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Mamma4earth Giveaway!


Today’s giveaway is from Linda of Mamma4earth.  You may also know her from her blog, Natural Suburbia where she writes about her family’s adventures on their homestead in South Africa.  I asked Linda to share a little about herself and her designs with all of you:


I can honestly say that I love what I do. I never thought, when I was younger, that I would be spinning my own wool on a spinning wheel, knitting toy animals and designing my own patterns! I studied to become an Archaelolgist, met my wonderful husband and after we were married, we had our four beautiful children. This is when everything changed… I simply wanted to be with them and nurture and teach them. We discovered Waldorf philosophy and Charlotte Mason, I felt an immediate connection to these two schools of thought, something about them resonated within me and our life changed to a new course. We then brought our children home from school to be educated. Along this path, I fell in love with natural toys made from wool and fleece and with this, together with my passion for African animals, I dove into the wonderful world of design. When I look at animals I can ‘ see’ them in wool, the designs emerge in my minds eye and I have to knit them.


I have also started designing cowls and have just finished with my first cowl test knit. It was so wonderful and humbling to meet all those wise knitters who guided me and taught me so much over the last few weeks. I am enjoying this new direction my knitting is taking, cowls are quick and very satisfying to design. I feel I can really get creative with different stitch techniques and merge them together within a cowl. Cowls are also such a wonderful compliment to one’s clothing, a simple outfit can be transformed into something elegant by wearing a cowl.


As for my animal patterns, I am doing some research to find out what people would like to knit, at the moment I am thinking of designing a Panda pattern, they are such goreous creatures and need to be knitted:)


For today’s giveaway, Linda is offering one Small Things reader eight of her patterns, winner’s choice.  For your chance to win, simply leave a comment on this post.  Comments will close and a winner will be randomly chosen on Monday, March 18.  The winner will be announced within this post.

Comments are closed.  The winner is Kelly J.R. 

‘Your animals are so cute! Can I suggest a turtle?”

Linda can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Ravelry, Pinterest, and Craftsy!

Thanks, Linda and Mamma4earth!


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  6. Oh, I would love to win these patterns for our growing new school. I want to bring more and more handmade classes to our curriculum! Thank you and beautiful work!

  7. I just discovered cowls too… they are so lovely and so… feminine! Thank you for sharing!

  10. What adorable patterns. I’m knitting my first animal for our baby we are expecting in July. My older girls would love any of these patterns!

  19. Linda’s patterns are so delightful! I made the whale for my son some months back and it still occupies a place of honor with him at bedtime. Thanks for such a generous giveaway !

  22. Love Linda’s blog and patterns! My daughter has been asking for me to knit the horse pattern for a long time. Guess I better add that to the list of things to be made! 🙂 Thanks for the great giveaway!

  26. Hello Linda,
    Such a wonderful giveaway. I have the whale pattern and I made it for my little grandson who is 18 months old. He loves it and carries it around all the time. The instructions were very easy to follow. Thank you.

  28. My daughter and I were just looking at the pictures of the animals…she was yelling the names out as we went. This would be a big hit!

  30. I just bought the horse pattern lst week! My oldest granddaughter loves ponies and I am going to knit this for her birthday. Would love to have others to add!

    The cowl is beautiful ! Would you share the yarn you used?

  32. I would love to knit some farm animals for my kids. I have been reading and enjoying your blog for quite some time, Linda!

  40. Oh, those are lovely – and I know of at least three babies on the way who clearly need a handknitted cuddly toy.

  41. I have recently begun knitting again and see Mamma4earth’s animals on many blogs. I would love to make some for my grandson.

  43. Oh, I love Linda’s little animal patterns – I bought a set of them a while ago & am slowly adding them to my children’s toy basket. 🙂 Thanks for the chance! xo

  44. Linda’s patterns are the best! I’m currently knitting a trio from her unicorn/pegasus/horse pattern for my youngest son’s third birthday. Not only are her patterns amazing, but Linda is so sweet and helpful. She’s been an inspiration to me in so many ways. (:

  45. My 12 year old saw the horse and asked me to knit it with her! I’d love to be picked!!

  50. This is great! I have always admired your patterns and can’t wait to make them. Thank you!