Catching up on Giveaways

May was a super-crazy month in my life, so I’m sorry I wasn’t around here as much as I should have been! I’m now two weeks behind on announcing giveaway winners, so let’s get on with that, shall we?

The winner of The Knitted Home was respondent 27, Denyalle, who says she has knit washcloths and crocheted afghans and she’d love to try knitting a pillow or an afghan. Here’s your chance!

And there are two winners for the Lilly brushes, numbers 12 and 18, which doesn’t sound all that random, but there you go. Shari needs help cleaning up after her boxer, Bo, while KnittingDancer has a 10-year-old Jack Russell called Sparky Joe. It was so much fun for me to learn about all your pets, but I forgot to tell you about mine!

We have two cats, Louis and Mr. Bean, one dark and one light. They’re litter mates and 11 and a half years old. Bean is our little guy at about 16 pounds; Louis is our big boy at 20. There is a lot of hair.

Thanks to everyone who entered and to all for your patience. Check back later for another fun giveaway!

Why should the fireplace get all the fun? Instead of knitting stockings this year, why not whip up a pair of Christmas themed socks? These Christmas sock knitting patterns are lots of fun to make and you can wear them to holiday gatherings for years to come.

For our friends in the southern part of the world, there are the Christmas in July socks from the Kiwi Lodge – Kylie (Ravelry link). These shorty socks are covered in Christmas trees and have bright pink heels and toes for a tropical feel. There’s also an option to make a longer sock if you celebrate somewhere it’s colder.

Twin Stitches Designs (Ravelry) has a fun pattern with mix and match colorwork motifs you can use to build your own cozy Christmas socks. From the sample socks I see Christmas puddings, trucks hauling trees, Santa belts, ornaments and a couple of different borders. There may be more patterns included but the listing doesn’t say. Make a pair that matches or use different motifs on each foot for extra holiday cheer.

If you want to stick to Christmas puddings on your holiday socks, check out this cute pattern from Stone Knits. These lovely socks feature a band of puddings around the leg and a bit of holly by the toes.

These vintage holiday light socks from Grey Owl Knits by Sarah are classic looking and lots of fun at the same time. I love this color combination but of course you can make your lights and stripes whatever colors you like or have on hand. They’re worked using stranded knitting.

And if you’d like even more of a mix of patterns for your socks, try Barbara Ceglédi’s Christmas Chaos socks, a free pattern on Ravelry. The pattern includes 25 little motifs you can choose from, ranging from snowflakes and Christmas trees to elf hats, reindeer and hearts.

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