Crochet! Magazine January 2011. My new publications

Crochet January 2011 Crochet Designs

… Last  minute  submissions for  last  minute gifts  but  right  in time  for
holidays ;o) Be on lookout for the January issue of Crochet! magazine!
Inside you’ll find many wonderful and cool designs as and  my 2 newest
published patterns of projects that can be done  very quickly for gifts or
just for fun.

BEADS & BLOOMS NECKLACE, p. 44
Flower Necklace5
Flower Necklace 4
Flower Necklace31Beads Blooms Necklace

CHERRY COLA SCARF, p. 42
Cherry Cola Scarf Scarf1

Digital issue is already available. Not a digital subscriber? Click here to
find out more.

Sincerely,
Alla Koval

Purple Mood. Free Scarf Pattern for Kids and Women. My First Follower Appreciation Giveaway

Purple Mood Logo

Simply sweet and versatile. Such a fun project which takes just a couple
hours and can be made with any kind of plain or textured yarn  and any
colors combination  or even single-colored –  whatever you can  think of!
Get a fun to create your own. A perfect gift idea too!

Purple Mood Scarf 1 Purple Mood Scarf A2 Purple Mood Scarf 2

This eBook is available for download for FREE.

Download: purple_mood_scarf_v1.pdf
Updated: November 4, 2010
Size: 1.5 MiB

Finished Measurements: 81/2” wide x 2 yards long (without tassels)

* The pattern involves knitting skills ONLY.

Yarn: Gedifra Serano (52% Nylon, 48%  Polyamid/50 g (1.75 oz)/100 m
(109 yds)): #4405 purple – 1 ball; Gedifra Tecno Hair (100% Nylon/50 g
(1.75  oz)/90 m  (100  yds): # 9606  purple – 1 ball; GGH  Esprit  (100%
Polyamid/50g (1.75 oz)/80 m (88 yds)): #21 dark purple – 1 ball; Crystal
Palace Yarns Bunny Hop (50% Micro acrylic, 42 Micro nylon, 8% Rabbit
angora/50 g (1.75 oz)/113 yd (104 m)): #0213 black – 1 skein.

5 pages; 5 pictures.

Purple Mood Stripes Scarf Pages

Please read and follow my copyright info. THANK YOU! Also, this pattern
has not been tested, so if you find any mistakes or typos, please let me
know and I will fix it.

And now Welcome to my very First Follower Appreciation Giveaway! As
you know this blog was started September 2007, but just several days
ago I’ve joined toNetworkedBlogs (… too late is better than never ;o)
I feel so excited and have couple giveaways for my very first followers.
And very Welcome to new followers to come! So…

1. A 10th follower of this blog will get this yarn set (see picture below) to
make Purple Mood  scarf or whatever you  would like to make! The  yarn
is ready  to ship and  can be  shipped  even tomorrow. Please  note: the
needles are not included. How to enter: just leave a comment with your
follower name to this post and you will be automatically entered to 2nd
giveaway too. CLOSED!! The Winner is Maureen Merchant!! CONGRATS
Maureen!!
Please email me your shipping address and I’ll ship your yarn
tomorrow!

Purple Mood Giveaway1

2. One lucky follower from anywhere in the world will win a Surprise Box
of 20 balls of Euro yarn (total weight 1 kg (2.2 lbs) and value $130-180)
for your projects. I’ll email with quick questionnaire to the winner to make
sure that you will get yarn in your favorite colors and textures. To get an
idea what kind of yarn may be in your surprise box, check my Yarn page,
where listed some of my favorite yarn I have in my stash.

Purple Mood Giveaway2

RULES
Each person is allowed to enter up to 3 times as follows:

  • Mandatory entry. You have to be a follower of my blog and you have
    to leave a comment for this post:

1. Scroll  down to see  Networkedblogs widget  on the right sidebar
and press Follow this Blog button if you are not a follower yet.
2. Leave comment here, on mylittlecitygirl.com site.

Note: if you became follower but don’t see yourself in Networkedblogs
widget, go  ahead  and  leave a comment, widget  is a bit slow, please
give it a time to refresh statistics.

  • Optional Entry #2. Blog  about  this  giveaway, linking  to  this post
    and leave another comment to this post with link to your blog post.
  • Optional Entry #3.  Spread the World and leave one more comment
    with names of 5 followers, suggested by you.

TERMS

  • This giveaway starts today, November 4th and will end November
    21th, 2010 at Midnight PST time.
  • I’ll select the winner with random.org’s random number generator
    If you have more then 1 Entry and follow rules of Optional Entry sure
    you have more chances to be  a winner! I’ll notify the Winner by email
    on Monday, November 22th.
  • The winner will  have 3 days to respond. If  the winner doesn’t reply
    within 3 days, that winner will forfeit the prize and an alternate winner
    will be selected via random.org.

Thanks for reading!

Sincerely,
Alla Koval Designs

Featured yarn 33. Crystal Palace Bunny Hop. Angora Blend

What do you get when you take the 2 supersoft microfibers of acrylic
& nylon and add a touch of rabbit angora? Lusciously soft Bunny Hop
Solid yarn from Crystal Palace. Ideal for baby & children’s clothing as
and for  adult garments and accessories! Made of  50% acrylic,  42%
nylon and 8% angora and works  terrifically  used alone or combined
with its multi-hued cousin Bunny Hop Print.

