Tuesday Blog Give-away
123 Comments Published by Fulay Little November 2nd, 2010 in Live Stitch Giveaway.Today’s blog give away is brought to you by my forgetfulness.
I had a nice selection of yarn/book/bag/needles, etc., selected for this give-away. I took photos of the give-away package but forgot that little thingamajig that connects one’s camera to one’s laptop. In the absence of the said thingamajig my photos could not be transferred to my laptop and I had to come up with a new give-away. I actually came up with a few:
A $75 Little Knits gift certificate, a $50 Little Knits gift certificate, and two $20 Little Knits gift certificates. We hope these will help chase away the cold weather blues.
To be included in the drawing for one of the above prizes all you have to do is to post a comment. You have till next Tuesday, November 9th, to tell us what you think would be the ideal prizes for a pattern/design contest. For this please assume that we will hold a pattern/design contest, select winners and award them prizes. What monetary or other type of award do you think would attract the designers (and you), to participate in such a competition? If you think a free trip to Seattle would be a good price just say so. Don’t be shy, please tell us what you think.
Hope to see you at Live Stitch!
PS. I did mean “prizes” not “prices.” This is what happens when you post at 1 AM and rely on spell check.
I assume you mean prizes rather than prices, right? A free trip to Seattle would be freaking amazing (unless the winner already lives there!), and gift certificates are always a good choice.
I think a wonderful prize for a pattern/design contest would be yarn and needles to knit the winning design/project.
I think you meant prize not price? 2am??? Wow you must really love your group to be thinking of them that late!
Oh, I hope I win! I just spent $75 on yarn from your store – I can’t wait until it arrives. Thanks for having a contest!
Me, Me, I want to come to Seattle! I have never been there and would love to meet you in person and see the amazing shop! Great idea!
A gift certificate to Little Knits in any amount would entice me to enter a pattern if I knew how to make such a pattern. Good luck all.
what is the item to be designed, that would make a difference; socks, shawl, sweater? Would this be for a pattern, and would you then give away or sell the pattern, or is it a designed-with-our-yarns-most-interesting-project contest? Without really knowing what is involved, I would say: Yes, a trip to Seattle would be great, then I could visit my new niece if I won!
) There’s a lot more involved when creating a pattern, than just knitting an original design, I guess is what I’m saying.
Thanks!
Wow! Sounds like fun. I wouldn’t know to begin. I so admire the creativity of some designers. I always have a ton of ideas running around in my head but can never seem to get them from A to B
I think a lot of people who just love to participate for the fun of it, but perhaps maybe some type of special promo on your website yarn/pattern deal. Or a KAL/CAL with a special yarn promo for the chosen pattern?
Maybe a feature on the little knits blog, Fb, and Ravelry along with a awesome gc to inspire their next design.
I think an ideal prize would be to publish the pattern for the designer and offer it as a kit.
Prizes for a design contest? How about being featured on the Littleknits web page? THEN a trip to Seattle with a visit to the shop and 60 seconds to race through the store and grab all the free yarn you can hold!
I think the only thing that’ll get me to design would be a free trip to Seattle!
However, I think depending on the type of design (are you asking for a hat or a sweater?), and depending on whether the designer keeps the rights to sell their pattern, you can offer a small monetary reward to the winner ($50?), and maybe replacement and/or equal-value yarn of the project for a number of the runners-up.
I think the ideal prize for such a contest would be a gift certificate for a yarn store like the little knits gift certificates you are giving away.
I wish I were a designer! I am learning to branch out on my own but am not quite there yet to totally do so!
Since I just love knitting I would probably enter a contest for free yarn. ~smile~ with maybe some needles and one of those cool bags you have up for sale.
A trip to your store would be great too! Meet you all and touch all the yummy yarny goodness in person?? WOW! THAT would be an totally awesome prize!
Oh, I think a great prize for a pattern/design contest would be a gift voucher for the yarn the design was made for, or the company that is hosting the competition! If not a gift voucher, then perhaps a 5-10% discount off products for a set period of time, between 6 months to a year.
How about free yarn & a free pattern of one of the other contestants entries of their choosing?
If I had the smarts to design my own shawl I would be thrilled with getting my pick of any yarn to do it and all supplies! And seeing my name in print! But that’s never going to happen! Not smart enough.
BTW – the plane trip would scare me to death – I’m afraid to fly (although I am getting on a plane Thursday to go to son’s Naval Graduation in Great Lakes!! That sound of agony you all will hear on Thursday will be DH when I sink my nails into his arm upon take-off and don’t let go until we land!!)
