A Chance to Win Some Beautiful Yarn

This is not a giveaway of mine, please go check out the Will Save Nine website for information on how to enter this contest.

There are so many great independent yarn dyers out there that it’s impossible to know all of them, so it’s great when you can both get a chance to look inside their creative process and business life and get a chance to try out the yarn for free.

Such is the case with the giveaway going on right now at Will Save Nine. She’s got an interview with Liesa of Sternenstaub Yarn (it’s German, Sternenstaub means Stardust) and an opportunity for someone to win a skein of beautiful bamboo/wool blend yarn.

To enter you have to visit Liesa’s site and comment on the blog post linked above (not here) about your favorite yarn on her site (alternatively you can become a subscriber to Will Save Nine). Entries close at midnight tomorrow (Aug. 9), so get busy!

[Photo by will Save Nine.]

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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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