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Giveaway: 50 Garter Stitch Gifts to Knit

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Cindy is the winner!

It’s my birthday today, so it seemed appropriate to offer a book all about gift knitting as the giveaway for this week.

50 Garter Stitch Gifts to Knit is a compilation book from a large number of knitwear designers, featuring projects that are all or mostly worked in Garter Stitch or one of its variations, and all of which use Universal Yarn Deluxe Worsted.

Here you will find cowls, cardis, blankets, wraps, hats, capelets, toys, booties, scarves, slippers, booties and more (you can check out all the projects on Ravelry). Though the projects skew toward knitting for women and babies, there are some more neutral things as well and this book should cover a lot of people on your list, as well as teach you some tricks you might not have known Garter Stitch could do

If you’d like a chance to win a copy of this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Sept. 4. I’d love to know if you have a favorite birthday memory or something you love (or would love) to do to celebrate. My husband took the day off so we’re going out to breakfast after we take our daughter to school and I hope having a somewhat lazy day around prepping for her birthday (which is next Monday).

Thanks for visiting, commenting and sharing, and good luck!

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  1. This year on my birthday, we are attending the Garden State Sheep
    And Wool Festival. I’m sure that there will be birthday yarn purchases!

  2. My favorite birthday memory is when my mother brought my birthday present to my second grade class on my birthday.
    It was a Skipper doll, Barbie’s little sister. My older sister had a Barbie and Midge doll. I still have all 3 dolls at my house some 52 years later.

  3. Happy Birthday! I usually celebrate my birthdays with yarny goodness. Hope you have a great day!

  5. I don’t necessarily have a favorite birthday memory. I just enjoy the opportunity for friends and family to get together to make more memories.

  6. We like to make a pie instead of cake to celebrate birthdays here.
    Happy day to you (and your daughter)

  7. The best birthday for me & my kids (who are grown), is to go out to our favorite Mexican restaurant. We eat until are bellies are bursting-great fun & oh so good!

  8. Not my favorite birthday, but I remember when no one remembered my birthday. I think I was 13, so I got out all my old saved cards to put on the mantle piece. Breakfast sounds a good idea but my husband always gets up first and makes his before I hit the shower so he never wants to do breakfast. Hope you have a good birthday.

  10. I never had a birthday party until my freshman year in college when the two upper class gals threw a party for two of us who had birthdays in November. I had parties for my kids.

  11. for my 25th birthday, my roommates decided to throw me a surprise birthday party. The day of the party, they asked one of our neighbors to take me on an “errand” with him to get me out of the apartment. while we were running the errand, we ran into one of his friends who was throwing a BBQ and invited us to it, so we went to it. my neighbor had forgotten he was supposed to bring me back for my party. I ended up missing my party…lol

  13. Happy Birthday.
    One year I was working on my birthday. The manager said I should take a break, maybe outside since the weather was especially nice. Outside was my best friend and his great Dane, both in tuxs with birthday cake and balloons. He’d set it all up with my boss. Just the thoughtfulness of it.

  14. My best birthday memory was when we had a surprise bbq, for my adult daughter. We surprised her alright but the best surprise was the look on her face when she realize that we were grilling burgers on her new grill.

  16. Happy Birthday. I’ll share this memory: A few years ago I left the house for a walk on what I expected to be a completely forgotten birthday, since I’d carefully been keeping mum on the subject. Half a block from home I found a $20 bill. Turned the corner and got a free chiropractic adjustment and massage from a newly opened office. Got home and found I’d won a free movie ticket. What a wonderful birthday – lots of surprise gifts, all without anyone reminding me I was a year older.

  18. I would love to try the garter stitch projects, even though my birthday is mot until December. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you

  21. Happy Birthday, Sarah! Since my birthday is on Christmas day, my parents chose a day before then to celebrate my birthday so I would still feel special.

  22. Happy birthday! We are celebrating my birthday a little early with a trip to Switzerland. Cheese and Chocolate, what more could you want?

  23. Happy Birthday Sarah!
    My kids always make my birthdays memorable.
    Book looks like so much fun.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  24. My birthday is in January, less than 2 weeks after Christmas. My parents always made a special effort to recognize that my birthday was not an extension of Christmas despite all of the “this is a combined birthday & Christmas gift” notes. My birthday tradition included a special cake and some pink roses ??

    I hope you have a great birthday!

  25. Happy Birthday!
    I had a great birthday this year. It was the big 60 omg!
    Family gave me a big party. It was a great day .
    Hope that yours is too.

