Downtown Yarn Bombing!

So my local yarn store, Bella Filati, coordinated an awesome yarn bombing of my downtown for their annual participation in the Palustris Festival.

It does my heart good to see that there are so many fun yarnies in this small town...It made my morning!  I only wish that I had had time to join in. :(  Hopefully next time!

So I thought I would share some of the pictures!  Some of the designs coordinate with the shop that is in front of...they thought of everything!






















Knitting Practice

So...I have been wanting to learn to knit for the longest time.  Don't get me wrong...I LOVE to crochet.  But the yarn industry seems to cater to the knitters of the world and designs all these beautiful yarns that just look fabulous knitted and a little wonky crocheted. :(  So what's a yarnaholic supposed to do?

I have taken knitting classes and I have watched the videos online but practice makes perfect and if you are crocheting all the time, then you just tend to put off the knitting.  Well I have come up with an excuse to knit!  I have started working on pom pom mini blankets. 


I recommend it for anyone that needs the knitting practice.  The hardest part about these things is starting it...but once you get over that, it is a breeze.  Not only is it making me practice the knit stitch, it is helping me to keep the stitches somewhat even because you can only go so far before you run into a pom pom.  I have a few more in the works right now so maybe I will figure out hats and booties by the end of the year.  :)

1000 Fan Giveaway

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I can't believe that just a few months ago, I was excited about 200 fans and now I have over a 1000!  It is exciting to see how crochet has changed and created an industry and outlet for so many and I so glad to be a part of this.  I started this on a whim and never thought I would be shipping my things all over the country. I hope you guys will continue to watch my business grow and change.

As a thank you to both my pattern lovers and photographers and mommies, I have tried to gather some things that everyone will like.  I do realize that a snapper (photographers and/or mommies) may not have a need for a crochet pattern and a yarnie (fellow hookers and crafters) probably doesn't need a finished hat so...

HOW YOU ENTER:
There’s 4 easy ways to enter yourself in the giveaway. Enter each entry as a separate blog comment and please include the entry # and whether you are a snapper or yarnie in your comment. These comments will serve as your entries for the drawing so make sure you leave a comment after you’ve completed each entry.   Be sure to sure and specify: snapper or yarnie in each entry...that will help determine which prizes you would be entered for so you get something you can use!  If you would like any of the prizes, enter yarnie for one and snapper for the other.

ENTRY #1 (REQUIRED): Like/become a fan of my Facebook page.

ENTRY #2 (REQUIRED): Like/become a fan of all of the vendors’ Facebook pages from your personal page. This will help verify your entry.  Winner will need to post on vendors page to claim prize.  If found to have liked page after the giveaway, a new winner will be chosen.

ENTRY #3 (OPTIONAL): Share the giveaway with your friends and fans and update your Facebook status.  Be sure to put @ before you type Yarn Over Crochet so that it links back properly to my page for verification.

ENTRY #4 (OPTIONAL): Follow my blog by clicking the ‘Join this site’ button on your right.

Now for the fine print: 

*The giveaway will start this evening, Wednesday Mar 7th and end at 10pm Eastern on Sunday March 18th.

*When the contest is over, I will divide the posts into their perspective categories and winners will be chosen via random.org on Monday March 19th and announced here on the blog within 24 hours, so be sure to check back to see if you’ve won. Winners will have 48 hours to claim their prize before another winner is drawn via random.org.

*Some vendors may require shipping*

DISCLAIMER: This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to Yarn Over Crochet and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for this giveaway. By entering the contest you are agreeing to these terms and conditions.  Prizes do not have cash value. There will be no returns/exchanges on any of the items.

14 winners will be picked!
GOODIES
 SNAPPER or YARNIE

Yarn Over Crochet - 
I am giving away 3 $20 Gift Certificates!


Yarn Over Crochet -
I am giving away 3 sets of 3 patterns!


Pandia's Jewels -
The color is called Berry Patch. The yarn base is 100% Peruvian Highland wool and it is 440 yds/ 100 grams of fingering weight. This is a Pandia's Jewels One Skein Wonder. One Skein wonders are that happy accident that happens in the dye process making it hard for me to duplicate or recreate, thus- this skein is one of kind and the only one out there. And I think that color is perfect now that Spring is right around the corner.



Kristin's Kreations - 
Crochet Toddler Girl Hat (Sized 12-24 months)


Sew Much Love Patterns-
Winner's choice of 3 patterns from Ravelry:  http://www.ravelry.com/designers/april-hudson


Chelsea Clay/Threadmill - 
All three buttons pictured


Captured in the Lens Creations- 
$20 Gift Certificate for  www.capturedinthelens.net


SpunkyMunkyLegs - 
Choice of leg warmers from pictured



Bella's Bunting -
Crown is newborn size and the banner is 3ft long with 9 little double sided flags, 
each measuring just 1" x 1 1/2"



Spotted Pony Designs - 




Annabelle's Basket - 
Octopus Hat Pattern - Teen/Adult Size


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Dyed Some Yarn Today...

Okay...so this is not my first time dying yarn BUT it is the first one that I have really loved.

I saw a hat by Sweet Love Creates that had these colors put together and I loved it!



I scoured the internet looking for yarn that had these colors put together and I just didn't find anything!  SO I rolled up my sleeves and broke out the Wilton food color: Tasteless Red, Sky Blue, and Leaf Green


Behind bars...of color, that is!

Ok...so I had a friend that wanted a long tailed elf hat...no problem. She specified as much to say "boy colors"...hmmm...so that leaves me with many possibilities.

Most of the time these hats seem to be solid or striped...ok so that narrows it down a smidgen. So now what? I remembered seeing a pin on evil, addictive Pinterest for a stripe generator from Biscuits and Jam so I thought I would try it out. Of course I was skeptical that what I could generate would look as good in practice.

I picked my colors: boy. I picked how big I wanted the rows. And finally, I told it how many rows I had to work with. So then it generates a pattern for me...I had to refresh a few times to get one that I liked, but there you go...done!

I copied and pasted to a Word doc so that I would have it to refer to.


So here is what I got...



I love it! I am going to have to do that more often. I think the hardest part is picking colors that will look good together. It seems easy until you put them together and generate stripes.

Happy striping everyone!