Hello, Beautiful!
Here is our May yarn giveaway! I hope it sparks joy! Tell me one of your favorite crafting memories. It may be something you accomplish or something you discovered. It could be about moments shared with others or something you discover about yourself. ❤️
I hope you enjoy this month’s hand-dyed yarn giveaway and if you want to go ahead and get entered check out the instructions below. ↓
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NOTES:
•You will also receive a $10 voucher to our shop just for entering!
•Last month’s giveaway winner is … Yolanda Elias. Congrats!
•Worldwide entries welcome.
•Winner will be chosen at random early June and announced in the next giveaway.
•You must be still subscribed to our email list at the end of the month to be eligible to win.
I hope you enjoy this month’s giveaway!
Remember to soak up THIS day! Know you are held and loved and guided…
❤️❤️❤️
~Chandi
A beautiful selection, as always. Thanks for the giveaway.
My sister taught me how to knit 10 years ago. She was even able to help me fix my mistakes over the phone from Alaska. I’m in Minnesota. I lost her this past June and I miss her so much. I’m trying to learn new techniques and dearly wish my knitting teacher and yarnie companion was still here with me.
Sorry for your sister loss
I’m so sorry for your loss. Sending you love ❤️
Hi, I loved your yarn, colours… Would love to crochet a shawl…
When I taught myself to knit socks my confidence took off. I have never looked back. I am a self taught knitter anyway but I never learned much in the way of shaping. There is much to learn in sock making. Since then I have knit several sweaters that fit, I might add. Knitting is the best! Where would I get my yarn fix if it were not for you?
I’d have to say one of my favorite crafting memories was when I completed my first amigurumi project. It was Elmo for my son when he barely able to walk. He’s 7 now and still has it and tells people about it when it comes up that I crochet. He’s still so proud of it! 🥰
Hi Chandi,
The memory that popped up when reading your post was when I decided that I needed to sew a pull over blouse for my mother, who was always making things for everyone else.
It was the first time I ever made an article of clothing. At the time, I made a laundry bag and a stuffie in home ec class and was the extent of my sewing experience;. I think I was 12 at the time… I took an old blouse for a pattern and when I was sewing the neck edges, found it was not coming out right and had to take that part of the garment apart and looked at other garments to figure out how to do it right. Knitted material was hard for me to work with. In the end, my mom was impressed with it (at least, she acted like she was😅) and wore it the next day. I miss my mom… I think I will call her now. Have a wonderful day and May the Fourth be with you!
I knitted a lace shrug several years ago. It was the first lace I attempted knitting, and I had to completely frog twice! I finally got it done and the feeling of accomplishment was wonderful. 😊
My momma and I went on a spur-of-the-moment trip to Milwaukee to a beading convention and ended up looking at yarn shops in the area, too. It was a grand time!
My favourite memory is me finishing my granny square Afghan on the train from Vancouver to Edmonton. I was able to show my grandma my finished blanket before she passed. She was the one who taught me.
And I was 12 years old.
One of my favorite memories is my mom reading aloud to me and my sisters every night. We would get out our handwork and listen-often these books were classics related to homeschooling At Christmas we always read an Agatha Christie murder mystery and get mad at my mom for reading ahead!
Hi,
My favorite crafting moment hasn’t not been a great accomplishment or even finishing a project but rather the feeling of peace I get when I have my kids asleep in bed and the house (more or less) clean and I can resist against the exhaustion of everyday life to knit for half an hour before bed!
That is a wonderful moment. Thanks for sharing!
My favorite crafting moment was learning how to knit when I was 8. I was bothering my aunt when she was knitting, so she just grabbed some extra needles and yarn, showed me how, then told me to be quiet lol! It did keep me quiet and busy.
Whenever I need to relax or de-stress I just grab my yarn & needles or hook. I learned to crochet 1st self-taught then knitting. I still would love a spinning wheel someday. Also am an accomplished seamstress & want to do more Quilting.
My grandma taught me how to knit when i was about 13 i still remember that i was watching her knit and how i love to seat near her and just watch.
All though she has passed away 13 years now everytime i grab my knitting needles i always and always remember her how to fix mistakes or how to hold the yarn oh boy i miss her so much.Your yarns are absolutely amazing heavenly i think you are amazing stay healthy stay safe thank you Chandi!!!!
I remember wanting to learn to crochet about 5-ish years ago and this was the first place/channel that was very inspiring and open. My older sister knows how to knit so I thought it’d be cool to know how to crochet. The first few projects turned out horrendous so I was very discouraged and I wish I wouldn’t have given up so easily. Now it seems to be one of the only things I want to be inspired by. This blog is full of fun colored yarn, the YouTube channel that I found in the first place was a huge help even though there were not too many videos when I found it, and the loving community is amazing!
My favorite memory is when I got my first sewing machine. My mom bought it for me for my 22nd birthday and from that moment I’ve known a peace and joy that can only come from sheer bliss. When I sew I’m my happiest. I love crocheting and knitting and do some of my best inner work while crocheting. But sewing is where my heart is. The hum of the machine, the clip of the scissors and the satisfaction of what was once only in your head is now tangible and in your hands. And you made that from scratch.
Crafting, making and building things, is what keeps me sane and brings me calm in this world. I truly feel like something is missing when I’m not crafting in some way.
Beautiful colors! I’d love to share all that love 🙂
My favorite crafting memories are always with my mom. She taught me how to crochet and sew at a very young age, and we’ve made some beautiful pieces together.
A favourite crafting memory of mine is actually in the giving of a gift that you know will be appreciated, especially when they asked you to make it for them. It was my mom that asked me to make an afghan for her almost 20 years ago. Since her passing, the afghan she loved is mine now and brings me the sweetest memories of her.
My favorite crafting memory was working on my oldest son’s Christmas stocking. I was very pregnant and couldn’t sleep well so it was a great way to pass the time and my last quiet crafting time for a long time.
Another set off beautiful yarns my favourite moment is when I finished a project and it to the Pearson you made it for and they light 💡 up need no other words that all I need have scummy day xx
Such amazing colours!
>my favorite moment was making a lovely shawl for my mom ,she never wore it but she loved it on the back of her chair and wouldn’t let any one touch it. She passed away at 96.6 yrs and had a great life .I retrieved the shawl and think of her when I wear it.
Some of my favorite crafting memories are sewing my prom and wedding dress. I loved creating beautiful dresses. Knitting is relatively new to me so I’m working on those memories now!
I started to learn crochet when I was pregnant with my twins. Learnt right from the basic chain sc dc and decided to make tiny shoes and caps for newborns. Here comes the funny moment, I learnt the stitches but never knew about the varieties of yarn and hooks to be paired with the right yarn weight and made few things which later on didn’t fit my girls but I still have them with me. Love your creations and beautiful yarns ❤️
Aren’t they just? My grandmère, who taught me how to knit when I was just a wee fille would have gone gaga over them.
Over a year ago we moved overseas and I was inspired by the gorgeous blues of the ocean here to knit your beautiful Textured Laguna Wrap. It has been a labour of love. It has kept me knitting despite missing meeting with my former knitting group friends. The beautiful thing is that due to Covid -19, our knitting group has begun meeting together via Zoom and its been lovely reconnecting with wonderful friends while knitting. I’ve now almost completed my Laguna Wrap…I know it will always remind me of the rhythm of the waves and the gorgeous blues of the ocean,… and now also of the ebb and flow of enduring friendships.
Wonderful story!
Love this Lou! 💞
A favorite crafting moment of mine is learning to knit and crochet with my aunt. She started teaching me when I was about 15, and it made for such special memories for both of us. I look forward to hopefully passing that knowledge on to my own kids or nieces/ nephews someday. 🙂 <3
My favourite crafting moment was discovering needlecraft as a young child. I tried knitting 🧶 , sewing 🧵 , embroidery, cross stitch. I started with a kit for making a stuffed fluffy animal I made with my mother – which turned out very wonky 😂 and at school we were shown hand and machine knitting – I never liked the machine knitting and haven’t touched it since. I haven’t stopped crafting since (I am in my 50s now) I never tire of seeing a project form in my hands and delight and sense of achievement at seeing the finished object ♥️
Hi,
My favorite crafting moment was working with my grandma and mom creating a crochet double wedding ring afghan for my brother. It’s almost done now, though she has passed about 20 years ago. I have no pattern so it’s a complete one of a kind. Mom and I still work in it, usually in the summer when I’m on vacation visiting.
Mine so far is realizing that my 2-year old thinks I’m working magic and is in awe of my ability to create clothes out of thin air!
Hi chandi
My favorite crafting moment is with my daughter she just learning to crochet.. Her excitement is really makes fun to me
Wow, this month’s yarns are absolutely stunning! My favorite crafting memories are of my mom teaching me the latest craft she learned. I’ve never met a craft I didn’t love.
This is SO BEAUTIFUL!!!
