Unravel an old sweater and knit something new with the yarn.

Meet Vivian HØxbro and other knitting stars.

Invent new stitch patterns and swatch one a day.

Explore the ethnic fiber traditions wherever you travel.

Visit a fiber festival and “meet” the animals.

Knit a traditional gansey sweater with indigo yarn.

Tour a spinning mill.

“Yarn bomb” a telephone pole.

Dye some silk yarn in several brilliant colors.

Use steeking to make a tube into a cardigan.

Teach a child to finger knit.

Top off your knits with a tassle.

Knit with beads.

Experiment with variegated, self- striping, and self-patterning sock yarns.

Learn Kitchener with confidence.

SEPTEMBER2011

Learn to spin.

to the Knitting trip of a Lifetime

an

Gwen W. Steege has been a fiber fanatic

for nearly 50 years, and she hasn’t tired yet

of spending late nights with her knitting

needles and a good ball of yarn, sometimes

spun from the fleece of her own sheep. By

day, she edits books on knitting and other

fiber crafts for Storey Publishing. She lives

in western Massachusetts.

• Author book launch at fall and winter fiber events• The Knitter’s Life List Sweepstakes promotion to consumers and at BEA and ALA• Blog tour• Interactive social media marketing via Facebook page and Ravelry group • Features with craft and knitting websites and publications • Included in Storey’s Fiber Crafts Catalog

Publicity Contact: Alee Marsh (413) 346-2116 or alee.marsh@storey.com

The Author

Publicity & Promotion

The Knitter’s Life List SwEEPSTAkES

Passionate knitters dream of learning from the pros, traveling to festivals, meeting other knitters and, of course, shopping! One lucky reader of The Knitter’s Life List will get to do all of these things with Storey’s Knitter’s Life List Sweepstakes!

Win a dream knitting prize package including an amazing Once-in-a-lifetime getaWay!

The Knitter’s Life List Full-color; photographs and

illustrations throughout

320 pages; 8 x 9¼

Paper with flaps:

$24.95 US / $29.95 CAN

ISBN: 978-1-60342-996-2

No. 62996

9-copy floor display$224.55 US / $269.55 CAN

ISBN 978-1-61212-034-8

No. 622034

eBook available

To order, please see your sales representative or call (800) 722-7202. Storey books are distributed in Canada by Thomas Allen & Son, LTD, (800) 387-4333.

Come visit our blog!www.insidestorey.blogspot.com

1001 KnittingaDVentUreS

Photo credits: cover © John Polak; inside left panel (top left to bottom right): © Mars Vilaubi, © Laura A. Oda/MCT/Landov, ©John Polak (2), © Tim Graham/Getty Images, © John Polak, © Jared Flood, © John Polak. Inside right panel all images © John Polak except second row left © Lars Dalby Photography.www.storey.com

1) No purchase necessary 2) Open to US residents 21 years old as of Sept. 14, 2011. 3) Entries must be received by 11:59 PM on February 29, 2012. 4) For official rules visit www.storey.com/knitterslifelistsweepstakes.php 5) Void where prohibited.

GranD PrIzE IncLUDEs:a trip for two to an exclusive knitting retreat weekend!>>a trip for two to the Maryland sheep & Wool Festival!>>a $200 yarn shopping spree!>>20 books from storey’s craft library!>>Meet author Gwen W. steege in person and get a signed >>copy of The Knitter’s Life List!

Visit www.storey.com for details and in-store promotional materials.