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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!

Comments

  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.

Have you read?

Stitch a Simple Sack Hat that Looks Like a Turkey

If your family is the sort to do a turkey trot for Thanksgiving, or even just to take family pictures, you’ll want to get started knitting up some Turkey Sack Hats with this pattern from Underground Crafter. 

The pattern uses super bulky yarn and is rated easy. It’s knit flat but there are a few skills in here around the shaping of the eyes, which includes changing colors, working bobbles and doing a wicked purl 3 together decrease. Twice. 

But that’s all in one row, and the rest of it is pretty simple. The beak is worked separately and sewn on, and the side of the hat is stitched up to make it into a hat. 

What’s great about this one is that it comes in 10 sizes, ranging from newborn to adult large, so you really can make one for everyone in the family. And because it uses super bulky yarn you can knit a bunch pretty quickly if that’s a thing you’d like to do. 

It’s also fun because you could use this base pattern to make different animals or for different holidays. Make it all in orange and stitch on a jack o’lantern face for Halloween, or make a white one that’s a snowman, for example. 

In any style this would also be a fun gag gift for that person in your life who has everything or doesn’t want gifts, or if you do a secret Santa or white elephant gift exchange at work or elsewhere. 

And make sure whether you’re making it a turkey or some other character that you include the pom poms at the top! They’re just so cure and a great way to add a bit more color to the project, and they’re easy to make. (See also: ways to make a pompom with yarn.)

You can grab the free pattern at the Underground Crafter website. 

[Photo: Underground Crafter]