My favorite crafting moments were when my husband was in grad school. I would meet with several other people at our family life center and knit with a wonderful group of ladies. Some knit, some crocheted, some did other needlework, but our time together was precious as we encouraged each other’s creativity and shared our lives with each other.
My favorite crafting moment was when I made my mother and I each a shawl to wear during my daughters wedding last year.
Dreamy colors.
Beautiful colors. Thank you for doing these giveaways!
Lovely lady, your tarn is BEAUTIFUL and you heart is too! Thanks for the cheerful messages!
Yarn is beautiful
my favourite memories are crafting with my children when they were younger helping them discover their creativity
I made a stole for my oldest grand-daughter’s wedding last October. I used cash silk and one of our patterns, Shinju (or something like that). I knitted. I ripped. I learned about life lines. I finished. It was a success. She loved it. Thanks you for all you do.
I don’t have a specific memory but rather a multitude of memories of crafting with my grandma. She and I are two of a kind and have crafted together since I was a small child. I think of her and memories of all the things we’ve done together flood through my mind. So many precious moments spent together. ❤️
I love to create gifts for friends and see their expression. Making something for someone, praying and thinking of them as I work, is true joy.
I love it when I am alone and sitting in my comfy chair knitting with some luxury yarn. That’s the best!
One of my favorite crafting memories does not involve yarn. I was a child of about 12 yrs old. I painted an old clothespin (not the springy kind) to resemble a nutcracker for the Christmas tree at our church. I had so much fun transforming that old thing into a beautiful decoration! I wish that I still had it.
I just love the colors you have in your giveaway this month! I still have some recently purchased yarn from you waiting to be transformed into something wearable!
My favorite crafting moment was: My Grandma had polio when she was 12, so she was confined to a wheelchair. She kept saying her legs got cold because she insisted on wearing dresses all the time. I went home and started crocheting granny square in her favorite colors. I sewed them all together and made her a lap/leg blanket. She loved it and used it until the day she died. I was 14 years old when I made it and she died. So she would have used it for 24 years!! I miss her everyday.
One of my first crafting experiences for me was when my mom was trying to teach me (around 7 or 8 th grade) how to sew using sewing machine. I did poorly but I completed a short pair of pants in cotton fabric that I used for that entire summer. After that, I did a small pin cushion and a sleeveless blouse and no more sewing for me for many years, until these days when I am pretty much forced to do face masks for my family. I still can sew anything on a straight line, but I got at least 10 masks, double layer so far.
One of my favorite crafting moments was working on a quilt with my Grandmother. I would spend every weekend with her when I was young and we were always cooking, sewing, quilting, etc. To get me through my divorce I decided to make a single color quilt, where the entire design was quilted. I had moved half-way across the county from her, but she would come for a week or two and we would sit, talk and quilt for hours. I lost my Grandmother many years ago, but those times and the quilt will always be special to me.
Hi Chandi,
Those colors are just beautiful!! They make me happy and they make me want to crochet out in the sun (while drinking a coctail..) I wonder how that shawl will turn out (crocheting and alcohol do not go together..) but at least I know the colors will be gorgeous 🤣🤣
Much love from The Netherlands 😘
My favorite moment of knitting is when I would visit my knitting friends at the local yarn shop run by Mary Ann in the small college town of Bloomington. As an international student, that would be my safe haven and a place where I would cut off from the rest of the world. Happy times with great friends and mentors around yarn and hot tea! I miss those a lot!
I have had many good experiences through knitting and crocheting a lot of them from meeting new like minded people and sharing our passion. A specific time I remember is I had visited a local yarn shop while on vacation in Myrtle Beach and admired a cardigan they had on display. I bought the pattern and the yarn it looked within my skill set. For three days I cast on the sweater only to have to tear it out and start over almost ready to give up I went back to the store and told the person working of my frustration. She invited me to sit and she took the time to show me the easiest way to read the pattern and copied a chart she had made for herself to make things easier. She took the time to explain that different designers can have different ways of writing patterns and it’s important to read the whole pAttern before you start it helps understand the style it was written. That alone was such a help to me. I was able to knit the cardigan turned out beautiful.
I found the earliest thing I knitted, a log-cabin square with pink and yellow yarn. My grandmother taught me to knit, embroider and to sew with her sewing machine (but also by hand), and seeing that item brought back nice memories of her crafting room and the work we both did there.
I have hand crafted for 50 years but a special memory was last Christmas. My oldest grandson is 15 and has autism. As if being a teenager isn’t hard enough. I had promised him an afghan months before. The look on his face, the light in his eyes as he pulled out hisTunisian crochet stitch sampler new afghan was priceless. There were 10 colors and 10 different stitches, one square for each stitch/color. I made each stitch with texture in mind and chose bright yet soft colors.I have gifted most of my projects over the years but that was the best. I learned a new craft and created something that made him very happy.
I have fond memories of crafting with my mother in law. One year we made SO MANY felt Christmas ornaments. That was 44 years ago. I still have a few. I also remember helping her crochet a bedspread for her daughter. It was made of granny squares of rug yarn and weighed a TON! I miss her very very much.
Gorgeous!!! I see Summer!!!
Flowers….Cotton Candy….Ocean….Beach….Blue Skies
Beautiful colors!!
My favorite moment. I think it may be the day I found a friend who enjoyed doing everything I love to do. That’s rare and I’ve never had a friend who was interested in every craft conversation that i start. Most people’s eyes glaze over when I mention mastering that short row or finding that perfect bead for a bracelet.
Art can be a lonely life and if you find someone who shares your love of a craft, grab them and don’t let go.
My favorite crafting memory is from 25 years ago when I was newly married to a man who had eight children. We spent one of our evenings teaching the youngest three of his daughters how to knit. This seemed to cement my friendship with them.
Wow, it is hard to come up with a favorite, but I think it would have to be when I crocheted a special Mother’s Day CAL throw last year, knowing my mom has been gone for years, so not sure who it was for. Midway through making it my friend’s mom passed away and I knew it was meant to be for her. She cried when I gave it to her and said it like being wrapped up in a hug from her mom and I each time she uses it.
Recently I learned to knit a shawl. I tought it was impossible for me but I did it! Knitting is a new love for me. I remember wanting to learn as a kid and now I finally have.
Wow, amazing colourway as always. New crochetter here amid this pandemic. I found my happy place when i found new yarn with matching pattern. My two kids and a half kids are sure grateful for a sane(er) mom. The dolls and blankie are just bonuses.
OMG! This is wonderful! Very generous of you.
One memory I’ll always keep in mind is when my grandma taught me the base of how to knit.
One of my favourite crafting memories from when I was learning to crochet from my mom. Working on a very ambitious first project, we had to recruit one of my mom’s friends to help — we were trying to make an afghan, and it kept curling down when it was supposed to be increasing, and neither of us could figure out why. It turned out my mom had not encountered the stitch we were working on before, and she kept skipping on step.
Absolutely stunning colors, just my kind, My head is swimming with all kinds of ideas as to what to make. Thank you for offering such gorgeous fibers
Hi Chandi!
My favorite crafting memory was learning how to knit. For years I thought this was something I could never do. Both my mom and my Oma knit when I was younger but I don’t think I took an interest in it at that time. Years later in my 40s I took a knitting class and enjoyed it. The first thing I knit was the Saroyan scarf for my mom. She and my Oma knit sweaters for me when I was a teenager.
I receive such joy when I look at and admire what I have made with my own hands.
Thank you for the opportunity. Your yarn is beautiful!
Sandra
Lovely colours as usual!
One of my special memories is learning how to make the only crochet afghan pattern my Grandma ever knew how to make. During that time I found out the one afghan she wanted was a chevron or wave afghan. I made her one. She was soo thrilled. Later that year the day I came home from my first semester at college for Christmas she was taken to the hospital and later passed away. I was told she was wrapped in the afghan I made when she passed. It was returned to me. I still have it and the afghan I made under her instruction is on my bed right now. I have used her pattern to make afghans for half of my nieces and nephews. Also I was named for her and my Dad’s mother.
Memories of my grandmother, in my early days of knitting, she’d take pity on my slow speed and would often take over the project to help me along.
She passed away last ye, huge hole in our hearts.
Your yarn is more than beautiful 💞 I can feel your soul & your heart 💞
I love it so much 💞
Thank you, Chandy 💞 Hugs and kisses 😚
One of my favorite crafting memories was the first time I knitted a huge chunky yarn blanket. I was never used to using chunky yarn because the projects usually ended up very heavy, but I challenged myself into knitting one and it looks beautiful and so cozy and got compliments from a lot of friends, so that was rewarding.
My favorite memory is crafting with my grandma. She always had a stash of leftover yarn and fabric for me, and though we couldn’t do it often, sitting next to and knitting along with her was always the highlight of my visits.
Gorgeous yarn as usual!! My favourite craft memory was when my sister finished her first sock, I taught her to knit and it made me so proud to see that big smile on her face!
