Some Clarification
We’ve had some questions about a few things pertaining to the contest. I’m going to answer the most frequently asked questions here.
Can I submit more than one entry?
Yes! You can enter as many times as you like as long as you follow all the other applicable rules.
Can I do someone famous or a politician?
Sadly no, while you and I might find it amusing we do not want to open ourselves up to legal action or even to establish ourselves as being for and/or against a particular person. If you do one of a political or pop culture figure you can still send us the pictures and we may all get a chuckle out of it, but we unfortunately will not post them in our gallery or enter them into the contest.
Can I use a different yarn than the suggested yarn?
Absolutely! Just like any other knitting or crochet pattern, our suggested yarn is just that: a suggestion. We have found that the Crystal Palace Fjord yarn gives us the results we were looking for and that they have great skin and hair color color ways in their selection. However you can feel free to use whatever yarn you have available to you that will come up with a similar result. We also suggest using Cascade 220, Lambs Pride Worsted or Berroco Peruvia. Each of those yarns also felt beautifully and result in a dense and sturdy fabric. If you find a yarn that works well please just let us know so we can add it to our list of yarns that work for the pattern!
What’s with all the anger? I’m a peaceful person and don’t like the idea of so much bad juju in my knitting.
We respect and acknowledge that this contest, and indeed this pattern may not be for everyone. We hope that if this isn’t up your alley that you will respect that other people may find this contest and pattern fun, interesting and even maybe a little cathartic. We at ADHD Knitting like to laugh instead of cry and we viewed this project and this pattern as a way of reclaiming a situation that may have been hurtful or upsetting. We like to think of knitting as therapy and this is a special kind of therapy. If this isn’t your cup of tea we understand and we hope that you will participate in our upcoming contests. We have pretty short attention spans and once this contest is over we will happily move on to the next one. We promise the next one will be nicer.
I hope this answers some of the more popular questions about our contest. We are still working on getting our gallery put together and we will be able to post the submissions in the next week or two.
We also need your help! Please tell your knitting groups, your LYS, your friends online, your blog readers, etc. about this contest. The only way we can continue contests of this nature is with the continued support of people like you! It’s free, you don’t have to buy anything to participate. We offer the pattern for free and all we ask is that you have fun with it and tell other people about it.
Below is a badge that you can feel free to add to your blog to show other people about our contest. Simply add it and have it link back to our blog (www.adhdknitting.com/blog) and you can help ensure that we will have more contests in the future.
As always feel free to email us if you have any other questions about our site or the contest.
Happy knitting guys!