Cold weather sports are a wonderful source of inspiration for knitters; after all, anyone who is outside during the winter months is going to need to stay warm, and we all know that a knitted hat, scarf, or sweater is the best way to do that. The patterns in Stitch Mountain: 30 Warm Knits for Conquering the Cold, a magnificent new knitting book, were designed for some serious winter wear and tear. Each pattern in the book was specifically designed for a winter athlete, several of whom are currently competing in Sochi!
If you love winter sports, or just have to deal with cold weather, these patterns will certainly keep you nice and warm. With designs by some of the top creators in the industry, we just couldn’t keep this fantastic book to ourselves. We are giving away one copy of Stitch Mountain each day until February 28, 2014, along with a yummy yarn bouquet featuring all the materials you’ll need to make a beautiful pattern from the book. Scroll down to enter today’s giveaway!
Today’s Pattern: Double Knit Cowl
Today’s giveaway features the Double Knit Cowl, designed by Gwen Bortner from Stitch Mountain: 30 Warm Knits for Conquering the Cold by Laura Zander, published by Sixth&Spring Books, sixthandspringbooks.com. Photography by Brad Swonetz and pattern instructions copyright © 2013 by Sixth&Spring Books/Soho Publishing, LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Inspired by X Games Champion freestyle skier Maddie Bowman, this colorful cowl will keep you nice and warm all winter long.
Enter to Win Today’s Prize:
This yarn bouquet contains one ball of Rowan Kidsilk Haze # 634 Cream and one ball of Rowan Kidsilk Haze Stripe #205 Circus. You’ll find everything you need to knit the Twisted-Stitch Mitts, plus a copy of Stitch Mountain, in this exciting prize. To win, simply leave a comment that answers the question below:
Who is your favorite winter sports athlete?
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T. J. Oshie of our St. Louis Blues on the USA Olympic Hockey Team. Also ice skater Tracy Gold, the Ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, and all the other members of the of TEAM USA. GO TEAM USA!!!!!!
bode miller
My favorite Olympian is Jeremy Abbott. He had a serious fall during his routine. He got up. He finished his skate. I cheered him on to the very end. With my little ones watching, he showed great courage, enthusiasm for his sport and above all, he didn’t quit!!! Way to go Jeremy!!
I like Shani Davis.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White, they are wonderful.
Apolo Ohno
Bode Miller – from NH a few miles from where i grew up and let’s hear it for the aging athlete!
I’m a big fan of Meryl Davis and Charlie White
I don’t have one.
I like tracy gold
Love watching Shaun White!
I enjoy everything about the Winter Olympics. I love the different neck cowls or scarfs. I also enjoy checking out the knitted hats. USA has the best neck cowls or scarf fashions as well as their hats. Go USA.
Tj oshie
T J Oshie from northern Minnesota!
Tracy Gold!
Skater Tracy Davis
Dorothy Hamil
A. Kessel (U.S. woman’s hockey)
The ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
Herman Maier!
Noelle Pikus-Pace
It’s got to be Gus Kenworthy right now because of his slopestyle skill and love for the Sochi strays.
Apolo Ohno
Bodie Miller! The need for speed….
Jason Brown–I love his smile when he’s competing!
Go Skaters!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching the Japanese male figure skater, Yuzuru Hanyu
My fave is Bode Miller.
I really like Apolo Ohno, even though he’s commentating instead of participating this year.
Bodie Miller and Ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White
I really like Julia Mancuso
Apolo Ohno rocks the ice! I love this cowl! kidsilk haze is soooo amazing and cloud like.
Simon Shnapir and Marissa Castelli
T.J. Oshie! Mens’ hockey! USA!
My favorite is not an Olympian, but a friend named Tony, who goes running with his dogs through Cleveland’s metroparks even in the dead of winter!
All the bobsledders!
John Carlson
I love all the local Tahoe Olympians but also love Davis and White!
Charlie and Merle
Tracy Gold
Bode Miller!
Tracy Gold
I’m still stuck on Dorothy Hamill.
Bode Miller
There are so many worthy athletes, both current and former. If I had to pick one, I’d pick Katie Uhlaender.
Peggy Fleming, from one of my first winter olympics
Meryl Davis and Charlie White
Charlie White Love kidsilk haze yarn
TJ Oshie!
This year I am really liking Jason Brown. It seems to me that he always has a smile on his face. He has such a positive attitude and seems to loving and appreciating his Olympics experience.
As a girl in the 90s I loved watching figure skating , so even though she’s retired I still have a soft spot for Michelle Kwan!
Lindsey Jacobellis
Jonathan Quick, Ryan Miller.
Shaun White! His name means Winter Games! He set the mark.
I love Jason Brown’s exuberance. He still quite young and doesn’t have all the big jumps so he’s had to really concentrate on his skating. It is a wonderful change from those routines that are jump-heavy to the detriment of the actual skating.
Dr Sammy Lee will always be my favorite USA Olympic athlete. He was the first Korean American to win an Olympic gold medal for the US and the first man to win back to back gold medals in Olympic platform diving
I don’t have TV so don’t have a fav.
