Round 8 Final Reveals and Voting!

I can't believe we're already wrapping up round EIGHT! It seems like this round just started and now here we are, ready to cast our votes!

Round 8 Sneak Peeks

We're just a little over halfway through Round 8 of The Battle of the Stitches, so how about we take a peek at what these amazing designers have been up to!

The Theme: Wrapped in Warmth

The Stitch: Paintbrush

The Challengers:  
Rebecca Goldsmith of Desert Diamond Crochet
Amy Price from Knit Pick ~n~ Crochet
Christine Norris of Chris Cross Crafts
Kati Donahue from KatiDCreations
Stacey Williams of Busting Stitches
Raelynn Orff of AllieCat's Hats and Crafts
Shannon Kilmartin from The Hookeraholic Crochet
Maz Kwok of Be A Crafter xD
Tera Kulling of Trifles and Treasures
Dorianna Leskody-Rivelli of The Lavendar Chair
Kristine Mullen of Ambassador Crochet
Carol Rupprecht of Sweet Potato Crochet Creations
  
The Sneak Peeks:
All 12 Crochet Designers have been working very hard to create something beautiful for us all to enjoy! Check it out: 

  
What do you think they've made? Do you think you know which sneak peek belongs to each designer? Leave a comment with your guesses. It's always fun to write them down and come back to see how many you got right later (I do it every round!)

January 2016 CAL using the Crochet Stitch from Round 8 of the Battle of the Stitches

Welcome to our first Battle of the Stitches CAL!  We are excited to invite you to work on a project along with all of our Round 8 Battle of the Stitches challengers.  We will be using the stitch that is being worked right now by 12 fantastic challengers.
This is a great way to learn a new stitch and then have a fun variety of projects to work up using this stitch when you're finished.

This Crochet-A-Long will be held for 9 days Beginning January 15th.  We will post 1 row of instructions each day so it will be easy to keep up.

You get to choose your project!
~Table Runner
~Placemat
~Rug 
~Afghan.  

You choose the size that you want to work. 
What you will need:
YARN!!! The great part about this is that YOU get to choose any 4ww yarn you prefer for this project and desired hook.
I am using Deborah Norville Everyday yarn and a size K hook for my project.

This is a VERY textured stitch and will look great in a single color or many.  Color changes will look best every 4 rows.
So take a few days to go through your yarn stash, decide which project you're going to work and find the perfect colors to start!
We'll be back on the 15th with the first set of instructions and hope to see you here!
-Kate

CAL has begun and is available here:
 http://battleofthestitches.blogspot.com/p/cal-for-battle-round-8-sttich.html

Round 8 Final Challenger Reveals

And now I reveal the last 4 challengers of Round 8!

First, we have Tera Kulling of Trifles and Treasures.
This is her 4th round.

Here's a recap of her BOS designs:

Round 1

Round 2

Round 6

Next we have Dorianna Leskody-Rivelli of The Lavendar Chair.
This is her 1st round.

She has some great designs! Heres a few:

We also have Kristine Mullen of Ambassador Crochet.
This will be her 1st round. 

 She has so many wonderful designs. Here's a few:

And last, but certainly not least, we have Carol Rupprecht of 
Sweet Potato Crochet Creations.
This is her 1st round.

She has some fun designs! Here's a few:

We're excited to see what they design!
Good Luck Ladies!

And there you have it! 12 challenegers for Round 8 of Battle of the Stitches! What do you think? So much talent in one place, right?!

If you missed the other reveals you can find reveal 1 HERE and reveal 2 HERE. 

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Day Two of Round 8 Reveals

Did you get the chance to read yesterday's Round 8 challenger reveals? Pretty great line up so far, right? If you missed it, you can find them HERE.

Here's more amazing talent competing this round:

We have Stacey Williams of Busting Stitches.
This will be her 5th round. 

Here's a recap of her BOS designs:

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Next we have Raelynn Orff of AllieCat's Hats and Crafts.
This will be her 2nd battle.

Raelynn's first challenged in Round 6 making the Playful Dolphin Security Blanket.

Round 6

Here's more awesome designs from her shop:

Cupid Cuff

Frozen Beaches Mittins

We also have Shannon Kilmartin from The Hookeraholic Crochet.
This will be Shannon's 1st round. Woohoo!

She has a lot of fantastic designs! Here are just a few:

Tiny Traxx Wristers

Equinox Cowl

Pillars of Life Hat

And we also have Maz Kwok of Be A Crafter xD.
This will also be her 1st round! Yipee!

She has many beautiful designs in her shop! Here's a few:

Overcast Sweater

Shawl cir-collar vest

Simple Sun Hat

We are looking forward to seeing their designs this round! 
Good luck ladies!

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Round 8 is Here!

Let's ring in the new year with a new round of Battle of the Stitches!

We have 7 returning challengers and 5 newbies competing in Round 8. So exciting!

First we have Rebecca Goldsmith of Desert Diamond Crochet. This will be Rebecca's 5th round!

Here's a recap of her BOS designs: 

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 7

Next we have Amy Price from Knit Pick ~n~ Crochet. She is also back for her 5th battle!

Here's a recap of her BOS designs:

Round 2

Round 3

Round 5

Round 7

We also have Christine Norris of Chris Cross Crafts. This will be Christine's 4th battle!

Here's a recap of her BOS designs:

Round 4

Round 5

Round 7

And the last challenger reveal of the day is Kati Donahue from KatiDCreations; this will be her 3rd battle.

Here's a recap of her BOS designs:

Round 6

Round 7

We can't wait to see what they come up with this round! 
Good luck ladies!

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