  26. My favorite birthday memory was when my husband took me on a vacation to Grand Bahama Island. Wonderful diving, got to pet a shark, had a great time. My least favorite birthday memory occurred when I was turning eleven and my mother forgot it was my birthday. My sister reminded her of it late in the evening.

  27. As my birthday was Christmas Eve, everyone always remembered it and I always received many birthday wishes but the funniest presents were from my five younger brothers and sisters. I remember getting one earing for birthday and the other for Christmas or one shoe for each day or one glove for each day. It was funny, no surprises though what I was going to get from them for Christmas. PS I love knitting so this book would be lovely

  29. For 40th my family gave me a big party. tried to surprise me but I figured it out that day.

  30. Any birthday where we go out to dinner to a place of my choice and we can afford to so I a good one. Hoping this year is going to be a good one. Winning this book would be an awesome start!

  32. I don’t really have a favorite birthday memory . They are all great spending them with family! Love the patterns in this book, so many awesome ideas!

  33. My family always waited for my August 2 birthday to eat the first sweet corn of the season. I was raised on a farm in Iowa, and on my birthday my aunt, uncle and cousins would drive out for a wonderful meal, along with cake and ice cream. My aunt, uncle, and one cousin are gone now, and I live in another state, but I will forever remember them with fondness. And I would love to get your free book.

  34. Happy Birthday! My favorite birthday memory was the year my husband took me for margaritas on my birthday!

  35. My favorite birthday was when I came back to our table and there was a ring under my napkin!

  36. My best birthday memoery is getting a puppy when I was six years old. I thought we were just going to visit the dogs at the SPCA. I had no ideas I was going to get one.

  38. My favorite birthday started off with brunch and a movie with my girlfriends and finished off with a romantic overnight in a hotel with my husband.

  39. Growing up, my mom always made me a chocolate cake to celebrate my birthday. Chocolate is still my favorite!
    Thanks for a great giveaway.
    Happy Birthday!

  40. I hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the anniversary of your birth. Thanks for including us in the gifts! The ability to look at pictures of all 50 projects, over at etsy, is brilliant. I like the baby garland, buttoned capelet (I think I would add some duplicate stitch), and corded scarf (I think I would add some shiny beading).

  41. My Mom would make me a homemade Banana Cake because that was my favorite. It was my special day and was always celebrated!

  42. My birthday is in August so childhood birthday’s were usually spent at the local park and paddling pool – great fun!

  45. It’s my 60th birthday on the 24th and I’m looking forward to having my interstate family visit and share cake.

  46. I really enjoyed going to a Japanese restaurant for one of my birthdays (I honestly forget what age I was, lol).

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Add a Little Lace to Your Knitting Patterns

If you’re new to lace knitting or just aren’t sure how to incorporate the technique into garments, check out these tops and sweaters that use lace as a decorative element.

The easiest lace out there is eyelets, and you can practice them plenty with this eyelet covered sweater from Knitcro Addict. It uses light/DK weight yarn and is worked in four pieces knit flat. It’s intended to be a little cropped and a little oversized, and includes sizes XS to XXL in the pattern.

If you’re in parts of the world where it’s getting colder as you read this, the Nora sweater from Bummbul might be a good choice. This is actually a great one for learning lace because it’s worked in super bulky yarn, which makes it easier to see what you’re doing and makes the lace super graphic. This one just comes in one size, with a 42 inch (106) cm bust, but that could fit a variety of people depending on how much ease you like.

Minimi Knit Design has a cute allover lace cardigan worked in one piece from the bottom up. It’s worked in lace weight mohair held double, which maybe isn’t the best for those new to lace (because it can be hard to rip out) but it sure is pretty. Sizes range to fit from 30 to 66 inches/76 to 168 cm bust measurements.

If you’d rather not have lace all over your sweater, you can knit the Lumi sweater from Originally Lovely, which has a chevron lace pattern on the yoke and is otherwise worked in reverse stockinette stitch. (It’s worked inside out so you don’t have to purl every stitch.) The pattern has 9 sizes from XS to 5XL and uses worsted weight yarn.

Or try the super romantic sookie blouse from Trust the mojo (available on Ravelry). This sweet top is started working flat from the bottom up and has a V-neck and I-cord edgings. The sleeves are worked separately in the round, and the pieces are all joined together to work in one piece to finish off the top. It comes in eight sizes and is available in English and French.

You can also pair lacy sleeves with an otherwise plain top, like on the Starflower Wrap from Annelise Driscoll Gingrow. This intermediate pattern makes a wrap sweater with generous lacy sleeves and a double wrap belt. The pattern has nine sizes, from XS to 5XL, and is available for free from Hobbi.