Win a Jane Thornley Pattern!

We have the 3 Winners!

1st eBook of their choice: pelicanknits
2nd any Jane Thornley Pattern (not an eBook): Tapley’s Design or Shellca on Rav
3rd any Jane Thornley Pattern (not an eBook): Grammye

Please email me at Sandrasingh@sandrasingh.com with the name of the pattern you desire!

And Thank You to everyone who entered!

Welcome to the World of Jane Thornley
Where Color & Texture Abound!

I've had the pleasure of working with Jane since 2006!  And I've immensely enjoyed introducing each of her new designs to you.  To celebrate this 7 year collaboration we've put together this Giveaway for 1 of Jane's eBooks and 2 more of her Patterns, all the prizes will be the winner's choice!

The lovely Jane modeling her Northern Woods wrap which is a pattern in her Knit Me A River Evocative Guide.

Meet Jane: Born and raised in Halifax, Nova Scotia, I began my knitting life at twenty-one years old with my first project – a trunk warmer for an elephant. Supposedly a sweater sleeve by intent, the fact that my hands had created this miraculous piece of slubbed, apricot-coloured, textile overrode niggles of disappointment.  My passion for yarn had begun.

I took extension courses through the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design but, with the help of my mother and so many wonderful books and magazines, taught myself most of the beading, embroidery, sewing, painting and drawing techniques that have since embellished the otherwise plain surfaces of my life. Give me detail to austerity any day. Something to catch the eye, draw the attention deeper into the subject, is my preferred aesthetic. My early multi-coloured sweaters (pictured on this site in my first exhibition at the Mary Black Gallery) contained as many as 50 different colours of yarn. For me, colour and texture rule and most of the inspiration feeding my imagination comes from the natural world. I see knitting as art, as viable as any other, and no matter what the tool or preferred palette, in human hands, magic happens.

Creating jewelry is a relatively new passion, though a natural extension of my love for colour and texture. My bead drawers brim with semi-precious stones, pearls and metals from all over the world which lure me to compose talismans of adornment for otherwise bare necks and wrists. Wherever I travel, I find inspiration and more beads to weave into something to celebrate the rich global trove in which we live.

Besides jewelry creation and knitting, the latter of which has sustained me on the parameters of many demanding executive careers in public education, I also write women’s fiction.  Seven novels, a few agents, and a tendency to focus more on writing than the business end of becoming published, and I’m still authoring at least one novel a year. Once upon a time, I was listed as one of the most popular authors in fiction and mystery on the now defunct Time-Warner website, I-Write. I am currently also working on a book for knitter’s tentatively entitled ‘Adventure Knitting’ which takes the knitter on a ride through the textural landscape of novelty yarns. Check my journal for more on current writing projects.

Besides a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in English and a Bachelor of Education, I hold a Masters of Library Service and spent many years as the passionate advocate of school libraries. Like so much of human experience, after a certain steam burns away, what is left hardens to the core. Adhered to mine, then, is the love for books, learning, and the celebration of the human voice through words or art. Only recently have I come to fully live what I believe.
My wonderful, supportive husband, John --a talented stone mason, painter and cabinet maker in his own right--and I live on the edge of the Partridge River, in a place that has become a sanctuary and an inspiration for us both.  Jane 

Please take a moment to explore Jane's collections.

Inner Circles eBook

Jane is the master of "themed collections" and features them in her beautifully written eBooks.  

Falling Leaves and Winter Frost Capelets

A delightful collection of Capelet designs await your cold shoulders!

Medici Jacket

"Sophisticated statement pieces" is an apt description of Thornley's Cardigans & Jackets collection.

Water Garden Shrug

The Water Garden Shrug is one of Jane's most popular designs, the pattern includes two versions.  And her second shrug, Monet's Pool is also well loved.

Tuscan Cowled Tabbard

Jane's Tops collection has garments for each season of the year.

Sea Glass

A versatile Vest is a must for everyone's wardrobe and Thornley's designs are not only unique works of art but functional as well.

Bohemian Sundance

And with 12 different Wrap designs to choose from you're sure to find one that you adore.

Enter this Giveaway: The more ways you enter, the more chances you have to win. Make sure to leave a comment(s) under this blog post telling what you did to enter. And please make sure to leave your name and check this blog, Facebook, Twitter and my Ravelry group on October 4th to see if you have won.

The 3 Winners will be announced Friday October 4th.  

 
1. Take a look at Jane Thornley's pattern collection and tell us which is your favorite and why. 
2. Blog about this giveaway on your blog & link it, leave a comment under this blogpost with a link back to your blogpost. 
3. Join my Ravelry group, Sandrasingh.com and introduce yourself in the "Welcome tell us about yourself..." thread. 
4. Announce this giveaway in your Ravelry group, or in a Ravelry group that allows you to announce blog giveaways. 
5. Friend me a Facebook: Sandra Singh and write a comment on my Wall about this giveaway. 
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12. Pin and link your favorite Fiber Dreams' pattern on your Pinerest page.