Revivify (plus giveaway)
Published On: May 30, 2017

So I know your life is perfectly in order. You never need a plumber, or an electrician, or whoever it is you call to do something about that funny spot on the garage roof.  And I bet you have healthy dinners every night and your laundry is all put away and your yard looks just great right now.  But I? I sometimes have weeks where life gets the better of me…and when I have one of those weeks, I need my knitting to be simple.  That usually means I find myself knitting little flared cuffs.  They’re quick, they’re easy, I love wearing them, and they remind me that at least my knitting is under control (we all need small victories).

The last time I had one of those weeks, I knit these.  And now I’m bringing them out in case you ever find yourself in need of a bit of distraction as well.  The pattern is called Revivify.

These are pretty much everything I want in my knitting if I’m having a challenging day (or week…).  They’re pretty (I love a good spiky lace).  They’re quick (I knit each one in a few hours).  And they’re flexible about yarn (they took less than 100 yards for the pair, and you end at the bottom so you can just keep knitting until you’ve used up all your yarn without any worry about running out partway through).

And to stick with the theme, I tried to make the pattern everything you might need if life is being a bit frustrating.  It’s full of tips for using lace charts, fitting cuffs, and blocking something this shape.  And of course it’s written in three sizes and for three gauges (so you can use pretty much any fingering, sport, DK, or light worsted yarn and fit most anyone you might be knitting for).

And, to make it even easier to get this on your needles, I’ve set it up so you can get the pattern for free.  If you buy Revivify at the same time as any of the other books or patterns in my ravelry shop, Revivify will be free.  To get it, just put both Revivify and whatever else you’d like from my shop in your ravelry cart (the only even slightly tricky bit is that you have to use the cart, not the buy now button, but you can totally handle it), hit the ‘use a coupon code’ button, and type in the code DISTRACTION.  You’ll see the change in price reflected right away.  (Psst, if you’re on my mailing list, check your mail before you do this…you have a message from me you should see first!)

And to make somebody’s day even better, I’ve got two lovely little mini skeins of Miss Babs’ Yummy 2-ply to send to someone.  Now full disclosure, I used the 3-ply when I knit mine, and that’s just a shade thicker.  But the 2-ply is every bit as lovely and would work perfectly for the pattern (it’s written to work for 3 different gauges, so you can be pretty flexible with yarn).  And with 2 colors you could either make 2 pairs or do 1 long pair with awesome helix stripes on the wrist…how cool would that be!

If you think it should come live with you, just leave me a comment telling me what your go to knitting is when life is hard.  Do you like something with miles of plain stockinette?  Is a plain vanilla sock better?  Or maybe you want giant lace charts to distract you from your troubles.  There’s no right or wrong answer, I just like knowing what makes you tick!

Comments left between now and the end of the day (eastern time) Friday, June 2, 2017 will be entered to win.  I’ll pick a winner, contact them to get their addresses, and arrange to send yarn their way.  Be sure to use a real email address so I can contact you if you’ve won (I won’t do anything with those email addresses besides notify the winners).  If I do email you, I need to hear back from you within 72 hours or I will pick a new winner and contact them. Sorry, but I can only ship physical prizes to US addresses.

 

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