We have a winner – and a new KAL!

You all did such a wonderful job commenting in the contest to win Knit Wear Love – thank you!!! I always love reading comments, but this time especially I had such a great time hearing about your style challenges and loves. Thank you for such an excellent and thought-provoking group of observations.

I was glad to have the random number generator to help me choose a winner, for sure! And out of 402 comments, it chose Deb’s:

I love cables, textures and color knits with a scoop or vneck or henley and i like raglan. comfort is the key. I love textures that evoke nature. I really love a sweater with a beautiful lace pattern as well.

Deb and everyone, thanks again for commenting! As soon as my own copies of the book arrive, one will be on its way to you.

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Even though it’s tough to tell from today’s weather, winter is winding down, and with the warmer (?!) temperatures comes the end of the Deep Winter KAL.

As I mentioned when we kicked it off, Deep Winter is my favorite sweater time. And I’ve been heartily enjoying my favorite of the 6 sweaters I knit during this KAL:

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…but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t a hint of spring fever around here. And let’s be honest, those of us in the Northeast still have a couple-three months of wool-weather before we pack it away until fall.

So it’s time to come full-circle in the Year of Sweaters KAL, and once again get a little punchy with the thought of wearing sweaters-as-outerwear:

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So many beautiful sweaters were finished during the first Cardipalooza that we kicked off a whole series of Year of Sweaters KALs. Let’s do it again! The rules are as usual for these KALs – knit a cardigan, and finish it before May 31 for a chance to win a prize (beyond your fab sweater, of course!).

Want to play along? There are a number of ways:

  • Our CustomFit Ravelry group is a great place for inspiration and sweater-y chatter.
  • Use the hashtag #cardipalooza on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest so that we can all keep in touch. As usual, we’ll set up inspiration boards and share our own cardi progress with you.
  • Comment here on the blog! We always love to see and hear about what you’re knitting.

We’ll be setting up an FO thread for the Deep Winter KAL in our Ravelry group early this week to choose the Deep Winter winner, and I’ll be kicking Cardipalooza off with a bang early next week with a brand-spanking-new cardi pattern.

Until then, grab some yarn you love, see if any of CustomFit’s cardigans strike your fancy, and stay warm!

3 thoughts on “We have a winner – and a new KAL!

  1. Aw man, wishing I had time for a KAL. So,ebay soon, I hope. Enjoy, ladies and gents!

  2. Was supposed to say someday soon, FYI, autocorrect….

  3. Yay Cardipalooza! I keep checking Ravelry waiting for the the cardigan pattern you hinted at that is coming out this week – can’t wait!

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