Wow, there were so many great entries that it was really difficult to pick out the best three. Fortunately, I was able to disqualify one excellent poem because it was written by my sister! (Whom I suspect of simply being drawn helplessly to a poetry challenge, but hey! If you want the patterns just let me know, I’ll send you any you like.) Let’s read that poem now:
Looped ’round with coloured string,
And despite the tugging fingers,
Knotting and unwinding together,
The threads begin to take their shape,
In their own rambling way
Merrily meandering toward the time
When they will be (all clipped and tucked)
No longer lonely strings,
But the fiber of some brighter thing.
Let’s have a round of applause for that excellent poem and honorable mention! Now, for the third place winner: Aimee!
I can’t even open a door.
But once it has rest,
(at hubby’s request)
I’m sure I’ll be hookin’ once more!
Congratulations, Aimee! You will be receiving free copies of my Good News Newsboy, Shooting Starf, and Sweet Cocoa Cloche patterns. I hope you enjoy them!
Let’s move on to our second place winner, Holly!
My imagination runs
Creating heirlooms
Holly, for that excellent haiku, you will be receiving a Toy Bundle, which includes 5 patterns: Chaco, Lloopy Llama, Silly Monkey, Scarlet Macaw Hand Puppet, and the Jungle Bugs! Happy hooking!
Our first place prize goes to an entry so well written, lengthy and … humorously up-front about it’s purpose, that it was an easy pick for the win. Congratulations, Joe – and therefore, Jackie.
I crochet there
I’ll crochet almost anywhere
or hooks of wood
I crochet bad
I crochet good.
dishcloth, vest
Sweater, shawl,
and all the rest.
before I start
I choose a pattern
from the heart.
you like this poem
and send your patterns
to my home.
more than you know
The patterns are for my wife.
but my name’s Joe.
at an end.
and hopefully
you’ll be my friend.
the things she needs
and maybe she’ll
be nice to me.
Congratulations, Joe and Jackie! You’ve won a copy of every pattern I currently publish. (Joe, that’s gotta count for something.)Winners will be personally contacted as soon as possible and delivery arrangements made. Thank you, everyone who entered! It was a blast – I hope you enjoyed it, too.
Wonderfull – I loved the entrys – Yeah! Joe you really deserved to win!
You got some GOOD entries! Very nice!
Yay, thank you so much!
Congrats to Joe & Jackie!
Those poems are a hundred times better than mine was. So embarassing. Haha.