Hatamaran: Prize Winners!

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you again to everyone who played along!

sumpol79 on Ravelry is our Prize 1 winner: Pow! shawl pattern, book-themed project bag, and 2 skeins of Jitterbug in colorway Lapis.

cougstamper on Ravelry is our Prize 2 winner: Talus hat pattern, sheepie project bag, and 1 skein of Bello in colorway Doublemint.

@hilapups is our Instagram winner: free digital copy of their choice from my Ravelry store!

ccb is our Ravelry winner: free digital copy of their choice from my Ravelry store!

I’ll be in touch with folks in the next day or so, and mailing of prizes will happen after I return from my trip next week. (I’m in Hawaii right now, hence the late hour for the prize drawing :)

Have a lovely evening, and congrats again to our winners! <3

Cory

Note: All winners were chosen using the List Randomizer on Random.org. If you have any questions about this process, feel free to email me!

Mini KAL: Hatamaran!

Oh hi, friends!

So over the summer, my friend Sara and I did an impromptu hat knitalong, which we decided to call Hatamaran - because nonsensical boat puns are the best, that's why? :D

Well anyhoo, the tradition stuck, and now we're doing it again - only this time, you're invited to join along!

Use Hatamaran as an excuse to get some serious gift-knitting done - or, treat yourself, and knit a bazillion hats while dancing around and singing HATS HATS ALL OF THEM FOR MEEEE!!! and throwing pom-poms at your unsuspecting foes. Either way, it should be a delightful time.

The Rules of Hatamaran, should you choose to accept them:

• The official Hatamaran kick-off is Tuesday November 22nd, 2016 and it will end on Friday, December 2nd, 2016, at 11:59 pm.
• Pick a number of hats that is challenging - but doable! - for you to knit in 11 days.
  1 hat? 5 hats? 11 hats? Doesn't matter! Your goal is up to you.

• Pick yarn and pattern combinations for each hat.
  Feel free to knit multiples of the same pattern, or all different patterns; be virtuous and stash dive, or be awesome and treat yourself to new yarn or patterns (any and all hat patterns are fair game!). Whatever is best for you is best for Hatamaran!

• Post on the Ravelry group in the Hatamaran thread, or to Instagram with #hatamaran - (you can always tag me @indie.knits)
  In your first post, feel free to share how many hats you're hoping to knit. As you work, share those yarn cakes and WIP pictures, and we shall ooh and ahh over your Hatamaran-itude. Hatamaran-ary. Hatamaran-agement.
  
• Make all the hats!!!!!!!
  Annnnnd this part is self-explanatory. :D

Prizes & Treats!

• From now until the end of the knitalong, use the coupon code HATAMARAN to get a 20% discount on any of my hat patterns. (And if you can't quite commit to Hatamaran, that's okay too! You don't need to participate to take advantage of the code.)
• Post a photo on the Ravelry thread and/or Instagram featuring any and all of your bound-off Hatamaran projects (end-weaving not required) by Friday, December 2nd, at 11:59 pm. From there, I'll choose 2 folks - 1 each from Ravelry and Instagram - to receive a free download of any of my independently-released patterns! Feel free to double-dip and post to both to increase your odds of winning.
• I will post winners of the giveaway on Tuesday, December 6th. And if we have a big turn-out, I may add additional prizes for things like Most Epic Hatamaran, or Silliest Hatamaran Project. So feel free to get creative!
  
  
  
  That's it! I hope you'll join us for this very silly knitalong.
  
  
  On your mark... get set... AHOY!
  
  <3
  Cory

Hatamaran 2016: I'm on a BOAT!

A few weeks ago, my friend Sara and I were hanging out and talking about our yarn stashes - y'know, as one does - and the topic of a hat challenge came up. I had just finished some work knitting, and she was in between projects, so we decided to come up with some projects and a silly name featuring a boat pun (cause why not), and thus:

HATAMARAN 2016 was born!

  

Our challenge, if we chose to accept it:

5 hat patterns of our choice.
5 skeins of yarn each.
7 days.

Did we do it? HECK YEAH WE DID.

(I may or may not have gotten too big for my britches and cast on for an extra Hatamaran project, and theeeennnnn I might have been up until 2 am the night we finished because of my stunning brilliance and foresight... but we're not going to talk about that.)

And so, without further ado, here are the HATAMARANS: conveniently organized from least to most silly!

 

Left

Pattern: Talus by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Bello Worsted, colorway Ogre
Ravelry page

Right

Pattern: Reversus by The Restless Knitter
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Merino DK, colorway Sugar Plum
Ravelry page

 

Left

Pattern: Lazlo Beanie by Danielle Morgan
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Cachet, colorway Steel Horse
Ravelry page

Right

Pattern: Pip by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: Black Trillium Fibre Studio Pebble Worsted, colorway Super Happy Fun!
Ravelry page

 

Left

Pattern: Camas by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: Madelinetosh 80/10/10 Worsted MCN, colorway Rainwater
Ravelry page

Right

Pattern: Camas by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: House of A La Mode Stunning DK, colorway Forest Nymph

Ravelry page



 

Left

Pattern: Cairn by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Traveler Aran, colorway Good Old Days
Ravelry page

Right

Pattern: Cairn by Cory Ellen Boberg
Yarn: Madelinetosh Tosh Chunky, colorway Edison Bulb

Ravelry page

 

Left

Pattern: Lolo by Jared Flood
Yarn: The Plucky Knitter Scholar 2.0, colorway Magnet and Steel
Ravelry page

Right

Pattern: Fidra by Gudrun Johnston
Yarn: Malabrigo Mecha, colorway Plomo

Ravelry page

And because I had an extra Hatamaran project, here's the last one!

Pattern: Breony by Kat Riddell
Yarn: Black Trillium Fibre Studio Quadra, colorway Black Opal

Ravelry page

Hope you all had as much fun following along - in this post or on Instagram - as we did sending each other photos of hats and boat puns! :D

Happy Wednesday, friends!

<3

Cory