My grandma was a knitter and crocheter but she lived across the country from my family, and visits were brief & infrequent. Sadly, she died when I was still a kid, and the opportunity for her to impart all her crafting wisdom and knowledge had passed, too.
My favorite crafting moments occur when I am engaging in a craft she avidly practiced, and in recalling that fact, having a feeling of reverence and then closeness wash over me. Then, I feel a renewed sense of purpose; that I am preserving a family tradition and keeping her memory alive.
The selection of yarns this month are absolutely beautiful!! ♥️♥️♥️
My favorite crafting memory is of doing craft shows with my mom. She was a wonderful crocheter and I am a knitter. She had retired and these little shows gave her extra pin money. Plus it was a special time we had together.
First memory that immediately popped up was sitting watching my great aunt knit all the time but never look at a pattern or her needles. I still need to look and concentrate lol
Above all, my favorite crafting moments are the time spent with my dear departed aunt Louise. She taught me how to crochet. I didn’t really know at the time, I was only eight, what an adventure that I was beginning.
I had watched with wonder for years as her fingers had turned out these things of beauty for me and so many others. Hats, capes, blankets, shawls, towels, bonnets,so many heirlooms. Too many to remember. But not too many memories to forget. She instilled in me with her time, and patience the love and importance of making handmade. The caring that shows that someone is crochet or knit worthy. Not everyone is, you know. There are pieces for enjoyment every day and there are pieces for saving as generational heirlooms. This love of making matters. This is what came from my favorite crafting memories.
Thank you Aunt Weezer for guiding my little hands heart to crafting.
The first thing that came to mind was an entrelac shawl I made for my best friend’s mom, who was dying at the time. I was newish knitter and hadn’t discovered “the good stuff” yet, so it was crummy yarn, but love was knit into every stitch in darker and lighter colors. I wrote a heartfelt card to go with it about finding beauty in the dark times. Years later, I walked into my friend’s bedroom and saw that she had the shawl tossed over her headboard. She says she still has the card that went with it.
This is a bittersweet memory. As a young girl, and into adulthood, I always crafted with my mother. We had a special afghan pattern we both made many times.
When my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer I went back home to help care for her. One day she asked me to put the stitches on her needles for “the” afghan. As her cancer progressed she had trouble remembering the pattern and would make mistakes. She would pull the yarn off the needles several times a day & she would say “can you put the stitches on the needle again?” I would always say “sure mom”. It was a bittersweet time bringing back so many memories of crafting with her; and at the same time keeping her spirits up through a difficult time. She never complained & had such a wonderful outlook through all the weeks and months of treatments. I’m thankful for the memories.
My favorite ‘crafting’ memory is not sewing my wedding dress, but making my first big quilt for my then 8 year old son. I embroidered on one corner,
“No matter what, Punkin, I will always love you.” which is what I told him every night before he went to sleep. That quilt was his first request of what
to bring him when we went to watch him graduate from AF basic training.
Hi Chandi,
I am a avid crafter, I have been crocheting since I was about 11 or 12 years old, and now thanks to you and your YouTube videos I have been able to learn knitting. When thinking of my favorite crafting experience, I have to say that it is spending quality time with my 16 year old grand daughter and teaching her to knit and crochet. I have to tell you that, she loves it as much as I do! So much so, that she makes hats and scarfs for all her friends and teachers at school. I am so delighted to see each and every project she completes and see the excitement that she has sharing her new found craft with the ones she loves! Thank you for letting me share with you and your readers! Have a blessed day!!
Beautiful yarns! I had a blast last fall and winter when I made about 30 prayer shawls and gave them to my dear friends from my Bible Study group. We all were together for a Christmas dinner and have a picture wearing them. I had so much fun mixing and matching yarns to create something special for each person!
My favorite crafting moment was when I flew to visit my grandparents and my grandma taught me to crochet. I was about 10 or so, and I made potholders with the most dense cotton yarn I have ever seen. When it was time for me to leave, she sent me home with some extra yarn and a G hook. I made potholders until the yarn ran out, in every color combination I could. That’s what started it all!
When I was a kid I would raid the recycling bin for cereal boxes, and, with the help of some scotch tape, make space ships, computers and spy gear. It was just so fun to let my imagination run wild, make a mess, and not worry to not worry about how it turned out. It was at least real in my head.
I always love some kind of crafting since I was little girl. Learn to crochet about 10 years a go from you tube and I couldn’t believe it I got it, from the videos. It was amazing feeling, but mostly proud of myself I was when I learn to knit, at same way. What we all do without this amazing world of crafters sharing there knowledge selfless. Like you do here.
Thank you once again, for your generosity in sharing your gorgeous yarns. 💐. I learned a couple of summers ago that I don’t really enjoy crocheting to order for someone else….I mean, I was gifted double the equivalent in yarn value, yarn & pattern chosen by the client & agonized over by me. I’m a tri-focal wearing senior, the yarn was lace weight & pattern had been translated. However, I do enjoy the process of crocheting for family & friends, thinking about whomever I’m making it for & sharing in the joy each article brings. Love to be able to share this wonderful array of gorgeousness w/ the yarn lovers in my life, especially my mom who is rapidly running out of her knitting supplies. 🤞🏻🧶🌻
I think my favorite crafting moment has to when my daughter sat in front of me facing me so she could learn to knit. I knit left handed (the working yarn in my left hand and the stitches to be worked in my right hand). She is right handed and knits right handed.
I love love love these colors!❤️ They are my favorites.
My first memory of crafting was when I was young and playing with Barbies. My friend’s mom taught us to knit and we made blankets for our Barbies.
My favorite crafting memories were of my mom teaching me to sew & quilt on my very own treadle sewing machine. I wasn’t even 10 years old! We enjoyed many of the fiber arts together, spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet and felting. Although she is gone, she left behind a legacy of talents that she took time to teach my sister and I. I am so glad I had a mean mom who wouldn’t let me watch much TV!!
My favorite memory is when my Grandma was teaching me to knit even though she was left handed and I’m right handed. We would sit in front of a mirror to help me figure out what I needed to do. I admit I could be relentless and a pain but she stuck with me till I got it.
I love seeing the fiber arts community come together and get some attention by new crafters! Winning this would be a true gift!
What a beautiful give away. You’re so sweet to do these monthly. Also, congratulations to April’s giveaway winner. YAY I hope you have a great time with all that beautiful yarn. 😉
working on Christmas stockings for my kids using the pattern my grandmother used to knit stockings for me and my sisters.
My favourite crafting memory is making diapers and diaper covers with my Mom when I had a “surprise!” pregnancy after we thought our family was complete. We sewed and laughed and sewed and laughed like little girls during that entire 4 day visit. Leftover flannel then was made into nursing pads so nothing went to waste! When my daughter (at last, a girl!) was born, she came home from the hospital in the blanket my Grandmother had given my Mom – My brother and I both came home wrapped in it, as did all three of my children. That crocheted beauty now sits waiting for my grand babies to arrive.
A found memory I have about crafting is my grandmother teaching my brother and me how to crochet. Though neither of us stuck with it at that age, I was 10-12ish and my brother read 13-15ish (we may both have been younger). I cherish all my memories of creating with her. I started crocheting again in my early 20s, then I started knitting 4 years ago, and now I have my own small hand dyed yarn company.
Such beautiful colors!!!
I remember going to the laundromat with my mother and both of us sitting there knitting. I was probably around 10 – 12 years old. We also became acquainted with a women from Eastern Europe. She taught me to knit backwards. When there she would not let me turn my work. I would work across one way and back the other without turning. It was really nice to sit with her and my mother while doing laundry.Time seemed to fly by. Two women and one girl sharing a passion for knitting while doing weekly chores.
My most recent crafting moment was rediscovering knitting that my mother had taught me many years ago. My new neighbor and I had been planning a big trip together and started talking about things to pack and wear. She is a very talented with her knit and crochet projects. She inspired me to make some things for our trip and in that quest I have discovered your yarn and patterns. Thank you and thanks to my mom and my neighbor.
my great grandmother and grandmother were very crafting and handy, long before it was “in” just from necessity of the times: making their own clothes, mensing old items, etc. i loved watching them crochet and knit when i was young. they made us kids barbie clothes and stuff for other dolls. their talent and love made me want to learn when i got old enough to appreciate it so i taught myself about 6 years ago in their memory. i think of them every time i sit to enjoy my yarn.
Hi,
A favorite crafting moment — looking at YouTube & reading a written pattern together. I taught myself crocheting by watching YouTube! There are so many great channels there. I’m currently working on a shawl using your Column & Bowl crochet pattern. Loving it!
My favorite crafting moment was finishing the Tree of Life (with some modifications) afghan and gifting it to my granddaughter when she got married. Such a yummy assortment of yarn this month!
Such beautiful yarn I wish I had enough money to buy it all!
