And the winner of Contest #3 is...

Elizabeth D!!!!!

Congratulations! E-mail me your address and how you'd like the booklets signed, and I'll get them in the mail on Monday!

Next week, the 4th and final drawing! Stay tuned!

Contest #3!

I'm switching up the order on the final two contests- this week the lucky winner will get signed copies of Taunton's Threads Selects Lace Socks and Colorwork Socks, both with patterns from my book The Big Book of Socks.

Same drill as before- enter by leaving a comment on this post. Be sure to put your name in the comment if you're posting anonymously! The contest is open worldwide.

The drawing will be made, and the winner announced, on Sunday!

And if you're not a sock knitter, or a knitter at all, enter anyway- use the booklets as gifts, or donate them to your local library!

And the Winner of Monday Contest #1 is...

... Nancy D




Congratulations, Nancy D, you have won these two booklets:

Please e-mail me (kathleentaylor1952@gmail.com) with your address and how you'd like the booklets signed (to you, to anyone else, just my name- whatever you'd like).

Monday Contest #2 opens tomorrow, with two more Threads Selects titles.

Thank you everyone for entering- check back tomorrow and enter again!

Monday Contest #1: Colorwork Socks and Fair Isle Hats, Scarves, Mittens and Gloves

It's Contest Time in Dakotaland! Every Monday for awhile, I'll be holding drawings for booklets, or whatever else I might feel like giving away that week. To enter, post a comment (and if you post anonymously, please at least leave your name in the comment itself, just in case you win). Entries are open until Saturday evening (April 6) and the winner will be announced on Sunday April 7. A new contest will go up on the following Monday. World-wide entries allowed.

Contest #1- Signed (if you like) copies of the Threads Selects booklets: Fair Isle Hats, Scarves, Mittens & Gloves, and Colorwork Socks. These booklets feature patterns from The Big Book of Socks and Fearless Fair Isle Knitting.

You may certainly enter as many times as you like, but your name will go into the hat only once. Remember- enter by posting a comment !

Enjoy!

Taunton Threads Selects Booklets Now Available!!!

Woohoo- the first four Taunton Threads Selects booklets with patterns from my books, are now available for order. Don't be fooled by Amazon's blurb about them not being released yet.

These booklets can also be ordered from any bookseller.

From Amazon or directly from Taunton

From Amazon or directly from Taunton

 from Amazon  or directly from Taunton

From Amazon (don't be fooled- it's available now) or directly from Taunton

Taunton's new Threads Selects Booklets!

I posted a teaser pic yesterday, but here's the scoop: The first line of Taunton's new Threads Selects booklets will hit the stands November 27! Copies of the first 4 from my books arrived yesterday, hot off the press, and I could not be more excited!

The new booklets are 8 1/2" x 11", and each features 5-9 previously-published projects, concentrating on a single technique or style. They're aimed at knitters who want to try new things, but who are maybe not ready to commit to an entire book of patterns. Each of these booklets has a new ISBN number and cover, and they'll all be available for pre-order from Taunton directly, or from Amazon (and I assume other venues) very soon.

Eventually, Taunton plans to publish 8 booklets of my projects, including 2 from I Heart Felt, which is exciting since that book sort of fell through the cracks. I'm glad its getting another chance to be noticed.

As always with Taunton, the quality of the booklets is excellent- good, sturdy, glossy covers, and full color pictures and charts inside. I'm very proud to be a part of this new venture. When I have them, I'll post links to each booklet, but in the meantime, here they are:
Colorwork Socks- 7 Patterns to Knit (from The Big Book of Socks)

 Fair Isle Flower Garden- 5 Gorgeous Knits for Children  (from Fearless Fair Isle Knitting)

 Fair Isle Hats, Scarves, Mittens & Gloves- 7 Stunning Patterns to Knit (from Fearless Fair Isle Knitting)

 Lace Socks- 9 Lovely Patterns to Knit (from The Big Book of Socks)

 Not very often in a writer's career do you get to see four new books for the first time, all on the same day.

A little celebration was in order.

More Excitement!

I'm back in business, internet wise (long story, full of much angst and grr-ing and tech people who tell you that the problem is not their fault when it actually is), which is great because I can share with you the latest cover from Taunton's Threads Selects new line of booklets.

This one will feature 7 patterns from The Big Book of Socks!

There will be 6 booklets using my patterns, which is absolutely thrilling. I don't know the pub date on this one, but my guess is that it'll be sometime in November, as with the Fair Isle Flower Garden booklet.

Woohoo!!!