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Clover Review and Small Giveaway

I’m in LOVE!!!

Don’t tell my husband…

OK, you can tell him, I’m pretty sure he won’t be jealous of a set of interchangeable knitting needles.

I hope…

When I attended the TNNA Summer 2015 Needlearts Trade Show last month, I had the pleasure of meeting Steve Butler, the national sales manager for Clover Needlecraft, Inc. We talked a bit, and he asked if I would review some of their new products, including their new bamboo interchangeable Takumi knitting needles. I agreed.

Now, I love to do reviews, but they also cause me a fair amount of stress. I feel an obligation to be honest to my readers. Not only is it in my nature, but it’s the ethical way to be. When I have to review an item, I always hope it will be great. I hate having to find tactful ways of pointing out flaws. And when the item is something as big as a new set of interchangeable knitting needles? Oh, my, do I worry!!

Worrying was awfully silly. These things are AMAZING!!! I have tried several kinds of interchangeable needles in the past. I already owned a full set of one brand, and bits and pieces of a few other brands; so I have an idea of what makes them good and bad. Let’s look at the various parts, and common worries.

First, the needles themselves. They are Takumi bamboo needles, if you have tried the brand before,

Woolly Wormhead Round Up

Today’s round up features patterns by Woolly Wormhead. Woolly’s patterns are fabulous and fun! They are very unique and beautiful works of art. I had the pleasure of meeting the lovely lady behind these patterns last month, and she is just as unique and fun as her patterns. When I met her, she gave me a coupon code for 1 free pattern and another for 1 free ebook. I asked her if instead of using them for myself, I could hold a giveaway to give them to 2 of you. She said yes! So make sure to read through this whole post so that you can enter the giveaway!

Woolly has both free and sale patterns, mostly knit, but a few crochet. I have done my best to put together a nice selection for you. You can find out more about Woolly Wormhead and her patterns here.

Here are the names and links of each pattern, along with a little something about each of them.

Moogly Round Up

Who loves Moogly? Everyone!!! This week’s round up featured patterns designed by Tamara Kelly of Moogly. Tamara is a superb designer, a brilliant business woman, and a very dear friend of mine. Most of Tamara’s patterns are free crochet patterns, but she also has knitting patterns and some sale patterns. I have included a mix of them all in this round up. In addition to the patterns and other wonderful content on Moogly, such as video tutorials, giveaways, and product review, Tamara also has 2 Craftsy classes, and patterns published in some online magazines. I’m sure we will see Tamara showing up in even more places across the yarnie universe!

Here are the names and links of each pattern seen in the round up photo. At the end of the list, I have included more goodies for you!!

Crochet Essentials: Increases & Decreases with Tamara Kelly

I’m so excited that I get to review another Craftsy class taught by my friend Tamara Kelly of Moogly!

Crochet Essentials: Increases & Decreases is a fabulous class for anyone looking to learn more about…wait for it…increases and decreases. 😉

Actually, it is a wonderful class, and is useful to more than just beginners. Of course, if you are a beginner and want to understand various increases and decreases that you may run into in patterns, this is your class! It is also great for

Cre8tion Crochet Round Up

It seems only fitting that the first of my summer of Designer Round Ups would feature Lorene of Cre8tion Crochet. She was the very first blogger to feature me! So, here is a fun selection of Cre8tion Crochet patterns for you to enjoy.

Lorene has been super generous and has set up a coupon code for 50% off any of her sale patterns on Ravelry from today through the end of the day on June 30th; the coupon code is “infinity”. She has also set up a giveaway for 1 free copy of one of her Rolling in the Deep Infinity Scarf pattern to 3 separate winners! The giveaway is posted at the end of this post, and it also runs to the end of day on June 30th.

Here are the names and links of each pattern. *Please note that most of these patterns are free, but there are a couple that are not.

Red Heart Twilight and Infinity Giveaway

A while back I received something pretty in the mail from Red Heart. Being fans of sharing, Red Heart and I would like to send one of you the same something pretty. That’s right, it’s a Red Heart giveaway! Would you like to see it?

I really love the new Red Heart bag! It has so many useful pockets and it’s very sturdy. Look at the nifty little digital row counter ring!

WAK Crochet Kit Review and Giveaway

Hello there my friends! I have a fun company to introduce to you, along with a product review and a giveaway!

We Are Knitters is an international online knitting and fashion brand based out of Madrid, Spain with a strong online and offline presence throughout Europe. We Are Knitters’ product offerings includes a wide range of DIY knitting and crochet kits, which contain everything you need to knit or crochet your own unique garment or other item, including the yarn balls, wooden needles, pattern, sewing needle, and a We Are Knitters tag to sew into the finished product.

One thing I love about the site is the customer photos. As I was looking through the kits, it was so helpful to see the pictures of finished items for each kit made by actual customers. It’s one thing to sell a kit, it’s another to sell a kit that actually works! The customer pictures show that the kits work, and that is something I find rather useful to know, don’t you? 😉

When I was asked to review a crochet kit, I took a look through the available kits. I always have a pile of hooks, needles, notes, yarn balls, and various what~nots sitting on the couch next to me. The Chess Basket kit seemed to be the solution to that problem. I looked at the available colors and found an olive green that would look lovely on my couch!

The kit arrived very quickly for being shipped from abroad! It was so fun to

Marly Bird Designer Dinner Swag Bag Giveaway

Well hello there, would you like a goodie?

Earlier today I shared with you that I have an extra swag bag from the Marly Bird Designer Dinner at the trade show. Well, I am ready to give it to one of you!! It is full of wonders untold. Several hundred dollars worth of wonders untold; each bag varied a bit, so it’s hard to give an exact figure.

Tamara of Moogly also has one of the bags, and her giveaway runs from June 10th to June 17th. I will link it when it is up. That is 2 chances to win!!!!! Check the end of the post for the link. 🙂

To enter the Marly Bird Designer Dinner Swag Bag Giveaway

And the winner is…

The winner of the 3 patterns from Jessie At Home on Ravelry is Jess I.!! I have sent her an email so she can make her selection. Now that I’ve got the hang of how this rafflecopter thing works, I will get more giveaways together for you. 🙂 ©Copyright 2015 Jessie Rayot / Jessie At Home All my videos, patterns and posts are my own work. Do not copy them in any way. If you want to share this information … Read more

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