Ready Set Knit Beyond BOBBOL 2015

Posted on January 20, 2015 by jackiees

To celebrate the new year, we are kicking off Beyond BOBBOL 2015 with a brand new, never before offered pattern in the HeartStrings pattern collections: Lace Embellished Towel

Lace Embellished Towel

Lace Embellished Towel

With this pretty lace edging, you can turn an ordinary towel into something extraordinary. Whether you make it for yourself or a gift for someone else, I promise that your lace-edged towel will have a special place in the heart and home.

Today opens the official start to the Lace Embellished Towel KAL. And there are special offers now available for Premium, Basic and Free Level members that I don’t want you to miss out on.

So be sure you are logged in with your username/password, then go to the Lace Embellished Towel KAL page to see your best discount. Depending on your membership level, you will qualify for a generous 50% to 100% discount on the KAL pattern now thru Feb 24, 2015.

Cheers to a knit-tingly wonderful year in 2015!

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Don’t Miss a Thing … Beyond BOBBOL 2015

Posted on January 15, 2015 by jackiees

Lori I. wrote:
“… you’ve made knitting come alive for me again, and i don’t want to miss a thing.”

Happy new year! We are going Beyond BOBBOL again in 2015 with projects tailored to appetizer portions of unique stitches and techniques made easy with KnitHeartStrings extra hand-holding KAL’s. Even if you already know how, I think you will find the projects fun (and who knows, you might even pick up a tip or trick along the way).

Each month’s KAL project will be selected with a focus on building skills in bit-sized steps. Some projects will be lace and some not. Some will be beads and some not. Some will go beyond lace and beads to try new things in other areas. There will be something for everyone.  Continue reading →

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Next Up KAL: Lace Embellished Towel

Posted on January 10, 2015 by jackiees

Turn an ordinary towel into something extraordinary. Whether for yourself or a gift for someone else, a Lace Embellished Towel will have a special place in the heart and home.

Lace Embellished Towel

Lace Embellished Towel

Lace edging is 3″ by 16″ or as needed to fit the towel to which you will attach the lace

Pattern Stitch Instructions: Charted and written

Construction: A strip of lace edging is knitted flat in one piece, then hand-sewn to a towel

Pattern Availability and Shopping List

Check the Next Up KAL page in the Knit-A-Longs area of this site for the schedule of when the  Lace Embellished Towel pattern will be available with special offers for KnitHeartStrings member. The Shopping List is available there NOW so you can meantime get your materials and supplies ready to knit when the KAL begins January 20th.

An Invitation to Join Us for KnitHeartStrings KAL’s

I hope you will join us to knit and learn along for Lace Embellished Towel. If you are not yet a member of KnitHeartStrings, you can Join Here for our monthly knit-a-longs.

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Lacyflake KAL patterns available now

Posted on December 20, 2014 by jackiees

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge
in a complex world. — Oscar Wilde

To close out 2014 and start off the new year, we will knit lacy snowflakes. The KAL features a special edition pattern for the small center-out medallion of Lacyflakes.

Snow is beautiful, especially when you can stay warm and cuddly indoors while knitting snowflakes. This small snowflake medallion starts at the center and grows in lacy rounds until completed with a free-form lace bind off technique.

Small Center-Out Lacyflake snowflake medallion

Small Center-Out Lacyflake snowflake medallion

The special edition Lacyflake #1 pattern is available HERE with special offers to KAL members.

Note to Premium members: check the Premium Area for your bonus Lacyflakes pattern that includes 4 versions of snowflakes made with center-out and outside-in free-form lace shaping techniques.

Lacyflakes

Lacyflakes

Time-limited Offers for KAL Members

Be sure to visit the Knitted Snowflakes KAL page with special offers for all KnitHeartStrings members!

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It’s Snowing at KnitHeartStrings!

Posted on December 15, 2014 by jackiees

To close out 2014 and start off the new year, we will knit lacy snowflakes. The KAL features a special edition pattern for the small center-out medallion of Lacyflakes. Stay tuned for announcement of availability of this special edition pattern to the general KnitHeartStrings membership soon.

Small Center-Out Lacyflake snowflake medallion

Small Center-Out Lacyflake snowflake medallion

Note to Premium members: check the Premium Area NOW for your bonus Lacyflakes pattern that includes 4 versions of snowflakes made with center out and outside in free-form lace shaping techniques.

