Winner of Photo Challenge; and Your Ideas Going Forward?

I’m pleased to announce that Ellen C is the winner of the recent Photo Sharing/Challenge event showing off projects made for last month’s KAL of Easy Elegance Mitts.

Thanks so much for the time that you and others took to share your projects, and for those who voted to make this a fun event.

Ellen wrote when I contacted her about selecting her choice of pattern prize at the KnitHeartStrings Online Store :

“What a nice surprise! It was hard to pick a pattern but I’ve selected the Flared Lace Smoke Ring e-pattern. I’ve got some fingering weight alpaca with sparkles incorporated in it that would work nicely with this.

Thanks so much for the great website and projects. You explain and illustrate the techniques so thoroughly. Today the hat and gloves in the picture are being given to their recipient. I’m excited for her to see them and try them on. Now I need to set aside a little time to make my own!

Thanks again!

Your Ideas Going Forward?

Now that we are into this next month’s KAL, I was scratching my head about whether to continue the monthly photo challenge with prize. Even though the photos submitted for both the Oct and Nov photo sharing/challenges have been fantastic, the participation has been very small compared to the number of active members, both in submissions and voting. So I am asking other ideas that might appeal moreso to you.

Meantime, I have set up a new KAL Projects Photo Gallery page where you can add your photos anytime for any HeartStrings KAL projects. The new gallery page is similar to what we had before with the old gallery, but using the new format and submission process which hopefully is easier and more user-friendly.

I welcome your ideas of ways to make sharing projects we are knitting, or have knit anytime in our KALs fun and interesting. After all, I don’t want to be the only one talking and showing off my knitting, lol. Can you please let me know either by commenting here, or you are welcome to write me privately at jackie@heartstringsfiberarts.com