Our Last Week

The answer to Week 6 is Corrina Ferguson of Picnicknits.

Here are the clues to Week 7

1. This designer has an olive in the logo.

2. This designer is also a spinner.

3. Each month, this designer donates 10% of company proceeds to an organization committed to world improvement.

4. Thanks to this designer, you can wear caterpillars on your feet.

Answers must be received by February 28, 2010.

Good luck!

Week 6

And we have another Monday. Ergo, we have an answer for last week and clues for another. Last week’s answer is, of course, Marnie MacLean.

And here are this week’s clues:

1. In January, this designer had her first non-self-published pattern published; it appeared in Yarn Forward.

2. This designer raised more than $1000 for Doctors Without Borders through pattern sales on Ravelry.

3. On this designer’s blog, he/she admits to sometimes having difficulty coming up with pattern names.

4. Despite this designer’s shop name, there are no ants in the patterns.

Answers are due no later than 11 PM EST, Sunday, February 21, 2010. Good luck!

Week 5

Happy Monday, everyone. The answer to last week’s clues was Cat Bordhi. Here are the clues for this week. Good luck:

1. This designer has made video tutorials on how to use Adobe Illustrator to make colorwork charts.

2. This designer also has a tutorial on her blog about how to use Excel to help in your designing process.

3. This person has designed a monster doll and a hat to make you look monsterish.

4. One of this designer’s pattern names indicates that pom poms may have homicidal tendencies.

Answers are due no later than 11 PM EST, Sunday, February 14, 2010. Good luck!

Week 4
Last week’s answer: Debbie Bliss. Everyone got that one right, though there did seem to be some doubt.

Here are this week’s clues:

1. This designer is best known for sock projects.
2. This designer has also written a novel.
3. This designer claims to have learned how to knit at age 8, sitting beside a creek.
4. This designer lives in the Pacific Northwest.

Answers are due no later than 11 PM EST, Sunday, February 7, 2010. Good luck!

Week 3

First, let me apologize for the delay in posting the answer to Week 2 and the clues for Week 3. This thing called life kind of got in the way.

The answer to Week 2 was, of course, Kaffe Fassett.

And now for the Week 3 clues:

1. This designer has a yarn line.

2. This designer has a huge following of knitters who create for the smallest among us.

3. This designer will be coming out with a line of 100% organic cotton yarns.

4. This designer has a magazine.

Now, since I was late, I’m giving you extra time for this one. Answers are due by Sunday, January 31.

Good luck.

Welcome back for Week 2.

The answer to Week 1 was, of course, Jarod Flood, aka Brooklyn Tweed.

Now, here are the clues for Week 2. Make sure to get your answers in by 11 PM EST Sunday, January 17.

1. This designer also designs fabric, quilts, and needlework patterns.

2. This designer was born in San Francisco but has lived mostly in England.

3. About designing knitting patterns, this designer has said, “I can think of no better occupation to reveal your own creativity.”

4. In addition to working in textile design, this designer also works with mosaics of the nonfibery type.

GOOD LUCK.

Welcome to Designer Discovery, the latest KnittingQ(tm) contest.

Here’s how this contest will work.

On Mondays (with the exception of this set of clues), I’ll post a new set of clues for the week. Each week’s clues will lead you to the name of the designer we’re focusing on that week. You’ll have until 11:00 PM EST to submit your answer. Only answers submitted to info@knittingq.com will count. At the end of the contest (February 28, 2010), the person with the most correct answers will win a prize. If more than one person has the same number of correct answers, a drawing will be held to select the winner.

Vendors: If you’d like to donate a prize, just contact info@knittingq.com.

Now: Let the Games Begin!

Week 1

Answers must be sent to info@knittingq.com no later than 11 PM EST, Sunday, January 10.

Clues

1. A New York borough is important to this designer’s identity.

2. This designer recently published a pattern book through Classic Elite.

3. A shawl pattern by this designer was a hot project last year, though there was some uncertainty how to pronounce the name.

4. This designer has a thing for backward Ns.