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Giveaway: Two Kinds of Homespun

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Congratulations to Lisa!

If you’re a knitter or crocheter on Instagram, you might have noticed the hashtag #getyouryarnwishesgranted. This is something that started around this time last year and I was so excited to see it back this year.

It’s been going on for several days now, and it’s such a lovely thing. Knitters and other yarn crafters put out into the world something they’re wishing for — specific yarn, project bags, patterns, etc. — and another knitter grants their wish. The idea is that you grant a wish and then you can ask for something, and continue to do so as long as you like.

I’ve granted three wishes so far and I always love doing it, so I thought I’d share a little yarn love over here this week.

I’m giving away the lot above, which is three balls each of Lion Brand Homespun and Homespun Thick & Quick, both in the colorway Tudor (one of the Thick & Quick skeins is missing its ball band, but as far as I know it’s at least pretty close to a full skein).

If you’d like a chance to have this yarn come to you, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, December 13. I’d love to know if you have any yarn craft related wishes this year, or if you participated in #getyouryarnwishesgranted. I’m ourdailycraft on Instagram if you’re over there and want to give me a follow, by the way.

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

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  2. I’d love to win the yarn..I’ve been learning to knit by myself so i don’t do really complicated things but practice makes perfect! 🙂

Have you read?

Stitch a Scarf with Dreamy Waves

As I write this, it’s probably time to start thinking about winter knitting if you haven’t already. And it’s definitely time to think about gift knitting if you have any of that you plan to do for the holidays.

The Dreamy Waves Scarf from Knit Picks, designed by Stacey Winklepleck, would be a great project to go in either category.

It uses two different multicolored yarns and a simple repeating wave pattern to make a project that looks a lot more complicated and dramatic than it is. The gradient look happens naturally just by switching which yarn you’re knitting with.

This pattern uses worsted weight yarn so it’s a pretty quick project even though a scarf is large and this one is pretty wide. It measures 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) wide and 63 inches or 120 cm long. Of course you can make it longer or shorter as you like. As written it takes one ball of each color so it’s a pretty economical project, too.

It’s rated for intermediate knitters but if you know how to do various increases and decreases you’ll be all set. The pattern uses knit 2 together, make 1 left and right, centered double decrease and slip slip knit. All of the stitches are explained in a glossary in the pattern so even if you haven’t done all of them it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out.

The pattern also includes tons of options for different colorways in yarn that Knit Picks sells,  so you can see how different combinations knit up before you buy the yarn. That’s such a great idea!

Of course if you already have two multicolored yarns with long color runs on hand, you can absolutely use them, too. It might also be fun, but would give you a totally different look, to use a solid color and a bunch of scraps or one multicolored yarn to see how the different colors play together. So many options!

You can grab this free pattern and check out all the color options at Knit Picks.

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