Lacyflakes

Lacyflakes

Time-limited Offer for Paid Plans Members

As part of the benefits of paid level plans, the featured monthly KAL pattern is available to KnitHeartStrings Basic Level and Premium Level members as a FREE DOWNLOAD for a limited time during the KAL in the Knit-A-Longs area of the site.

Note to Premium level members: Check the Premium Area for your coupon code to deliver the featured KAL pattern free to your Ravelry library. Early access begins prior to the KAL opening date for other members, so be sure to check the Premium Area for new specials and bonuses often.

Time-limited Offer for Free Limited Content Members

Limited Content Level members get free access to all tutorials, tips & techniques articles. As a thank you for participating in the KAL, you also get 50% DISCOUNT off the featured monthly KAL pattern. Note: Discount period varies so please see details with dates announced for each KAL.

For even more savings and extra benefits, consider upgrading to a Basic or Premium paid plan.

Previous KAL’s

If you missed any of the previous knit-alongs for Bits of Lace 2012, BOBBOL 2013 or Beyond BOBBOL 2014, you can still take advantage of extra bonus FREE tutorials, tips & techniques articles in the blog archives at KnitHeartStrings.

Inviting you to knit along, learn along, and enjoy the making,

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Win the Last Prize Drawing of 2014

Posted on December 10, 2014 by jackiees
Congratulations to Teresa Lester, winner of the November Prize Drawing.

Teresa wrote: “Thank you so much!! I really love this pattern and the choices of yarn and bead colors. I think I like the pine green with the pearl beads combination the best though. And I’d be so grateful to have you string the beads for me. I have to use a magnifying glass every time I try to do it myself 🙁 Glasses aren’t strong enough I guess!“

You can still purchase Bitty Beady Christmas Tree as a pdf pattern, additional Kits with hard-copy pattern to gift to knitting friends, or Supplies Paks without pattern to make more bitty trees in an assortment of holiday colors.

Thanks to everyone participating, sharing and supporting the KALs and Prize Giveaways this year. We’ve got just one more prize drawing to go in 2014, so be sure to read on about what you could win.

December 2014 Giveaway – Win Premium Time on KnitHeartStrings

Premium MembershipTo close out the 2014 prize drawings, you could win a Premium Level Membership valued up to $39!

The value and type Premium Level Membership awarded will depend upon the winner’s membership level as of December 31, 2014 as follows:

Winner’s Membership Level as of December 31, 2014 Prize
Premium Annual 12 month extension to your annual premium membership
Premium Quarterly 90-day extension to your quarterly premium membership
Premium Monthly 30-day extension to your monthly premium membership
Limited Content 30-day premium trial membership

To Participate in the December Prize Giveaway

To enter the giveaway and earn entries, see the Monthly Prize Giveaway page to see how you can win this month’s prize for a Premium Membership.

A random drawing will be held from all entries that come in from December 1 – 31, 2014. I hope the winner will be YOU! Good luck.

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Unbeaded Variation of Mosaic Knitting

Posted on November 24, 2014 by jackiees

I had mentioned previously that beading the slip-stitch Mosaic pattern is optional. So if you are just not into beads or don’t have easy access to them, I do hope you will nevertheless give a try at the Mosaic Basket Weave Hat pattern for this month’s KAL.

In fact, I’ve just extended the KAL period another month so you can get the pattern and still have time to get to knitting for this KAL.

Although I don’t have an unbeaded version of the the Mosaic Basket Weave Hat to show you, I do have a photo of this unbeaded mosaic hat that is a derivative of that same stitch pattern.

Mosaic Diamond Hat (unbeaded)

Mosaic Diamond Hat (unbeaded)

Even without the beads, you can see that there is still of lot of textural and color interest going on compared to the beaded mosaic. In fact, sometimes I like this better, lol.

p.s. For those of you who have the bonus KAL pattern Beaded Diamond Mosaic Ensemble as part of your Premium membership, you will recognize the Diamond Mosaic pattern on the main part of this hat as being the same as in the cuffs of the socks and fingerless mittens ensemble. Basically, in this hat variation, the diamond portion just replaces the basket weave mosaic on the lower crown of the hat, then transitions into the crown decreases just as in the Basket Weave version.

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