But I do love yarn
Skier Bode Miller – not a young athlete but one who is still conditioned and skiing for the cause; was bravely emotional at end of his race which he dedicated to brother that died this last year.
Justine and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe
Canadian, eh!
Apolo Ohno
Hannah Kearney
Gotta go with Jeremy Abbott, what a comeback!
Shaun White – even more so after hearing the class act he was after coming in fourth place at the Olympics.
Evengie Plushinko…
Ever or now? If ever the. Brian Boitano. If now then Meryl Davis & Charlie White. Then again, there’s Evgeni Plushenko; even though he’s Russian, he’s an amazing skater AND athlete! So it’s a toss up between him and Boitano!
My favorite winter athlet is Bodie Miller. His emotional bronze medal win was great!
Sean white. So sad he didn’t medal. I am loving watching the games every night. Lots of awesome back stories and lolo jones is bobsledding!
I’m a Tracey Gold fan but admire all Olympians for their hard work and dedication. Takes a lot to stick to something long term and risk losing it all in the blink of an eye.
My favorites are Meryl Davis and Charlie White– it might sound a little trite, but I think they are INSANELY talented and I never get tired of watching them. And call be crazy, but the Canadian women’s Curling team is also pretty darn amazing… 🙂
Bode Miller. He’s like the energizer bunny.
My favorite winter sports Olympian is T.J. Oshie because he is so humble.
Troy Aikman!
Scott Hamilton! One of the best.
I don’t have one they all deserve to be there so I am rooting for them all… well then i guess they all are 🙂 !
This year, I really like watching figure skater Jason Brown ~ such a great attitude, and I love his river dance segment.
My favorite winter Olympian is Bode Miller AND Shawn White. Both young men are outstanding athletes in their fields and class acts. Shawn an excellent business man. And Bode someone who sticks by his strong sense of family. Both showed real class even when they did not place.
I would have to say Scott Hamilton. He always seems to have such a positive outlook!
Gotta be Bode! What a class act!
Tracy Gold & Bodie Miller!
Lindsey Vonn. Amazing skier!!
I enjoyed Katie Hansen. She is a great dancer!
dont have one as I dont have time to watch and knit LOL
Scott Hamilton.
Scott Hamilton!!!! Of course, he’s retired now, but still my favorite. <3
I have so many favourites, but right now I would have to say Jesse Lumsden. He is a local athlete, was a great football player and an even better bobsledder!!!!
Apollo Ohno because he can dance, too.
Apolo Ohno. Also, all of the figure skaters and ice dancers. Love to watch skating!
If I have to pick one athlete, it would be Hayley Wickenheiser, She has been playing for the Canadian Women’s Hockey Team for a very long time. A very gifted athlete.
Bode Miller—shows so much class.
Scottie Hamilton
Sasha Cohen
Brian Boitano. OK, it’s been a long time since I’ve watched winter sports. 🙂
I admire all the ice skaters. Combining strength and grace, and they make it look effortless.
Bode Miller – He’s changed so much over the years and I love seeing a man show his emotions. I cried with him.
Scott Hamilton!!
Bode Miller – amazing athlete!!
Toss up between Tracy Gold & Apollo Ohno
I like Gracie Gold and Meryl and Charlie. They are all amazing skaters!
I would love to win.
Too hard to pick. I just love watching all the Olympic sports.
Tracy Davis.
Wow! So many great athletes who are also wonderful role models, but I’m going to chose Bode Miller. I love Shaun White also.
I am an Olympic junky! I love the skill and dedication demonstrated by each athlete. LOVE the figure skaters, particularly Davis and White – but I’m also very fond of the cross country skiers and the biathletes!
I like all the athletes but I love their parents and coaches and others who sacrifice time and money to get our athletes to the podium! Those people are the real hero’s! I’m a Canadian and I watch and cheer as many US athletes as I do Canadian athletes! Who can’t help but go cheer on the Jamacian BobSled team!!
Canadian women’s hockey team
Usually at this point in the winter I’m done knitting, but with three snowstorms last week and another one tomorrow….well, I’m froze and running out of yarn.
Gracie Gold
Chris Fogt – USA bobsled team. He’s a good kid and he has really worked hard to be where he’s at today.
I really don’t have one favorite. It is fun to watch all of them from all over the world….each has their own style!
Bode Miller all the way.
sad, I do not watch any sports but this does not deter me from knitting and crocheting winter apparel.
Bodie Miller is so inspiring!
All of them!
What a pretty cowl. Would be a lot of gun to make
Fun to make. Dumb auto correct
I watch for the athletes who cannot win, but compete to honor their countries and the games.
I don’t have a favorite, they should be commended for their hard work!
Jason Brown gives the crowd what they are looking for during his ice skating performances.. He is phenomenal!!
Michele Kwan, the ice skater is my favorite.
Oh oh-I do not have one.
Cross Country Skier – Jessie Diggins
Bode Miller
would love to learn to double knit. Cool looking double knit cowl.
I have so many, but if I had to choose just one I’d pick Marian Hossa from the Chicago Blackhawks. He is a fantastic and, moreover, consistent hockey player. Go Blackhawks and Team USA!
