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GIVEAWAY: Kate Jacobs Knit the Season and Knit Two!!!

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I have got a fabulous giveaway for you today courtesy of Putnam Books. I’ve got an ARC of Kate Jacob’s new novel Knit the Season-absolutely perfect for Christmas! In addition I’ve got a paperback copy soon to be released of her second novel in the series Knit Two. Isn’t that fantastic!

Now anyone who reads my blog knows how crazy I am about this series. It’s warm, inviting and pulls you in with all the knitting and food talk. One of my favorite things is also the close friendships between the women in this book. It all just warms my heart. It all started with The Friday Night Knitting Club and has been a great series throughout. Knit the Season is centered around the Christmas season and what it means to have the love of family and friends.

I have read Knit the Season and loved it! My review will be up later in the month along with a lovely interview with Kate Jacobs. However I really wanted to make sure that the winner knew that they had won before Knit the Season and Knit Two release on November 3, 2009.

Here’s a bit about Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs from Amazon.com:

Knit the Season is a loving, moving, laugh-out-loud celebration of special times with friends and family. The story begins a year after the end of Knit Two, with Dakota Walker’s trip to spend the Christmas holidays with her Gran in Scotland-accompanied by her father, her grandparents, and her mother’s best friend, Catherine. Together, they share a trove of happy memories about Christmases past with Dakota’s mom, Georgia Walker-from Georgia’s childhood to her blissful time as a doting new mom. From Thanksgiving through Hanuk­kah and Christmas to New Year’s, Knit the Season is a novel about the richness of family bonds and the joys of friendship.

And a bit about Knit Two by Kate Jacobs from Amazon.com:

At the Manhattan knitting store founded by Georgia Walker, the members of the Friday Night Knitting Club-including Georgia’s daughter Dakota, now a college freshman-continue to rely on each other for help, even as they struggle with new challenges: for Catherine, finding love after divorce; for Darwin, the hope for a family; for Lucie, being both a single mom and a caregiver for her elderly mother; and for seventy something Anita, a proposal of marriage from her sweetheart, Marty, that provokes the objections of her grown children. As the club’s projects-an afghan, baby booties, a wedding coat-are pieced together, so is their understanding of the patterns underlying the stresses and joys of being a mother, wife, daughter, and friend. Because it isn’t the difficulty of the garment that makes you a great knitter: it’s the care and attention you bring to the craft-as well as how you adapt to surprises.

About the Author from Kate Jacob’s website:

Kate Jacobs is the New York Times-bestselling author of Comfort Food, Knit Two, and The Friday Night Knitting Club, which has over 1 million copies in print.

Kate grew up near Vancouver, British Columbia, in the scenic and delightfully named town of Hope (pop. 6,184). It’s an area filled with friends and family and Kate loves to visit. Back then, of course, it was tremendously boring, as only home can be to a teenager. As a result, Kate begged her parents to send her to boarding school in Victoria, BC. From there she traded in her navy blazer to earn a Bachelor’s degree in journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa. Next, in a fit of optimism/courage/naivete – take your pick – she followed it up with a move to bustling New York City (pop. 8,143,197).

The plan? Breaking into magazine publishing. First she received a Master’s degree at NYU and worked at a handful of unpaid internships, then got a spot as an assistant to the Books & Fiction Editor at Redbook magazine. It was here that Kate answered multiple phones, read a ton of slush (getting to know some wonderful writers- to-be), and began to experience the impact of sharing women’s stories. Around this time, Kate settled into an apartment complex that housed about as many people as her entire hometown in Canada: It seemed that she wasn’t just a small-town girl anymore.

Professionally, Kate made it a priority to explore content that resonated with women: She was an editor at Working Woman and Family Life and was later a freelance writer and editor at the website for Lifetime Television. Personally, as a newcomer to New York, she learned the power of building a surrogate family and stitching together friendship connections that will endure. Exploring the richness of women’s relationships is a key focus of her novels.

After a decade of Manhattan living, Kate moved to sunny Southern California with her husband. (And discovered that she likes suburban living just fine, thank you very much.)

She relished the idea of her very own home office but found herself setting up the laptop on the dining table, just as she’d done in New York, and writing late at night in her pajamas.

