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Join Me for a Giveaway of Olympic Proportions!

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olympic giveaway craft gossipI’ve been hinting at something special happening in conjunction with the Olympics, and now that the opening ceremonies are just a day away I can share with you what I’m planning. I really wanted to do something special to celebrate joining the Craft Gossip team as well as celebrating the Olympics.

The Games are such a fun event, bringing people from around the world to their television sets to watch great feats of sport (and, let’s hope, sportsmanship) and enjoy a moment of togetherness and commonality it’s rare to feel these days.

Odds are good, despite the recent unpleasantness, that a lot of knitters around the world will be watching the Games, and many of us will be knitting while we do. I know I’m going to be working on a bunch of projects for my book, and I hope the dedicated TV time will keep me on track (grin) to finish a few things.

So, on to the fun stuff: the giveaways! Starting tomorrow, and continuing each day through the Olympics (that’s through August 12) I’ll be giving something away — a book, magazine, yarn, I don’t know what all yet.

What I do know is they’ll be one giveaway a day and it will last a day. You’ll enter by posing a comment on that day’s post; the winner will be chosen at random. You’ll have to comment on each giveaway to be entered, so come back every day to see what’s on offer. And winning one giveaway won’t make you ineligible to win future giveaways, so keep coming back and enter as many as you like.

Because of that I’ll wait until the Olympics are over and all the winners have been notified to mail the goodies.

I’m really excited both to clean out some of my stash and to share some knitting goodies with you. Who’s ready to win some free stuff? I’ll see you tomorrow with the first giveaway!

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  1. I am SOOOOOOOO ready for goodies! Who doesn’t love them! There is nothing like digging in a box of craft stuff to see what is all in there. LOVE IT!

  10. What could be better than to watch the Olympics and knit…oh…..to knit with a Free Giveaway project !!!!!

  16. Yes indeedy!Knitting sox and watching the olympics!! A match made in craftgossip heaven

  20. Socks, knitting, Olympics. What could be better? Gift Giveaway !!!!!! Life is good.

    Bring on the treats. Yeah

  25. I would love to win because I’ve never knit socks before. — My kids were up early this morning thinking the Olympic games started today!

  29. Only once in my lifetime I have won something in another contest this year. For me to win again would be outgrageously impossible. But, what the heck, it does not hurt to try, does it? Especially if it has to do with knitting, which I have been making shawls and will continue to work on during the olympics. Thaks for your generosity.

  32. Whooo hoooo another give-a-way. Love to win something. I never seem to win anything. Thank you for putting this on.

  34. I shall be knitting when the Olympics start, I hope everyone will also be copying me. Great prize, I hope I will win, thanks for this giveaway.

  37. I’ll never be an Olympian…but I’d still like to be a winner. Pick me!
    Please!!!

  42. This is going to be a lot of fun it’s gonna be fun and intresting not knowing the prize in advance leads to the anticipation Thank-you.Becky

  46. I love watching the Olympics especially swimming [go Michael Phelps!!], gymnastics, dressage, and track. Hope the USA wins lots of medals!!

  47. 17 days to win prizes ! How much fun is this going to be checking each day to see what geat prize is available to win.

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Christmas Stocking Knitting Patterns for Your Pets

I’ve shared a lot of Christmas stocking knitting patterns over the years (see posts 1, 2, 3 for example) but what if you want to knit a stocking for a non-human member of your family. If you’re looking for Christmas stocking knitting patterns for your cats or dogs, this is the post for you.

These large paw print stockings are perfect for either dogs or cats, so they’re great to knit if you have both. They are worked in the round using DK weight yarn, and the stocking measures about 17 inches/43 cm from the top to the heel. You can get the pattern from nicolaluke.

The K4 Project has a super cute Kitty Christmas stocking pattern, which is worked in worsted weight yarn. They also have a dog version, or you can buy both and get a discount if you have both dogs and cats to knit for. Both projects have two patterns, showing how to work the stockings flat or in the round.

Put your dog into a Christmas scene with this stocking pattern from ifanhourChild. It shows a dog in a dog house in the snow, and has room for the dog’s name at the top. It’s worked flat using worsted weight yarn and the pattern includes charts for many small and medium dog breeds (there’s a separate listing for bigger dogs) so you can stitch a dog that looks like yours.

Annie’s Woolens has both dog and cat stocking knitting patterns that are worked in worsted weight yarn in the round. You can change up the colors to suit your pet if you want, and they come with an alphabet chart for personalization. Or you can stick with holiday colors and buy a kit to make the dog or cat stocking.

Waiting for Santa Paws is a pattern from Kate Agner on Ravelry that would be cute for a dog or a cat. It looks like a leg with a paw print on the bottom part of the foot and more paw prints running around the top of the leg. This is a great option if you don’t want to mess with a heel turn because it doesn’t have a heel, because dogs and cats don’t have heels so why would their stockings?

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