A Whole Year (plus giveaway)
(Psst, the giveaway is over, but the discount code is still good until April 25. You can use the code HUNTERSENTME on any of the things here for 10% off!)
So you know how there are books full of lovely patterns? And then there are books packed with lots of great techniques? Well how about a book that has both?
A Year of Techniques takes twelve knitting tools (one for each month of the year), teaches you how to use them, then gives you a pattern for each. I absolutely love this idea. I’m a tiny bit jealous I didn’t think of it first!
The techniques included cover a wide range of skill levels (meaning it’s great whether you think of yourself as a beginner or a more experienced knitter). There are things here that I’ve never done (knitted on edgings, intarsia), things that I have sort of a general idea how they work but feel much more comfortable with now (helical knitting, short row shaping in garter stitch), and things that I was already confident about, but reading how someone else does it is still fun (cables, turning a heel).
And I haven’t even mentioned the niftiest bit yet. There are videos for all of the techniques! You can check them out right here. I suspect there’s something in there you’ve been wanting to try.
Once you’ve learned your new technique, the best way to perfect it is with practice. The patterns in the book let you do just that. They’re all lovely, and lots of them are the sort of things I like to make most (socks, hats, cuffs, snuggly neck things).
The book comes in both electronic and paper + electronic forms (there are also nifty kits where you can buy the yarns used in the book projects!). And I’ve got two copies of the ebook to give away (one here, and one over on instagram). To enter, just leave a comment on this post telling me which of the projects you’d knit first if you won! (You can enter on the instagram post too if you want to up your chances of winning!)
And, if you suspect you need the paper book instead (which really…I have such a soft spot for paper…I would totally understand) or one of the awesome yarn kits, you can use the code HUNTERSENTME on any of the things here for 10% off. Because really, we should all learn something new!
Comments left between now and the end of the day (eastern time) Friday, April 13, 2018 will be entered to win. I’ll pick a winner, contact them to get their info, and arrange to send the book 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 winner). 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. Oh, and for anyone playing along at home, the pictures are © Jesse Wild and used with permission.
Little Tern Blanket is so elegant looking, yet simple. I love to knit it up!
The Little Tern blanket really caught my eye!
Wow what a great book. Love all the patterns so it is hard to choose. The Little Tern blanket looks so cosy and right now there are lots of little ones arriving. The Hedera Helix socks also caught my eye. Alex the Mouse is too cute for words. So in order I would knit: the blankie, the mouse and then the socks. Thank you for the giveaway. Fingers and toes crossed, hoping to win a copy of the book.
Just all of them – need to change always ending up with scarfs in seed stitches😆
I need to tackle Colorwork and I absolutly love the Oorik Tank Top! I think its size makes it a much more approachable project a and it is just adorable!
Little tern blanket looks beautiful so I have to choose it
Yellow wagtail scarf 😊
It would be Bristol Ivy’s Brambling Shawl for me. I love interesting constructions and spotted this when the book came out!
Brambling Shawl! I really need to learn intarsia…
The helix socks!!!
That Alex mouse is adorable! But I’d probably go for either the Brambling shawl or the Hyacinthus armwarmers first.
Grafting! Which may be the socks pattern. Couldn’t tell if there are other grafting projects.
The Ruschia Hat is my choice as short rows are a mystery to me.
Colorwork! One thing that is super daunting to me
Last year instead of buying this book I focused on improving my lace knitting skills. I like cables, but lace is more of a challenge. I am knitting a pair of Sybaritic socks and a lace shawl will follow. That is what I thought, but then I saw the book. The Talmadge Cloche by Rosemary Hill looks fun.
I would start with the Brambling Shawl by Bristol Ivy. Love the irregular colorwork and shaping with Intarsia isn’t something that I have done much of or at all.
I would probably cast on Brambling Shawl and Wood Warbler Cowl at the same time because I can’t pick between them!
I think I’d knit the Brambling Shawl. I have so many leftover balls of sock yarn that could be put to good use.
The Shaila Mitts look interesting and look like a good way to learn to do 2-color stranded knitting.
Alex the Mouse for a child in need
I would say of techniques to learn and then practice I need to get some more types of cast ons under my belt and I always like improving colorwork. Everytime I see a post like this I realize how much knitting I HAVEN’T done!
Fingers crossed, my daughter will need me to knit the Little Tern Blanket this year
Oorik tank top is adorable, so I’d make that first. 🙂
The Wood Warbler Cowl looks fun!
Would love to advance my knitting skills!