Thanks for the giveaway…is the cat doing better????
jsample (on Rav)
I love the idea of a trip to Seattle to visit the shop as a prize for designing a pattern! Gift certificates would be truly welcome as well. Since we are dreaming here, how about a trip to Stitches West? Now that would also get my creative juices flowing, lol.
THANKS!
I think yarn sufficient for their pattern, plus a small gift certificate would be good for a prize
Encourages them to think bigger! 
Hi, Can’t quite believe I am the first to post a comment…an ideal prize for a pattern/design contest of course would be an all expenses paid trip to actually see the Little Knits that I only know through the mail – however I think that sounds a little intense…I like the idea of gift certificates, but also getting more of the yarn you used to create the design and/or one of those lovely project bags. I think more available prizes would be better than just one or two…so, say, 5-10 gift certificates would be better than just 1 or 2 prizes of a larger value.
Thank you for sponsoring this – sounds like fun – but probably after the holidays would be better for me – maybe I’ll join in!
Cheers, Rebecca
I think gift certificates to your store would be a great prize. The pattern would be for your store, so a gift certificate would make sense.
I also think that a trip to Seattle would be a great prize. Many people want to come see your physical store and Seattle is a great city to visit. Very few people in the East have a chance to come West and I am sure that if the winner has never been to Seattle, they would love the opportunity.
Of course you could offer them a choice of their prize as well…
That is an awesome idea! Hmm. Prizes…
1. Who doesn’t like the idea of a free trip to Seattle?
2. Free yarn? Needle set? Bag?
3. Gift certs?
There are sooo many options! I’m sure I’ve missed a ton.
I would love a trip to Seattle — but of course I live in Southern California. A shopping spree at your store would also be a tremendous prize for a design contest. And if you let the prize winner go shopping at whole sale prices even better> Am I being too greedy.
You have some beautiful yarns so if you hold a design contest, I think you should ask the participants to use a yarn you carry.
A free trip to Seattle is a great suggestion for a design prize, but as a knitter and designer, I’d add a guided tour of Little Knits onto that. Plus meeting Louis and Tank — what a great pair.
Never having designed a pattern for sale, maybe I’m naive, but I would think a gift certificate, maybe in the $200-$500 range, would be a great enticement, depending on the complexity of the pattern, of course. I would think that a sweater would merit a higher price than a hat, for example.
Well, a trip to Seattle would certainly be nice!
Short of that, how about yarn
Duh! Will design for yarn! Will bathe the dog for yarn! Will kiss a frog for yarn!
Am I the first one to comment? Oh my goodness, a giveaway of Little Knits gift certificates is the holy grail of giveaways! Oh, the damage I could do. Thank you Fulay, this is terrific.
P.S. Tank will get better. Really. He’s so young yet, and even though it sounds absolutely miserable, it’ll be okay.
A design contest sounds great.
I think a cool incentive would be free yarn (from Little Knits) plus more publicity/exposure to other knitters through a featured ad in Interweave Knitting and/or Vogue Knitting (since I’ve seen Little Knits ads in these publications before)
Thank you for this opportunity. Now to come up with my suggestion! Why not offer another set of gift certificates? I happen to live in Seattle, so a special trip to the store, is somewhat a mute point… but for all those people that have not had the prevaleldge to visit LK in person, I think they would love a trip to Seattle to visit LK in person.
Prizes for designing a pattern … how about a full set of Barbara Walker’s Treasuries? Woo hoo!
Sounds like a fun contest! Hmm, how about a trip to a yarn festival (I’ve been hearing a lot about the recent Rhinebeck Festival in NY)? I’m sure a yarn fest would be pure heaven for a designer. Of course, gift certificates to your store would always be welcome too… and perhaps a feature or regular installment on your blog for a month from the winning designer?
Never having designed anything, I’m not qualified to determine the time investment/value. But I’ll take a shot at it anyway. I suspect, if the parameters of the contest are completely open, you’ll get a lot of hats and scarves. Under those conditions, a gift certificate of $100 for 1st prize and lesser for 2nd and 3rd. If conditions are set for say a sweater, then a cash prize of $200 for 1st place.
Noone has commented yet? Well here I go:
1. A trip to Seattle (and therefore a trip to Little Knits) would be an excellent prize! A little spa treatment would just take the cake.
