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!
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.
Jane is the master of "themed collections" and features them in her beautifully written eBooks.
A delightful collection of Capelet designs await your cold shoulders!
"Sophisticated statement pieces" is an apt description of Thornley's Cardigans & Jackets collection.
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| 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.
Jane's Tops collection has garments for each season of the year.
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.
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.
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and introduce yourself in the "Welcome tell us about yourself..."
thread.
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