Birthday Giveaway: And the winner is...

Today's the day you've all been waiting for! The day we draw the winning name from all the entries received during the month of April on our #knitoasisbday giveaway.

Thank you so much to all who participated! I loved seeing all the afghan blocks come in to the studio here, piling up to make some amazing blankets for the kids at Carolina Youth Development Center! And I'm so excited that our winner will be getting all these awesome prizes. Thank you again to our lovely sponsors, LYDIA Yarn and C-Bags for your donations!

So without further ado, here are my wonderful hubby and daughter Josie (who is teaching an exciting lace knitting class on May 23!), drawing the winning name:

Of knit nights and afghan blocks

I am so honored to get to hang out with knitters. We had our monthly Knit Night this week and it was such fun. I learned a little, I knit a little and I had a delicious burger at the Green Goat, and thanks to the generosity of knitters, I picked up 25 afghan blocks for our Charity Knit-a-Long!

The Green Goat was delicious and very accommodating of our group of knitters. And our knitting.

Want to unravel something and knit something new? Why waste time on making a new ball when you can just knit from the old piece!

My burger was not this pretty, but it sure was delicious!

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Being handed twenty-five afghan blocks in one night was so exciting. One blanket needs 49 blocks, so that's more than half of one blanket. I'm thrilled that we are making this Charity Knit-a-Long a reality. I can't wait till we start sewing them up (did I say we would do that in December? Can't remember).

If you're not in a knitting group, I highly recommend you find one (or form one). If you're not knitting for charity, I highly recommend that, too. Few things are more satisfying to me than to put my time and talents to use to help someone else. Judging from the number of knitters who are participating in this project, I'm not the only who feels that way!

Thank you to all who came out this week and to all who have been knitting blocks. Remember to get as many blocks turned in as possible by April 30 to have more chances at the drawing for our awesome prize pack. We will continue to knit for the rest of 2015, and I have some other giveaway ideas for the future, too!

KnitOasis Birthday Giveaway

It's time, y'all. Time to get serious about knitting up those afghan blocks for our Charity Knit-a-Long for the CYDC. Time to get those needles cranking out 7" x 9" blocks of knitted love that will get sewn into awesome blankets for the use of kids in need. Time to share with others about this project. Time to help the CYDC out with gifts that help them provide for the children that come through their organization.

TIME TO DO ALL THAT AND GET ENTERED IN THIS AWESOME CONTEST!

Show the people what they could win, Tamara....

Sock yarn from LYDIA Yarn, a fabulous project bag from C Bags, a copy of the Diamond Ring(let) sock pattern, a FREE Private Knitting Lesson and more! #knitoasisbday

How to enter:

1. Knit an afghan block. One block = one entry (Clink on link for info on blocks)

2. Give a wish list item to CYDC. One item = one entry

3. Share about our promo on social media, using the hashtag #knitoasisbday. Two shares = one entry

Social media sites to use: Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. Remember that your social media sharing settings will need to be set to public for these posts so I can find them. Sharing includes posting links to this post or any of the other Charity Knit-a-Long posts.

There is no limit to the number of entries you can have. On May 1, I will put all the entries into a giant knitting bag and have the winner drawn by whichever family member is available at the time (they aren't eligible to win, after all). Winner will be notified by email that day. (So make sure I have your email--if you're subscribed to the monthly newsletter, then I already do!)

Questions? Just ask!

Ready, set, GO!