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Win a $150 Prize Package from Red Heart

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red heart tip junkie prize packageTip Junkie is giving away a prize package from Red Heart worth $150, which I expect some of you will want to check out. Anneliese from Aesthetic Nest recently stopped by Tip Junkie to share a scarf pattern and tutorial for working with the company’s new Red Heart Boutique Ribbons yarn, and it looks really cool.

I put a note in the comments, but people keep commenting as if I’m giving this away, so I wanted to make it clear that I am not. Got to Tip Junkie’s website (it’s the first link above) to enter, OK? Thanks!

The prize package includes six skeins of that yarn (ooh, Christmas presents!) as well as two of Sashay and three of Unforgettable. There’s also a yarn cutter pendant, a crochet hook and a pair of knitting needles, a book on learning to crochet and a year’s subscription to Crochet Today! magazine, all loaded up in a Red Heart tote. We’ll ignore the focus on crochet things and use this stuff to knit, right?

To enter, leave a comment on the post linked above by July 31. Extra entries can be earned for likes on Facebook and tweeting about the event. This looks like some fun yarn, and who doesn’t love free? Good luck!

[Photo by Red Heart via Tip Junkie.]

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  2. Oooooh, this prize sounds absolutely amazing!!! I’m dying to teach myself how to crochet and this prize would be so helpful, I would love to win it!!!!!!

  3. I love knitting and have been wanting to learn how to crochet! This kit would be very helpful with starting out!

  4. I’m a knitter who wants to learn how to crochet. I live in Germany and would love to try some RED HEART yarn, which I can’t get here.

  6. Knitting, crocheting, embroidery, needlepoint, all taught to me by my mom. So necessary to pass these skills on to the next generations. Now sharing with some of my curious friends and their children. It would be wonderful to have a beautiful variety of yarns to teach with.

  12. I would love to win this and share with my mother, she loves crochet and knitting – just love all those colors, I can see me making gifts for everyone – thanks for the chance to win!

  18. Winter is coming and would be great to win! Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful givaway!

  19. I am absolutely addicted to cross stitch and crocheting. Nothing like completing a project, and feeling pride in your work. This prize package would enable me to keep the fingers ‘nimble’ and my heart warm!

  20. School is about to be back in session and I will need to get my knitting going to “de-stress.” This looks like a great gift package to get several projects underway!

Have you read?

Book Review: Viking Knits

Beautiful people and beautiful sweaters combine in Lasse L. Matberg’s Viking Knits. The book includes more than 40 Scandinavian inspired knits for men, women and children featuring textured stitches and colorwork.

Matberg is known as The Viking and has worked as a chef, naval officer, fitness instructor and model, as well as being on a couple of reality TV shows. He comes from a long line of makers and his book was first published in Norwegian in 2021 and has since come out in an English version.

The book is divided into sections including everyday sweaters, knits for the great outdoors, stylish knitwear, Norse sweaters and accessories. Some of the patterns use the same designs in different versions for men, women and children. I counted seven projects rated for beginners, 19 for intermediate knitters and 17 for experienced knitters. The more difficult patterns tend to have allover colorwork or stitch patterning.

The pattern stitches and colorwork are shown in charts, with a little bit of text to tell you how to make the garment. Most of the book is sweaters, but there are also hats (sometimes coordinating with sweaters), scarves and a couple of sitting mats.

You can check out all the patterns on Ravelry. Some of my favorites are the more basic ones, such as the Power Sweater, a close-fitting (sized for men) ribbed sweater; the Heart Sweater, a raglan with allover lice stitch; and the Midsummer Sweater, with textured stripes and a henley neckline. I also like the Breeze designs (there are versions for men, women and children) that have colorwork diamonds on them.

Sizing on the garments varies, but there are six sizes for the men’s patterns (noted as small through XXL and then Lasse sized), six for women (XS to XL) and three for children (age 2-4, 6-8 and 10-12).

The yarns used in the book aren’t available in the United States but you can find suppliers here if you want to use the same yarns. Otherwise the book gives a lot of details about yarn content and gauge so you should be able to find good substitutes wherever you live.

If you have Norwegian or Scandinavian heritage or just like the look of cozy textured or colorful sweaters, this book is a lot of fun, and the eye candy is pretty great, too.

About the book: 192 pages, hardcover, 43 patterns. Published in English in 2023 by Search Press. Suggested retail price $29.95.

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