CONTESTS & GIVEAWAYS

**I've never been all that crafty.  Strangely enough, I tend to supplement book giveaways with things like handmade gift bags and crocheted gnomes.  Go figure.

Right now I do not have a contest running. However, if you want something free, email me and I'll give you some free advice. Fair warning: depending on my mood, it could be advice and it could be assvice! And it could be Meankitty...

(Any amigurumi gift received by winners may not be exactly as pictured...and may be full of the beans.)

For other contests, stay tuned here and check out my Schedule for various chances to win my books.

If anyone likes to crochet, the gnomes I make are sort of like:

http://bellasartes.blogspot.com/2007/08/simply-gnome-free-pattern.html

The pattern is way too clever to have been created by me so please abide by the requests of the pattern-maker should you feel inspired to create your own gnome charm. Here is the Wiki page about the Japanese art of amigurumi, or crocheting small, cute stuffed toys (I am not joking), which this gnome is apparently representative of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amigurumi.