Congratulations to Angie from the blog Kentucky Angel! You’ve won!
Thanks everyone for participating, and look for even bigger giveaways as 2016 comes around! See you soon!
new beginner’s guide!
December 1, 2015 by 1 Comment
Have friends or family members that are interested in crocheting but don’t know where to start? Send them here! This new page will explain everything they need to know to get started successfully with thought-out steps, tips, & resources.
Thanks for stopping by, see you soon!
Thanksgiving yarn and hooks giveaway!
November 26, 2015 by 41 Comments
***Giveaway now closed.***
There are so many things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving, even if you’re not celebrating the holiday in the United States. To demonstrate this, check out this list I found (from itsbubz on Instagram):
Grateful for…
- Early wakeups = children to love
- House to clean = safe place to live
- Laundry = clothes to wear
- Dishes to wash = food to eat
- Crumbs under the table = family meals
- Grocery shopping = $ to provide for us
- Toilets to clean = indoor plumbing
- Lots of noise = people in my life
- Endless questions about homework = kids’ brains growing
- Sore & tired in bed = I’m still alive!
Amen
Even though I don’t have kids, this is a great reminder that we can find things to be grateful for in what we usually consider to be unpleasant chores.
In the spirit of spreading thankfulness (which incidentally can also be really good for your mental health, see here), I’m hosting a giveaway!
WHAT THE WINNER WILL RECEIVE:
- 1 100g skein of fingering/sock weight yarn (480m/525yds) from DyeForYarn. This Merino/BabyCamel yarn is a single ply yarn made of 55% merino superwash wool, 45% baby camel. It is very soft and warm (I used it for my wedding wrap). Colorway: Blood Smear.
- 1 more skein of the exact same yarn in colorway: Disappointed.
- 4 Susan Bates aluminum crochet hooks in sizes:
- B/1 (2.25mm)
- C/2 (2.75mm)
- D/3 (3.25mm)
- E/4 (3.5mm)
The yarn currently retails for $21.27 USD (click here for my previous review of the yarn) and the Susan Bates hooks are my favorite aluminum brand, hands down, because the in-line shape allows me to crochet more quickly and smoothly.
GIVEAWAY RULES:
The giveaway starts today and runs through the end of Sunday, December 6, 2015 EST and the winner will be drawn randomly on the following day. The winner will receive an email alerting them to their win, and they must respond with their full name and shipping address within 24 hours of the email being sent or else another winner will be drawn. The giveaway is open to all countries.
To enter, you must do ALL of the following:
- Follow this blog (via WordPress, Bloglovin’, or email).
- Re-blog this post (or share on another social media platform if you don’t have a blog, such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.). Multiple entries can be earned if you share on multiple platforms.
- Leave a comment on this post including the following information: a) how you follow this blog b) the links to your re-blogged post and any of your shares on other social media platforms.
If all three of these have not been met, you will not be entered.
Please keep in mind that if you are a new commenter on my blog I will have to verify your comment before it will appear below, but you are entered once you submit your comment so please do not comment twice.
Good luck to everyone, and happy Thanksgiving!
-Hannah
***Giveaway now closed.***
counter turn hat: ta-da!
November 3, 2015 by 2 Comments
The Counter Turn pattern is one in a set of three similar knitted cabled hats (the set of patterns costs money) that are great for gifts and work up relatively quickly. I’ve made this one in Berroco Vintage (52% Acrylic, 40% Wool, 8% Nylon) in red:
I was too lazy to do the recommended cast on, and its sloppy finish demonstrates that lapse, but overall I’m happy with this. It’s very stretchy and I plan on giving it to a man for Christmas. I might take the pompom off, actually… do guys like pompoms?
Well, that’s all for today, short and sweet! Thanks so much for stopping by, see you soon!
I’m getting married today!
October 17, 2015 by 19 Comments
I wrote this in advance, of course, but I wanted to let you guys know what’s going on!
My fiancé Chris and I are getting married at 1:00! I’m so excited! My maid of honor is Chris’ sister (whose name is also Hannah) and his best man is his best friend Jamie. That’s all the attendants, so we’re trying to keep things as easy as possible! We’ll sing a hymn during the service and some of my favorite organ pieces will be played (my dad is even going to play the hymn), but for the most part it’ll be short and sweet.
The reception will be at a large, beautiful home in the area, and we’re having mulled cider and pies instead of the traditional cake and punch, which I think is going to be great!
For our honeymoon we were going to go to Charleston, but as some of you may know, there has been some bad flooding there as well as here in Columbia over the past week and a half (we were very, very lucky to have power and running water the whole time and that our house stayed dry), so we’re trying to scramble and re-do our plans — I think we’re going to Asheville, NC instead, which should be beautiful this time of year!
I’m taking off work from the 15th through the 28th (I’ve saved up a lot of vacation hours!) and therefore I probably won’t be posting much during that time. I do have some things I’ve made already but haven’t had time to photograph and post about (or even block, because we’re under a boil water advisory still and I don’t want to use gross water on my newly made items!), so there should be plenty of things to share when we get back, including pictures (when we get them)!
Thanks for all your well wishes, and I’ll be back soon! Thanks for stopping by!
-Hannah
not your average crochet 