A firm believer in the creative power of free time, Kate loves to recharge by tackling knitting projects that she can finish quickly (all the better to feel that sense of accomplishment). She’s also a fan of taking naps, especially when she’s on deadline, snuggling under a favorite green-and-yellow afghan knitted by her grandmother decades ago. Her beloved liver-and-white English Springer Spaniel, Baxter, often snoozes alongside.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Again, I have 1 ARC copy of Knit the Season by Kate Jacobs and 1 paperback copy of Knit Two by Kate Jacobs up for grabs courtesy of Putnam Books (thanks Lydia!). I’m going to give the two away separately so we’ll have two winners- one winner getting Knit the Season and the other getting Knit Two. What do you need to do to enter:

  • For 1 entry leave me a comment with a way to contact you. Let me know if you’d like to only enter for only 1 of these books in case you’ve read the other but you are welcome to enter for both.
  • For 2 entries follow my blog. If you do, thanks, and let me know so you can get an extra entry.
  • For 3 entries, blog or tweet this giveaway to spread the word.

This giveaway is open to US & Canadian residents only (no PO boxes) and I’ll be drawing for the winners on Saturday, October 31, 2009. Good luck everyone!

I’ve mentioned this before I think but check out Kate Jacob’s Fan Club page on Facebook.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Wow, a super giveaway, please count me in for this exciting giveaway.
    I follow by google reader.

    mrjrroy96 at gmail dot com

  4. Hi Dar, I loved Friday Night Knitting Club and I've read Knit Two but would love to win Knit the Season.

    You just know I'm a follower.

    florida982002[at]yahoo.com

  8. I haven't read either of these so would love to be entered for both!

    Thanks so much!

    I follow you.

    melacan at hotmail dto com

  12. I love to read, I love to knit, I love books about friendships. Please enter me for both of these titles.

    I follow through Google Reader.

    Thanks.lcbrower40(at)gmail(dot)com

  13. Great giveaway. I'd love to be entered for both books. Thanks.

    I have your blog in my Google reader.

    mparke[at]mts[dot]net

    (I deleted my previous comment because I entered my email address incorrectly.)

  14. These both look great, I would love to be entered for both book!
    Thanks for the chance to win!
    JHolden955(at)gmail(dot)com

  16. Hi Dar, please enter me for Kate's latest…Knit The Season. You know I loved the other 2.

    Vicki (PT)

  17. I don't know why I have read any of Kate's books yet as they sound wonderful. Would love to read them then share with my sister who is a most avid knitter. Please enter me for both books.

    I am also a follower.

    heatherdpear at hotmail dot com

  18. Hi Dar – It's PT Marie… your blog challenged friend. Why did it take me this long to figure out how to leave a comment on your blog? Seriously… you need to have giveaway for Blogs for Dummies. Then if I can figure out how to enter and win it… then and only then will there be hope for me.

  19. Darlene, thanks for holding the giveaway! I would like to be put in for only one of the books, the new one, Knit the Season! I already have the other book and I don't want to be a book piggy-LOL! My e-mail address is cmcdermitt1@carolina.rr.com.

    Also I'm a follower of your blog!

  20. I'd love to enter for both of the books, since I've yet to read either. 🙂
    rae_sunshine4(at)yahoo.com
    I also was already a follower!

  25. I love her books. Just finished Comfort Food. I would love to read these. I am a follower also. Thanks!
    joemmamas(at)gmail(dot)com

  27. No need to enter me, my dog-loving friend. I'm dropping in to say thanks for the e-mail. I've got this posted at Win a Book for you!

  28. I would love to be entered for either. This is a series I definitely want to try.

    I subscribe through Google reader.

    carolsnotebook at yahoo dot com

  29. I would love to be entered for Knit the Season! I've read the first two books and really enjoyed them. Thanks for the great giveaway!

    I'm currently reading Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton about a town with a magical knitting shop. It's a little more on the fantasy side, but it's quite a lot of fun, especially with Halloween right around the corner.

    I added you in my Google reader for a second entry.

    Thanks!

    isaacson.holly at gmail dot com

  30. Dar, please enter my name for Knit the Season (I read Knit Two a few months ago).

    * I'm a follower

    * Blogged in my sidebar giveaways

    * meah56 at gmail dot com

    Thanks, Dar!

  32. I would love to read these! Please enter me!

    I am a follower.

    bthgordon[at]yahoo[dot]com

  35. need some winter reading I haven't read either one,,thx for contest,,
    thehighflyer3(at)hotmail(dot)com

  37. You know how much I love the FNKC books! I'd love to be entered to win KNIT THE SEASON. I am a follower.

  41. I have read both The Friday Night Knitting Club and Knit Two and loved them! I would love to read Knit the Season!

    I follow you!

    And I blogged about the contest here.

    belle2211(at)yahoo(dot)com

  42. +1= I love this series and would love to win Knit the Season! Thanks for such a great giveaway Dar!!!

    +2= I'm a devoted follower, of course!

    +3= I blogged about this on my sidebar under Other Blog Giveaways.

    redladysreadingroomATgmailDOTcom

  43. +1 I would like to be considered for both books – haven't read either one.