I have a future crafting moment I’m waiting for. When I learned to crochet, my dad wanted me to make him a cardigan. But I couldnt find a crochet men’s cardigan that I liked. So I decided to teach myself to knit. I am finally at a point where I feel my knitting is good enough to attempt a cardigan for my dad. I hope when I finish, he will love it!
The memory that popped up for me was my Oma (grandma) teaching me how to crochet, and learning how to knit in school. I was then able to use this wonderful craft to make a beautiful shawl for my Oma’s 90th birthday.
I now have this shawl as it was returned to me after she passed away at 94.
Love the colors this month!
The last thing my mother ever taught me was how to blind-hem by hand. I was just turning 13 and had become interested in sewing. I wore my first hemming job to her funeral. Of all the things she taught me of crafts, that skill has stuck with me the best.
A crafting project for me was a huge angel in needle point. I was in a hard part of my life then and even when I thought it could not get any worse she was there waiting…to take me into creation meditation. I got through that point in my life, and she has watched over me from her place on the wall. A reminder that if I can get through that situation I can get through this quarantine situation too.
Now I have a new project to help me do so, your Cumulus pattern and some beautiful blue yarn…. thank you for helping me through another stormy time.
One of my favorite crafting memories, was after I learned how to crochet, via YouTube. I had to retire early from my nursing career, due to chronic illness – putting me on permanent disability. I had made several different items, all from donated yarn, and brought them to a mission in southern Arizona. They had a function where people brought all sorts of donated items, as well as a sort of ‘Heath Fair’ for those in need. I had made a lot of different baby blankets, lapghans, and hats. A little boy picked up a hat, and was SO excited with it. To you or I, it wasn’t anything special. To this little boy, he literally was smiling ear to ear. His mom sad he could have it, and I introduced myself to him. I shook his hand, told him that I made it for him in mind. When they walked away hand in hand, he still had it on his hand – despite it being a very nice warm day. He turned around, looking back at me, and waved – still smiling ear to ear. Made my day! 🤗 💞
One of my favorites was a cornflower blue background with a white star in each round, it took a long time but I still have it from the 60s
Such a beautiful assortment of colours, they are just gorgeous. My favourite memory of crocheting was a few years bag when I crocheted my first baby blanket. It was for my God daughter who was having her first baby. I felt so accomplished when it came out beautifully and she sent me a lovely card thanking me. It felt like I would be giving her baby a warm hug everytime they used it.
I learned to crochet in Home Economics class in 7th grade (in 1974). My first project was a baton cover for my sister in a bright red yarn in treble crochet. I just ordered some of your wool and she will be making me a beautiful pair of purple socks!
My memory was my grandma teaching me to crochet and it came out looking all wonky but I was so proud because I learned how to do it myself. My mom, who has been gone for 14 years, taught me to sew. She was a true seamstress. She could make anything from nothing. I miss them so much.
what lovely bright colors
my favorite crafting moment was teaching my friend’s 8 year old daughter to knit, and seeing the joy on her face as she completed her first few rows
What a gorgeous selection of yarn!! The colors are so beautifully saturated and just seem to glow!! My favorite crafting moment is every time I pick up the needles, or sit at the spinning wheel – another chance to celebrate creativity!
My favorite crafting memory is when I finally understood how to do the purl stitch in knitting. It opened up a whole new world. Love the colors in this month’s giveaway! Thanks for the chance.
Hi Chandi, One of my favorite crafting moments was watching my mom and my aunts knit, or crochet, together at family gatherings. When old enough, I would bring my little projects along too. These ladies were truly inspiring. They would sit and chat with each other and I would watch their projects grow. I decided way back then that I wanted to become good enough to knit cable sweaters and vests. One year, those aunts and my mom secretly knit about 30 outfits for my Barbie and Ken dolls. The memories….. 🙂
Beautiful colors..would love to win!
My first two knitting memories involve two of the colors shown actually…
Mom taught be to knit way back when, with a squiggly garter stitch scarf in a lighter pink. Not long after, my middle school offered some sort of club classes one afternoon every couple of weeks or so. I, of course, chose the knitting one and made a hat out of some magenta yarn that I ran short of. Trying to pull the yarn tighter to stretch it to finish the crown of a hat only gets you a magenta yarmulke!
My Favorite crafting moment when i start teaching at the local library how to knit.
My favorite memory or memories is getting to crochet something for someone else to make them happy. Great selection of yarns by the way. Thanks for the opportunity to wins.
Teaching my daughter to knit is a favorite. It took a few tries and a few refresher lessons but one day it finally clicked and she looked so happy.
When I was 9 or 10 years old, every Saturday morning I went to swimming lessons at the YWCA and then to the local big department store. There, in the yarn shop on the mezzanine, an “old lady” named Vera taught me to knit. I laugh now every time I think of her; she had to be considerably younger than I am now. Every Saturday I sat and knitted with her guiding me. There was a handmade sign hanging on the wall, “Knit and Rip”. Yes.
I wasn’t that fond of her then, but I remember her fondly now. I carry her with me even after all these years, with gratitude in my heart for what she gave me. Remember that your slightest acts can have long lasting effects.
Hi amazing soul!
Thank you so very much for such beautiful and generous giveaways! My favorite crafting memory was that of my Nana’s cousin Gertie teaching me to knit when I was about 8 years old back in 1964, YIKES! The yarn was a beautiful worsted weight rose pink heathered wool and the needles were a pretty celery green aluminum. My swatch was filled with slipped stitches, tight twisted stitches, uneven tension and sometimes holes but to me it was MAGICAL! (Thank you Gertie for your loving encouragement!) Were it not for her and later my Auntie Minna, (gotta love those old generation names!) I may never have discovered the joy of creating with yarn! Your fabulous offerings keep that joy going strong. Thanks again Chandi. Sparkle on, Jane
My favorite crafting moments have come when I am visiting my daughter and we just sit and knit on our own projects and tell each other what is going on in our lives. Fortunately, although I am not able to visit her in person, we have discovered it is great to do the same thing over FaceTime.
My very first attempt at crochet was in in elementary school. My 5th grade teacher taught me to crochet a scarf. I still have the wooden needle I used but do not know what happened to the scarf. I carried around a blastic tote bag at recess and worked on the scarf. I think I made two of them. It would have been 1969 or 1970. I am still crocheting and knitting.
Beautiful colors! I especially like the Teal, it is my favorite color. My favorite knitting memory is the year I started in Sept. making Christmas presents for my 5 kids. I was able to finish 5 rugs, 5 sweaters and sew a pair of pants to match the sweaters, by Christmas. The sweaters all had a design or texture that I put in them. They were all knit off the same pattern, but with the extra details I added you couldn’t tell.
My favorite crafting moment is one of many, but the day I finally understood the language of knitting. I have crocheted for years and could easily “read” the patterns. Knitting was a language that I just couldn’t “see”. I weave on an 8S8T countermarch loom and understand that… Knitting just wouldn’t come, until the last couple of years, and I love it but am slow as I become familiar with coordination and knitting needles, but the stitches now make sense. Yay!!
My favourite crafting moment to date was today, sat in the garden in my rocking swing seat. The sun was shining & bird song in abundance while I did a few more rows of my cowl im knitting ………… tomorrow may bring a new favourite moment, but the relaxing rhythm as the stitches flow from one needle to the next is the highlight of my day.
Hello Chandi.
One of my dearest memories ( in this crazy time)is when I sat and knitted together with a dear friend, having a nice cup of tea or coffee. Just talking about all and nothing.
I’m looking forward till we can do that again.
All the best to you and your dear ones.
❤ Gitte
When my kids were little I sewed many of their clothes. It was special because they were all one of a kind pieces. Probably the favorite thing I made for my daughter was a Nanette’s Nostalgia pattern of a darling little dress. It had an embroidered Peter Pan collar with embroidered pockets, piping, pintucks and puffy sleeves. It was the hardest pattern I ever sewed but well worth it.
My favorite moment is still in the future; when the nerve in my hands regenerate & i can feel the needles again!
Hi, my favorite crafting moment is watching my grandmother make crochet chevron afghans for all her kids, grandkids and great grandkids. And now, I’ve taken on the craft and hope to do the same.
Beautiful! My favorite crafting moment…. teaching my daughter to crochet recently and she’s LOVING it! She’s so excited she already has more than one WIP!
A favorite crafting memory of mine is when I had my baby girl and being able to wrap her in the blanket I crocheted her. That moment still brings me so much joy and happiness and love, I get tearry eyed thinking about it lol! When I create fiber goods for her now her face lights up and those moments are definitely in my favorites as well.
Hi Chandi! My favorite crafting memory was when I crocheted a Day of the Dead shawl for a friend of mine nearly 10 years ago. It was my first finished piece, and to this day she wears it on Nov 2nd when she goes with her siblings to the cemetery to visit their parents’ graves. It thrills me that she still cherishes it after all these years!
Hi Chandi,
Your pages, words, and yarn never cease to mesmerize me.
