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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!

Have you read?

Knit a Garter Stitch Blanket with a Twist

When I first started knitting again after a long absence from the craft (which has now been almost 25 years ago!) I really didn’t like garter stitch that much. I found it super boring, somehow even more boring than knitting stockinette stitch in the round, even though it’s exactly the same thing.

Over the years I’ve softened my opinion, and even grown to like garter stitch. There’s nothing wrong with being plain, and actually the texture of garter stitch is more interesting than stockinette.

Also there are fun things you can do with garter stitch to make it more interesting if you want to, such as adding stripes, working on the bias, or doing fun effects to change the look.

That’s the way with the Bernat Twist My Way Garter Knit Blanket. Using combinations of casting on and binding off creates what they call a Swiss cheese effect along two sides of the blanket. This is a lot of fun in the self-striping ombre yarn they chose for the pattern, but it would also be fun in a solid color or making your own stripes.

Despite the dramatic effect, this pattern is rated easy. It’s worked from side to side (if you consider the “cheesy” edges the top and bottom) and has an eight-row repeat that involves binding off and then casting on again to make the holes. They’re kind of like giant buttonholes.

Once you get the hang of it it’s a pretty easy repeat to remember, and it will be smooth knitting as big as you want to make it.

You can download this pattern from the Yarnspirations website for free, or you can buy a kit direct from them that includes the yarn you need (and knitting needles if you need those, too). Bernat Sport Ombre Twist, which is what is used in the pattern, comes in 12 self patterning colors and is a DK weight acrylic yarn.

[Photo: Yarnspirations]