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the 30th knit blanket

January 6, 2015

Last year, while I was knitting my 29 blankets, I knitted one extra (I think it was number 19). I didn't have enough of two yarns colors at the house and I was wanting to knit so I just started adding scrap yarn together. Of course, then I ran out of scrap yarn and had to go buy more to actually finish this blanket.

Originally, I thought I'd sell it as one of the 29 but then realized that would be so random. 28 striped blankets and then this one! This random one! #odd.

So I kept it aside and powered through the remaining blankets. And then sold them in November.

This one is still special to me though. I love the look. I love the warm color palette. I love the crazy changing yarns.

Like all the blankets, this was knit with simple back-and-forth garter stitch on size 15 needles. (I did 60 stitches per row if you want to make your own.)

Today, I'd love to give this blanket away to a reader. Just leave a comment… tell me your favorite post from 2014 and/or how long you've been reading my blog and I'll pick a random winner from the comments by the end of the week. Open to anyone, in the US or International.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED : According to random.org, the winner is Michelle who posted at 6:12AM on 1/6

Thanks for reading!

Posted in get crafty, yarn projects

1,104 responses to “the 30th knit blanket”

Jolie

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog for several years now and share it often with friends. My favorite posts are your food project posts (loaves of bread, pizza). The pizza posts are my favorite and because of your family we now make our own pizza several times a month and experiment with sauces and toppings more often.

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Andi R

January 6, 2015

First thanks for the chance to win your blanket, its so pretty. One of the things on my goal list for this year is to “Knit something” I have been reading you since right before Paul’s first deployment. I think my favorite post was a series. It was Your Business Story series. I found it interesting because I want to do what you do but just don’t know quite how to go about do it. Reading what you have done has helped out a lot, thank you.

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Karen

January 6, 2015

I love your blog and I have to say your letters to Ellerie are my favorite posts of 2015. I’d be so excited to have letters like that to look back on. I’d love to win that scrap blanket! It looks cozy

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Ange

January 6, 2015

I don’t know why I read your blog. You are so different from me is so many ways. And yet your blog is one I have marked as a must read. You touch me. Maybe its your enthusiasm or your dedication to progress. Maybe its your clean aesthetic or commitment to goals setting. I don’t know what it is, but I keep coming back for more. Maybe you encourage me to look at things differently and that is always a good thing.

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Jamie Z.

January 6, 2015

I have been reading for 1-2 years and your blog is in my top 3 where I never miss a post 🙂 I love your approach to goals and the progress > perfection motto. Love the blanket!! It’s actually my favorite one, I love the random.

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Jasmine

January 6, 2015

AH! I love this blanket. I’ve been reading for about two years now and your blog has been an enormous inspiration. Probably my favorite post of 2014 was your announcing your get to work book – so looking forward to it!

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Jodi

January 6, 2015

Um, I’ve been reading since a long time ago. Like, when you made the deck of cards? Maybe ten years? Wow. This year I’ve loved your E and e series of posts.

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Julie

January 6, 2015

I have only been reading for a few months, but I look forward to it every morning. I really enjoyed the post about time, when it came to being a mum and also someone who works. I could totally relate. I am so lucky I get to work from home, and look after my kids, but yeah, some days….anyway, I love your blog, it’s very inspiring. And I love your projects. Love the blanket…

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Genevieve

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise,
Reader since 2011 – and I am still loving it! My fave posts would have to be anything looking at goal setting. I love watching you tick boxes like a champion.

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young

January 6, 2015

Aww, that is so sweet of you! I love the colors of this quilt, and it fits my living room palette perfectly! Thanks for the chance to win!

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jen

January 6, 2015

Heck yeah – I’d love to win. I’ve been reading for awhile – since 2peas days, I think you were still in school??

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Cathy

January 6, 2015

I’m up here in Montreal (Canada) and the temps are down to -4F and colder this week. This blanket would be very nice to help keep us worm!
I have been reading for a few years now and love to see Ellerie grow up (I have a 9 yo boy and a 5 yo girl) It is nice to read about parenting and your projects.
Thanks!

