The winner is… comment #12, Angie! Angie, I’ll be e-mailing you shortly to ask you some questions, so keep an eye on your e-mail.

Giveaway Item(s): Jules Pattern Kit (Tunisian Hook, Pattern, Yarn for Small/Medium Size)

How the winner will be chosen: Random.org Generator

Giveaway Begins: 10/17/2008

Giveaway Ends: 10/31/2008

Winner will be notified on/by: 11/01/2008

Rules: No duplicate entries/comments. No spamming. Giveaway is open to everyone. Winner MUST respond within five days, otherwise they forfeit their winnings, and a new winner will be announced.

How to Enter: Comment on this post with your favorite items to crochet, your favorite types of patterns, whether you prefer symbols or written patterns, and maybe a limerick or poem citing your crochet love. Make certain to enter your e-mail address so that I can contact you.

Find other Crochet and Knit Giveaways to enter!

As a pick me up, go giveaway something, or sign up for a giveaway, at the Reader Giveaway we’re having at Crochet and Knit Giveaways!

To the right of this entry, if you are viewing this directly on the blog, you will see a widget, prompting you to donate to some worthy causes.

First up…

the Crochet Club, which was started by a teacher in South Carolina. She is trying to raise some money for supplies so that her 3rd-5th grade students are able to learn an (awesome!) skill, that will also preoccupy them during their morning wait for school to begin.

That was the only crochet-related cause at DonorsChoose.org, so I decided to bring in some knitting-related ones as well. I am, however, keeping with the teacher’s teaching their students a craft theme.

The other 3 groups are as follows:

Let’s Learn to Knit — an elective class of 6th graders in a high-needs community who need to raise funds for supplies. There has been enthusiasm for such a class, but there is no guarantee that the students’ families will be able to provide supplies.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside — High School students wanting to learn how to knit, then providing the finished objects to their local Ronald McDonald house. Needs funds for supplies.

Warm Head, Warm Heart — Third, Fourth, and Fifth graders are wanting to learn how to knit in order to provide their finished goods to the local homeless shelters.

That’s it! If you’re willing to donate even $2.00 to either, or each, of these groups, please do so. They’ll be able to meet their goals if we all just give what we can.

As incentive, if we can meet the goals for each of the groups, I will create a colorway and hold a giveaway. If we meet the goal for one group, I will create a colorway and dye a single skein of DK-weight yarn and offer it up on this blog for a giveaway. If we meet the goal for two groups, I will create a colorway and dye TWO skeins of DK-weight yarn. If we meet the goal for THREE groups, I will–you get the point.

For every group’s goal we meet, I will dye an equal amount of skeins, and we will have an equal amount of winners. 1 goal, 1 skein, 1 winner. 4 goals, 4 skeins, 4 winners.

Go ahead, donate, and make me proud!

For those of you who don’t follow directions (I’m looking at YOU), what awaits you is the chance to win a $50 gift certificate for…

That’s right! Scout’s Swag.

Scout graciously accepted my nervous-as-hell proposal, pretty much without question. This either means that she is (a) crazy, or (b) unable to say no, even when she has ridiculous amounts of things to do already. BUT, she said yes, and that makes me excited.

Scout is the first sponsor/vendor, which is a huge deal. I mean, really, have you seen how incredibly awesome her swag is? Her yarn alone is de-lish, but to put the rest of the store’s notions and swag on top of that? It’s like one of those funny-between-the-legs nice dreams, but when you’re awake.

Oh dear.

I told Random.org to pick one number from 1 to 47, and it chose…*drum roll*

And #33 is…

Tasha Ogryzlo! Tasha, you’ll be receiving an e-mail from me. Reply within 5 days with your mailing address and you’ll get your giveaway winnings! WOO!

I’VE EXTENDED THE GIVEAWAY! Enter while you still can. :)

Giveaway Item(s): Journals (1 medium sized for everyday use, 1 small for travel) to make notes about your projects, and 2 skeins of surprise yarn

How the winner will be chosen: Random.org Generator

Giveaway Begins: May 5th (12:01am EST)

Giveaway Ends: May 15th (11:59pm EST)

Winner will be notified on: May 10th by E-mail

Rules: No duplicate entries/comments. No spamming. Giveaway is open to everyone. Winner MUST respond within five days, otherwise they forfeit their winnings, and a new winner will be announced.

How to Enter: Leave a comment about what you’d like to see at The Crochet Side website, or hear in The Crochet Side podcast.

Find other Crochet and Knit Giveaways to enter!

I mentioned a giveaway on the podcast. This is not the one I meant. (These are not the droids you are looking for.) This is a spontaneous decision to giveaway a pattern via the Bloggy Giveaways.

Between January 30th (Wednesday) and February 1st (Friday, until 11:59pm EST), I am offering one winner one free pattern of their choice. To enter for this giveaway you must leave a comment to this entry. To announce who wins, I will post a short podcast episode on February 3rd (Sunday), as well as e-mailing them.

Click on the link above that says “Patterns” to look at the available patterns you can choose from. From there, feel free to click on the associated links on that page to find out more information regarding the pattern.

Here’s a sneak peak:

The Details

• On Saturday, February 2nd at 11:59 PM EST, comments will close and I will select a winner using a random number generator (eg: someone that is still awake in the house).
• The winner will be posted on Sunday, February 3rd, in the form of a podcast episode, as well as in the show notes posted here.
• Please note that duplicate comments will be deleted.
• This giveaway is open to bloggers and non bloggers alike.
• The winner will be notified on Sunday, February 3rd via email.
• The winner will have 4 days to respond with the pattern of their choice. Please check your Spam/Bulk folders. If I don’t receive an e-mail from the winner within the time frame, another winner will be chosen by random number and that winner will have the same timeframe.

If you don’t win this giveaway, keep in mind I will have another in the near future.