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Giveaway: 75 Floral Blocks to Knit

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75 floral blocks to knit giveaway

Congrats to C. Allen!

This week I’ve got another giveaway from my archive of knitting books, 75 Floral Blocks to Knit by Lesley Stanfield. As the title says, this book is full of blocks — squares as well as other shapes — that include flower motifs, whether in lace or colorwork, stitched as part of the block or appliqued on top.

It’s a fun collection if you like to make patchwork blankets for babies or other people, or use them for pillows, to embellish pockets on sweaters, or any other way you like.

For a chance to win this book, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, Aug. 21. I’d love to know what your favorite flower is. Mine: zinnias.

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

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Comments

  3. Such an interesting book. My favorite are peonies (heady scent, soft petals, lush colors)! Second ate dahlias (they remind me of ladies in ball gowns).

  7. Hi I enjoy these emails, my favourite flowers are lilacs. The smell is soo awesome. Judy.

  12. Tulips are my favorite flowers. The floral blocks are beautiful. Thank you for this opportunity!

  15. I love every flower, I am partial to some, some every one from the absolute smallest to the biggest ones are all gorgeous and to be appreciated!
    I would definitely be inspired to become a better knitter with this book!

  17. These are beautifully knitted. My favorite flower is peony. I just wish they bloomed longer in the Spring.

  18. I love lavender, does it counts as a flower?
    Well, I also love roses…but all flowers are beautiful as well.
    Thank you for the giveaway.

Have you read?

Easy Knit Baskets to Use All Your Stash

For the past few years I’ve taken part in a Christmas in July blog hop that encourages people to get a jump on their making for holiday gifts. 

I love to use yarn I already have for these projects in the hope that people will consider what they already have that they can use to make projects for themselves or to give as gifts. 

This year it was a couple of knit baskets made using partial balls of yarn left in my stash from other projects. 

They use the same basic pattern but the first one is made with two colors of bulky yarn, and the second used two strands of worsted weight yarn held together, which made the gauge about the same, but I cast on fewer stitches to make a smaller version. 

The bottom of the basket is square, though you can make them rectangular if you’d rather. Then I just knit up the sides in rounds until I was about to run out of yarn. This gave both baskets rather short sides — maybe more like a tray than a basket — but you can keep knitting as long as you like to make the sides of your basket as tall as you want. 

They’re worked in seed stitch, which keeps the edges from curling and adds a nice texture to the baskets.

Of course this also allows you to use even more odd balls from your stash. I’d love to make a big one someday combining lots of different yarn. I mean, I’d probably use it to store more yarn, but that’s a fine thing to do. 

As it is, these little trays are great for sitting on your desk or bedside table to hold little things that always seem to appear there. I like to use one to hold the supplies for whatever project I’m working on, things like little scissors, my tape measure, a crochet hook, etc.

And they would make good gifts on their own or as a container to hold some other goodies if you like. 

You can find the free pattern for these stash busting baskets over at Our Daily Craft.