Brooklyn General Store is both a bricks-and-mortar store as well as a great online shop that sells yarn, books & patterns, buttons, fabric, and all sorts of crafty goodness. They are having a handmade squirrel contest, which is just about the sweetest sounding contest ever.
Your challenge: craft a squirrel.
Can be knitted, sewn, whathaveyou. your own creation or from a pattern. Then send them the squirrel! They will have the squirrels on display in the tree below.
Oh won’t someone please help me find some squirrely friends?
They will judge the
squirrels, and the top 3 get prizes!!
squirrels, and the top 3 get prizes!!
1st Prize: $200 Brooklyn General Store
gift certificate (valid
for one year).
gift certificate (valid
for one year).
2nd
Prize: $100 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one
year).
3rd
Prize: $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one
year).
Prize: $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one
year).
Deadline to have to squirrels in is May 15th, Which isn’t that far away, I know. But I think we can do it! I’m definitely going to send in a squirrel. I have already cruised ravelry and picked a pattern- now I just need to think a bit about how to make my squirrel super awesome!!
For lots more details, please visit their contest page.
