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Friday, September 20, 2013

Orchard Pullover Pattern Giveaway!

So....I hate being all excuse-y, excuse-y, but as you may have noticed, I've failed miserably at getting my latest pattern out by my anticipated deadline.  The good news is, my health situation is moving in the right direction (even though it's moving at a glacial pace!)  But I am off the medications that were making my mind hazy and putting me to sleep, which means my brain works again, and I'm working on doing the final edits on the pattern in the next few days.


As a thank-you to everyone who has hung in there with me while I've been missing in action, I wanted to do a little pattern giveaway.  All you have to do is comment on this post, and you're entered.  Next week, on the day I release the pattern (probably Tuesday, Sept 24), I'll do a random number generator to give away 3 copies of the Orchard Pullover pattern.  Next week, the pattern will only be released in my Etsy Shop, so I'll need the winners to contact me with their e-mail addresses so I can send them the pdf file via e-mail.  (I can later send it to their Ravelry libraries if they want to give me their Rav member names).  It will be released the following week on Ravelry and through the Knit Picks IDP program (not sure what that date will be.)

Speaking on Knit Picks, I noticed an e-mail from them yesterday that announced a week-long sale on the yarn I used for the sample of this sweater, Knit Picks City Tweed HW.  164-yd balls are marked down from $10 to $8.  So if you wear a 31" (34", 37", 40", 43", 46", 49", 52", 55") chest, and you like to plan ahead and get a good deal, you'll need to order 5 (6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 9) skeins.  (Note: the 40" size only needs to use about 10 yards from the 7th skein, the the 46" size only uses about 20 yards of the 7th skein, and the 55" size only uses about 13 yards of the 9th skein.  So if you tend to modify patterns so they use a little less yarn, or if you don't mind unraveling and reusing swatched yarn, you can probably get away with ordering one less skein for these sizes.)  I loved working with this yarn.  You can really feel the alpaca fiber in it, even though it's only 25% alpaca, and it definitely has the warmth of alpaca.  I have ultra-sensitive skin right now, and I would not be able to wear this yarn next to my skin, but I have no trouble at all with it worn over a t-shirt.  I highly recommend this yarn, and from the yarn's Ravelry page, I see that plenty of other people do, too.

So comment away!  I'll do my best to get the final edits done and look forward to releasing this pattern into the wild next week.  And I look forward to giving away 3 copies of this pattern next week!




27 comments:

  1. Lovely pattern and wonderful yarn choice

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  2. Nicole, this is stunning - I've been following this on Ravelry and all the clues make sense!! Bravo.

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  3. It was a fantastic pattern to knit!! Glad to hear that your health is moving in a positive direction!!!

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  4. What a gorgeous pattern and I love the tweedy look of that yarn!!

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  5. Lovely sweater!

    tktl on Ravelry

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  6. Firstly can I say hope you get well soon. And secondly that is one lovely sweater :D
    (Janice61)

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  7. What a lovely pattern! I totally dig the cowl-y / turtleneck-y collar!

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  8. Beautiful design! I'd love make and wear this!

    StaceyKnitsIt ravelry

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  9. I love the pattern and I love Knit Picks, they make making sweaters affordable!

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  10. This is a really pretty pattern! I love the Celtic vibe. I totally want to make this!

    I'm vernalequinox on Ravelry.

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  11. So glad you are doing better, totally love this pattern, would be a great fall knit to cast on for sure!

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  12. Beautiful Thanks for the opportunity...would love to make this!

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  13. Love the collar on this!

    misslillyknits on Ravelry

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  14. I love the collar and the cable..so pretty.


    wintersoup on Rav

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  15. This is beautiful! As good as it would look on me, though, I'd rather make one for my girlfriend. It would look a thousand times better on her. ♥

    I'm Seward on Rav. (My girlfriend is actually SingOnADime, if you'd like to check out her projects. :D She's much better about posting than I am.)

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  16. Beautiful pattern - thank you for the chance to win

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  17. Beautiful pattern.
    Glad you're feeling better.

    NanaMamah on Rav

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  18. Beautiful pattern and picture, I'm HelenKnitsUK on ravelry :)

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  19. Fantastic combination of yarn, colour and pattern, Nicole. Congratulations on another stunning design, and I'm so pleased you're feeling better, (even if not as quickly as we'd all like)

    Best wishes, woollykim on Ravelry

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  20. It's gorgeous! I love the collar.
    (cinnata on Raverly)

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  21. Thanks so much for all the compliments and well-wishes! I just did the drawing for this and am working on uploading the video to the blog. Stay tuned for winners......

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  22. Beautiful! I love all the pretty cables. Thanks!

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