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The Sitting Tree {giveaway}


Today’s giveaway is from Liz and Mike of The Sitting Tree.  The Sitting Tree offers upcycled longies, wool dryer balls, knitting patterns, hand knits, hand dyed yarn, homemade soap, wood buttons and tree branch ornaments.  You can find Liz at her lovely blog, and also on Facebook.

6-Temp2“We are Liz and Mike, a pair of soon to be off grid homesteaders, living in the northwoods of Wisconsin.  We share our life with a trio of wildly creative and beautiful unschooled boys, an English Setter called Bailey, and a reclusive black cat who wandered into the house a few years ago and never left.”

5-DSC_1423“Our business began under an apple tree. I spent one whole summer teaching myself to knit, watching my kids tend their plots in the garden, counting stars, identifying plants, insects and animals, and wondering how I could combine all the bounties of nature into every aspect of our life, including work.  I began selling custom hand knit clothing, then moved onto pattern design and dyeing fiber. Customers kept asking for hand knits, but I didn’t have the time to put into custom work. Instead, I started working with thrifted wool sweaters, and fell in love with repurposing clothing and accessories!”

“Recently, my husband joined me in crafting hand made soaps and working with recycled wood. As our family changes and grows, so do our products. You never know what may end up in the shop!”

1-DSC_0112“Our business is an extension of our daily lives. Each product in our shop is used every day in our home, and the process of creating is integrated into living, learning, and work. Most days, it’s hard to tell where one
ends and the other begins.”

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Liz is offering one Small Things reader an Easter Basket Knitting Kit.

The kit includes:

* One basket made from hand dyed hemp/organic cotton and lined with upcycled cotton

*6 mini skeins of worsted weight yarn in Red Clover, Tangerine, Sunflower, Sprouts, Blue Bird, and Larkspur

*Wool fleece (enough for six eggs)

*Spring Egg knitting pattern

In addition, Liz is offering 10% off all orders through Friday, April 11th.  Use coupon code SPRING14 at checkout to receive the discount.

For your chance to win leave a comment on this post. Comments will close and a winner will be randomly selected on Tuesday, April 8th.  Comments are closed and the winner is Hallie who commented, “I am so excited to find this blog and that giveaway is amazing!! I will so be keeping my fingers crossed!!!”

Thanks, Liz and Mike and The Sitting Tree!

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  2. Wishing Liz and Mike all the luck in the world with their business and off grid living. I have a friend who lives off the grid and loves it. I’d love to win your beautiful products. 🙂

  5. Liz, Love your home life!!! What you do is totally my dream too…off grid, homeschooling, teaching children through nature. Also, your products are lovely! Sweet Easter gifts:)

  7. What a fun giveaway, and what a clever idea! I do not knit yet, but I do want to learn and this looks like a fun beginner project.

  14. Lovely – beautiful colors and so very original. Thank you!!

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  19. Ok…so this is seriously the cutest little gift ever. Would LOVE to win this!!!! Thanks for the chance.
    Everything is so beautiful!

  24. What a sweet company! Thank you for the chance. I’d love to win this little basket =)

  25. The basket alone is a great prize! Definitely wouldn’t get knitted by Easter (trying to finish my little babe’s first “In Threes” cardigan), but would be fun to make anyway.

  28. How exciting, I found your wonderful blog through The Sitting Tree’s facebook page.
    And Ive gotta tell you – Im super excited I did.
    Lovely blog page you have and Im busy perusing your facebook page too.
    Have a blessed day!

  31. I don’t know if I could get it done in time for Easter, but I would surely try! Iain would love more soft, squishy things to play with. I also feel as though Larkspur needs her own egg in her own colorway…

  39. Those eggs are such beautiful colours! What a gorgeous kit. Makes me believe spring will come…

  40. What great ideas I love the I cord bracelet kit. Would love to get my hands on this knitting kit

  43. Love those bags and all the colored eggs! Would be a fantastic project to do! Thanks for the chance!

  44. Wow these things look amazing! And this is the life we are also aiming to live one day in the future! So awesome!

  47. Oh my. Loving this new little discovery. I might just have to do some Easter shopping there! Thanks Ginny!

  49. HOpefully she’s also offering instructions! hahaha
    What originals they are! You just have to admire that…..especially today