My memory: when I was about 8-10 years old, my aunt’s grandmother taught me to crochet. Grandma Todoro was a sprite, joyful woman with the ability to tat, crochet, and embroider doilies and blankets by hand with the speed and ease of any machine. She read in only Italian and would play dominoes with me. She won every time! One day she gave me a beautiful plastic sewing box full of treasures and we would laugh together. I miss her.
I was 12 years and wanted to help in making my little sister’s First Holy communion day memorable. it was my way of helping out too because my father had just lost his job and six of us to look after was quite a task for my parents . so I begged my dear mummy to buy me four balls of cotton yarn and from that I made a lovely lacy dress which every one who looked at it admired a lot. For me, it was ever so wonderful to have my sister stand out from amongst the queue of girls as the girl with something original.
My favourite crafting memory are the pupils in primary school asking me to crochet them colourful strings for them to play with and I offered them to teach them how to crochet instead. They were excited about the idea of creating themselves. Every day a new kid approached me with the desire to learn to crochet. I was especially proud when one 11yo girl took her crochet to a higher level and turned to her godmother for additional help (she only had one hour a week time to join our crafting class). With her godmother by her side she created a poncho, a hat and a bag. 😊
Chandi these are beautiful!
Favorite crafting moment…. not sure, it’s more of a goal. It is to be able to make that rhythmic clickity clack that was such apart of being at my grandmothers house. It was a beautiful sound !
Absolutely beautiful! Thanks for being so kind, stay safe!
My all time favorite crafting moment was seeing pictures of my great niece and her favorite “magic blanket”( her words) that I made for her. Made my heart very happy and reminded me of why I make these beau things from beautiful yarn❣️
I have many memories of my Mother and aunts doing/teaching me knitting and crocheting, but I especially admired my aunt who tatted. She would move so fast and make it look so effortless! I tried many times to learn to tat and always had a tangled knot. There are not many people who do tat now and I am determined to try tatting again now that I am older and maybe wiser! Thanks for the giveaway!
My favorite crafting memory is watching my mother make tatted lace and crochet snowflakes in my childhood.
I remember my grandmother teaching me to knit and crochet.
Two years ago I talked to a designer about a triangular shawl going with a hat I made that she had designed, too. A quarter of a year later I got the first draw and had to force my way through it. I “delivered” about one year ago and when we met at a fairy in June she gave it back to me with some chocolate, the pattern fresh from the press and another pattern of a hat she named after me. I feel so honoured!
One of my favorite craft moments is when I added beads to my work. Dependent on the pattern it can be quite challenging. Adding beads to a pattern is even more challenging for me and my best effort was a shawlette in royal blue silk. I created it for a close friend and she really like it!
Hi Chandi!
I have a special memory of having sleepovers at my Nan and Pa’s house and learning to do fancywork here in Brisbane Australia. Also I’m a third generation knitter/crocheter and hope that I can keep the craft going in our family so it doesn’t die out as a hobby. X
Another gorgeous selection of yarn ~ as always❣️
My favorite yarn-related memory is how my mother helped me select a learn-to-knit kit when I was 12 😃
My mother has since passed away, so I treasure that memory, along with the needles & instruction booklet from that kit, even more.
Thanks for asking, and thanks for this opportunity.
Hi there! I am new to your blog, but love all the ideas and help you offer!
My first yarn craft memory was when I was 12, I decided to crochet an Afghan for my Mom for Christmas. It was based on a granny square and you went round and round! Fast forward 40+ years, and life got in the way of any crochet or crafting. Now that I’m retired I decided to give myself the joy I felt when I first learned to play with yarn. So relearning old skills and having a blast!
For the longest time I couldn’t figure out crochet and never hoped to do so. Luckily, I gave it another go a few years ago (thanks to Youtube and all the patient youtubers who made learning/beginners tutorial) and it finally clicked in my head. Also, I finally understood a lot of the knitting instructions. I used to get things tangled all the time and would stop the project, LOL. Thanks for this giveaway!
OMG…
these colors are absolutely fantastic …
so jewel-like!
hope i get to win!
I had wanted to create a quilt portrait of our dog, Brody, but was always was afraid to try. I finally found a few teachers online who gave advice and tips. So. I started and stopped and started. I hand-quilt and wanted to try that instead of machine. Once I got so discouraged I put it aside for almost six months. Then I went to a talk by quilter and author Mary Fons of Quilty and other publications. She got me excited again. And had me realize there was no WRONG way to do it. Better ways. But no wrong. Long story short. I finished the quilt picture and am just adding the rod pocket. My goal was to enter it in the Wisconsin State Fair. Well. We’ll see. But I did it! Thanks to Mary. Take care!
My favorite crafting moments were when I was hunting for flat bottomed pine cones and sweet gum balls from the sweet gum ball tree with my Mom and Dad. My Mom would then use this really icky olive green glue (that I can still smell!) to glue them, among other things, to a styrofoam wreath and sell them at the Church Christmas fair in the 1970’s. I’d help by making Teddy bears out of other shaped pine cones.
That was the beginning of my love for crafting things with my hands. I even made an owl!
My favourite crafting moment was when I was showing my niece how to knit her first beginner level scarf that included a basic pattern, not just stocking stitch, and she managed to knit the pattern repeat on her own for the first time! One very proud Aunty that afternoon!
My favorite crafting moment was when short road finally clicked for me. It was like this big impossible thing that I just couldn’t get and then i did and I felt so proud of myself.
My favorite crafting moment was teaching my daughter to crochet and my niece to knit
Hi,
My favorite crafting moment was relearning how to knit in college. I originally learned in Girl Scouts in the fourth grade, so I loved being able to relearn this art and become invested again. 🙂 I’ve been knitting ever since!
One of my favourite crafting memories is learning to knit when I was 6 years old. My granny taught me and my first project was a doll’s sweater. I just found it in a box a few months ago. (I am in my 50’s now). I stopped knitting and then started again when I was 19. I would often have great talks with my gran about knitting projects. She passed away 5 years ago at the age of 96 and I miss being able to tell her what project I am working on.
I love getting your emails or seeing your posts on facebook and seeing your beautiful skeins. The colours are always so gorgeous!
Those are Beautiful skeins!!! 😍💕 My favorite crafting memories are;
My first crochet item I ever made, it was a blue dress for my doll Lexie, I was so proud and only 11 years old 😁
Another favorite memory is of lovely, sweet lady Karen teaching me how to knit, in which I almost quit and her words forever engraved in my mind 😄 she told me : ” IF you can learn computer stuff and a foreign language you can definitely learn how to knit, you can learn anything don’t you ever give up ” bless her heart. So grateful for het 💕
Also memories of my Grandma, my Ma’ma’s mom, we use to make Valentine’s cards together, it was fun sticky and glittery 😄
I knit an adorable sweater for one of my grandsons. It had a cute sailboat on the front. My daughter made him wear it to church and he cried the whole time he had it on. She finally took it off and he was happy. We all started laughing and needless to say, he never wore it again.
A favourite crafting memory I have was when I knitted a Dr Who TARDIS afghan for my daughter, in secret, while she was still living at home! Everytime I heard her coming down the stairs or coming into the room, I had to stuff it back into its garbage bag and hide it quick! My MIL sewed a fleece backing to it (no ends to weave in, ha!) DD was blown away when she opened it on Christmas morning, and had no idea that I’d been knitting it for her.
One of the great moments was finishing my first pair of socks. They are my favorite item to knit.
I came to knitting latter in life (45) so I’ve only been knitting for 7 years. My most favorite memory is the moment I first stepped into the marketplace at Stitches West that Thursday night in 2018. I was completely overwhelmed and filled with joy. I actually cried. I met my stitch sister in the lobby of the hotel the first day there and we’ve been best friends since then.
My second favorite memory is meeting Stephen West and StevenB at my LYS. They lit my knitting on fire from the very beginning by having such innovative modern designs.
A favorite crafting memory of mine is finally finishing my first & last sewing project as an adult. It was a simple jumper for my daughter and took 3 years because of my screaming relationship with my machine. A friend helped me to finish it and add length (thankfully she only grew up, not out). She wore it and my youngest wore it and it’s still hanging in the closet even though none of them can fit it anymore. LOL
Your yarn is beautiful! I look forward to working with it.
My favorite crafting memory is from this past Christmas. My sister has been knitting for several years, making lovely gifts for the family. I decided that I wanted to learn so I could make and give away beautiful knit pieces too. So I asked if she’d be willing to help me. She spent several hours with me Christmas Eve teaching me the basics. She gave me some starter materials and tools from her stash to get me going. She was patient and informative while instructing. It was a great bonding experience, and I haven’t stopped knitting since that night.
I’ve discovered with a bit of patience and skill I can make something I can be proud of. I love knitting items for friends and family that are one of a kind. I think a handmade gift shows them how important they are in my life as it can take some time to make it. Saying that I made it when someone asks me where I bought it is very satisfying.