2. Gift Certificates to Little Knits would certainly not be snubbed!
3. A selection of Namaste bags and accessories (or just one, if it could pretty please be a Monroe in red).
4. Any number of the delicious yarns…in particular, any Tosh or Handmaiden.
FulayLittle just friended me on Rav! Oh boy, I’m in trouble!
- “oksookim” on Ravelry
I think that to compensate the designers that a GC for $500.00 and a percentage of pattern sales would be great. Then scale down for second and third place.
Either a gift certificate (!) or some lovely cashmere lace yarn would make great prizes!
Hmmm, Little Knits gift certs work great as incentive
Or maybe specific yarns.
I always think some beautiful hard to find yarn is a nice prize…or maybe some yarn that is a complete indulgence to most people. Or maybe a set of Addi Clicks?! As for monetary prizes, maybe have it comparable to what an online publication pays- not sure what that amount is though.
Do you mean prices or prizes?
I think it really depends on what sort of pattern you are hoping to get submitted. A hat pattern, for instance, is a lot less work than a sweater, and a sock is somewhere in between. I would assume prizes should be related to how much work was required to create the pattern.
It also depends on if you are looking for up & coming designers or the established big names. I have no idea what would attract the big name folks. For me, I’ll probably try to submit something to whatever you run just for publicity. I’m a baby designer just starting out and what I want more than anything is for people to make FO’s from my patterns. To that end, what would most attract me would be promise of more folks seeing whatever I make. A Little Knits pattern e-book, for instance, might be a good target. I would also want to reserve the right to add the pattern to my own store, perhaps after a year of being a Little Knits exclusive? Either that or an enduring % of pattern sales.
I have a substantial stash, (probably because I live around the corner from the store!
) but some folks might be attracted if you run the contest in two phases, collecting concept submissions, and then mailing out free yarnz to the best of those submissions. Again, not such a big deal for a hat or a pair of socks, but if you are hoping to get large stoles and sweaters it may get you more submissions.
Personally, I can always be lured with yarn. Another prize I think might be quite attractive (especially to newer designers) would be publication in a magazine. But I don’t know if that’s within your powers
Yarn! Of course Yarn! A free trip to Seattle won’t work for me as I live just across the lake in Bellevue, but I’d happily exchange it for your beautiful yarns (assuming you’ll hold a contest and I can win).
I think the best possible “one prize fits all” prize would be the winner’s choice of a fiber-related convention or workshop being held within the coming year (in the US!) It could be Stitches West or Sock Summit or SOAR or one of the smaller knitting or spinning retreats that are held all over the country. That way, the prize would be tailor-made for the winner. Someone living in Seattle might not be motivated for a trip to Washington, and someone who just went to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival might want to go somewhere else this year. A personalized package would motivate every would-be designer!
A trip to Seattle would be amazing–but I live in Colorado.
A gift certificate to the store would be a close second. Thanks for the contest.
GCs are nice, but they always cause me so much anguish trying to figure out the best way to use them. But I’m probably the only one who feels that way about them, and since I’m really unlikely to win, then a gc sounds like a good prize.
I think a good prize would be one of those lovely Namaste bags full of yarn and needles! I’d also like to come to Seattle for a workshop with a designer.
I think one of those Namaste knitting bags would be a lovely prize for any knitter. One can never have to many beautiful bags for all those projects!
Besides yarn (of course!), stitch dictionaries would be a good prize for a designer! Project bags would be handy too.
I love the idea of a Little Knits design contest. Depending on what you’d like to do with the winning pattern(s) and what kind of pattern you’re looking for, the things that would attract me are yarn (especially something I wouldn’t normally buy: hard to find or luxury yarn would be wonderful); publicity; and learning/reference stuff, like the fees for an online course/books/stitchionaries. I think if you were to do books you’d probably want to let the winner pick, though, since everyone’s library is different.
Thanks for asking!
I would like a car rental so I could drive from Madison WI to Seattle & visit 6 states I’ve never seen on my way to an amazing yarn shop. And, of course, yarn to take back with me on my return journey in case it got cold on the drive back. Maybe a chauffeur so I could knit my way through those states.
Being the bag-a-holic I am, I’d say that a bag yarn book/patterns prize basket would be awfully enticing.
What a wonderful giveaway! There is always something I have to have at Little Knits, so winning for me would be awesome!