    +2 I follow your blog

    booklogged at gmail dot com

  45. Oh I love this series!! So excited for the new release!

    Please enter me for both books!

    I'm a follower of your blog!

    Thank you!

    Wendy
    amateur_artiste(at)yahoo(dot)com

  46. I would love to win either of the books. I've been wanting to start this series. Thanks for the giveaway.
    eswright18 at gmail dot com

  47. I haven't read either book but did love Friday Night Knitting Club. Would love to win either but especially the Christmas one. Thanks for the chance.

    kdhaney (at) gmail ((DOT)) com

  51. ((((Hello)))
    First I would like to thank you for such an awesome giveaway. I am a big fan of Kate Jacobs and her books. I'm also a fan of you and your blog. I read it often 🙂

    The funny thing is I've been crocheting for years–nothing fancy of course…ha ha. But I've always wanted to learn to knit. So yesterday, I decided to quit stalling and I went out and bought a couple of knitting needles (bamboo-good for beginners),also picked up a few books from the library (I checked out 11 just to be sure), a needle gauge and other "rookie" materials I read I might need. I'm truly stoked about this new adventure in learning to knit. I just first have to master the "casting on" technique 🙂

    I would feel very lucky enough to win both "Knit Two" and "Knit the Season". I have not read either one. This would be the best early Christmas!

    Thank you again for such a fantastic blog, great giveaways and all the information that you put on your blog. I use it and I learn! 🙂

    Have a great weekend,
    Gayla

  54. Please enter me for both – I've never read anything by this author.
    Thanks for the chance!

    geebee.reads AT gmail DOT com

  57. We read The Friday night knitting club for our library book club and really enjoyed it.
    jhoorm01(at)yahoo.com
    I am a follower.

  60. +1 bookdragonslair at gmail dot com

    I would love to win either one of these but my first choice would be Knit the Season!

    +2 I follow

    I like to crochet too but my reading companion is a cat – when the aren't sitting ON the book 😉

  62. Great giveaway!

    Please enter me for Knit the Season, I have the others in the series and would love to read this one!

    I'm a follower…

    Carey
    thetometraveller *at* yahoo (dot) com

  69. Ooh, I've only read her first book so would love either of these! Great giveaway. And I just signed up to follow your blog, too. So glad I discovered it!

  77. enter me plz! i would like to win either of these. i am a knitter 😀

    i tweeted at twitter.com/haleymathiot

    haleymathiot at yahoo dot com

  78. Please count me in for BOTH giveawayss…thanks.

    I'm a follower 🙂

    karen k
    kmkuka(at)yahoo(dot)com

  88. I would love to be entered to win for both books pretty please. I just absolutely love Christmas! Thanks so much!

    imsosweepy { at } gmail { dot } com

  92. Please enter me for Knit the Season.

    shhhimreading[at]hotmail[dot]com

    I already follow!

  96. Oh, please enter me in this great giveaway, and thanks for hosting it!

    zibilee(at)figearo(dot)net

    I am also a follower of your blog as well.

  99. I would love to read "Knit the Season" how wonderful – I've read everything else that Kate Jacobs has written. Thank you for opportunity!

    livelaughlovecj (at) gmail (dot) com

  100. I follow your blog through Google Friend Connect.

    livelaughlovecj(at) gmail (dot) com

    Entry 1

  101. I follow your blog through Google Friend Connect.

    livelaughlovecj(at) gmail (dot) com

    Entry 2

  105. I haven't read either of these books and would love to be entered. Thank you for this nice giveaway.

    chinook92(at)gmail(dot)com

  108. I can't wait to read book # 3. So please enter me to win Knitting The Season. I am loving this series.

    jmcoaber at comcast dot net

  117. Hi I haven't read either of these books and I'd like to. Please count me in. If I win when I'm done I'll pass it around to other members of my volunteer group. Cheers. polo-puppy-fluffy AT hotmail *dot* com

  122. I haven't read either of these books. It sounds like I'm miss out on a great read.
    I'd like both books.

    I follow by google reader.

    Dutchlvr1(at)aol(dot)com

  124. I'd love to enter the contest for both books. They sound so heartwarming and fun.

    + I follow

    gaby317nyc at gmail dot com

  126. I would love to win both books. I have read books by her before but not these. Thanks for the chance

    anjamie4 (at) gmail (dot) com

  128. I'm an avid knitter so both of these books sound fascinating!
    Your blog is on my favorites list.

    mtakala1 AT yahoo DOT com

  139. I would LOVE to win both of these books. They look awesome! Thanks for the chance!

    nancyecdavis AT bellsouth DOT net