Lovely yarn…maybe some day it will be my name as the winner! Crafting memory…I gave my brother and sister-in-law a knitted Afghan for Christmas a few years ago. My sister-in-law opened the present and was overcome with emotion and cried. She said it was so beautiful. Such a knit worthy relative.
My favorite crafting memories are the sweater my mother made me, the tablecloth my grandmom embroidered for me, and the bread tray liner my Bubba crocheted for my mother. I still have all these gifts of love. But without a doubt, the best gift these women gave me was teaching me to knit for the people I love. We collaborate on the pattern and yarn selection. And now I knit shawls and sweaters and hats, for my children and grandson.
I moved cross country to this town, alone, about 11 years ago. I had just learned to knit, and needed help, so I joined in with a knitting group. After a couple of years, I had a moment where I looked around at this group of lovely older women and realized they had become the family I needed here. So much love and support and wisdom, plus the occasional knitting advice! I never would have found them without my knitting.
Hi Chandi,
Thank you so much for this wonderful yarn give away. The colors are so beautiful.
I honestly can’t pick any favourite moments because every time I find a new pattern, or start another project, or decide to knit something for someone is special to me! I started knitting when my Mum taught me the basics and then I knit my first sweater when I was 16 years old. Decades later, I still love collecting yarn and patterns and knitting for family, friends and even myself!
I actually have a couple of moments: the first was when I was 9 and broke my toe and was staying at my grandparent’s house and my grandmother taught me how to crochet because I couldn’t walk. The other was a couple Summers later when she was teaching me how to quilt, and the whole Summer was her helping me quilt my very first one! I still have it, and it needs some repairs, but I love cuddling up to it when I miss my family!
So many happy memories around crafting. I come from a long line of crafting women. A recent happy memory is the day my 4 year old craft niece decided she wanted to “knit aunt peg”. So I got her a small ball of yarn and some wooden circular needles and with much determination, concentration and joy she wove that long needle in and out, through and through that ball of yarn until the entire length of circular needle was firmly embedded!. Then ran to her Momma to proclaim she had been kmitting!😄😄😄
…..thats great niece!😃
My favourite crafting memory is crocheting with my Mum. She taught me when I was 8 years old and we would make clothes for my Cabbage Patch Kids together.
A favorite moment for me was finishing a baby dress, with matching bonnet and booties. I finished the day of the shower! 🙂
It was made out of sock yarn, so not a fast project but very beautiful.
Hi Chandi!
My favorite crafting moment was a perfect accident. I’d decided to take a class at the local college on how to crochet as a way to honor my Grandma who was an exceedingly genius crocheter. I went through the class and made a very bold, very bright neon crocheted scarf which I later gifted to my Mom. I was so excited to have this new hobby outside of my workaholic lifestyle, but I wanted to make beautiful crocheted garments with better materials. On the last day of the class, the instructor informed us that there were many more discoveries to be had just down the street from where we were right then – a local yarn store (and yes, there were others all around the world). What?!? There are actual stores that only sell yarns? Wait, people spin yarns and hand dye them? I don’t have to use just one brand? There are others out there? NO WAY!!! The very next day on my lunch hour I made the five-minute drive to the store my instructor had indicated – A Knitted Peace. Marsha and Jane, the owners, greeted me warmly the moment I stepped inside. I was gobsmacked. In the front window, draped over a rocking chair was the Lizard Ridge blanket – a knitted item. In that moment I dove down that rabbit hole! With the help of some books and knitting experts, I learned to knit; found which yarns screamed to be made into incredible creations; found lifelong friends in the Friday Night Knit Nite group that still meets today; and amassed a stash of such incredible yarns I had to turn a spare bedroom into a stash room! I mostly knit now, but that one simple idea to try something outside of my wheelhouse transformed my entire life in the best ways! As is the case with many fiber crafters, my projects accompany me everywhere and more recently I’ve come to find I can’t go to sleep unless I listen to something and knit for fifteen minutes beforehand. It’s become a meditation of sorts. So for me my favorite memory is where it all started and where that journey led me. I’m still finding myself in places I’d never had considered before that class. Oh, and on a final note, I knit that Lizard Ridge blanket the second I had my stitches down pat!! Love your yarns and your spirit!!! Thank you for giving us all this opportunity!
Hi Chandi,
The colors are so soothing – I just want to wrap myself up in them. I remember teaching myself to knit when I was 8. The only person I knew who was a knitter was a women who stayed at the cottage next to us every year at the end of August on Cape Cod. If I had questions I would write them down and bring the sample of the question with me when we returned the following summer and for 2 weeks I would spend time with her everyday learning new and better techniques. My first big project was to make a sweater for myself that would go with a skirt I had made. I was so proud. When I moved to the cape for several years and when I still visit now there is a bench dedicated to Violet (the women who helped me) and I will sit on the bench and knit and talk with her. Today I teach 3 free classes at a local church. Two classes for women and I have a class for men. I get excited each time they finish something new. When we get back to being able to meet as a group I will be starting a class for middle and high school age children. I can’t wait. It is one of my favorite and most relaxing things to do. Thanks for the beautiful yarn and all your inspirational quotes you share.
My favorite memory is actually sitting with my grandma, making glitter snowflakes when I was very little.
Making my daughter’s Christmas stocking. No pattern, just some red & green yarn and a hook.
She still hangs it 36 years later.
beautiful yarn colors !!!!
My Nana is the 9ne who taught me to knit, many years ago when I was a young girl. I put it aside for many years but there are a few things that have stuck with me (always match your dye lot!). I have picked up my hooks and needles again and am happiest with yarn in hand. Nana doesn’t do it anymore as her eyes just don’t work that well but she gave me all her hooks and needles and whatever yarn she had left. Those are my most treasured items, along with the blankets she has made for my kids. I have made her a couple of shawls for her birthdays and such and when she was in the hospital, all she wanted my mom to bring her was one that of the shawls I’d made her. Makes me happy knowing a gift I put my heart into was so appreciated.
My Nana is the one who taught me to knit, many years ago when I was a young girl. I put it aside for many years but there are a few things that have stuck with me (always match your dye lot!). I have picked up my hooks and needles again and am happiest with yarn in hand. Nana doesn’t do it anymore as her eyes just don’t work that well but she gave me all her hooks and needles and whatever yarn she had left. Those are my most treasured items, along with the blankets she has made for my kids. I have made her a couple of shawls for her birthdays and such and when she was in the hospital, all she wanted my mom to bring her was one that of the shawls I’d made her. Makes me happy knowing a gift I put my heart into was so appreciated.
This has nothing to do with knitting or crocheting but my favorite crafting moment was when my disabled son (he was about 10) and I made a ceramic candle holder together. It will never win a blue ribbon but it is the best candle holder I have ever had, or ever will.
My favourite moment was very recently. I’m now living alone with my kids grown up and moved away, and I have a 5 month old grandson who I have only seen once – when he was a week old – before the pandemic hit and we were all isolating. After crocheting/knitting for my family (and many others) since I was small, I got to teach my youngest daughter how to knit via Zoom a couple of weekends ago. She made my grandson a warm hat with two pompoms on it (with a lot of back and forwards advice) and she had such joy in making her baby clothing to keep him warm, and I had such joy that I could teach her my skills in this area. It was just one of those moments when you see the joy of handcrafts lovingly made for family and passed down … <3
It has to be when my grandmother taught me to crochet when I was little. If she was sitting, she was crocheting. I used to watch her, thinking it was so cool and was so happy to join her!
As always a great color selection, if I only…..sigh
Just beautiful yarn! 💖
Such amazing colors! My favorite memory is sitting with my Grams while she taught me how to knit. We would go every summer to visit and she would sit with me and teach me new stitches. She passed in October and I miss her so much but those memories are still with me and I cherish her teaching me.
My favorite knitting moment happened just recently when I found out that my niece has worn the messy bun hat that I made her all winter and proclaims it is her favorite. Warms my ❤️!
Teaching my sister how to be a yarn goddess, and going to our first fiber fest in Dallas (her city); then having her join me at SAFF this past year in North Carolina. Sometimes I think the hunt for yarn is more fun than creating with it! 🙂
I love being able to connect to my knitting and crafting friends during this time of distancing, not just because of this C-19 business but the fact I broke my hip and was sidelined for that just as the stay-home orders were issues. So being able to connect has been awesome for me. I would have missed out theses last two months if it had just been my hip. Glad for technology that enables us to gather with our friends.
And now that I am back at work, I have always worked from home the last 13+ years, the connecting time is more precious.
Ruby aka mzcruse
My favorite crafting memory is sitting on the couch with my granny. I was about 10 yrs old and Granny was helping me make my first poncho. I loved making that poncho with her. Sharing that time and learning the love of crochet and yarn from her has stayed with me for 48 years!
Two firsts came to mind….my first sweater I knitted at age 8 and then my first quilt where I had to teach myself to sew.
Beautiful colors! Thank you for the opportunity.
