Happy Holidays from Everyone in VA/Holiday Schedule!

We would like to say “Hi” and Happy Holidays to everyone from all of us  at the Virginia warehouse.   Today we were wrapping some knitted hats, scarves, and afghans to send to one of our favorite children’s homes in North Dakota.   We love preparing all  of your  packages, and we sincerely hope you all have a great Holiday Season.

We will be closing at 3:00, Friday, Dec 19 and will be closed until Monday, December 29.   We will, however,  mail  all pending orders on Tuesday, Dec 23.  

Pat(not in Pic), Michele, Sallie, Sue (not in pic), Shirley, and Regina.

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Drum Roll, please!

AFGHAN CONTEST WINNERS!!

 As promised, we would like to share photos and stories, and patterns of the beautiful afghans submitted to us for the Afghan Contest.   Judging is hard work!    All entries  are   unique in the skills and original ideas  used.   So, let me share with everyone what we have based our decisions on. We have awarded points to each knitter in the following categories:

• The look of the Afghan-is it something that everyone would love to knit and own?
• Were the photos submitted clear and well planned?
• Were the instructions complete, clear, easy to follow?   Did the knitter share enough to assist each knitter to repeat the design.   In some cases, it may be necessary for a new knitter to learn new techniques.
• Is the design an original concept and idea of the knitter?
• Did the knitter take a concept and expand on it to give their afghan that special, unique extra?

 We have a total of 7 entries.   They are all winners, so special and unique!

First Place goes to Connie Mauger for her AJ’s Baby Blanket.   Congratulations!

Second Place has resulted in a tie.   Congratulations to: Annette Roa with a beautiful Kitty Afghan for her 4 year old niece, and Ella Roby with a unique design  with vertical stripes called”Stripes Afghan“.      

Connie Mauger’s AJ’s Baby Blanket is a  blanket that any little tot would love to curl up in.   Connie has used some wonderful techniques including the double 8 caston, cross over stitches, and beautiful crochet edges.   Her instructions contain lots of diagrams for following the stitch pattern that is repeated in each strip of the Afghan.

Annette Roa knit for her little 4 year old niece.   What child would not love all the adorable little kitties on this beautiful afghan.   It is knit with one repeated design completed 4 times in each of the 3 strips.   Each kitty is unique just by the choice of leftover yarn used.   This entry also has a beautiful crochet edge.

Ella Roby calls her afghan simply “Stripes”. We love this one because of the unique way that the vertical stripes were worked with the weaving of the different colors.   Ella does a great job of explaining the concept  with much detail.   The instructions are very well done!

Great El Paso Afghan was knit by Jacque Darra.   What a wonderful job on all counts.   Jacque uses 2 different stitches to create the warm look of this one along with lots of great fringe.   We also love that it was knit on a 38″ heavy duty board for a nice warm afghan with a lot of texture in just one piece.   The instructions are very easy to follow and this is important for all knitters.

Sue Kreitzer has once again come up with a wonderful afghan in unique  squares- The Fall Christmas Afghan.   What is so very special about Sue’s afghan is the theme that surrounds the whole design.   It represents  Christmas in the pretty red and green colors of the outer strips; Snow with the fleur de lis patterns on the green; and the     center strip  represents the season of Fall with the colors of the fallen leaves.   Thank you, Sue for your offer to donate your afghan to our Christmas donation box.

Ella Roby knit up another great one.   This one is called the Winter Afghan.   It is a pretty combination of stripes with the unique technique of vertical stripes.   Pretty winter colors make it feel very special.   Great job, Ella.

Another beautiful design by Annette Roa  was  a wedding gift with a rose pattern knit right into the afghan.   This one is knit in large squares with some of them showing the pretty rose pattern.  

All AFGHAN PATTERNS  will be shown in the “files” catagory of www.groups.yahoo.com/group/knittingboards

Great Job by everyone and thank you all for sharing your afghan photos and ideas with all of us.   May you all have a wonderful Holiday Season.   Stay warm and keep the ideas coming for the new year.  

If you are one of the winners please email Kim at kim@knittingboard.com with your address information.  All entries will recieve a one time 30% off discount on Knittingboard.com.  Please email for coupon ID.