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Amanda

January 6, 2015

What!?! OH my stars! You TOTALLY could sell that!
It’s gorgeous Elise.
I’ve been reading since 2009.
My favorite posts used to be about the wedding planning. Now I love to hear about your garden, those precious letters to little E, and just generally love checking in on my super creative and hard working blog friend Elise 🙂
You are so motivated… and it’s motivating and inspiring to me 🙂

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Jessica

January 6, 2015

I started reading your blog the week before your wedding. I had just stumbled upon it and was loved reading about how you were going to DIY so much… and then my dad died unexpectedly on April 25. I came home from college to plan a funeral and when I was alone I read your blog archives to keep from thinking about everything going on in my life. It felt like you were a new friend helping me get through. I’ve been a reader ever since! My favorite posts from 2014 are your letters to Ellerie.

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Andreal

January 6, 2015

Elise! I absolutely love reading your blog. It’s hard to pick a favorite post. They are all so creative and inspiring. I do enjoy the E and e every month–what a fun way to document pieces of your life. Thanks for sharing honestly and with courage.

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Kim

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog forever. I love a lot of your posts – like your engagement photos album post, your letters to Ellerie, your real posts on being a mom/wife and working, etc. I can’t pic just one. Love your craftiness both in memory-keeping and in home decor. I’d be honored if you picked me for the blanket! Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best! Thank you!

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Sarah

January 6, 2015

I’ve been following your blog for a long time, pre-Ellerie, pre-Big Mini workshop, pre-wedding. I have enjoyed your Make29 posts and think that this giveaway is lovely. Happy New Year!

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Kylie D

January 6, 2015

Love your work! this is darling so yes please!!! You inspire me all the time xo

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Christa

January 6, 2015

Hi, I’ve been reading your blog since my youngest was a newborn. He’s six now so that means since 2008. I can’t pick a favourite post from 2014. Sometimes I just come to your blog and get lost in all the pretty. You’re kind of like my own YouTube rabbit hole.

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Becky L

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise! I’ve been reading your blog for five years now since my roommate introduced me to you and we made minibooks for days that year! My favorite post(s) of 2014 are the E & e series… so cute yet simple and a fabulous way to document and celebrate life. Thanks for the ways you invite us into your world!

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Armalite

January 6, 2015

I discovered your blog when an english scrapbooking magazine published a feature on the minibook you made about your european travels with your GF, right after graduating from college. How many years is that? 7, 8? God I’m not getting any younger 🙂 And my favorite articles are always the more personal ones, when you talk about facing challenges and keeping a positive attitude. Even though I’m much older than you, you’ve been an inspiration for these last… 7,8? years 🙂

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Megan

January 6, 2015

Elise! You are THE kindest soul. What a beautiful blanket. It’s been so fun to follow along with you this year! The e and E monthly posts are a treat to see but I have to see, I keep thinking back to your palm tree bathroom and thinking about how I do something similar in my own apartment.

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Mac

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading I think since early 2011? I know I came in while I was pregnant with my second son–I started following lots of blogs at about that time, but you’ve probably been my favorite for most of that time! I list think you have really great taste and a good attitude!
For my favorite post? This is random, but I really loved this one time you shared a picture of yourself with this weird knitting sling you’d concocted, so you could knit and pace around the house for Fitbit steps at the same time? It might have been on Instagram, but I thought it was just a great sort of goofy fun thing… It reminded me of something I would do!

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Christina N

January 6, 2015

I was initially drawn to your site three years ago because of your crafty posts but I have to say that I LOVE your occasional nutrition/recipe posts. Your writing on what you choose to put in your body has really changed my perspective on the food I make and eat. Oh and your turkey meatballs are KILLER!

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Sarah

January 6, 2015

I’ve been following your blog for 3 years…maybe 4? I don’t have one favorite post but rather a series — I loved what you did in October when you told your business story from start to finish. It was so interesting and inspiring!

