Winners Are...

Be SURE to listen to SHARON & MARLY on the
HOLIDAY KAL-CAL PODCAST SPECIAL
Part ONE and TWO!!!!!

Hi everybody. Can you believe we made it through the holidays?? Now that you have given out all the gifts you created for others, we are ready to give you gifts. Below you will find the enteries (picked my Marly and I) for the grand prize that we need you to vote on. Please cast one vote only in the poll at the top left of the blog. We finally get to give out all the fantastic swag-a-roo to the randomly drawn winner's!!!!We had over 40 people donate swag , which is incredible and ask all of you to support all the wonderful contributors and maybe they will contribute next time ;)!

We hope this has been fun for all of you, it really has been a blast for us seeing all your holiday projectsand getting to know some of you. We plan to take a break form our big Kal-Cals until July and August when we will have our Summer purse Kal-Cal (must make new bags for the fall mustn't we?) and then in September we will once again start our Holiday Kal - Cal for 08'

Keep knitting and crocheting!
Peace and love,
Sharon and Marly

VOTE FOR THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER ON THE POLL ON THE LEFT TOP OF THE BLOG. PLEASE ONLY ONE VOTE PER ELF:

1. Jaye : Ripple Blanket
2. Miss Amite: Inishmore Fisherman Sweater
3. Minnesota Mazzio's: Lady Elenor Stole
   
4. Jen C: Sunrise Circle Cardigan
5. Selena K: Amigurumi Kittens
6. NickleKnits: Crochet Slippers
   

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Prizes for random holiday elves!...
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ALL WINNERS MUST EMAIL US BY
JANUARY 15TH
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• Knitting Dakini wins Sherri of The Loopy Ewe is contributing a skein of indie-dyed yarn, along with a Loopy Ewe Knit Notes sock notebook...at http://theloopyewe.com/

• hopeful1 wins Carol Dean of Sand Fibers is contributing a signature cuff winners choice of color from her etsy shop...at http://SandFibers.etsy.com

• Pam aka In Love With Alpaca wins Catherine of Studio Marlowe is contributing a pattern from her shop, winners choice! You can find her at... www.studiomarlowe.com

• Amy aka Slicer wins Marie of Knitted Gems is contributing both the Star Blanket and the matching Star Pillow patterns! You can find her at... http://knittedgems.etsy.com

• MichelleB wins Meghann of Illusion Yarns is contributing a Fingerless Glove Kit! You can find her at... http://illusionyarns.etsy.com/

• Coffee Diva wins Dorothy of Yarn Forest is contributing a 4 ounce skein of lace weight merino, about 1200 yards in a lightly variegated spring green! You can find her at... http://yarnforest.etsy.com/

• Katie of SnarkyDesign is contributing 5 copies (that makes 5 prizes) of her great purse pattern THE LUCKIEST. You can find her at... http://snarkydesign.com
• Mklee wins 1 copy
• Brown Bear wins 1 copy
• Shevron wins 1 copy
• Criosa wins 1 copy
• Tracie wins 1 copy
  

• Ashleah from MD wins Terry of Crash Into Ewe is contributing 1 skein of yarn and 1 of my "yarn" pencils, winner's choice! You can find her at... http://www.crashintoewe.etsy.com

• Meshugaknitter (aka Scrappinduck) wins Kimberlyn is contributing few sets of the stitch markers from her soon to be announced Etsy shop. You can find her right now at http://amgblahgs.blogspot.com/
  

• Susan wins Kristy of Chickadee Beads is giving a few of the most BEAUTIFUL lamp work glass buttons! You can find her at... http://www.chickadeebeads.etsy.com/

• Rachel aka Happy Knitter wins Claudia of Creative Process Designs is contributing some wonderful stitch markers she sells wholesale here in Colorado! You can find her at... http://creativeprocessdesigns.blogspot.com/

• Cookey_Knits wins Liz of Grasshopper Handmade is contributing a skein of yarn from her shop! You can find her at... http://grasshopper.etsy.com.

