Judy's Colors - a unique and fun store!

I am a beginner knitter and when I say 'beginner' I mean, I can barely cast my yarn on the needle. I have been trying to knit a scarf for about 4 months. It's about 2.5 inches long and 3 feet wide. OK I am exaggerating but it's definitely true that something has gone awry in my knitting project. Still I soldier on because I love knitting and I know I can make some awesome things as my skills improve. Plus I'm a Nana to three grandsons so it's kinda mandatory, dontcha think?

Anyway, the basis for this little anecdote is the fact that nothing makes a better gift than something you have created with your own two hands. Whether it is something fun or something useful, homemade gifts are the best.

 Since we will be coming into the holiday season pretty quickly here, I am so pleased to introduce you to a wonderful woman named Judy Tollefson. She is the owner and creator of the Judy's Colors, the most unique and fantastic online store where you can let your imagination run wild and create fabulous gifts or things for your own home. 

 About Judy 

Once upon a time there lived a woman named Judy who had just moved into the new home she had designed. It was situated near the cellar hole of the house where her father was born, and on the land her grandparents had bought in the 1920’s. The new home was partly made of material from the barn that she played in as a child. It was a very special place.

It needed a special Christmas Stocking. The old “store bought” Christmas stocking just wouldn’t do. So she went in search of a pattern for the perfect Christmas stocking. Which she couldn’t find. Not that she knew what she was looking for; she didn’t. . . just that she would know it when she saw it.

So out came the pencils, graph paper, erasers, books, needles and yarn. After lots of testing and ripping and more ripping and more figuring, two stockings emerged. “For the time being.” After Christmas, she kept working on the designs, knowing that “somewhere” some wonderful stockings were to be found. Around the middle of March, several stockings later, after much gnashing of teeth and many shouts of “Hallelujah!”, she said to her husband, “I think I may just have something here.”

And so, later that year, Judy’s Colors showed the 2007 Christmas Stocking Collection.
Little did she suspect that a little over two years later Vogue would show her designs in the Holiday issue of Vogue Knitting, but it really did happen.

I wonder if she ever did create the perfect stocking for her new home. . . certainly she made many designs, had many more in the wings, and many more in her head . . . but has THE stocking for her home been knit?

Not “THE END”
rather,
“STAY TUNED”

Isn't she fabulous? Here store is full of great items and I was lucky to be sent one of her Christmas stocking kits. It came complete with everything I needed to create my very own Christmas stocking, and I loved it. 

Having a reputation for being fun to knit, stockings measure about 20 x 7 inches. Each kit includes clear instructions with color-coded charts and enough Rauma Strikkegarn, a high quality wool yarn, for making one stocking. Kits are currently available at a quality retailer near you. 

Refills include a product information sheet clearly indicating the stocking and colorway within the bag. Each refill will knit one stocking.

Along with her stockings, Judy also sells patterns, refills, yarn and Mitten kits.  Incredibly enough, you can actually get help from JUDY HERSELF if you have questions or run into any issues while making the stockings, mittens etc. Isn't that amazing?

Christmas Stocking Patterns	Christmas Stocking Kits and Refills
Mitten Patterns	Mitten Kits and Refills

Now is the time to start your Christmas gift or decor knitting!  With the new Judy’s Colors online shop, and help from Judy herself, it couldn’t be easier to knit a Fair Isle-style design. Choose from convenient kits, versatile patterns, or useful refills from Judy’s Colors to create your Christmas heirloom.

Your kit (also available from these quality retailers) or refill (available only here online), of quality Rauma yarn, replicates the surprising and lovely color combinations Judy is known for. Judy’s Colors is pleased to provide both discontinued Rauma Strikkegarn colors and four custom colors. Rest assured that your kit or refill will always match the originally specified colors. Your downloadable pdf pattern allows you to experiment with your own color-sense.
You can count on the unexpected, yet magically familiar, wearable and collectible knits when you choose form Judy’s Colors Collections—let your needles and imagination fly!

I am SO SO happy to announce that I am hosting a DOUBLE giveaway for Judy's Colors. Not only will I be giving away a beautiful Christmas Stocking kit, but I will ALSO be giving away a $60 gift certificate for the store!! There will be TWO winners!! Thank you so much to Judy Tollefson and her wonderful store for sponsoring this contest.

Please be sure to visit her at Judy's Colors or check out her blog Judy's Blog. Please tell her Karen from Verging On sent you! 

At this time Judy is also offering all of my readers as special 10% off discount on any purchase! Use code KM2012dis at checkout. 

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