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Julie

January 6, 2015

I love reading your blog since five years now…the first Time I read your blog was when my husband was deployed in Afghanistan….i don’t remember the Words I googled but it dealt with deployment for sure!
I love when you talk about your childhood and your parents ! It´s always so sweet and kind!
This blanket is just perfect! Fingers crossed!!
Julie

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Maggie

January 6, 2015

My favorite post from this past year was “the new favorites photo” from April 3. It popped right back into my mind when you asked about posts from this past year….and I found it just when I started to think I was making it up. It’s a gem of a post because it is so clearly your voice and on a personal level. I’ve been reading since the fall of 2007. I’ve watched the blog go from random posts to super clean and informational posts and it was fun to get a glimpse of the random again.

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jasmine

January 6, 2015

This is so nice of you! I’d love to win this beautiful blanket. My favorite posts are your E & e series. I also loved the post where you announced your get to work books… because I’m excited for those! I’ve been reading for four or five years. 🙂

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Jessi

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading since 2009 when my husband was stationed at Camp Pendleton and we lived in Oceanside. I found your blog and you were living in SD at the same time. I’ve always adored your blog, your hard work and your writing style. There have been a lot of blogs that I have read and forgotten about over the years but your’s I always come back to. Pretty much daily. My favorite post this year was everything about your process and journey in being asked to speak at World Domination. So exciting and encouraging!

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Jennifer Bartley

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog since I was 22 (just turned 27) and working for a super professional, global company thinking every day (like you were) “this is where I thought I wanted to be, but get me out” 🙂 I’ve followed you through Paul’s deployments, through planning your wedding, and even little E’s entrance into this world! I talk about you and your blog to my long term boyfriend (he’s currently in the police academy here in Las Vegas) and even though he’s not as spunky as I am about crafts and your creative genius, he knows you from my “Elise, the stamp girl!” or “you know, the blog I follow with the mini books!” . So here I am, 27, starting MY OWN blog this year, working in a much more creative position away from the corporate world, and whether I win the blanket or not, THANK YOU for being an inspiration :]

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Veronika

January 6, 2015

I’m reading your blog for about three years now.
And I can’t tell you which post was my favourite one, but I can tell you, two summers ago, wghile I actually had to finish an important paper I read threw all your posts, starting with the very first entry. I know, creppy, but I loved it, it was like reading a novel written in first person diary style 🙂

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Helen

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for 2 or 3 years? I loved, loved, loved your new mama posts and your letters to your sweet girl. But I love your Project Life stuff and your plants, and your photography, too. They’re all my favorite! 🙂

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Carolyn Williams

January 6, 2015

I found your blog through Kal’s about 4 years ago. I love how both you and Kal put so much positive energy out into the world (and on the internet). I think that my favorite post was the December Make29. It really has me inspired and motivated right now!

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Mamami

January 6, 2015

What a wonderful blanket!
I love your E&e posts and i’m always curious what is coming next.
Such an fun documentation.
I wish, I had seen that 10 years ago, when our little one was little!
But I love the inspiration, you offer. Thanks!
Michaela

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Harmonie

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise !
Right here in Barcelona I love your blog and read it everyday ! Felt awsome when I read about you becoming a mummy when I gave birth to my son (on september 2013). I love seeing Ellerie pics and imagining how my baby will be in three months ! Your business story was amazing and I loved your speach a WDS too !
Cheers and shake 2015 for us all !

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Kari

January 6, 2015

I love the randomness of this blanket. It looks like a weaving of all the crazy moments in life that somehow make a beautiful tapestry. I’ve been reading for about 6 months, and I look forward to your posts. My favorites were your posts about your business story. It was so interesting to learn how you got from point A to B and all the twists and turns along the way. Hope you are having a wonderful start to 2015!

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Meagan Ramsey

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading your blog for years! I love all your posts, but especially like your goal-setting posts and am really looking forward to your GetToWork book!

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Giulia

January 6, 2015

Hi Elise, I’ve been reading your blog for 2 years or more. I’m mom to a 9 months boy. I loved all the letters to Ellerie, they helped me through the rough moments with my kid, they gave me the hope that things would have turned magic, as they’ve actually done. I also enjoyed very much your podcasts, I listened to them when I walk with the stroller and they are a real good company. Thanks for your job!

