AND the winner is .....

The winner of the giveaway has been emailed.  Congratulations to kac311205@live.com.au  - could you please contact me, either by email, message or contact tabs via Aunty Nat's Knits to finalise your prize.

Thank you to everyone for entering and for your support of my little page.

Giveaway ..... just because

As a show of  'Thanks' to all my likers for all of your support of my page, I would like to offer a giveaway  - a 'Scrappy' soaker in size large - 'Scrappy' because it uses up all the leftover bits of yarn -  and an Aunty Nat's Knits carry bag.  The soaker will come to you lanolised and ready to use.

All you need to do to enter is make a comment here and leave a contact email address.  Winner will be required to pay postage. 

The winner will be chosen by Random.org on Friday night, 19th October, at 7.30 AEST.  Because of Facebook rules, the winner will be announced on my blog so make sure you check back on Friday night.

Next milestone for Aunty Nat's Knits ....

Now that the excitement of the 1st Birthday Celebrations are complete, it's time to think about the next milestone for Aunty Nat's Knits - reaching 1000 likers! 

Currently, as I write this blog, we are sitting at 946, but we all know that that changes daily. 

I will have to get my thinking cap on and come up with ideas for the next celebration.  Any ideas are welcome and greatly appreciated.

Nat

AND THE WINNER IS .....

Congratulations to number 28, Ashley, the winner of our 1st Birthday Giveaway.  Ashley has chosen a Tama. 

Ashley if you could make contact - either through a message to the page or email, we can discuss your win.
You may notice that there were 53 comments on the blog but the maximum number below is only 52 - that's because 1 person commented twice.

Congratulations Ashley and thank you to everyone for entering and for supporting my page.

1st BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

1st BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS
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As promised, here are details for my 1st birthday celebration. As a way to say thank you to everyone for their support and encouragement since starting my page, I would like to offer you the chance at a half price custom on your choice of the 4 items I am licensed to knit in the pic below.  

I should mention that the Tama pattern goes up to 6 years but as the sizing is based on chest measurement, it may still fit an older child.
The Beyond Puerperium pattern only goes up to 2 years.

All you need to do is leave a coment, letting me know which one you would like.

Your choices are Tama, Milo, Rainbow dress or Beyond Puerperium (BP).

The lucky buyer will be chosen by Random.org on my page's actual birthday - 4th August at 7.30 pm and will be announced on here.

To be eligible to enter, you must be a liker of the page.

1st Birthday Celebrations

The beginning of next month see's the first birthday of Aunty Nat's Knits.  It's hard to believe that it has already been 1 year since I statrted up my little page.  

To celebrate, I would like to do something special but need your help with suggestions.  Any suggestions you can give as a way to celebrate our first birthday would be much appreciated, so, get those thinking caps on!

A quick catch-up

It's been a while since I last updated my blog.  In that time, I've acquired quite a few new likers - up to 761 at the time of writing - have made a multitude of woolies for little people and have developed a liking for a couple of  'new' patterns - well new to me anyway.

I have just made my very first Puerperium Cardigan,  a pattern created by the very talented Kelly Brooker. Puerperium is a very simply styled cardi, designed to be easy for new parents to dress their babe in the puerperium period (6 weeks post birth).  It is such a quick pattern to knit up and produces gorgeous results.   Shown here in Pink Dahlia colourway in Olive and Emma yarn.

Kelly has also created the 'Beyond Puerperium' which can be knit in sizes newborn  up to 2 years.  If there is enough interest in the Beyond Puerperium, I will look at aquiring a cottage licence to knit and sell.

I have also taken a liking to another of Kelly's patterns  - Tama - wondering how to say the name of this pattern, or exactly what it means? The designer comes from New Zealand where the second national language is Maori. Tama is a Maori word meaning ‘boy’ or ‘son’, pronounced ‘taah-maah’.

A classic raglan sweater with clean sharp lines, and a focal buttonband running along the raglan increase.  I now have a cottage licence to knit and sell the Tama.

Always on the lookout for new yarns, I have fallen in love with the beautiful yarn that Emma from Olive and Emma yarns has been dyeing - some of whic the Puerperium cardigan above has been knit from.  I have plans for another colourway I have - a special set that I am knitting for the upcoming WAHM Delights market night on 29th July. Here's a sneak peek of what I will be working with.