#kdknitphotohop recap

Many thanks to everyone who participated in the #kdknitphotohop over the past week. It was lots of fun! I got to meet new-to-me Instagrammers and give away some patterns. Here's where we started:

My birthday is coming up on the 13th. How about a week-long Knit Photo Hop leading up to it? 💕KNIT PHOTO HOP💕 9/7 sparkle 9/8 begins with K 9/9 joy 9/10 knitting 9/11 Jane Austen 9/12 💕💕💕 9/13 birthday To play along: 1. follow @kathleendames 2. repost this photo 3. tag your photos #kdknitphotohop I'll give away a pattern a day of your choice, and one of you lucky Instagrammers will win enough @missbabsyarns Yowza in Oyster to knit a Caught in the Rigging cowl to swatch your new favorite pattern 😉

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 3, 2015 at 7:39am PDT

SPARKLE winner

SPARKLE winner for the #kdknitphotohop thanks to the numerical randomness of random.org. Thanks for sharing your beautifully sparkly bowl and shadow!DM'ing you in a second. #repost @remembrancespottery with @repostapp. ・・・ Sparkle. Today's #kdknitphotohop with @kathleendames. My current project in a sparkly bowl with a sparkly shadow.

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 8, 2015 at 6:05am PDT

BEGINS WITH K winner

Winner for Begins with K is @waterpixie ! Hope the migraine went away. I'll DM you in a sec 😀 The rest of you darling #knittersofinstagram , it's not too late to join in the #kdknitphotohop fun! We're posting our pics daily - see my feed for all the deets . #Repost @waterpixie with @repostapp. ・・・ Day 2: Starts with "K" = knitting and the Knit Girllls! Pardon the low lighting, I need to keep the lights down today because my head thought it was Starts with "M" and gave me a migraine 👎 #kdknitphotohop

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 9, 2015 at 6:37am PDT

JOY winner

JOY winner @taraswiger ! If you don't yet know Tara, she is an amazing and insightful craft business advisor/guru. Check her out at taraswiger.com and all the usual social media outlets, especially Periscope. #Repost @taraswiger with @repostapp. ・・・ Today's #kdknitphotohop prompt is JOY. The newest source of joy in my life totally took me by surprise: Periscope! I love catching up with you guys and sharing mini-lessons as I learn them. This is a clip from this morning's; I was answering a question about what I normally scope about. A good summary of just about everything I do! #Periscope #creativebiz #swigerlive

A video posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 10, 2015 at 7:15am PDT

KNITTING winner

Winner for yesterday's #knitting prompt: @storiedyarns and her beautiful pile of orange WIPs! I'll DM you in a second to find out which pattern you'd like. There's still time to join the #kdknitphotohop - deets in my feed 😀 #Repost @storiedyarns with @repostapp. ・・・ Today's #kdknitphotohop prompt is Knitting. This is the pile of projects I'm currently working on. It's one more than I usually like to have in progress at one time so I'm working to finish at least one soon. I like to have at least one mindless knit and one that requires more focus, so this is a good combination for me. #yearofmaking

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 11, 2015 at 7:43am PDT

JANE AUSTEN winner

Almost forgot to post yesterday's winner. Hope the cable knitting has improved il since yesterday 😉 #Repost @asimplehomestd with @repostapp. ・・・ Tinking cables is the pits 😕 #kdknitphotohop

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 12, 2015 at 4:30pm PDT

HEARTS/LOVE winner

The 💕💕💕 winner from Saturday: @kimmmiesueee ! I'll DM you in a sec 😀 #Repost @kimmmiesueee with @repostapp. ・・・ I 💜💗💜 dressing up my cat! #poorfreya #kdknitphotohop

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 14, 2015 at 8:01am PDT

and BIRTHDAY winner

Many thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes! The #kdknitphotohop birthday prompt winner is @waterpixie ! Love those balloons 😀 #Repost @waterpixie with @repostapp. ・・・ Day 7: Happy Birthday to @kathleendames ! A favorite birthday tradition I started with my boys is getting them a special birthday balloon. These are the ones they picked this year. #kdknitphotohop

A photo posted by Kathleen Dames (@kathleendames) on Sep 15, 2015 at 7:52am PDT

Thanks, again, to everyone who played along! It was so fun that I'm thinking of doing a weekly prompt (seven days in. a. row. was kind of a lot for me, though that could be because it was also the first week of school, the week leading up to my and my husband's birthdays, as well as preparing for Penelope's belated birthday party - summer birthdays can be tough on a kid).

Tomorrow I will announce the yarn giveaway winner for enough Miss Babs Yowza in Oyster to knit the Caught in the Rigging cowl.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy knitting!
xoxo,