Absolutely gorgeous colours. Love this month’s giveaway.
Discovering crochet and then knitting is the best crafting moment for me ! Thank you for a great giveaway !
Absolutely lovely colors! I sure could make some gorgeous things with this month’s give away. Besides…yesterday was my birthday so I really need it!
Happy Birthday!
I think that needle work be it crocheting or knitting was a special gift I learned from my Grandmother who lived in Nebraska. This visit usually took place late in Summer was 12 hour drive involving family members and everything in a road trip. Anyway once getting to the final stop I would get to see take yarn and turn into something wonderful. The projects varied a afghan for family members request from the staff for their families and there was the proof of love. I know she made items for the military during World War II. Oh and I am passing the skill of patients and love my grandson watch me work that yarn fiber magic from string to a dream scarf, shawl hat or what others may need.
One of my favorite crafting memories was completing my first knitted item. It was a scarf for my husband and I remember feeling so good and confident because of what I accomplished. I was brand new to knitting and I didn’t quite get the pattern right but the scarf still looked good in the end and my husband is so happy with his scarf!
My favorite memory is the look on my brother’s face when he saw the blanket I designed and crocheted for his daughter. He had tears in his eyes and was at a loss for words… his reaction made all.of the hard work worth it.
My favorite time of day is in the evening when I get to look in my email and dream of all the yarn I wish I could have as I read your email. You have no idea how your bright emails have helped.
One of my favorite crafting memories is when I first learned to knit. I was on an airplane when I was a teenager and the lady sitting beside me was knitting. I kept watching her and we started talking. She told me how she began knitting and taught me how to knit for the rest of the flight.
My favourite crafting moment was when I made a small gift to my sister on their 5th anniversary. It was a quick project of 5 small crochet flowers pasted on a frame. I really know it’s not looking so great but they really liked it and appreciated it.
That is the day I realised how much a crafting can make someone happy. They really cherished it as it was personalised and made only for them by me. That gave me the energy to craft more and more.
Those colors feed my soul!
Favorite crafting memory. Memory? What’s that? Oh, I’ve done so many crafts my whole life that it’s hard to pinpoint anything specific. I do remember when I started knitting. I had some stitches cast on for me and I took myself off to practice. For some reason I was getting shorter and shorter rows! No idea how or what I was doing wrong. I thought it looked sort of like a half butterfly. So I decided to try to make the other half. Knowing nothing about knitting except the basic knit stitch I’d recently been shown should have made me give up. Mom was certainly surprised when I showed her my little butterfly. So was I, but I don’t remember if I said that to her. If I could see it now, I might be able to figure out what I did.
The first crafting memory that came to my mind is a bittersweet one but it does always make me happy when i think of it. It was when i taught myself how to knit 3 years ago (May 2017). My husband and I had just lost our son (he passed away in birth at 39 weeks) and just wanted to calm my mind and bring my focus onto somethung productive. My entire family had vome out that weekend for the funeral and when i was in Wal-Mart with my mom I walked down the craft aisle and thought “screw it, im going to teach myself how to knit” because I saw a beautiful pattern in a bernat mini pattern book there. Funny enough, it was a pattern for a rainbow crib blanket (I had hoped to make it for a rainbow baby-to try to keep hope)
That afternoon I sat there trying to learn how to cast on using youtube. It was the first time in a week that I hadn’t thought of what we had just gone through. I ended up knitting non-stop and finished that blanket in a month. I have since, given that blanket away as a donation for a fundraiser that our local infant loss group held but i haven’t stopped knitting since! I even tried designing my own pattern this year! Knitting has become a huge part of managing my anxiety and I am so grateful for the wonderful community that came with it 🥰
Thank you for asking about our favourite crafting memory and for this giveaway too, Chandi. This is the best one I have seen.
A memory that pops up in my head is that of me being pregnant and trying to knit and crochet for the very first time. I was going through a terrible phase of depression then which I can’t even describe. Knitting and crochet gave me hope. It soothed me in a way no one or nothing else could. If it weren’t for the skein of yarn in my hand then, I don’t know if I would be here now. 3 years on, crochet and knitting have become my safe space and yarn always lifts me up like nothing else can.
Thank you once again, Chandi..❤
I love anything to do with crafting. I think the memory of knitting with my daughter s is the best.
The first thing that popped in my mind was my first project after learning to knit. I decided to make my young daughter a cabled cardigan. That was 40 years ago. Time Flies!! I love the colors of the new give away, so yummy.
Your colour selection never ceases to amaze me. Those teals look so luscious and complement all the other colours so well! Just brilliant and beautiful. Thank you for another wonderful opportunity to win your gorgeous yarn.
Blindly following the instructions of a pattern for a stuffed animal and being so surprised a bunny formed under my hands, like magic! 😍
OMG – the colors!!! I’ve been doing some kind of needle craft since my great-aunts taught me to knit and crochet on a summer visit when I was about 5 (many years ago). Unless I’ve put myself under an unreasonable deadline it has always been a stress buster and a joy to see the end result.
Hi !
Memories of my first knit just came to me this morning as I was mending my secong ever knitted object a snake toy I made for my boy when he was little. It has lost its eyes and tongue and is a bit weary, but it is still dearly loved and cuddled !
My boy know wants me to teach him, but I will wait for one or two years, he is still young and «bouncing» all the time 😉
My favorite crafting moment was when I took beginner classes on making a sampler quilt. One of the blocks was an appliqued handprint of my then 2 year old daughter, Kelly. Shortly afterwards, my personal life endured a crisis and the unfinished quilt went onto a shelf. The quilt was finished when she was in her early 20s and we laughed at how much her hands had grown. Every piece of material was hand stitched and quilted with love. It must have left a mark on Kelly because now my 40-something year old daughter is a master quilter who is currently sewing face masks for her local hospital friends.
I had such severe asthma and allergies as a child that I could not go out for recess, to play often, etc so I learned to sew, knit, crochet, embroider, cross stitch, everything! 50 years later I still do most of these things. I fondly remember spending weeks of my summers at my grandma’s house where she taught me to crochet. I have all of her tatting shuttles and plan to pick that up again soon!
My favorite memory was making the first dress for my baby girl. It was lavender and had a black with lavender flowers smock. She was so tiny. I have made many things since then. I love to make things for others.
Hi Chandi, I recently took up knitting again after nearly 50 years! I have finished a couple of scarves and just a couple of weeks ago my first ever crescent shawl. What a thrill! I love your videos and yarns and patterns!! There are not enough hours in the day (even in quarantine!) for all the projects I have on my wish list. Thank you for the chance to win your yarn giveaway!!
I don’t know about one specific memory, but learning different skills or techniques from different people (then being able to replicate it!) Is always a highlight!
My favorite crafting memory was when I learned to knit. Me and my best friend sat on the floor of my bedroom, and she taught me how to knit the garter stitch using pencils. That was what set me off on my crafting journey, and I am forever grateful to my friend for teaching me.
My favorite crafting memory is about my very first afghan I crocheted. It was right after I learned, or actually during learning how to crochet. I had made a bunch of squares and somehow sewed them all together even though they were all different sizes, thinking back now it was truly horrible! Anyway I was young and so proud of it and I gave it to my grandma and even though it was a truly horrible thing she just made me feel so wonderful because I had made it for her and it was my first ever project I had ever crocheted and she was so proud of me. She had kept it all these years and even when she had to move into assisted living. Every time I have seen it I see how just bad it really looks but she cherishes it because I wanted to make my very first afghan for her. I had made her another one once I really knew what I was doing but she only ever used the first one. She is an amazing lady and I am so proud to be her granddaughter!
My favorite memory is from over 50 years ago. My maternal aunt, Edna, taught me many skills. The first was tatting. I remember going with her to the quilting group she attended (hand quilting) and hearing her get to brag about how quickly I learned to tat: “And she never makes a hard knot.” She later taught me to knit and crochet, as well. Now I’m teaching these skills to others.
A friend of mine just brings home the point that a little bit of effort goes a long way. We had gone to a craft store so she could buy some stuff to make jewelry. While we were there she saw a knitted poncho picture on the wall of the store that she just loved, and was kind of wistful about it, like, “I wish I could do that.” I wasn’t crazy about knitting at the time because I knew it would take me way longer than crochet would, but I could do it. She’s a really good friend and she helps me out a lot, so I told her I would knit it for her if she bought the yarn.
She loved that poncho so much that she wore it at the first hint of the weather turning cold. Even though we live in Florida. Even thought it was made out of suede yarn. I paid her a visit after that and she brought it out of the closet, where she stored it so carefully. While I had trouble with the yarn and my knitting on it wasn’t the best, seeing that giant smile on her face and knowing what it meant to her made it all worth it. I would totally do it again for her too.
Love all the colors for the give-away! and with all the babies “popping” up in our area, the colors will come in very handy!
