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Giveaway – Kristin Omdahl’s Knitting Wrapsody!

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Take 18 original designs, a plethora of interesting techniques and elements, and a DVD full of tutorials, and what do you have?

Kristin Omdahl’s Knitting Wrapsody! Wrap, drape and tie your knitting with scarves, shawls, capes, wraps, shrugs and skirts. If you can wrap it, drape it or tie it, it’s in here!

Kristin takes some unusual approaches to her techniques and the accompanying dvd will guide you through. A perfect way to learn, and who better to learn from!

This giveaway will end Mar 16, 2011. Leave me a comment about Kristin’s designs.

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Comments

  1. I recently saw two of the patterns in this book and I absolutely love the ingenuity of her designs! I really want this book!

  3. Her designs are absolutely beautiful. These would be so fun to make for me and my friends.

  5. I’ve been eyeing this book for a while – I love the lush look of the fibers Kristin uses!

  7. Love the cover shrug and the serpentine wrap but would love to see the book for the varied constructions she has used. Thank you

  8. I love Interweave and Knitty websites. The cover shrug is gorgeous. It’s what caught my eye and made me comment.

  9. It’s hard to choose one design that I love the most from the pictures I’ve seen of this book. I would love a chance to win a copy.

  10. I haven’t made anything wearable yet. I’m still fairly new to knitting and would love to win this book to attempt a wrap!

  18. The shrug on the cover looks great– so I’m sure there are many more great designs inside!

  19. Kristin’s designs are great, somewhere between playful and elegant, and very wearable. There’s some truly spectacular patterns in this book, like the Flamenco Ruffled Drawstring Skirt or the Infinity Cardy-Wrap and the cute shrug on the cover.

  21. I tried knitting up the shrug on the cover of Knitting Wrapsody, but there seems to be a problem with the short-row graph. Has anybody tried working with this pattern yet or run into problems?

  22. Wow! I just saw this book today and have been looking for information on Kristin Omdahl and happened upon this! I hope I win!

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Summer T-Shirt Knitting Patterns

Knitters are always looking for ways to continue to knit and to wear their knits even when it’s hot outside, so there are tots of great T0shirt knitting patterns to choose from. I love knitting short-sleeved shirts because they feel so much faster than sweaters, and you can wear them on top of dresses or even longer-sleeved items when it gets cooler.

There are lots of different styles of knit tops, from the basic to the more detailed. On the more basic side are things like the Perfect T-Shirt from Originally Lovely, a basic raglan tee with nine sizes and worked in worsted weight yarn; Paper Bloom by Yvonne Hugo (free on Ravelry), available in six sizes and worked with cotton and silk yarn for extra coolness; or Iris H’s Amelia Top, also on Ravelry, a slim fit, DK weight top with nine size.

Jazz it up with a bit of lace like on the Athens Lace Hem top by Sarah Hatton (Ravelry). This otherwise simple project has a bit of lace at the bottom, which is an easy way to make a project more interesting without a ton of work. This one uses fingering weight yarn and comes in nine sizes.

Another simple embellishment is to emphasize the lines of your top with different stitches. The Spring Lines top uses twisted ribbing at the center front and V-neck and along the raglan lines to give it a slimmer fit and more interest. This design from Turquoise Toque Designs has 11 size options and is available on Ravelry.

Silfurberg by Joji Locatelli uses both of these elements, with lace panels at the center front and back and purl ridges throughout to make it a little more fun to knit and to wear. The pattern uses fingering weight yarn and comes in 10 sizes. Learn more on Ravelry.

Keep it simple or add puffed sleeves (and/or long sleeves) to the slim fit Knitty Committee top by Lily Kate France. This one has two length options, waist shaping and optional bust darts to fulfill all your curvy top dreams, and it comes in nine sizes. You’ll find it on Ravelry.

Take it even more romantic with the Daphne Top from Friday Knits, which has puffed sleeves and applied I-cord to emphasize the bust and sweetheart neckline. It comes in eight sizes and uses DK weight yarn.

Or add some sweet flowers with the Gigio pattern from Emilie Luis. This pretty pattern found on Ravelry has cable panels running up the front with the option for adding sweet embroidered flowers. You can also add decorative buttons if you like. It comes in 11 sizes and calls for sport weight yarn.