Patterns, projects and techniques
I can’t believe I’ve been at this giveaway for 12 days! it’s been so fun sharing all of these goodies with you.
The winner of the Color by Kristin yarn and pattern book is number 120, Ellen, who said she’s looking forward to knitting a warm sweater or two when the weather gets colder. Sounds good to me.
Congratulations and thanks to everyone for entering. Just a few days left to get some goodies!
I hadn’t heard of Laura Sebastian’s fantasy series Castles in Their Bones until I stumbled upon Mary P. Hunt’s knitting patterns inspired by the series, but if you’re already a fan (of this series in particular or fantasy in general) you’re sure to enjoy these designs.
The book series, in case you’re curious, follows triplet princesses who each marry a prince on their 16th birthday as part of their mother’s master plan to take over the whole continent of Vesteria. (Thanks, GoodReads!)
I don’t know how I found the (all these links ahead are to Ravelry, FYI) Star-Touched Hat knitting pattern, but it was the first one I saw. There’s also a coordinating cowl and mittens if you want to complete the full set.
All of them prominently feature stars and have a sort of Art Deco feel. They call for DK weight yarn in two colors, so you could make them all to match or use different colors for each.
The hat comes in five sizes, ranging in circumference from 18.5 to 22.3 inches (or 47 to 57 cm). It can be worked with a short brim or a folded brim.
The mittens come in small and large adult sizes, with extended sizes for both (more length is included in the extended sizes). These feature a cool Latvian braid at the top of the cuff, which is a fun skill to learn.
And the cowl is one size, on the smaller side as cowls go, measuring about 13.5 inches/34.5 cm tall and 26 inches/66 cm around.
The designer suggests you can hold a bit of metallic thread along with your yarn to give it more of a sparkly, regal, celestial feel, but that’s totally up to you!
As mentioned above you can get all of these patterns on Ravelry. As of this writing there doesn’t seem to be a discount from buying all three, but maybe that will change.
[Photo: Mary P. Hunt]
It is always nice to be a winner.
Wow! I’m very excited about winning this! Thank you very much!
The way the summer has been in Southern Norway, it certainly looks like it will be a cold winter. And I have just the yarn in my stash for some warm sweaters 🙂