For a designer contest? Hmm…probably a feature in your blog or something. I think it may be fun to invite them to hold a KAL of their pattern in your forum or something and you feature the yarn for the project and we can buy the pattern/yarn from you… I’m not sure what designers like to win other than maybe lots of yarn and opportunities to get their patterns featured. I can’t wait to see the contest if/when it happens!
Well, of course a trip to Seattle would be awesome, but smaller scale gifts are nice, too! For a grand prize winner, publication and distribution of the winning pattern would be great, along with a percentage of sales, plus a gift certificate. And for runners up, I think gift certificates would be great – what could be better than free yarn?
A successful business depends on laser-like focus on your core vision, the thing that sets you apart from other similar businesses. To me, the Little Knits brand stands for better prices on high-quality unique yarns like MadTosh and your Indie yarns, fabulous deep-discounted closeouts, all wrapped up in attentive, personal customer service. I’d stick to that. There’s no shortage of patterns out there, even for free.
Yarn and/or gift certificates would be wonderful. I would be happy to have a design of mine associated with Little Knits so possibly have the winning design available on the website…. It would probably be too complicated to have the winning designer get a small percentage of sales of both the pattern and the yarn to make it with, so we’re back to Yarn.
The ideal prize for a pattern contest would be a sweater lot of yarn for future projects!
I think gift cards would be a great prize and motivator. The amount would have to depend on how much work would go into the design. For example
hats, scarves and/or shawl designs might be less involved than a sweater which would involve multiple sizes.
I think that yarn of the designer’s choice, a Namate bag, interchangable needle set, or gift certificate would all suffice (assuming the designer would not be additionally compensated for the sale of their pattern). Thanks so much for this giveaway! I absolutely LOVE LittleKnits!!
If I were a designer I’d love to have my pieces show cased in an ad in like Interweave by a distributor. Along with an all expense paid to Seattle and some shopping. Thanks for the give away, I just made my first purchase from your online store, hopeing to get up to Seattle soon to visit your shop.
1. A trip to Seattle! Only in my dreams! That would be the first and best prize!!!!
2. A bag of Noro! Any Noro! I love the colors of Noro. They suck me in every time.
3. Any thing made by Schaefer!
4. One of those lovely knitting bags, especially the turquoise one!
5. Any Sea Silk Skein!
6. Heck, any yarn!
Yarn is always a great choice but I think a nice prize would be a Spa Day for the designer to relax after all that creativity to go along with the yarn or a LK Gift Certificate.
Certainly publication of the design is in order and I’m sure the designer would love more yarn or gift certificates.
I <3 Little Knits! Gift certificates sound GREAT!
Blog feature, some new/fancy yarn to inspire their next design, and maybe a gift certificate!
I love the idea of giving the winner her choice of either a trip to Seattle (if not local) or a trip to one of the Stitches (East, West, Midwest) depending on where the winner lives.
Of course, gift certificates are good too. You carry so many beautiful yarns and accessories that I can’t imagine anyone who would not appreciate a gift certificate!
I think that either gift certificates or a cash prize would be most valued because then the winner(s) could invest in more yarn or supplies to create even more amazing patterns! It would also be cool to offer some type of mentoring from a well known designer or maybe a signed pattern book from them for inspiration or something like that. Thanks much!
Maybe sponsor a pattern publication in one of the onlline knitting magazines, so you can offer publication plus a cash prize?
Great way to get feedback!
Free yarn is always a good prize!
Gift certificates are always a welcome prize!
I think a gift certificate to Little Knits would be a great prize!!
I think independent designers design for a wide range of reasons, so I would offer a few options for the winner to choose among. Some designers are really just knitters who occasionally write stuff down; they’d probably love a LK gift certificate. Some are looking to build their brand; they might appreciate some ad space on your website (or gift certificate for Ravelry ad space). Beginning designers might like a free copy of some knit charting software, or books that help you design (Sock Innovation, how to construct & size sweaters, etc.). Maybe an autographed set of Barbara Walker stitch dictionaries??? That would certainly get me to enter…
The most mentioned in these posts is yarn, needles, bag. These would be wonderful. A trip seems a little over the top esp if you had to provide, airfare, room car/taxi fee. A big basket of yarns seems like heaven.
I feel the best way to reward a contest winner like this is with MORE YARN! What crocheter or knitter wouldn’t love a gift of yarn!
Remember those old TV shows where the contestant would win a shopping spree? The catch was they only had a certain amount of time for shopping.
I think a great prize would be a free trip to Seattle to grab all you can in a 15-minute shopping spree at Little Knits.
