2008 Design Contest

The respective winner and two finalists of both our "Simple and Easy Beginner Knits" category and our "Intermediate" design category will have their hand knitted and/or crocheted original design item published in a Needful Yarns’ knitting booklet. The top six items (three from each category) will be professionally modeled and photographed by our "highly acclaimed" photographer prior to being submitted for print.

Top Five designs of each category win a Prize! First Place winner of each category will receive a $1500 assortment of yarn from Needful. Second Place winners: $1000 assortment of yarn from Needful. Third Place winners: $700 assortment of Needful’ yarn. Fourth and fifth Place winners of each respective category will receive a special gift.

How To Enter: Create an original hand knit and/or crocheted item (such as a coat, vest, sweater, dress, poncho, scarf, purse, hat, cardigan, baby blanket, et cetera) exclusively using one or more Needful Yarns’ products, which are carried under three distinct labels: Filtes King, Lana Gatto and the Needful Yarns’ brand. The item you create can be in any style, for any level of difficulty, for any gender, for any season, for any sized adult person or child and it can even be a home decor item. Depending, however, on the level of difficulty of the item submitted, it will either be judged within the "Simple and Easy Beginner knits" or "intermediate" category. The placing and/or submission of the item into either of the aforementioned categories will be at the discretion of and done by the managing director of Needful Yarns.

To enter send at least one "hard copy" photo depicting your finished hand knitted and/or crocheted creation. Be sure to send it in a self-addressed envelope to Needful Yarns Inc. c/of "the 2008 Designer Contest" to either our U.S. or Canadian address listed below.

Do not send photos electronically via e-mail. All photos must be unaltered original copies and should be no smaller than 3 inches by five inches. Include your full contact information and the specific name and ball band(s) of the Needful brand yarn or yarns used to create your item. The contest deadline is March 21, 2008. Only entries received at any of our two locations before 11:59 PM ET on 03/21/08 will be eligible. Please be advised that photos submitted for the contest will not be returned to contestants.

Eligibility: This contest is open to all knitters who live in the U.S. or Canada, whether published designers or not and regardless of experience. Only Needful Yarns’ employees, directors, and their immediate families are excluded. No more than four entries per person are permitted. Judging will be by a panel of judges selected by Needful Yarns. The top ten finalists will be notified by phone or mail and will be required to send their clothing item to Needful Yarns Inc. for final judging and to be eligible to claim their prize.

To be a top five finalist and eligible to claim the prizes offered, potential winners will be asked to sign an "affidavit" granting Needful Yarns Inc. the rights to photograph and publish the clothing item as well as to use the knitted and/or crocheted piece for the intent of leaflet patterns or pattern books in any medium, in perpetuity. Failure to sign and agree to the "Affidavit/Release" will cause the contest prizes to be forfeited and awarded to an alternate as determined by Needful Yarns Inc. All garments will be returned to the contestant.