Ceres Winners!

Congratulations Diane and Kat!  You've each won a free copy of Ceres!

Since so many people entered my giveaway, and all of them with helpful, well thought-out responses to my question, I decided to give two copies away, instead of one.  Spread the love.  For those of you who are interested, able and didn't win, Ceres is available for you to purchase through my blog and through Ravelry.

Stay tuned for more patterns, and more giveaways!

Giveaway Glee!

Jeez, kids, if many more of you enter my giveaway, I might have to give out two copies of Ceres!  :-P

I'm really enjoying the responses to my Ceres giveaway!  Some of it's stuff that really hadn't occurred to me, like buying patterns the moment you're ready to knit them.  All of it's helpful.  Thanks to everyone who's entered so far!  For those who haven't, you've still got a couple of days left to enter and win a free copy of Ceres!

Ceres Giveaway!

Like Ceres?  Want a copy of the pattern?  Don't wanna pay $5.00 for it?

I rather enjoyed the last giveaway I did.  I think perhaps I'll make it a habit to do a giveaway each time I release a new pattern.  So here's what we'll do, we'll conduct some market research while we're at it, maybe get an interesting discussion going.

To enter:  post a comment answering the following question:  What, if anything, would make you willing to pay for a knitting pattern?  Comments entered before 8pm CST on Sunday, February 7th (that's next Sunday) will be entered into a random drawing.  One winner will be drawn and posted that night.

There's no shortage of free knitting patterns on the internet, and there are a lot of people who stick exclusively to those.  But there are people who purchase patterns for money - either in print magazines or individually online from sources like Ravelry, Twist Collective or individual blogs like mine.  I'd like to get a better idea of what people expect and hope for in a knitting pattern that they're willing to shell out cash for.  What makes a pattern worth paying for?  (For the record, "nothing," is a perfectly legitimate and informative answer).  What about the patterns you've paid for made you go, "Oooooooooooh..." and then buy the pattern?  I ask this not just to boost sales, but to really make sure people get what they're after when they buy a pattern from me.  So what tips you over the "I'll buy that" edge, and what do you expect when you go there?

And the winner is....

...Mailophobic!!! Congratulations! Drop me an email letting me know to what email address you'd like me to send your copy of Bluebonnets.

That was kinda fun. I think mayhap I shall have another of those at some point. :-) In the meantime...


This is coming right up! We're in the testing stages, and then in a week or so the pattern for these mitts and their matching hat will be up for sale! So stay tuned.

Time For a Giveaway!!!

Win this! The headband pattern, not the girl. Sicko. :-P

One of the strange things about blogging is that you really can't tell who's subscribed to your RSS feed. So, although there are various ways of telling who comes and visits your site, anyone who reads your blog via your feed is essentially invisible to you. This makes it sort of hard to gauge how many regular readers you have. Some services like Google Reader make it possible to see who's following you through that particular service, but I know I usually just subscribe directly to the feed, and I think most people like to do that too.

So here's my idea: If you are subscribed to my blog (or if you're just now subscribing) in any way, through any service, comment to this post and let me know! Everyone who comments will be entered into a drawing for a free copy of Bluebonnets, which is, you know...not usually free. And, just because I think it's fun to actually see my "followers," anyone who follows my blog via Google Reader will be entered twice!

A winner will be chosen on Saturday, July 11 via random number generator, so subscribe and submit your comments or subscribe through Google before then (see the "subscribe" and "follow" links to the left). I'll post the name of the winner that day, then it will be up to that person to email me and let me know at what email address they'd like to receive the PDF pattern.

Tied Up and Twisted

My "Happy Weekend" present to you: a new free pattern cum blog giveaway!

Pattern
Download the PDF here.
"Tied Up and Twisted" is amazingly quick, amazingly easy and surprisingly versatile. The twisty pulse-warmers will keep you (surprisingly) warm while the weather warms up, and the hairband can be worn in lots of different ways. There are yarn overs worked down the length of each piece, which allows you to button them anywhere along their length. Use these pictures as “serving suggestions.” There’s plenty of room for creativity!

I knit these to show off the wonderful handspun yarn I received for Christmas from Woolly Hands. Worked on large needles, this yarn knits up quickly and with lots of character! You could substitute a bulky yarn of more even thickness, but I think you’d lose some of the character of the piece.

Blog Giveaway
Remember "Bluebonnets?" It's coming along great, and I'm almost ready to have it tested. Because this pattern is slightly more complicated than my two free patterns, I'm going to charge a little for it.

Want to get it for free?

Knit up "Tied Up and Twisted" and post it to Ravelry with pictures and a rating by the end of the month, and I'll enter your name into a drawing for a free PDF copy of "Bluebonnets" when it's tested and finished. I'll draw 2 names at random and contact the winners through Ravelry on May 1. You have to be on Ravelry to enter, but this gives you time to get an account if you don't already have one (it's free, and soooooo worth the clicking and typing). And yes, I will enter your name even if you only give me one star. Be honest. :-)





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