Fiber Content: 50% micro acrylic, 42% micro nylon, 8% rabbit angora  
Yardage: 113 yds/50 g (1.75 oz)
Gauge: 4.5 – 5 sts = 1” 4.5MM (US #7-8) 
Weight: Worsted

Crystal Palace Bunny Hop BallCrystal Palace Bunny Hop Title

Crystal Palace Bunny Hop Color card 1Cristal Palace Colors Card Print

Machine wash cool water on gentle cycle or hand wash  -  Dry Flat
ShoppingCart
great places to buy: here (some colors on great sale!), here,
here and make sure to check eBay stores.

Purple Mood. Another Sneak peek

This scarf  free pattern and little giveaway coming… Everything is almost
ready for release, except pattern, which even not started ;o) If seriously,
the pattern is scheduled and will be released late this week for sure.

Purple Mood Scarf A2 Purple Mood Scarf 1

Funny, but  initially this scarf was planned just like a little gift for one of
my lovely and dear friend Annya, but I felt in love how it turned out and
with yarn combination (different textures, which  matches perfect… and
sure my fav shades of purple :o) so decided offer you a pattern. Oh and
yesterday I’ve got request from my another friend – so  one more  scarf
from same yarn, but in a different design coming…

And I wanted so long time to introduce you Annya. She is not only such
pretty and wonderful person, amazing friend and  Hot mom of 3 months 
lovely baby boy, but also a beyond talented  graphic designer!! My  Alla
Koval designs logo, advertising banners, header for my patterns and this
blog (shame to me, but I still need to find some time to update it..) were
designed by Annya  and I am absolutely in love with!!! Thank you  again
Sweets! LOVE YA! If you are looking for really net graphic designer make
sure check AUA Graphic Designs. You will not be disappointment!!

Polar Bear Coat. CROCHET only ;)

I’m so glad to letting you know that Crochet version of Polar Bear Baby
Coat
I’ve promised is done and pattern will  be available right after tech
editing and modeling. Below is a sneak peek.

Polar Bear Crochet1 Polar Bear Crochet2 Polar Bear Crochet4
Polar Bear Crochet3

And if you are curious, click here to check yarn details and all these cool
colors available. I’m so in Love with, don’t you?! ;o)

Networked Blogs

NetworkBlogsI’ve just joined to networked blogs and looking
for some followers ;o) If you don’t mind to be in
please just go to NetworkedBlogs widget (scroll
down  Right  Sidebar  to find it and  then  press
~ Follow this blog ~ button) … and Please  feel
free to share your blog link  by posting here.  I
love  to discover  new places and so glad to
hear from you all!

Happy Monday everyone!!

Oh, to be a girl again…

and wear a few of these treasures ;o) An another sweet and cute Etsy
treasury
! Thanks to blackrockvintage for including my Urban Couture
Jacket pattern
.

Oh to be a girl again

Are you ready for snow?

I enjoyed waking up to such fun and shivery “Are you ready for snow?
Etsy
treasury, created by nannipung.

Are you ready for snow
Thank you so much for including my Polar Bear Baby Coat pattern.

FiveCrafts Blog Hop: finished on the 15th

Blog-Hop-Button

Today FaveCrafts  is  hosting  its first  blog hop!
Take a blog hop to check what other crafty souls
have been up to this month.

The  theme is “Crafts and DIY  Projects I’ve Made
this Month” …hmm, let me check ;o) So this month
first, I’ve released 7 patterns (unbelievable):

Woddland scarves (free pattern):
WoodLand4 copy
 WoodLand12 copy
Polar Bear Baby Coat pattern:
Polar Bear11 Polar Bear10
Whimsical collection: Owl jacket, Peek-A-Boo Coat, Legwarmers and
Owls Embellishing:
Whimsical Forest3
Whimsical Forest4 Whimsical Forest Peek-a-boo Coat6
Japanese Garden Jacket pattern:
Japaneese Garden6 Japaneese Garden11
And below is a sneak peak of my current mini collection, I’ve just finished
but still work on patterns:
royalbluesneakpeak
Royal Blue Scarf
… Did I miss something?! Yes, I did ;o) I’ll keep you updated ASAP.

A Wonderful weekend to everyone!!

Featured Yarn 32. Crystal Palace. Cotton Chenille

With a wonderfully fuzzy,  plush texture, “Cotton Chenille” from Crystal
Palace is a terrific choice for  kinds  and  your clothing  and home  decor
projects. Often called knittable velvet,  its short, thick pile is dense  and
knits up and crochets extremely well using basic stitches like garter and
stockinette and in textured cabling too. Great  used  alone in sweaters,
coats, tops, even toys.

Fiber Content: 100% Cotton  
Yardage: 98 yds/ 50 g (1.75 oz)
Gauge: 16 sts = 4” 4.5MM (US #7) 
Weight: Heavy Worsted

Crystal Palace Cotton Chenille BallCristal Palace Cotton Chenille Solids

New Solid Colors for Fall 2010 and Printed Colors:
Cristal Palace Cotton Chenille Solids 2010
 Cristal Palace Cotton Chenille Print

Cotton Chenille is also available in undyed in hanks. Cotton Chenille
is ready to dye, tied for  dyeing in hanks.  See Information here on
yarns for dyeing
.

ShoppingCartgreat places to buy: here (grab a deal!), here, here and
make sure to check eBay stores.

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