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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Stella Collection Giveaway!

Recently, two of my very favorite knitters in blogland -- Tanis of Tanis Fiber Arts and Julie of Knitted Bliss -- put their uber-talented design-minds together and published The Stella Collection. And OH MY is it lovely.



Each shawl in the collection was inspired by a star (Stella being Latin for 'star') and each features a different Tanis Fiber Arts fingering weight yarn base. Perfect yarn, lacey shawls, Latin, and astronomy? This is so up my alley.

Now on to the prettiness...

Adhara - a lovely two-color, lacey, triangular shawl



And because I love wearing a shawl around my neck like a scarf, here's a shot of it worn that way, too:



Suncrest - cushy garter stitch goodness and pretty scallops



And just look how it scrunches. YUM.



Solaria - lots of texture, and lace, and oh! that color!


It can be worn as a capelet, too, which I love. (And don't you also love how Julie's styled it??)


Nashira - a gorgeous lightweight stole that would go with everything!




All of the patterns can be purchased individually (just click the linkies above) for C$6, or you can get the whole shebang for C$15.

OR, if you leave a comment here telling me which design is your favorite, you may just be the lucky person drawn to receive a free copy of the collection! You have until next Monday, July 30th at noon Pacific time -- I'll draw a winner and make the announcement that afternoon. So let's hear it! Which starry shawl would you make first?

100 comments:

  1. They are all so lovely, but I have to say Solaria is my favorite. I love the color!

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  2. So hard to choose but I'd start with Adhara. I'd love to knit it for the Fall.

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  3. LOVE Suncrest! I am a garter stitch addict, so it is perfect for me.

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  4. Ooh they're all gorgeous, but think it would have to be Adhara.

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  5. They are all lovely...so hard to have a favorite, I'd love to start with Suncrest.

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  6. I really like the shape of the Suncrest and it would work with so many colours.

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  7. I really like the Suncrest, I'm a huge fan of scallops!

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  8. I love the Suncrest shawl! Everything about it makes me want to cast on as soon as I can!

    Rachel (yarngirl99 on Ravelry)

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  9. I love Soalria the most, such a pretty cowl!

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  10. I think I'd knit Nashira first…they're all so great, though, it's hard to decide!

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  11. I think Suncrest might be my favorite, but I really like them all!

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  12. I'd have to go with Adhara! It looks like it would be nice to knit, with that big , leafy edge and the two colours. But I do love Suncrest as well!

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  13. Suncrest is my favorite, although they are all lovely

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  14. I think I would start with Nashira!

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  15. I'd knit up Solaria first, because if I got it done fast enough, I could wear tank tops to work in this heat and put it over as a capelet when I get to the building for instant work-appropriate sleeves.

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  16. The Suncrest is amazing. They're all amazing!

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  17. Adhara is just perfect, I want it for my fall scarf!

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  18. Love Solaria as a cowl and capelet!

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  19. I am in love with Adhara. I would so knit this in the bluish colors and wear this elegant and so fashionable shawl around my neck.

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  20. I will probably knit them all - love Tanis yarn and these patterns. Will start with Adhara, trying to decide what color scheme to do. Thanks for offering the pattern give away, and hoping to win.

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  21. I like Suncrest best, because I'm on a crescent kick lately, but I think Adhara would be really interesting to knit.

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  22. I love Solaria! It's in my queue.

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  23. I am absolutely in love with Adhara! It is exquisite!!

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  24. I would make any one of these to be honest, but if I have to pick right now it would be Suncrest. So, so pretty!

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  25. For me, it would be Adhara, definitely. There's just something lovely about two matching colors...

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  26. Beautiful collection - I can't decide between Suncrest and Solaria!

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  27. Nashira, I love the way it looks as a scarf

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  28. Nashira is the first one on my list - and as soon as I get some TFA yarn, I'm starting!

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  29. Oooh! Pick me! I want to knit Nashira for my sis in law! I've been looking for a lightweight stole in gray and that is PERFECT! Just gorgeous!

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  30. Love Solaria, but Suncrest is not far behind.

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  31. Love, love, love! I would definitely knit them ALL but first up would be Nashira.

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  32. Oh my goodness, thank you for pointing out this lovely collection! I love Adhara, although the Nashira stole is a very close second, and they're all beautiful :)

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  33. These are all beautifully done in such lovely colors that it is hard to choose. The first one I would knit would be Adhara. Then I would have to knit all the others!

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  34. Nashira is my favorite. Thanks!

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  35. I love the suncrest! Amazing collection!

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  36. Adhara is splendid. That lovely edging, the cleverness of the grey and blue color usage in that lovely pattern. That is oh so clever!

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  37. Adhara is splendid. That lovely edging, the cleverness of the grey and blue color usage in that lovely pattern. That is oh so clever!

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  38. I love them all, but would start with Adhara. So, so pretty. It's as though it was designed with me in mind! ;-> Thanks very much!

