Giveaway Winner!

And the giveaway winner is...Mandie!  

Congrats, let me know the best way to get in touch with you and I will make sure you super awesome swag gets to you as fast as possible.  

Alchemy Hour Give Away!

I am hosting an Alchemy Hour give away this month to celebrate my official opening of my newest yarn shop on Etsy.  One super lucky reader will receive a one of a kind small project bag and a hank of wool and silk lace weight yarn.  


The Goods:

Dot Art Small Project Bag 

This small drawstring pouch will protect your project and hold your yarn, needles and any other notions you may need. The bag is fully lined and has two inner pockets prefect for holding stitch markers, tapestry needles, double points or any other small knitting or crocheting accessory you made be using. Two drawstrings make closing you bag easy and keeps all your items safely within the bag.  

The colorful print is the best part of the pouch.  It is based off Australian Aboriginal Dot Art and the way the pattern moves and the colors used really make this fabric special.   The interior of this bag is lined with a teal batik fabric that reminds me of water falls and warm rain.  

Bag Stats:

8" tall x 6 1/2" long (at bottom of bag)x 4" wide
Opening at top of bag: 20"
Inner pockets: 5" x 4 1/4"
Drawstrings: About 10" apiece when closed

Pigeon, 440 Yards Hand Dyed Wool and Silk Lace Weight Yarn

This yarn is a lovely lace weight perfect for a small shawl or a lovely lace scarf.  The blend of Merino and Silk give this yarn a soft and lofty hand. 

The color was difficult to achieve, but worth the extra time in they dye pot, it has beautiful undertones of pinks and blues and the silk adds extra depth to the slate color of this yarn.  

Yarn Stats

Yardage: 440

Weight: Lace

Needle: US 0-3

Fiber: 70% Merino Wool, 30% Silk

How To Enter:

You must reside in the US for this giveaway.  Sorry internationals I'm not set up for international shipping just yet, but I will have a giveaway that is open to everyone later in the month.  

You must go to Alchemy Hour and pick out your favorite item, heart it and then leave me a comment below about it.

For additional entries you can do the following:

(Make sure to leave a new comment with your user name/link for every additional entry.)

-Follow @bluebetty on Twitter.

-Like Blue Betty on Facebook.

-Add Alchemy Hour to your circle on Etsy.

-Tweet about this giveaway.

-Follow this Blog

-Sign up for the Newsletter.

 All entries must be in by Sunday July 15th.  The winner will be announced Monday July 16th here on the blog.

Giveaway Winners!

First off thank you to everyone who participated in my Thanksgiving Giveaways.  Here are the results...drum roll please!

The Winner of the January Issue of Creative Knitting is...Libraryminion! Congrats, please email me with you contact info and the address that you would like to have the magazine sent to.

The winner of the Southerly Pattern Set is....Cheryl A-S.  Please contact me with the email address that you would like the PDFs of the patterns sent to. 

And finally our runner up for the Black Friday Cyber Monday Giveaway is...Lee!  Contact me with your email and I will send you the PDF for the Wintertide Gauntlets. 

Congratulations to all the winners and thanks again to everyone who participated!

Shameless Plug: Cyber Monday

Sun set on Thanksgiving Day

 I hope everyone had a great weekend.  Mine was spent in the Finger Lakes with my parents eating a lot of turkey and drinking amazing wine from Rooster Hill.  Rooster Hill is one of my favorite wineries in the Finger Lakes.  I am a bit bias though because my mom does work there.  They do have wonderful wine though especially the Lemberg '08 Reserve, and the 2010 Chardonnay.

I just want to put in a quick reminder that today is the last day to enter both of my Thanksgiving Giveaways.  You can enter to win a pattern set or you can enter to win a copy Creative Knitting Magazine's January 2012 issue.  I will be announcing the winners tomorrow here on the blog.  Good Luck.

If you are a member of Ravelry.com you can also take advantage of a pattern promotion I am having on Ravelry.  When you purchase two patterns you get the choice of the Peaks and Valleys Beanie or the Fall of the Lead Fingerless Mitts for free.  Just enter the promotion code giftknit at check out. This code is good till the end of November

Also today is the last day the the coupon codes in my Etsy Shop will be active.  For free shipping on all domestic shipping use SHIP4FREE.  To recieve 10% of your Purchase use BBFAN1.  