3 Comments

• Karen December 9, 2008 at 5:38 pm

  Will the Rose afghan pattern be added to the Yahoo site? All of the entries were beautiful and I can’t wait to try some of them.

  Karen
• Pat December 9, 2008 at 6:07 pm

  Hi Karen,

  The Rose afghan photo is here but Annette didn’t give me instructions. I will try to get the pattern for the rose design from her. It is beautiful!
  Kim
• Yarnitect (Dana) April 15, 2012 at 9:45 pm

  Such diversity in these projects. Love it!

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Afghan Contest Update Dec 3

Thank You—-to everyone that has submitted an entry to our contest.   Oh, you  will all be so enlightened when you see all the great afghans created on knitting boards.   Remember your entries will be judged on originality of creation, clarity of the instructions, and your photos.  

We will announce the winners on Saturday, Dec 6 which is one day later than planned to assist some of the knitters.   We will be posting all the photos and instructions so that everyone will be able to get one or two knit up during the holidays.   If anyone, submitting an entry, does not want their instructions to appear, please notify us right away.   We would need to remove the entry from the contest.

So, get ready for a delightful Afghan Saturday afternoon.

Thanks to all, Kim and Pat

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Knitting Board Classes in Houston

Hi Everyone,

   We just returned from Houston,   TX where we had a few Knitting Board classes for Hobby Lobby employees. We had a lot of fun.    We even got the Manager, Jimmy, at the Webster, TX store knitting too.

We had brought along a sample of the Homespun afghan to the class. I  think there are going to be a few Texans receiving  cozy  Afghans this Christmas.

I have to thank  the West Houston, Webster, and the Stafford stores for  making us feel so welcome and making our visit here so wonderful. Here are a couple photos of our classes in Webster(above) and West Houston (below), TX……

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Knitting Board Demonstration at Hobby Lobby

Hello All,

We just got back from the Dallas area where we had a few knitting board demonstrations at the Hobby Lobby stores. They went really well. People were amazed at all that  can be made on the knitting boards…..especially the afghans. Here are a couple photos of the event.

6 Comments

• Katy October 16, 2008 at 5:31 pm

  Awesome! Thats my store! I was sad I wasn’t able to come back on Saturday and see you guys, I was so happy it went well. Thank You!
• Lubbly Jubbly October 22, 2008 at 9:21 am

  Well done me loverlies
  top effort, huge hearts and a wonderful ladies too

  We need more of your kind in this world.
  Keep it up please!
• Jeannette Pirkle October 26, 2008 at 11:31 pm

  I wish I knew you were in Dallas doing a demo. I would have come. I just joined on here recently but have been looming for a while now. Let me know if you are doing another demo.I live 45 minutes North of Dallas.
• Pat November 1, 2008 at 5:43 pm

  Hi Katy,

  We had a great demonstration at your store!! I wish you had been there. Thanks for setting up the rain check notebook, it was really needed.

  Hope to do one again soon.

  Kim
• Pat November 1, 2008 at 5:46 pm

  Hi Jeannette,

  I will announce from now on where we are demoing. I just got back from Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago and Atlanta. It was a crazy trip.
  Kim
• Sue Kreitzer November 3, 2008 at 2:25 pm

  Jeannette,
  Where north of Dallas do you live? I am 10 miles north of Denton. I was at the Denton location when Kim was there. Look forward in hearing from you.

  Sue Kreitzer, a loomer in Texas

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Afghan Contest

Hi Everyone,

I would like to announce that we are having an afghan contest going through the end of Novemeber. This contest is for seasoned knittingboarders as well as beginners. If you have just started knitting on the board you can enter too.  Afghans are great projects for the knitting board. Just think, you can have your new afghan just in time for Christmas! Click on the photo for details.

2 Comments

• Christine January 9, 2009 at 9:17 pm

  Hi !

  I very much like the afghan on this picture… Where can I find the pattern ?

  Thank You,

  Christine from the Magdalen Ilands in Canada
• nefretyre May 26, 2009 at 2:40 pm

  very very beautiful!! congratulations!!

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