• Kiwi Jo wins Molly of Crafty is contributing TWO skeins of recycled yarn from her shop, winners choice! You can find her at... http://www.craftyyarn.etsy.com

• Maureen aka Batty4Yarn wins Uli of Creations by Uli is contributing a package of her own sock pattern and one of her Celtic Star key chains. You can find her at... http://www.creationsbyuli.etsy.com/

• Teresa wins Brianna of The Crochet Side is contributing a crochet pattern for a new design, her Fanning Flower purse, which showcases all that Tunisian has to offer with Tunisian knit and purl stitches, pieced together with some great reverse single crochet to give that roped-edge effect. You can see a photo of the prototype here. You can find her at... http://www.thecrochetside.com/

• Heather from Philly wins Heather of Knittin Pretty is contributing one skein of handspun yarn and one set of stitch markers. She will be spinning something special for the prize, probably a superwash merino (for socks). Also she has many other stitch marker designs and will try to include something festive :) You can find her at... http://knittinpretty.etsy.com

• Hobbygåsa wins Sherry of 3 Owls Knitting is contributing a couple of sets of DPN needle protectors (they work great for crochet hooks too!) You can find her at... http://www.lunastrixae.etsy.com/

• Holly wins Renee of Goddess Knits is contributing a $30.00 gift certificate for any pattern or Mystery Shawl purchase from her website! You can find her at http://www.goddessknits.com

• Sisters of Knit Sib are each contributing a prize!
  
  • Isabella from Montreal wins Valerie: A set of handmade stitch markers
  • Heidi from Austin wins Julianne: handmade sock project bag
  • Carina wins Gloria: Handmade beaded row counter bracelet

  You can find their podcast at http://www.knitsibs.blogspot.com/

• Mrs. Paul wins Pat of Embroidery 4 Quilters is contributing a tote bag with a yarn design embroidered onto the bag! You can find her at http://www.embroidery4quilters.com/

• John Wiley and Sons Publishing company is contributing THREE FOUR GIFTS!
• Cindy wins Charmed Knits
• Karen From Denmark wins Visual Quick Tips book: Knitting
• Diane Lovell wins Teach Yourself Visually Knitting
• Dawn aka Texas Purl Girl wins Teach Yourself Visually Crochet

• Crafty Carolinagirl wins Silja Devine is contributing a $25.00 gift certificate to her new shop! She is also offering a Discount to all Holiday Elves so make sure you check her out!! You can find her at... My Creative Impulses

• THE Cheryl Oberle of Cheryl Oberle Designs is contributing a signed copy of both of her books! You can find more of her wonderful designs at... http://www.cheryloberle.com/
• Hot Cakes wins Folk Shawls
• Jan B. Smiley wins Folk Vests

• Java Nut wins Ruth at Spinning Doggies is contributing something from her etsy store...winners choice :-) You can find her at http://spinningdoggies.etsy.com/

• Knitting2Relax wins Carrie of DharmaFay (yes...that Carrie..also known by her Socks In The City Podcast Fame) is contributing some sock yarn! Winners Choice! You can find her at http://dharmafey.etsy.com/

• Tina and Dave of Craftina are contributing a pair of knitting needles and a nosteppine made of beautiful wood! Tina and Dave make crafty things out of wood and misc. materials. Most of the items are handmade pens made of exotic wood but he also makes knitting needles and Nosteppines (A piece of hand crafted wood designed to help crafters make a 'center-pull ball of yarn'). You can find them at... http://www.craftiness.etsy.com

• Tall Grrl wins kNotes for kNitters is contributing a set of 5 note cards from the kNotes for kNitters series of art cards. These are electronic collages on a knitting theme. You can find them at... http://www.localgringos.etsy.com/

• Maven wins Deb from Knitting Dove is contributing 4 new balls of Cascade Yarn, two per color way. You can find her at her blog... http://knittingdove.blogspot.com/
  

• Throws Like a Girl wins Gerri of Knit Knack is contributing a $25.00 gift card to be spent at her store. You can find her at http://www.knitknack.org

• Brown Bear wins Jill from Star Struck Cat Design is contributing the winner's choice of any two 10 oz. hand-poured soy wax jar candles that she has in stock when the prizes are awarded! You can find her at... http://www.starstruckcatdesign.com

• Rose of Sharon wins Shoeless Val is contributing a skein of her hand dyed yarn! You can find her at... www.shoelessval.blogspot.com
  

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