dw3 | issue 1
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Our first ever newsletter specifically for Design Wars!TRANSCRIPT
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Believe it or not, deciding on a yarn for Design Wars is the hardest, most difficult decision we have to make. I try to maintain a fairly democratic operation behind the scenes, but yarn choice is always a topic that receives an especially passionate array of opinions.
What makes matters worse is that Red Heart has such an impressive array of yarn fibers, weights, colors, and texture to choose from, and I find a new favorite every time I look. It’s challenging, and has probably given us a few gray hairs, but decisions must be made!
Our pick? The consensus was to choose a yarn that was fitting for the summer season, so we decided that Red Heart Yarn Crème de la Crème would be our best option! This weight 4 yarn is made of 100% combed cotton and is available in a variety of perfectly shaded solid and multi colors (68 to be exact!). This natural fiber is machine washable (on gentle), and may be tumble dried too.
If you want to follow along with Design Wars at home, be the first to help test our patterns, or own our patterns as soon as they are available on the market, be sure to peruse through our yarn pick and get your favorites on order today!
In this issue >>>
Find out what’s NEW! Read about our YARN pick! MEET the DW3 Challengers! Enter to WIN our Red Heart
Yarns Prize Pack!
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We’re back! Design Wars is back for round 3 with new forums, new faces, and brand new fun! First, I’m very happy to report that Red Heart Yarns will be sponsoring us again this round by providing yarn for our challenge, and offering another amazing prize pack to be won by 1 of our faithful followers! Thanks Red Heart!
If you are a first time follower of Design Wars, you can catch up on segment One and Two before diving in. This elite group of crochet designers is hand-picked because their work demonstrates profound artistry in the crochet arena. Design Wars is fast becoming an entity of its own, and we’re progressively changing the way it’s brought to you to assure it’s fun, inspiring, and rewarding!
So, what’s new? Design Wars will now be held quarterly; that means we get a break, and you will have more action packed fun to follow with each new season! We also decided that a central fan page was in order so that we can better communicate with our fans. Finally, we want you to have access to our updates at your leisure, without having to search for them, and this newsletter will be the only place you will see our official updates and sneak peeks revealed. So be sure to subscribe, read, follow, and most importantly enjoy!
Red Heart Crème de la Crème
April 24, 2013
New forum and new fun!
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Get ready to drool! I’m delighted to reveal that nearly all of our previous Design Wars contenders were able to continue in this round! And, after dozens of applications were received, and much debate was had, we narrowed down our possibilities and decided to welcome two new faces to our battleground! Here they are, your Design Wars 3 challengers:
Our DW3 Challengers are… Danyel Pink - Owner / Designer at CrazySocks Designs, DW I &
II challenger, likes to sing in the shower and can juggle with
one hand! Read her DW II spotlight!
Tara Murray – Owner / Designer at Mamachee * Crochet Makes
Me Happy! DW I & II challenger, DW I winner, likes petting
zoos and collecting forks! Read her DW II spotlight!
Carolina Guzman – Owner / Designer at One & Two
Company, DW II challenger, lives abroad and makes the best
appliqué on the planet! Read her DW II spotlight!
Jonna Ventura – Owner / Designer at Frayed Knot, DW I & II
challenger, DW II winner, enjoys Shark Week on the
Discovery channel and grocery shopping! Read her DW II
spotlight!
Katie Hanken – Owner / Designer at design by Katie hanken,
DW I & II challenger, periodically blogs about food, and will
be having baby number 2 any day! Read her DW II spotlight!
Salena Baca – Owner / Designer at Baca Creations, DW
founder, DW I & II challenger, can do 10 pushups and loves
carbohydrates (usually in that order…)! Read her DW II
spotlight!
Liz McQueen – Owner / Designer at Playin’ Hooky Designs,
brand new DW challenger, rocks a short haircut and makes
beanie graphs like nobody’s business! Spotlight to come in
our next issue!
Charissa Ragsdale – Owner / Designer at Mad Mad me, brand
new DW challenger, invented capitalism and modern fiber
arts! Spotlight to come in our next issue!
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*RHY to render prize pack, photo may not represent actual prize.
