small things

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!


mamma4earth

Reader Interactions

Comments

  4. Goodness! I think my little girl and boy would love all of these patterns, any excuse to make them for me though 😉 Thanks for the opportunity!

  5. I think your animals are incredibly creative and beautiful! I would love to try my hands at knitting one.
    Thanks,
    Kathryn

  7. I just did a test knit for Linda, and it was so much fun! I love all the animals… That whale is too cute.

  9. These are great! I’m begining my knitting adventure this week!! Learning from my sister-in-law, and excited to start a new hobby!!

  10. These are so neat. My 13 year old daughter would love her animal patterns. Thanks for leading me to her website.

  13. Oh, I’ve wanted to try her patterns for quite some time now! How perfect! Thank you!

  15. my son just asked us a little turtle for his birthday.
    but that’s not possible, because we’re moving away right now …

    so maybe a knitted one would make him happy for the time being … ?

    very beautiful what you make !
    yours are lucky kids, with all that beauty around !

  18. My sister knits and I know she would love these patterns for the many small people in her life!

  19. I love this cowl!!! It is gorgeous!!! i have just knit 5 of the same pattern and would love to knit this one!

  24. Such adorable designs! I really love the camel and rhino! The cowl is fabulous and I need to knit it…stat!

  25. I love Linda’s patterns. I’ve knit a few, they’re super easy to follow and always get adorable results. Thanks for the giveaway!

  33. What a very talentd lady!! It’s amazing the changes children can make in your thinking and view of the world. I love her knitted animals. I have a great-great niece due in the fall and one or all of these animals would be perfect for her to snuggle with!!
    June

  34. I’m just beginning to learn to knit things other than a scarf (I was inspired by you, Ginny!) and so everything excites me! I have 3 small children so I’m wanting to knit so many things for them. I finished my first baby cardigan for my youngest’s 1st birthday which is on the 24th. How I would love to knit her a soft little animal toy to go with it! They are so adorable and I’m sure she will love any one of them. 🙂

  37. These animals look great, very realistic, I have seen other patterns that you are not really sure what the animal is!!!! These look great. Thanks for a chance of winning.

  41. I love these animals because they are true to life proportions, but still oh-so-cute. Thanks for the giveaway!

  42. Am not that good at knitting yet, but would absolutely love to try my hands at making these lovelies ! My kids would adore them !

  44. A little bunny woul be perfect in an Easter basket! I can tell a lot of thought went into the patterns.

  46. Oh how the kids and I would love to make these! Thank you for such generosity and beauty.

  48. I would love to knit some animals!!! I just started knitting and these look so fun to make!