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  39. caroline aka FiberTribeJuly 25, 2012 at 11:41 AM

    I'd start with Adhara. They're all beautiful, though!

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  40. I would knit them all, especially in those beautiful yarn colorways but I would start with Solaria. I'm a cowl-girl :-)

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  41. You're awefully mean to make me choose just one...but I guess if I must I'd say Nashira. Oh my goodness.

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  42. So very tricky to choose! I'm going to have to say Solaria. Likely because I'm a sucker for yellow, what can I say?

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  43. I love Solaria - Very hard to choose tho'! Tammy (charliesmomma on ravelry!)

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  44. I love the Nashira shawl for myself, but I would probably end up making the Solaria first as a gift for someone special...

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  45. So beautiful, all of them. My first knit would be Nashira. I'm in that kind of mood

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  46. I would have to say Solaria is my favorite. I love the lace!

    -Heidi

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  47. i think solaria is my favourite, but i could really see myself knitting any of these patterns happily. sooo pretty.

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  48. I like them all, but probably Adhara is my favorite - and then I'd get the fun of choosing two colors instead of just one!

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  49. My favorite of the collection is Adhara with Nishira a close second. I love the lattice texture of Adhara!

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  50. I love the entire collection, but Suncrest is definitely my favorite!

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  51. I love Adhara- it's definitely my favorite. Thanks so much for such an awesome give-away!

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  52. They are all beautiful and would be amazing to knit, but I think I'd want to try Suncrest first.

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  53. I'd start with Nashira - it looks super functional as well as gorgeous, and I don't have anything like that right now.

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  54. I'd start with Nashira as well! It looks absolutely gorgeous!

    knitranslatezen on Ravelry

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  55. I'd like to knit Adhara first.
    Those patterns are really gorgeous!

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  56. At first I thought Adhara was my favorite, but now I'm certain I've been seduced by Nashira. I find pretty scarves are nealy irresistable.

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  57. All the patterns are beautiful but I would knit Nashira first!

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  58. I love, love, love the entire collection, but I already bought Tanis Fiber Arts yarns for an Adhara and a Suncrest, so they'll have to be first on my needles!

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  59. Hard to pick a fave, but I think it is Suncrest!

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  60. I love them all, but I think I would start would start with Suncrest - so pretty!

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  61. It would be a close tie between Nashira and Suncrest for me, but they're all beautiful!

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  62. Boy, oh boy, hard to choose, but I think Solaria is my favorite.

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  63. Nashira is my favorite because I'm currently in love with rectangles. I can see this stole worn as a, well, stole - and also wrapped around the shoulders, crossed and then gently tied at the waist. It's just beautiful!

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  64. Lovely giveaway! I really like the look of Suncrest! So pretty.

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  65. How beautiful ! Suncrest is my favorite and the color is so perfect.

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  66. I think I will have to line them up and eenie-meenie-miney-mo them to figure out where to start.

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  67. I'd have to knit Adhara first. I love the border! I'm actually really new to lace knitting AND shawl knitting, so I'd love to test my skills working on these. I'm knitting a candle flame shawl right now for my grandmommy, and these patterns would knit up into great gifts for other family members (although I'd have to keep Adhara for myself)

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  68. I would totally start with Suncrest (I'm obsessed with garter stitch lately, and the construction looks like a lot of fun), but these are all lovely. What a gorgeous pattern and yarn collection!

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  69. They're all beautiful! Hard to chose but I would start with Suncrest, then Adhara.

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  70. I adore Solari. It's a pure ray of sunshine. :-)

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  71. Suncrest is my favorite. I love the scallops.

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  72. How does anyone pick one? They're all gorgeous!
    I love the Nashira !

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  73. I would go with Nashira first, althugh they're all beautiful!

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  74. I think I like Adhara to knit first. They're all so pretty though!

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  75. I LOVE Adhara!

    tina_crossgrove(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  76. I love this collection, especially Nashira

    Cindy. (Labgirl on Ravelry)

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  77. They are all so lovely, but I am definitely drawn to Adhara.

    Cheryl

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  78. I've been doing a lot of garter stitch lately because I don't have to look at it so I like suncrest

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  79. So lovely! Thank you for the chance!
    I think my favorite is Suncrest, but I think I would be most likely to make is Solaria. They are all quite beautiful.

    Nancy N (n2n on Ravelry)

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  80. Where to start?? As a recent newbie to the land of shawls, I'd go with Adhara. The challenge of the 2 colours... but which 2 colours?? That's a whole lot of thinking!!!

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  81. I would start with Adhara. Great giveaway!

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  82. They certainly are all pretty, but I would have to start with Suncrest.

    Zowmom on Ravelry

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  83. I'd start with Suncrest, love that scalloped edge.

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  84. Simply scrumptious! I lean more toward SOLARIA
    Mary Ellen at:
    rxqueen314@msn.com

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