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Giveaway: Modern Country Knits

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Have you ever dreamed of leaving your regular life behind and raising fiber animals? It’s a dream most of us knitters and yarn crafters probably have from time to time, but Susan Gibbs actually did it, and the result is Juniper Moon Farms.

Modern Country Knits is a book full of 30 designs using her yarns, and inspired by country life with a bit of a twist, using lots of details and fun colors to make for a book full of cozy knits you’ll love no matter where you live (check out the full set on Ravelry).

The designs are feminine but not girly and have little details you’ll like as a knitter and when you wear the garments, too.

One copy of this book is up for grabs to someone who comments on this post by the end of the day Sunday, Oct. 25.

I’d love to know whether you consider yourself a country person or a city person, regardless of where you actually live. I think I’m a not-too-small-town person. I like living in a place that’s big enough to have things to do but in no way a big city (and easy access to country, forest, etc., is great, too).

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

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Comments

  3. Definitely a country person here so these designs would suit very well. Thank you for the giveaway chance

  7. I’m like you, I dont like the big city and really enjoy hanging in the woods or at a lake but I like living on the fringes of the city

  8. I think I’m a medium town person living in the country… I’d actually like to move. In the meantime, I’d love to win a knitting book!

  9. I’m a city person. Maybe not a big city but one that has fun things to do and good employment.

  11. I love the Juniper Moon Farm story, I’ve been following them for a long time. I’m a seaside kind of girl. I know, that wasn’t one of my choices! I love living near the ocean/beach in my little town that is only 45 minutes from a big city and 15 minutes from horse country. I get the best of all worlds!

  12. I’m a country person, and I love to knit! I think I would like a lot of the patterns in this book.

  15. I’m a city girl…as long as it’s not too big of a city! Looks like a great book…thanks for the giveaway!

  17. Grew up a small town girl, learned knitting for 4-H project.
    I am now a country girl. I married farmer and we enjoy the outside country life of raising livestock and pets. ( and some pests – Mr. Possum who keeps eating the cat food.) The nearest yarn stock is 45 miles away, so I use the internet and free delivery a lot.

  20. Love the look of those hats on the cover. We live about 15 minutes out of San Francisco, but you would think it was in the country. We have constant animals visitors to our property, a parade of deer that we have named. A buck named Vincent – because he has lost half an ear, Jack Bauer – a grizzled scarred huge buck with such an impressive set of antlers, and Magic Mike, who is just the most handsome buck you have ever seen! So I am like a few other – half city, half country. And I love to knit and crochet!

  22. I agree with your description of yourself, Sarah. I too do not like the big city, but need to have some shopping within a reasonable distance.

  23. I am definitely a country person! I have plenty of inner resources, a huge library, and a big STASH so I can manage to entertain myself almost indefinitely.

    from chilly VT,
    the Vermonster

  24. Love Juniper Moon. I would describe myself exactly as you have described yourself! I grew up outside the big city in California, and small town Midwest has been an adjustment, but we are 20 minutes to 2 big cities, so I’m good. Before moving here, I had to clock the route to Super Target!

  26. Herb Caen used to call San Francisco “The city that used to know how”, and I hated it! Now it’s me who feels SF is losing any “Big Small Town” feeling and becoming more Big City all the time – and not in the best ways. Last year we earned the #1 spot on Movoto’s Snobbiest Cities list.

  27. I live in Fairbanks, Alaska. Even though there’s 100,000 people here it’s like a small town. I love it here. The only problem is that it’s expensive. I’d love to win this book. I’d definitely use it to make things for me and my friends and family. If I’m going to spend lots of money (to get or make something) I want to get enjoyment out of it. This book would give me wintertime enjoyment plus the enjoyment of giving. Thanks for the opportunity to win it!

  28. I’m impressed with the number and styles of the designs in this book. I see several things I would make. Thanks for the opportunity.

  32. Just from the look of the patterns on the cover this looks great! I am a country girl – love farm life!

  33. I consider myself, what I call, rural suburb. I would love to live in a nice quite community with a big yard and no traffic, but yet be within an hour of a major city.

Have you read?

Practice Colorwork on a Cute Knit Bunny

Sometimes I feel like knitters get intimidated to try new things because they think they need to start with a big project. Your first time working in the round doesn’t need to be a sock, and your first colorwork doesn’t need to be a sweater, for example. You can find little projects that use the skills you want to learn to build your confidence before you move on to something that requires more time commitment.

This adorable knit bunny, for example.

The colorwork bunny from Knit Picks was designed by Amy Munson and is a kind of bowling pin shaped bunny complete with a knit hat, contrasting inner ears and a little stranded colorwork on its body. Note that the ears are attached the the hat not the bunny, but you could stitch them to the bunny if you’d rather.

It’s worked from the bottom up and also has a tiny pompom tail you can’t see in the picture but it’s a really cute touch. There are a variety of little fair isle patterns to choose from to make the best bunny for you.

The bunny comes out about 8 inches tall (or just over 20 cm) and use several colors to complete the colorwork, depending on the design you choose.

You can purchase the pattern by itself from Knit Picks, or make a kit that includes sport weight yarn in all the colors you need for your creation. There are gray and brown options for the main body of the bunny, but of course if you’re using your own yarn you can make it whatever color you like.

Once you’ve tried colorwork (maybe also working in the round and shaping if those are skills you haven’t used before) in a little project like this you’ll be ready to take on something bigger in no time.

Check out the pattern on Knit Picks.

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