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Giveaway: Yarn Harlot Books

January 2, 2017 by Sarah White

yarn harlot books giveaway

Alicia is the winner!

As is the fashion this time of year, I’m trying to clean out my office of things I don’t use and don’t see myself using in the future.

And as much as I love Yarn Harlot, and I do, once I’ve read her books once I rarely, if ever, go back to them again.

But if you’ve never read them, you really should, or if you love your copies and want some more to pass along to a knitting friend (or someone you hope would understand your obsession a little better) this giveaway is for you.

I’m giving away copies of three great books by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee:

  • Yarn Harlot
  • At Knit’s End: Meditations for Women Who Knit Too Much
  • Things I Learned from Knitting … Whether I Wanted to or Not

These are all really fun books, quick reads that will make you laugh, inspire you and make you proud to be a knitter.

There will be one winner for these three books.

If you’d like a chance to win, leave a comment on this post before the end of the day Sunday, January 8. I’d love to know how you stay warm when it’s cold outside (lots of tea and knits over here!).

Thank you for visiting, entering and sharing, and good luck!

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Comments

  1. Sally McDade says

    January 2, 2017 at 10:29 am

    Hot tea, the throw my granddaughter made and the love of my fiancé help keep me warm on cold days

  2. Joann says

    January 2, 2017 at 10:36 am

    Using break to start new projects including yoga socks! A new knitting challenge!

  3. Paula Lowell says

    January 2, 2017 at 11:08 am

    I stay warm and cozy with soft, comfy jammies and fluffy socks and a couple of cuddly lap kitties in front of a fireplace–with knitting in hand, of course!

  4. Gill says

    January 2, 2017 at 11:57 am

    I love reading books about knitting. They’re always so cozy and inspiring.

  5. Chris Lopez says

    January 2, 2017 at 12:02 pm

    Cool giveaway. One can never have too many books!!

  6. eadon216 says

    January 2, 2017 at 12:15 pm

    I used to read her blog, but I’ve never read her books! Winter in New England means lots of wooly knits and tea/hot chocolate for me (plus a good book!).

  7. Alicia Perez says

    January 2, 2017 at 2:21 pm

    I love snuggle under a throw while knitting or reading.

  8. Shelley says

    January 2, 2017 at 5:20 pm

    I get out the old sleeping bag i used to use at my grans when i was little! Perhaps i can knit something better if i am inspired by these books 😉

  9. Barb says

    January 2, 2017 at 6:09 pm

    Love Yarn Harlot but I don’t have any of her books. I love to wear wool hand knit sweaters.

  10. Robin Crittenden says

    January 2, 2017 at 7:48 pm

    I snuggle under a cat.my best buddy is pretty warm. Also sitting on a heating pad for 15 minutes will do it.

  11. lelia says

    January 2, 2017 at 9:25 pm

    To stay warm, I usually ‘layer’ clothing and grab a cat to sit nearby or in my lap. If outdoors, hat and gloves/mittens, scarf a MUST. Warm beverages are helpful, too! I have not read any of the books – Such a Fun giveaway, thx.

  12. Renee G says

    January 2, 2017 at 10:35 pm

    We keep the wood stove going to supplement our furnace, and I am a big tea drinker as well.

  13. Sherri says

    January 3, 2017 at 12:18 am

    Hot tea and a warm knitting work in progress on my lap 🙂

  14. Judith (from Israel) says

    January 3, 2017 at 2:23 am

    When it’s cold outside, I stay inside, knitting beside an electric fire.

  15. Zil says

    January 3, 2017 at 2:39 am

    I took snuggle under a fleece blanket to enjoy reading. Thank you for the giveaway chance.

  16. Cheryla says

    January 3, 2017 at 3:21 am

    stay close to the woodstove with a coffee and my dear four legged sweetie.

  17. yolanda says

    January 3, 2017 at 6:38 am

    When its cold outside, I stay snuggled in my fiber room sofa with a project on the needles or hook, hot coffee and sometimes Netflix while I work.

  18. Jodi says

    January 3, 2017 at 1:18 pm

    I’m drinking coffee, snuggling with the cat and knitting wristlets with lovely, squishing Cascades Casablanca.

  19. Stacia says

    January 3, 2017 at 4:23 pm

    I love to knit in my craft studio sofa chair under a warm blanket while listening to an audiobook with some hot cocoa.

  20. lindarumsey says

    January 4, 2017 at 3:54 am

    I snuggle up under a knitted blanket, wearing my knitted socks of course!

  21. asteride says

    January 4, 2017 at 6:59 am

    Layers, layers! And a nice fleece throw helps a lot! Thanks for the giveaway! These books are precious!

  22. calypso says

    January 4, 2017 at 1:59 pm

    I wear all my knitwear over a silk tee.

  23. Rachel says

    January 4, 2017 at 3:14 pm

    I’m looking forward to learning to knit in 2017, currently I crochet.

  24. knittingdancer says

    January 4, 2017 at 4:39 pm

    hot cocoa and a big pot of soup or chili. I wear my knitted socks and knitted slippers and stay inside all the time.

  25. Caitlin says

    January 6, 2017 at 10:57 am

    I just don’t go outside! Otherwise, I have wool socks, a fleece jacket, and a lap quilt while drinking something warm and knitting. 🙂

  26. Rachel says

    January 6, 2017 at 7:47 pm

    And to stay warm, I also do tea, hot chocolate as well as snuggling with kitties 🙂

  27. Noreen says

    January 7, 2017 at 12:03 am

    Hot tea and an electric blanket

  28. Wendy R. says

    January 7, 2017 at 12:42 am

    2 years ago we moved to a much warmer climate – so that is how I stay warm in the Winter!! 😀

  29. yarnaddicted says

    January 7, 2017 at 10:37 am

    I drink hot chocolate and put on my fleece robe to work on my needlework!

  30. Cheryl Arnett says

    January 10, 2017 at 10:14 am

    I love a good hot tea or chocolate and knitting or reading about knitting and crochet.

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Knit a Linen Stitch Hot Pad

Linen stitch is one of my favorite knitting stitch patterns that, every time I use it in a project, I think about how I don’t use it often enough. 

It’s an easy stitch to make, with slip stitches done with the yarn held to the front of the work on the right/front side and to the back on the wrong/back side, which makes the strand of yarn a visible part of the pattern. 

It also makes a fabric that is thick and looks kind of like a woven fabric.

I recently used linen stitch to make a double-thick pot holder, which I worked in a kind of interesting way. I didn’t want to have to do any sewing on the project, so I started it from a crochet cast on and picked up stitches from the side of the cast on to make the hot pad all in one piece in the round with the edge sealed. 

This requires working on two circular needles, which is another technique I don’t use that often and am always reminded how much I like it when I do. 

The combination of double thickness and the stitch pattern makes for a hot pad that’s already pretty thick, but I also added a bit of old towel to the inside before I closed up the end to make it super thick and extra protective for your surfaces. 

I found the engineering challenge of this construction method to be a lot of fun, but you could also just knit it as a tube (casting on twice as many stitches as I did) and sew up the ends by hand when the knitting is done. Either way you’ve got a useful and pretty addition to your kitchen, whether you work it in a solid color, stripes or as a stash busting project will all your cotton odd balls. 

You can grab the pattern over at Our Daily Craft, or check it out on Ravelry. 

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