CAN YOU STAND ANOTHER CONTEST?

This time, I’ve got a batch of booklets for you. I’ve been clearing out magazines and leaflets from my stash. I have found duplicates aplenty! So, I’m willing to part with them.

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This first batch includes 7 digest sized booklets (like the one pictured above). Six are Annie’s Pattern Club (the one above is one of the magazines in this batch) magazines and one is Creative Hands ‘Ripple Afghan’ booklet. These are not all crochet patterns, but there is plenty of crochet in them. Also, if you knit, there are a few knitting patterns included.

So, what do you have to do to win these? Well, I can’t make it too easy.

First, when you enter by posting a comment here, you also need to email me privately with your snail mail address. I’ve had too much trouble tracking down winners in the past. I’d prefer to be able to just mail the prize to the winner. Easier for you, too. You may well get a surprise in the mail, then, if you aren’t a regular reader. So, that’s rule #1 – ENTER A COMMENT AND EMAIL YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS AND NAME TO ME WITH YOUR COMMENT. ([email protected])

Second, to actually enter the contest, you need to list a crochet technique that has not previously been mentioned by an earlier entrant. No duplicates. So, you could mention sc, dc, hdc, camel crochet, catherine’s wheel, etc. There are plenty of crochet stitches, motifs, patterns, and terms. Including a link to a picture of the entry may well give you an edge. Let’s see how many we can list.

I’ll select the winner from amidst the entries. Last contest had well over 100 entries. One entry per email address please!

Contest opens today (May 21) and will end on Monday, June 15. Winner will be announced shortly after the end of the contest. I look forward to seeing how many different entries we can come up with!

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The other day I saw a post from Pinterest about trends for summer and it said one of them was “cultivating whimsy.”

Well, I don’t know where Pinterest has been all this time, but we’ve been cultivating whimsy here at Craft Gossip for a long time. I love sharing projects that are a little different, things that make you smile when you see them, and will make you smile when you knit them and wear them or use them.

Such it is with the Tutti Frutti tee knitting pattern from Bea Creative Knits.

This cute little baby tee is worked top down in the round with contiguous shoulder construction to shape the sleeve caps. There are short rows for the neckline and folded hems with picot edging at the hemline, neckline and edges of the sleeves.

All of this would be great on its own, but then there’s the addition of a super cute fruit icon, which is added with duplicate stitch. There are a lot of options, including strawberry, banana, orange, cherries, watermelon, lemon, blueberries, kiwi, peach, dragon fruit, apple and pear, so it’s likely you can add on your favorite fruit.

It is offered in eight sizes, to fit a bust measurement ranging from 28-30 inches (71-76 cm) to 56-58 inches (142-147 cm). The design is meant to be worn with around 6.3 inches/16 cm of negative ease, but you can choose the fit you prefer. There’s also optional bust and waist shaping included in the pattern if you want to make it even curvier.

This is considered an advanced beginner or intermediate project because of all the skills involved, but it’s sure to be a lot of fun even if some of these techniques are new to you.

Grab a copy of the pattern for yourself form Bea Creative Knits on Etsy.

[Photo: Bea Creative Knits]

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