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Giveaway: Mason-Dixon Knitting Audiobook

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Anne is our winner!

This week’s giveaway is brought to you by me cleaning my office. I have a copy (on CD) of Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines, by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne.

The thing about an audio knitting book is that it doesn’t contain the patterns from the book, but there are lots of little stories in the book that are here, and it’s read by the authors, which is a lot of fun.

The recording is on three CDs and runs three hours and 30 minutes. I’m pretty sure I only listened to it once, so it should be in really good condition. I don’t think the company that made it exists anymore.

If you’d like a chance to win this one, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, October 2. I’d love to know which one of your far-flung friends you’d like to start a blog with. I’d pick my friend Jamie, who makes jewelry in Massachusetts, takes wonderful photographs and writes amazing poetry.

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

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  1. I would really like to have this,i’ve done crafts all my life like my mom and grandma before her. The blog i would like to start is with my niece Lindsey who also does a lot of crafting. I live half a continent away from her but still feel a strong connection with her and her 6 kids. Thanks for the consideration

  2. I have never had any desire to start a blog, but I do love listening to audio books as I knit!
    lindarumsey on Ravelry

  4. I listen to audiobooks as I fly to various knitting events. A book of knitting stories would be fun to listen to on the way. I might enjoy doing a blog with my youngest daughter.

  7. I would start a blog with my dear friend Paul where we would mock our mutual conservative upbringing. I’d love to win the audiobook!

  8. My best friend is one of the best knitters I know. She is constantly knitting up her unique back zippered baby jackets: every grandchild of her friends and every child born to one of her coworkers has received a Jenn Jacket as a gift. I’d love to win this for her so she could have it to listen to when driving the 9 hrs to visit her grandchildren!

Have you read?

Knit a Blanket with the Texture of a Ceiling

Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]