Twist Collective

I am so in love with the online knitting magazines being put out by the Twist Collective. I want almost every single pattern in both the Fall and Winter editions. The Sylvi and Vivian are two of my favorite favorites from the winter edtion. And the fall edition has a free pattern for Houdini Socks.

Holiday Knitting

Knitting Daily has a pattern booklet featuring five holiday knits available for download. There are four patterns for knitted ornaments and one for a knitted gift bag. The snowflake ornament is my favorite and I think I have the perfect yarn for it in my stash (it's a Festivus miracle).

Jingle Sparkle Joy Cross Stitch

Midsummer Night Musings has another great freebie cross stitch pattern for the holidays. It's called Jingle Sparkle Joy.

via Pipstitch

*update* There's a great finish of this pattern up on the Freebie Gallery. I so love the beads and bells used to embellish it.

Snowman Ornament

Michelle has designed a cute freebie cross stitch pattern for a snowman ornament. I love the fluffy fringe on the scarf.

Field Guide to Cookies

Bust is giving away 10 copies of a Field Guide to Cookies (the contest is only open to US residents and closes on Nov. 5th, 2008). Since it's about cookies I'm assuming it's genius. The author also has a great blog called Dessert First where you can find pictures to make you drool all over your keyboard as well as some recipes.

And since I'm talking about cookies (again), it reminded me of this cookie related video. Makes me giggle every time.

Knitted Zippered Pouches

Berroco's latest freebie patterns are for knitted pouches: one is a fair isle design and the other is striped. These would make such great gifts.

Etsy Halloween Spree Contest

If you live in the US and you're not yet a member of Etsy, now is the perfect time to join. They're giving away five $100 Etsy shopping sprees to new members only (Read the full rules). Just make sure you type in "HalloweenSpree08" when asked how you heard about Etsy. The contest ends on November 26th, 2008. Good luck to everyone!

Super Cute Cross Stitch

Patty posted about Shiny Room which has the cutest cross stitch freebies (click on the third link on the left sidebar). Of course, I love the cookie banner. There's also a bunch of cute animals, Hello Kitty and Elvis.

The Stitchy and Crafty Universe

For fun, I started The Stitchy and Crafty Universe on Squidoo. So far it only has the two lenses (pages) I've created so far ~ one for Halloween Crafts and one for cross stitch. I'm hoping others will join the group and add their own lenses. I'm still figuring out how to add fun things to the group so keep checking in to see what's going on.

Me Like Cookies!!!

I made these cookies using a recipe from the best book ever invented aka Sticky, Chewy, Messy, Gooey: Desserts for the Serious Sweet Tooth. The recipe is called The Best One-Bowl Chocolate Chunk Pecan Cookies. They made my inner cookie monster ridiculously happy.

Mario Bros. Mushroom Mitts and Stormy Clouds

Craftzine posted a great pattern for knitted Super Mario Bros. Mushroom Mitts. I was checking out the designer's site and noticed she had a few more free knitting designs (click on the link on the left hand side that says Gratis monster), including a Stormy Cloud, a Skully Hat and Bubble Bobble Mitts.

Online Needlework Show

The Needlework Show has started and will go on until September 29th. They have loads of fun things going on like a scavenger hunt and contests. Be sure to check out the home page because Dinky Dyes is giving away an entire line of their silk embroidery thread to one winner and Carousel Charts is providing a freebie chart that's perfect for Halloween.

Winter Twilight Mitts

Knitting Daily has a pretty pattern for fingerless mitts available for download. I love the purple, but I think they'd look good with an orange/red yarn, too.

Blue Wren Embroidery

Cinderberry Stitches has a freebie Blue Wrens Nest embroidery pattern. I love the cute and colorful little birds.

Knitted Ornaments

Berroco has new patterns for knitted sweater ornaments. They did a bunch of sweater ornaments last year, too.

A contest for jewelry makers

If you sign up for the Jewelry Artist Flashcard or the Colored Stone GemMail by October 16th, 2008 you can win a $500 shopping spree at National Jewelers Supplies. The contest is only open to residents in Canada and the US. So if you're in another country root for the random number generator to pick me.

I won an award!

Devil Bob didn't end up winning the Mochimochi Photo Contest, but I did receive a Super Commenter award from Patty. Woohoo! I'm giving it right back to Patty and to my friend Linda because they leave the most comments for me.

I also won a knitting pattern booklet from Berroco. What's amazing is that I actually have the yarn to knit two of the sweaters from this booklet and some of the needles. It's a stash miracle.

Knit Beaded Cardigan

Knitting Daily has a limited time pattern available for a beautiful Beaded Cardigan designed by Michele Rose Orne. It's only available as a free download to Knitting Daily members until 2pm MST Friday, August 29.

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Devil Bob made the finals!

Woohoo! Vote here for your favorites. You can only vote once, but you can vote for as many of the top ten photos as you want.

Devil Bob is a semi-finalist!

My little Devil Bob is a semi-finalist in the Mochimochi photo contest. I'm so excited and so hope to make the finals!!! The other entries are super awesome too so make sure to check them out and vote for your favorites.

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