Does my idea rate a prize? I wouldn’t need the free trip since I’ll be visiting Seattle to have Thanksgiving with my son! Have not been to your new location yet but a couple of years ago I went right from the airport to Little Knits!
bj
I love the idea of a “kit” of yarn, needles, stitch markers…everything one would need in order to knit the “pattern”.
Of course, gift certificates are always appreciated.
anything Namaste containing Madtosh and Lantern Moon circulars.
I think a Little Knits shopping spree — either online or in person — would be a great prize! And offering kits of the winning pattern(s) would be fun, too.
I think a pretty basket filled with yarn, knitting goodies, chocolate, and a gift certificate would be perfect!
There are a few ways to work it
- a percentage of sales if you kit it up with something
- an outright purchase based on what you both agree could be potential sales
- goods in kind (yarn, needles etc) for an outright purchase.
Of course, it all depends on who keeps the copyright. I’m not keen on selling mine but have before.
A trip to Seattle to settle the details would be great, but not in the rainy season!
Love LIttle Knits and would love any of these great prizes! Thanks so much for thinking of all of us!
I feel that any prize is going to encourage submissions. That said I think the publicity aspect of it will probably be more important, along with what pattern rights are retained by the designer.
One prize idea I have is free shipping for a certain amount of time (possibly as a runner-up prize?). Although all of the submissions already stated are quite good. I second the :60s yarn spree!
Really I’m curious to see what types of patterns you’ll be soliciting, because I’m getting totally excited about the idea.
How about the winning pattern being featured in your blog? And then some yarn to design the next project.
i’m terrible at naming prizes. having never really designed anything fancier than something basic, i am not a good judge of that kind of thing. i know i would like a gift basket of yarns i’ve coveted but been too frugal to buy–madeline tosh pashmina jumps instantly to mind. also, those addi interchangeables. too much money at once for me. i keep trying to save up, but other things keep getting in the way….the well pump, vet appointments, car inspections, etc.
Definitely gift certificates- they would be wonderful!
What great ideas everyone has mentioned! I would say that a really motivating prize would be to publish the pattern and offer it as a kit, providing the designer with a portion of the pattern sales and/or a generous LK gift certificate!! Also maybe to offer the services of a couple of test knitters…
In any case, it will be exciting to see what designs are submitted… maybe blog readers could even vote on their favorites
Trip to Seattle would be awesome, but could be expensive depending on where the winner is! Gift certificates are always awesome though.
And I’m so very curious to know what you were going to offer up!
I think a fun addition to a more substantive prize like a gift certificate would be a chance to help judge the next contest.
hmmm, i think offering the pattern in a kit would be fantastic…if only i knew how to design
A gift certificate to Little Knits would certainly entice me. Addi Clics would also be quite nice.
I think a good prize for a pattern design winner would be to have their design put up on the Little Knits website with everything needed to knit/crochet the design available for sale as a kit.
The winner could also be given a trip to Seattle.
I think a store gift certificate would be great and perhaps the winning design featured on the LK website. If the designer agrees, have the pattern for sale with the proceeds going to a charity.
I love the idea of this contest! I don’t design myself but I think anytime we can encourage those with that talent – we all win!
I think a year long store discount would be a great prize or gift cerfificates.
Everyone loves treats – how about a treat bag filled with some needles (sizes of winner’s choice), yarn (lace, sock, and/or DK weight enough for a scarf), and patterns all in a cute knitting bag?
Thank you for this contest – very fun idea for your customers.
I’m totally in agreement, a trip to Seattle with a visit to the LK store would be great, but in lieu of that I think a great prize would be to win the opportunity to create your own colorway of yarn for the winning pattern, with the yarn and pattern featured on LK for sale, and a prize basket of the yarn and some needles for the winner.
A great prize would be a feature about the designer and his/her work on the LK blog, plus a commission to create a second design for LK.
I think LK gift certificates would be great prizes. What knitter/designer wouldn’t want more yarn?!
I’m simple, a great big gift certificate would do it for me everytime.
