Thanks for all of your comments on my giveaway for Robyn Chachula’s new book, Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia. Without further ado, the winner is Dctangles (I’ll send  you an email), who said:

“I own three stitch dictionaries, including one from the early part of the 1900’s from Fleisher. I think it is about time I get one from this century. They inspire me to buy lots and lots of yarn and design many beautiful pieces in my head. Making it all happen, I leave to those of you who are talented and experienced in that area. Thanks for all of your great work.”

In case you’re wondering, I use the random number generator to select a number, then I count through the comments in chronological (I hope–I just start at the bottom) order. I figure if they aren’t chronological, then it’s even more random. And sometimes I have to skip one where people commented twice. So, very random, and that’s why I don’t announce the official number, heh.

I was actually surprised at how many of you commented that you don’t own any stitch dictionaries. I totally get wanting to leave the designing up to designers (thank you, job stability), but–they are super great when you just want to make a scarf or blanket, or dilly dally with your hooks for a few hours. They are also helpful in figuring out what to do with those precious hand-painted skeins that have so much potential in the ball, but can often turn into patchy wonders when crocheted.  Think of them as a resource for anything you want to make that’s a  square rectangle–that’s a lot of stuff!