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Giveaway: Menorca Crochet Bag Kit from We Are Knitters

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we are knitters giveawayWe’re all about multi-crafting here at Craft Gossip, and though their name is We Are Knitters, this yarn and pattern company is all about knitting and crochet.

They recently launched a collection of crocheted bags for summer, and offered a kit as a giveaway.

The Menorca Bag is worked in a solid color of their fabric yarn and is rated easy. It’s a perfect beach (or market) bag and a great way to build your crochet skills if you don’t already have them.

And don’t worry, exclusive knitters, we’ll have a giveaway just for you soon, too.

To enter this contest, instead of leaving a comment here, please enter on this page. The contest runs through June 1, and there will be one winner.

I’d love to know if you enter, though, so come leave a comment here, too, if you like.

Thanks for visiting and good luck! Looking for more patterns? Check these market bag patterns out on Etsy.

Comments

  2. the link doesn’t work in Google Chrome… fill in the information and the screen turns black.. no entry confirmation. I notice there are only two people entered, so it is probably not working for others too.

  3. It looks like it’s Facebook only giveaway. you have to sign in there first then enter using the form.

  5. You should state that it is a facebook only giveaway. I am not on facebook so I can not access the entry form. When I first clicked the link, the entry form appears and is quickly covered up by the facebook login form. Guess us regular people are out of luck.

  6. This is a case where the company doing the giveaway picked how they wanted it to be conducted, so I don’t really have any control over how they collect entries. So sorry it’s been difficult/impossible for some!

  8. what a shame it is FB only – and doesn’t say so on the entry form… well I guess I will opt out of getting all of their emails too, since my business doesn’t matter to them!

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[Photo: Lion Brand Yarn]