engaging. Like this Modern Aran Cardigan pattern from Lion Brand Yarn. 

This is a reworking of an old pattern from their archives, and you can tell that form the classic look of the cables and the oversized feel (nothing cropped about this one!). It has allover cables, but like a classic Aran sweater it’s not the same cable, so you’ll have to pay attention to what row you’re on and what cable turns happen for which cables on that row. 

Because of this, it’s considered an intermediate knitting pattern, but if you’re comfortable working from multiple charts at once it shouldn’t be a problem for you. There are three different charts and seven different cable moves. 

Also because the pattern is so big and boxy there are only two sizes available, with a finished chest measurement of either 49 or 63 inches (that’s 124.5 or 160 cm). It’s up to you to decide how much ease you would like and whether that will work for your body. 

The pattern uses worsted weight yarn (and calls for another classic, Lion Brand Fisherman’s Wool). It calls for six buttons and includes pockets to make it extra cozy. 

This one looks like a great winter project to make and to wear if you’re up for a bit of a challenge. You can grab the free pattern or buy a kit with the yarn needed direct from Lion Brand Yarn. 

[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]