I consider myself to be pretty busy with 4 little ones (5 months-6 years), and can barely find time to knit between midnight and 3 a.m. So the prized would have to be really tempting for me in order to sacrifice even more sleep to design a pattern or two. I do like the idea of a trip to Seattle, but with a gift certificate to boot
I’d also settle for a set of Addi Clicks with a few extra tips and a couple of skeins of MadelineTosh, or a 10 skein bag of Fleece Artist/Handmaiden yarn (something silky, or even in exclusive colorway would be extra tempting). And although you don’t sell spinning wheels, Ashford Kiwi would definitely push me over the edge 
I think a new club -even if only for one month-honoring the winner and a kit for all of us to purchase with some of the proceeds going back to the designer would be a nice gift! Wish I had time to design….Bunny
I don’t consider myself a creative person, and usually knit (and crochet) designs created by others. Normally I would not even consider trying to come up with an original design, since I have a Ravelry que of hundreds of patterns waiting for the time to knit them, HOWEVER,….if the prize was a trip to Seattle, I might have to re-think things. I just returned from a 10 day trip to Seattle and just loved the city, the people, restaurants, all the cute neighborhoods and the public transportation. You Seattleites don’t know how good you have it -if you don’t believe me, come visit the Motor City…no HOV lanes here, noooo, we WANT everybody driving their own car (more car sales that way you see)…and….pedestrian right of way…HAHA. The most dangerous place for a pedestrian is in an automotive company parking lot. LOL. I also like a previous posters idea of a % off coupon for every month of the year. (As if the yarn prices at LK weren’t low enough already.)
I think the pattern in a kit and publicity thing is good…gift cards are great.
I think gift certificates or a needle set would be great (Addi Lace Clicks anyone?).
Although I’d never say no to a free trip to Seattle…Juli
A gift certificate sounds like a good prize, along with a basket of Seattle treats, perhaps.
Gift certificate, choice of namaste bags, or addi click set.
More yarn, of course!
Gift certificates are always great. And maybe some treats from Bakery Noveau.
An entire weekend spent to shadow you, to feel and touch and finally to pick out any yarn I want would be the ultimate prizes.
I think LK gift certificates are perfect for a prize!
second the Bakery Noveau and also, the yarn to knit the winner’s favorite design that you carry
Wow! It’s nice that you are soliciting ideas. If it were me winning, I would totally be all about a new needle set, but some people just can’t have enough yarn. How about a trip to the store to spend their gift certificate in person?
I think if it were a design contest for a design that was to be sold on your site, that a portion of all sales for say, the first six months, would be great… maybe a feature on your blog? FUN!
Who wouldn’t love a trip to Seattle? But gift certificates are nice too.
A fun knitting bag with needles and fabulous yarn for the winning design and the publicity of winning the contest would be fabulous! We want your business to be profitable so we can continue adding to our stash at LK!
There is something about a gift certificate…it is such a luxurious feeling. You have to take your time and imagine selecting all kinds of goodies…it’s like making yourself let the expensive chocolate melt in your mouth.
Yes, a gift certificate is good.
I would love to win yarn and pattern to knit a winning design!
In lieu of that a Gift Certificate would be nice too…
And of course the opportunity to fly across the country to pick up or spend said prize would be the ultimate!
This sounds more and more interesting all the time! A gift certificate to use on all those fabulous yarns I wouldn’t ordinarily be able to affort….or a set of Addi-clicks…or that fabulous Namaste case to hold them all….hmmm, free shipping for a year?
Like so many others, I think it would ideal if the winner was awarded a nice gift certificate along with their design being sold as a “kit”. The winner would also receive part of the proceeds for each kit sold.
I can’t design, but if I could, I too would add a lovely trip to Seattle.
Hm.. more money to spend on yarn is always good. A set of addi clicks would be a good incentive as well.
I’m sure I’m going to say what most everyone has said: Yarn. Perhaps some fancy luxury yarn suitable for the design, or what have you. Maybe a shopping spree at the store? Yeah, my ideas are probably not very original. I imagine if I designed something, a percentage of all sales of the design would be nice, too.
as a knitter, I’m going to say the ideal prize would be selection of yarn for X dollar value.
after all, who doesn’t want more yarn!
I think that more design materials would entice designers. So I think yarn money would do the trick.
For the designer– pictures of their design on your site and an article about them
For the winner- the pattern and yarn in whatever color the winner wants to complete the project. The best prize would be a trip to your shop to pick up the booty.
it sounds lot of fun, even for a non-imaginative knitter like me. I love yarn and lace designs, but I don’t expect I could write a pattern. I would like to see patterns that can use a variety of weights (showing the interchange of needles and yarn size, as well as stitches needed, shawls, etc). I wouldn’t be able to travel, so a prize of a yarn kit with needles, maybe add a bag to hold the knitting. and then a tiny bit of recognition for the day. – Barb