My favorite memory is learning how to make my first pair of socks. I spent the next 5 years at a wonderful LYS. Now I’ve moved to another state many miles away, but those same friends who helped me now get online and cheer me up. It’s hard being so far away, but video chat has made up for things. If I were to get the yarn giveaway, I would make my mom and aunt an Enchanted shawl/stole. I love the light blues of expression fiber arts yarn. My birthday is in June and it would be a great deal to land this awesome yarn haul. I mostly knit for others because the process of making the project brings me so much joy. I love that the knitting community is big and vast that we never meet a stranger. I’m looking forward to making more lovely socks and shawls to send to family.
My grandmother was a great crafter, she recovered from a stroke by embroidering an entire table cloth and making crochet edgings for it. I went to live with her when I entered university and she tried by all means teach me how to crochet, but I never took the grasp. When she died, a few years later, I was helping my grandfather through her stuff when I found her crochet magazines and her hooks and a hideous pale yellow yarn that was all left from her crafts. I missed her so much, and I missed so much our time together trying to learn, fruitless as it was, that I put on my mind to learn by myself. And here I am, 25 years later, still addicted!
I remember being taught how to crochet years ago when I worked nights and a friend of mine would teach me the different stitches and how to read both patterns and diagrams. We’d usually have an hour or two through the night once all of the work was done. I was especially happy and felt I’d accomplished a level of learning when I crochet her a baby jacket bonnet booties and blanket.
Dear Chandi,
Thank you for your encouraging and uplifting emails that I receive each day. You are always so bright and bubbly and it lifts my spirits every time. The yarn you have for sale is always in the most beautiful colours – I drool every time I look at them including the ones in the give-aways.
I have been knitting since I was very young. My first project was a blackberry stitch cardigan – I got sooo tired of blackberry stitch that I don’t ever want to do it again. I remember on my 14th birthday getting up early and finishing my school jersey so I could wear it to school that day. Just me and my Mum were up and it was so nice to be there with her.
I have so many favourite crafting memories. Making blankets for my daughter’s friend who was expecting twins, along with booties, singlets, beanies etc. I love making gifts for my co-workers, most of whom don’t knit, so I can express myself to them in the form of my knitting. Doing my crafts is a pleasure that I embrace each and every day. If I haven’t had time to knit I feel like my day has been wasted. To me knitting is like breathing.
Thanks again Chandi for all that you do for us and for who you are 🙂
. It took me ages to work up the nerve to try knitting socks, they looked so complicated! I was so thrilled when I finally finished my first pair.
My favourite crafting memory is my granny teaching me to knit. This was in Switzerland, before we came to Canada (I was 5). While I didn’t like knitting (then), i loved spending the time with my granny. My square turned into a rectangle, and my yarn got all knotted up. But Granny was very patient with me.
I can remember my Grandmother always sitting at her sewing machine. As she sat at that machine sewing, crocheting or stitching I would just watch. If it wasn’t for her bright red hair, you wouldn’t notice her there. She was a petite woman (about 100 pounds). She was still pretty young when she went home to be with the Lord and I was 13 years old. I am now 42. After her passing I was honored to get her most prized possession (her 1974 Kenmore sewing machine). Everything was just the way she left it. Even the chair. It is one of those chairs that the seat folds up and has lots of storage in the chair. Often I would admire it from afar but never actually sit in the chair. Then about 3 months ago I decided I would sit at the chair and finally investigate every aspect of the sewing machine. Suddenly I was overcome with joy and tears when I stumbled across her old crochet hooks. Tears of joy ran down my face because I knew those hooks were about to go to work. I miss her dearly but every single time I use her crochet hooks I feel as if she is standing over me guiding my hand.
My mum taught me how to knit when I was just four (I have no idea how she managed that!) but I can still remember sitting with her on the floor while she taught me, with my baby sister sitting in her lap. As a child growing up, every holidays when we would stay with my grandparents and my grandma would have wool and ideas of things for me to knit. She taught me how to make my first pair of bedsocks, and blankets for my dolls – and most importantly, how to fix my mistakes! She always had her knitting basket beside the couch, with something in it she was working on for someone – a cardigan for one of her many grandchildren, a jumper for my poppa, hats and booties for a new baby. I remember so many evenings knitting with her – it was time I will always cherish being spent with her.
When she got to old to be able to knit herself, I was able to make her socks to keep her feet warm the way she always made for us when we were children.
I am trying to keep up the tradition and instill the same love of knitting and yarn in my daughter so she can have those same memories as she grows up.
Such a lovely selection of colours! <3
Knitting is such a joy and I’ve been knitting since I was 11. Before I retired from teaching I ran a club at my middle school called the Knit Wits. We would meet at lunch and after school. They learned how to knit and we made scarves for a local homeless shelter. It was so gratifying to pass this craft on.
The most amazing memories about my crochet is when I am told that he or she still keeps what I did for them, as a gift or because they bought it. Knowing that something I made with lots of love, patience and dedication is being appreciated is the most rewarding feeling.
Thanks for the chance! Love peace and lots of crochet Gabriela
I’ll share a recent memory of knitting with four friends via Zoom last month. A larger group of us usually gathers once a month to knit and chat at a local coffee shop. Since we haven’t been able to do that for the past couple months, knitting together online was the next best thing. We each held up our projects to our screens so that all the others could see what we were working on. We were able to help one knitter who had dropped a stitch by talking her through the steps of picking up and laddering up the stitch. Overall, it was a better and more enjoyable experience than I expected.
I remember sitting with my mother and her teaching me how to knit and crochet. She was left handed and I was right handed and it was a struggle but she was so patient with me. I have since gone on to reach myself much more intricate and complicated things but she was the one who first introduced me to the craft and gave me the love for yarn and hand made things. She has since passed and I hold those memories of her even closer now.
My favorite memory is when my granddaughter called me to say that she loves her shrug (age 5) and would I please make her another.
lovely colors
I am a self taught knitter ( and plan on adding crocheting to that list soon ), my favorite memory was when I finished my first afghan. My oldest son had called and asked for his afghan that my mother made for him, I had no idea what had happened to it in my many moves after divorcing his father,so I taught myself the art of knitting. The phone call I got when he received his afghan was my best memory ( he lived in California and I lived in Wisconsin ) and now I love knitting for all my kids.
WOW!! Such beautiful yarn, but then again all of your yarns are so so gorgeous. My best memory crocheting is when one of my mom’s friends had me over to her house for 5 days to teach me how to crochet (I was 14), I made a poncho and was so proud of myself. When I got home all my friends couldn’t believe I made it. Now I crochet every day and it calms me and even helps with my Tourette. Thanks for the chance to win!!
My favorite memory was teaching my 11-year-old daughter to knit. It was challenging for her, and she wanted it just right. Once she could do 11 rows without starting over, she found her groove and would show me every single row. She told me she was a ‘knitting genius’ and that she was so proud of herself for not giving up. I love that I get to share that with her.
Such a beautiful assortment of colours, they are just gorgeous. My favourite memory of crocheting was a few years bag when I crocheted my first baby blanket. It was for my God daughter who was having her first baby. I felt so accomplished when it came out beautifully and she sent me a lovely card thanking me. It felt like I would be giving her baby a warm hug everytime they used it.
Thank you for sharing such beautiful patterns, delicious yarn, and your talent with us. I love your site!
Thanks for the encouragement and the giveaway… so sweet!
Oh! Forgot to share something about crafting in my first comment! I recently picked crocheting up again after many years. I had forgotten how relaxing it is! It made me realize I have been way too stressed and need to remember to take time to breathe and enjoy creating something…. it is soul-healing! Again, thank you for your kind words and the thoughtful giveaway.
I’ve got one project that has given two of my favorite crafting moments. I crocheted a afghan made to fit my mom’s queen size bed. When I had it finished and put on the bed, I was so incredibly proud of myself for completing such a big project. I used three different colors and made it holding two strands of worsted weight yarn together, with alternating stripes in two different colors. How it turned out made it one of my favorite projects and I’m still in love with the effect of two different colors held together.
My first special moment was making a crocheted blanket for my youngest cousin when I was about 10…think it was 10…around there anyway… I was just too darn excited to be allowed to make him something as opposed to making a mental note of how old I was at the time…. that wasn’t the important bit 😉
I love the beautiful colors!
My favorite crafting memory was finding the inspiration to pick up a hook and teach myself to crochet. That opened the world of fiber to me and soon I was making toys, blankets, and wearable accessories. Learning to knit soon followed and now my daughter is expressing interest in fiber arts.
Learned to crochet via YouTube videos! Now I think I’ve become a yarn-snob because I prefer working with plant or animal-based yarn (good-bye acrylic). Chandi, you are delightful to watch on YouTube. Thank you so very much for your videos.
All I can think about is knitting, knitting, knitting. I finally learned the very minimal basics. I’ve been wanting to learn for so long but I have been intimidated by complicated looking pattern. I have to admit, my work looks pretty rough, but I see improvement the more I practice and watch YouTube videos.