The best part about our sponsorship with Red Heart Yarns is the amazing prize pack they divvy out to one of our faithful Design Wars followers! How can you enter to win our Red Heart Yarn Prize Pack? It’s simple, and here’s how:
Design Wars projects will be revealed in issue 4 of our newsletter, on 15 May. As soon as they are released, a link will be provided for you to cast your vote and you will also have the opportunity to enter to win our prize pack. Voting will be open for about 2 weeks, and you will have the option to vote and enter for the prize pack at least once every day! Specifics coming soon…
There you have it, easy as pie! 1) Follow Design Wars, 2) cast your vote, 3) enter for your chance to win the prize pack! Official updates will only be found in our newsletters, so be sure you subscribe to stay “in the know”. Good luck!
Find out how to enter
Yep! Prizes, every day!
So, why should you follow Design Wars on our fan page? Because we enjoy interacting with our fans, and we love to share our work! We’ll be keeping the fun going by posting challenging trivia questions and asking for feedback EVERY day, and each fan who participates will have a chance to win free patterns, goodies, discounts or coupons from your favorite design wars challengers! Stay tuned, the fun will be had throughout Design Wars 3, and you won’t want to miss it!
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... Want to be featured in our next issue? We’re looking for:
- Your projects made from past Design Wars patterns, - Questions you have for your favorite Design Wars
Challenger, - Crochet news, announcements, and milestones!
Send your feedback to: [email protected]
DW Projects our fans shared
Rhondda Mol, of Oombawka Design, shared this lovely picture of the Secret Garden Dress that she worked up (Left). This a Design Wars II pattern by Holland Designs (Right).
If you have completed a Design Wars Pattern, or used one of our past yarn picks that you would like to share with us, please e-mail your
submission for consideration to: [email protected]
Traci Stone, of Passionart Crochet, shared this lovely picture of the JM Crocheted Throw that she worked up (bottom). This a Design Wars II pattern by Mamachee (top).
If you have completed a Design Wars Pattern, or used one of our past yarn picks that you would like to share with us, please e-mail your
submission for consideration to: [email protected]
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Issue 2: May 1 >>>
DW3 Q&A!
In depth Bios from our
new challengers!
NEW Daily Prize schedule!
See what they had to say
of Frayed Knot received the most votes in Design Wars II for her Sarah Slouch Hat, and was crowned winner of our challenge! I caught up with her for a chat; let’s see what she had to say…
Design Wars (DW): How many “sketches” did you pass before deciding on your winning idea?
Jonna Ventura (JV): I had about 4 sketches and none of
them were the hat. I was testing a cowl pattern for
a fellow designer and thought I would design a
hat to match and give it as a gift to a friend for
Christmas. I loved the design! Played around with
it a bit and after working one up with the RH w/
Wool yarn, I was sold. At first I was afraid it didn't
have the "it" factor for DW but I'm so glad I went
with it!
DW: What has been your favorite aspect of being a DW
competitor?
JV: Getting to know the other designers! I love to see
what inspires them because they have been such a
huge inspiration to me. It is also a learning
experience and everyone is willing to help each
other out. It's more of a community than a "war".
DW: If you had to choose a theme for the next DW,
what would you choose? Why?
JV: HMMM...theme...If I had to choose a theme I think I
might go with something like "Great things come
in small packages". Since I don't normally make
things that are small and cute, I think it would
push my boundaries AND be a lot of fun!
was our Red Heart Yarns prize pack winner in Design Wars II, and she was kind enough to chat with us, and send some pictures of her stash!
Design Wars (DW): What did you win?
Amanda Rog (AR): 1 tote bag, 1 heart shaped tape measure, 1 heart
shaped yarn cutter, a pkg of yarn needles, 1 crochet hook, 1 set
of knitting needles, 1 stitch counter, and 1 pkg of point
protectors, then there was 1 Crochet Today magazine, 2 Red
Heart books of patterns and 12 skeins of yarn!
DW: What are your top 3 favorite items?
AR: Wow! That's a tough one, I love it all! Lol, But, I would have to
say the sashay yarn, the bamboo handled crochet hook, and the
magazine subscription.
DW: What are you going to make with all that yarn?
AR: I will be making the "got to have it bag" from the Red Heart
pattern with some of the ribbon yarn, some scarves, and I'm
sure lots of hats!
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