Beautiful Dawn

The leaves are slowly turning here in Asheville and fall is definitely in the air! We went hiking on Sunday and enjoyed a nice drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway, taking in all the sights, sounds and smells of Autumn. And, of course, with Autumn comes....

Wooly worms!! Ahh, I love these guys. Near Boone, where I went to college, every year there is a wooly worm festival - it's so awesome. People bring a furry little worm and they have races, and the winner is used to help predict winter. They were out in full force during our hike, so I had to snap a few pictures - they're just so cute! The scenery around here is just amazing - I'd almost forgotten how beautiful it is in the mountains....

The weather is starting to get chilly, the colors are rapidly changing, and life is good.

I've got a new pattern available! A few months ago, I picked up a gorgeous skein of thick and thin yarn from Maya at SpringtreeRoad. I have a thing with thick and thin yarn - it's just simply beautiful. I love the way it looks. But what do you do with it? It creates such an interesting fabric when knitted up, I just knew it needed to be turned into something beautiful. So, here's what I came up with....

The Beautiful Dawn Neckwarmer

I absolutely love it! The cable is beautiful and runs the entire length of the neckwarmer. The texture is amazing - and the versatility of it even better. The buttons are placed so that it can be worn multiple ways, and because of the fabric of the thick & thin, there's no need to make button holes! It's available on Ravelry and Etsy, and you can find plenty of yummy thick and thin yarn in Maya's shop!

Pattern Giveaway!

As mentioned earlier, I've been doing some designing! My patterns are being test knit right now, so before they go up for sale on etsy and ravelry, I've decided to do a giveaway! I'm going to giveaway three copies of my Portland Cowl pattern!

To enter:

1 - leave a comment on this blog! let me know what you're working on right now, if anything. if you're not working on anything, just let me know you'd like to be entered!
2 - for an extra entry, tweet this! just leave me a comment letting me know you did!
3 - for yet another entry, write about it on your blog, facebook, tumblr - whatever! just let me know you did it!

so there you go! 3 chances to enter and win this super fun pattern! I'll pick the three winners sometime Monday, July 12!

fun giveaway!

well, as i mentioned earlier, i started a facebook fan page. yesterday, i decided to try something fun to get a little more exposure! i'm going to give away a pair of my handwarmers! these are super warm, comfy, and very practical for those who need use of their fingers but have cold hands (read: me.). i use mine all the time - throughout the day at work as well as while knitting, or just sitting around the house.

And now I'm sure you're wondering how you can win a pair of these handwarmers (in whatever color you want, i might add).... well, here's the answer!
head over to facebook, and become a fan of jaykayknits! then, make sure you're a follower of my blog because that's where I'll announce the winner!

once I get up to 100 followers, I'll randomly select a winner from all of my followers! as of now (4:30 on Tuesday) I have 75, so only 25 more to go!! so spread the word! and let's have fun with this!