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Giveaway: Win $100 worth of products from Polyform

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Polyform create a range of products – from Sculpey to heaps of kits that are a fun way to get into playing with clay. And we have a contest to win some of these products for one lucky CraftGossip reader.

Become a Facebook fan of Polyform Products for a chance to win $100 of merchandise from them.

Visit Polyform’s page for fun contests, fantastic projects, clay related articles, interesting Q and A, the opportunity to give opinions and post projects and much more!

How to win?

Go and like Polyform products on Facebook by 31st Oct.

Post a comment saying “I’m a friend of Craft Gossip”.

Your name will automatically be entered into a random drawing to win the $100 worth of our products.

Good Luck!

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  1. I really love CraftGossip. There is always such a range of different crafts at different levels of ability that there is always something to find that is pretty original.

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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]