Gift-A-Long 2014: 293 Designers 3,822 Patterns on Sale and C/KALs

A rising sea raises all ships and thus in the spirit of mutuality and cooperation 293 independent crochet and knit designers from around the world  have organized
Gift-A-Long 2014.

The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 2 month crochet-along/ knit-along of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a 293 independent designers.

From Thursday, November 13th at 8:00 pm US EST through Friday, November 21, 2014 at 11:59 pm US EST,  these independent designers will each offer a 25% discount on 4 to 20  of their patterns.

Once you’ve selected your Gift-A-Long patterns, you are encouraged to join a relevant KAL/CALon Ravelry.com.  (For instance, if it is a cowl, join the cowl KAL/CAL.) KAL/CAL participants are eligible for lots of lovely prizes.

KAL/CALs will run from Thursday, November 13 at 8pm (US-EST) through the New Years Eve party, Wednesday, December 31 at midnight (US-EST), plenty of time to finish all your holiday knitting and crocheting.  The event includes games, tons of prizes, great conversation, and a lot of fun, so pull up a chair and join us!
For more details: visit.
Here's a map of the designers http://www.zeemaps.com/viewgroup=1192489&x=-95.665000&y=38.555475&z=14
This is the second year of my participation.

Here's a snap shot of 16 of the 20 patterns I am offering for sale:

Sources on the Net

Someone asked me on Etsy about knitted leaves. Sigh. If only they wanted my crocheted leaf patterns.

Since I learned to knit them online, I referred her to the site. It was a Tree Undone http://www.pokiedot.com/knit.htm the effort for Burning Man, where i found a pattern for knit leaves, that made the beautiful aspen-shaped leaves ( ignore that picture, the leaf is rounder and fuller)

Here is the N.E.pattern repurposed for a wine cozy. Ignore the cozy and see the nice leaves
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/PATTwinecozy.html

But along the way, I made a 3 hour detour on looking at knit leaves and found a fabulous site by a now departed creator. Her proud daughter shares her works and her patterns are just
what I aspire to be: clear! dagnabbit without going the long way around for an effect nor presenting blobs as lines.
http://sarahanns.com/crochetworks/brass.html

The TikkunTree Project
A community art project: growing peace stitch by stitch
(When completed, the TikkunTree will be a silent community sculpture, part of a larger exhibit on the olive tree; but its diverse hand-made foliage, doves and candles will speak eloquently of the thoughts and hopes for peace of its many contributors.)
Love this kind of effort!
http://thetikkuntree.wordpress.com/patterns/

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2370/2327578628_abaf86ca85_m.jpg
led me to Sally George
and
http://www.theanticraft.com/archive/beltane06/maidensglory.htm is so much my heart and interest: leaves and flowers--- and what a neat way to have a vein down the middle!