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Get Candle Samples at The Crafty Sampler

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If you’d like to sample handmade candles or crafts, The Crafty Sampler is a fun option. A small box contains 10 homemade samples and the large box contains 11 to 20.

I imagine the number depends on the size of the samples. Besides votive candles and tarts, you’ll receive bath and body products and there’s now a new baby care line as well.

On the other hand, if you want to become a contributor, it’s a good way to advertise your handmade candles or crafts. If you sign up for a month, you commit to sending in 20 samples. Of course the more you send in, the more people get to see your products.  Also, if you send in 50 samples, you get a free sample box.

It sounds like a fun idea and a great way for smaller candle makers and crafters to get exposure. For more info see The Crafty Sampler.

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Knit a Blanket with the Texture of a Ceiling

Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]