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Thalia Louise

January 6, 2015

I love this blanket, Elise!
I’ve been reading your blog for just over two years – I randomly stumbled upon it when I was on Pinterest and have loved reading it since then. 🙂
I’m torn between a few favorite posts – I loved the ones featuring cold-brew coffee and your chemex (which inspired me to purchase my own), the ice-cube tip for watering plants, and I especially enjoyed your palm tree covered walls.
Happy New Year and thanks for the chance to receive your beautiful blanket.

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Ann

January 6, 2015

I have been reading your blog for several years(4 or 5) and originally found you through Ali’s blog. I love the letters to your daughter. I very much relate to those feelings and the way you openly expressed them really hit home for me. I have three little girls of my own, the youngest turned one in November. Being a mom is an amazing experience and your posts were so very real. I appreciate that you are unafraid to speak to the bad and the good. Happy 2015, hope this year of motherhood is even better than the last!

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Megan

January 6, 2015

I think I started reading your blog late 2013. I love your Make29 posts and your capsule wardrobe posts too. But everything you write is so inspiring.

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Rebecca

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for a little over a year now. I love how you are able to communicate so simply. And your goal setting is amazing! Thank you for the lovely giveaway!

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Courtney

January 6, 2015

So good, Elise. Messy is often best.
I’ve really loved reading about the thought put into your creative process and projects and really appreciate your candidness and honesty when it comes to bridging the gap between passion (a project) and business (selling said product). Your posts about the Make29 projects are very refreshing.
Also, I love the E and e series.
Happy New Year and thanks for this fun giveaway.
Courtney

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Emily

January 6, 2015

Great giveaway! I found your blog about 3 years ago and have been a daily reader since. My favorite post from this past year was when you announced your Get to Work Book. I can’t wait for it to launch!!

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Ashley

January 6, 2015

I can’t think of a specific post, just that I so enjoy reading your blog daily. I am sure people say this all the time but it’s like catching up with a friend. You are super easy to relate too and I honestly feel like we are almost the same person – you know, if I had half the motivation you do. We seem to dream the same, you just have a way of making it happen.
From a fellow creative, mama of a toddler with a hemangioma, with a love of clean design,
Ashley

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Lyndsey Grey

January 6, 2015

I love the blanket!! I’ve been reading 4(?) years now. My favorite are your E/e posts!!

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Sam F

January 6, 2015

This is a beautiful blanket! I have been following you for quite a few years now and just love your style. I equally love hearing about you, Ellerie, and Paul. Your blog is a positive piece of my online reading and I’m thankful that you share pieces of you, your life and your passions here. Anyway, Happy New Year, and thank you for the opportunity to win!

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Laura

January 6, 2015

I’ve been reading for a little over two years… lately I’ve loved the capsule wardrobe posts (I’m a fan of your style in general anyway!).

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Tate

January 6, 2015

Hello! I’ve been following your blog since the end of 2011/beginning of 2012. A friend of mine told me about your blog. I was serving in the Peace Corps in Botswana, Africa at the time, and my internet connection wasn’t always reliable. I subscribed to your blog so I could log into my email account and read them whenever I had internet access. My favorite thing about reading your blog (then & now) is that you keep things so simple. You say things from your heart, you document progress and imperfections, and continue to celebrate each day – regardless of whether it matched up with your goals. You make things seem doable! During my time abroad, I would get frustrated with a lack of progress, feeling stuck, etc. But your blog always lifted my spirits! I emailed you once about using Project Life to document my time as a Peace Corps volunteer – and it challenged me to find beauty in the darkest days. Your sweet letters to Ellerie taught me to cherish and love the days full of helping raise my young brothers and sisters in my host family. Your garden posts showed me that with persistence – we could both make things grow (you in San Diego – and me in the desert in Botswana!). Your currently posts always made me smile and helped me reflect on the things I was doing each day in my service. And now that I’m back in the States – I continue to find inspiration in your blog. Your words about your time at WDS helped me tackle my own fear of public speaking at a state conference upon my return from the Peace Corps. I am amazed at all I continue to learn from you and your life lessons you are blogging about. Thanks for the opportunity to share your impact on my life! 🙂

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Jamie

January 6, 2015

I have been reading since 2012! I love all of your posts, but my favorites are your around here posts. I love seeing how you capture everyday moments in your life. You have definitely inspired my scrapbooking and photography!

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