With November drawing to a close and the Holiday season in full swing I must put my nose to the grind stone and start knitting and baking and shopping.  Simon has already hung the Christmas lights on the surfboards with care.  He loves this time of year and this year I think I'm going to decorate a bit more than last year.

The twilight sky from Rooster Hill Winery

Black Friday Offer, Cyber Monday Giveaway

This weekend is a crazy retail frenzy.  For everyone who is knitting gifts, or buying handmade I wanted to have a special giveaway and offer.

First the offer, Starting today through Monday the 28th I will be offering free domestic shipping on all items that are shipped through the USPS in my Etsy Shop.  To take advantage of this great offer all you have to do is enter the coupon code SHIP4FREE at check out. 

Now on to the fun part I am giving away the Southerly Pattern Set to one lucky reader of Blue Betty.  This set includes the Southerly Tam Knitting Pattern and the Fall of the Leaf Fingerless Mitts Knitting Pattern. 

Also two runners up will receive a copy of the Wintertide Gauntlets Knitting Pattern.

To enter just leave a comment letting me know how your thanksgiving was or what your holiday plans are.  For a second chance to enter go to my Etsy Shop and pick out which item you would most like to receive as a gift and post it here in the comments. 

I will pick a winner and the runners up randomly Monday Night and will announce them on Tuesday here on Blue Betty.  This giveaway to open to everyone! 

Thanksgiving Week Giveaway!

Creative Knitting Magazine

The latest issue of Creative Knitting Magazine is out and I am lucky enough to have one of my designs in this issue.  I am also lucky enough to have an extra copy of the January issue to give away this week as a Thanksgiving Week Giveaway. 

To enter leave a comment here on this post letting me know what you holiday craft and gift knitting plans are.  I will pick a winner randomly on Tuesday the 29th of November.  You can enter a second time by going to Creative Knitting Magazine and looking at the Current Issue section and post a comment here about which is your favorite project.

This giveaway is open to residents of the U.S.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.  Check back later in this week for more offers, holiday giveaways, and a special thank you for fans of Blue Betty.  

New Look & October Giveaway!

I am trying out Bloggers new templet designer.  I'm still up in the air about it, the real reason I switched is because I wanted to change up my layout, but Blogger wouldn't let me do that with my old design so I had to "upgrade".  Expect a few tweeks here and there till I figure out what looks the best.

In other news I'm an October sponsor for One Pearl Button who also recently got a new look.  Also I'm planing some great patterns to be released this month and I'm starting to knit for November too. I love October, the leaves are changing, it's a great time for apple cider, I can wear my wooly sweaters, I start knitting more sweaters, and it's my birthday month.  In celebration of the month of October I am giving away a copy of the Saucy Librarian Sweater Knitting Pattern.  Leave me a comment about why you love October and I will pick a winner at random.  The winner will be announced on October 14th.  Good Luck!

Pattern Giveaway

That's right, my first pattern giveaway and a sneak peek at my newest pattern.  One lucky reader will receive their choice of the Hurricane Hat or the Peaks and Valleys Beanie.  All you need to do is comment below and I will pick a winner randomly and announce the winner on Friday's blog post along with releasing a new pattern.

The winner will also receive a copy of my newest pattern The Textured Triangle (pictured above) which will be in my etsy shop on Friday. Good Luck!  

Blog Giveaway

Just a quick announcement to all, I am doing a giveaway with Pink Dandy Chatter! There will be two winners, One will win a Coffee House Cowl and another will win a pair of slouchy fingerless mitts knit with some of my hand dyed yarn.

If you are interested in joining the giveaway head over to the Post on Pink Dandy and get all the details!

Tomorrow Simon and I will be making the long car ride home so sadly there will be no post from Blue Betty on Monday, but On Tuesday I will have some photos of Shanty Town Christmas at our family friends home. I will also hopefully have a new project on my needles to share with everyone.