My favorite winter athletes are the pets and kids who play in the snow
Davis and White
i dont have one..i am from holland,i will react on daily giveaways
becouse i love the patterns.
love the cowl.Looks like a fun knit
Bode all the way!!!
Apolo Ohno!
Scott Hamilton – saw him perform at Sea World and have never forgotten back flips!!
I loved watching Noelle Pikus-Pace after her run when she realized that she had medaled. She couldn’t climb in to the stands fast enough to hug her husband and children.
Bode Miller!!
My favorite is Patrick Kane from our Chicago Blackhawks Davis & White are also a favorite as well as TJ Oshie and Shani Davis. Hats off to ALL our Olympians for their commitment and dedication I am so proud of all of them
Michelle Kwan. It’s been a while since I’ve been able to watch winter sports!
Sage and Jamie Gold Medalists Snowboarders and Homeschoolers! We homeschoolers stick together! ( Oh and a shout out to the Finnish Knitting Team …woo hoo) I will be finishing my JBW KAL Shawl soon.. I will need new yarn. Winning would make me feel Olympian!
Your bouquets are so pretty!
Eric Heiden and Apollo – always loved speed skaters!
Gracie Gold
I love watching Meryl Davis and Charlie White!!
I don’t have one.
My favourite winter sports Olympic athletes were Shalynn Bourne and Victor Kratz who used to be Canada’s top ice dancers. They were amazing to watch. 🙂
Bode Miller – and his wife.
They are all youngsters who have worked very hard. So, no absolute favourites. Wish them all the very best of their experiences this year.
TJ Oshie, he is from my alamatter and I had the opportunity to watch him play college hockey at UND before he graduated. Not to mention he is now on my favorite NHL team.
Michael Phelps! Oh…..wait……the ice would be frozen……can’t be a winter sport…….um………
Figure skater Carolina Kostner is my favorite today.
Present Oshie past Fleming
Bode Miller and Shawn White
I gotta go with my fellow Minnesotan Lindsey Vonn
Apolo Ohno
Bodies Miller; he got class.
Jessyka Jensen from my little hometown Rigby, Idaho! I also like Noelle Pinkus Pace. She takes her family with her.
Bode Miller. What style, what grace. He shows his emotions, as well as he shows his ability. I hope he will come back one more time, I know he is that good!!.
Shawn White
Current — Shawn White; Vintage —- Oxsana Baiul
Bode Miller for his dedication to his sport of skiing, where these beautiful yarns can be applied to all the hats, gloves and scarves we all need when enjoying skiing!!
My favorite Olympian is T.J. Oschie who did an awesome job and was very humble about it in his interview. Thanks for a chance to win this.
Oshie…he’s cute too!
I’m kind of rooting for all of them…
I remember liking Dorothy Hamilton when I was little.
How can a person just pick one, when they are all so great!
Ice dancing couple Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
T. J. Oshie
Jeremy Abbot
My fav winter athlete is Hayley Wickenheiser on the Canadian Women’s Olympic Hockey Team.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White!
Gracie Gold
Meryl David and Charlie White!
Shaun White is my favorite!
My all time favorite is Dorothy Hammil!!! Shows my age LOL
Shaun White is still my favorite. He makes it look fun and easy.
TEAM USA for sure. Admire every one of them!
Jason Brown is so great to watch! His smile makes all those difficult dangerous moves look fun!
Noelle Pikus-Pace!
Shaun White is one of the funnest!
I love love love to watch any of the snowboarding competitions! I also was really impressed with the ice skater Julia Lipnitskaia. ALL the althetes are so dedicated and talented and deserve to be commended.
Louie Vito, snowboarder. Sadly he didn’t make the Olympics this year but I have high hopes for the next one.
Hmm … Fave winter sport Athelete … I would say, right now, the entire Canadian Olympic Team! Go Canada!
I would love to win this yarn and beautiful book.
I haven’t followed winter sports in a long time. That’s what comes of not having television. I can’t help but be proud of Michael Martinez, the only Filipino to ever compete in the Winter Olympics.
I actually don’t know of any! I know, I’m so out of touch, but I’m not a sports fan and I don’t have t.v. If I did have it, though, I might watch the Olympics. I AM a big knitting fan though! And would love this book!
My fav is Hayley Wickenheimer of the Olympic Canadian Women’s Hockey team!
TJ Oshie
I don’t have a favorite…I enjoy watching all of the athletes compete. My favorite events are I’ve skating and cross country skiing.
Jason Brown. Wonderful smile and he makes everything look so easy!
I love ice skating. All of team USA.
Can’t pick only one—Just watched Meryl Davis & Charlie White capture ice dancing Gold!
TJ Oshie’s shoot-out goals earned a headline in the St Louis Post Dispatch–“T J Sochi” ♥
Love Gracie Gold & hope she aces her next performance.
local hockey team
Meryl Davis and Charlie White!!!
Picaboo Street
I love the female snowboarders from everywhere. Lindsey Jacobellis seems pretty cool!
Hayley Wickenheiser
Shaun White
Shaun White (and Lindsey Jacobellis) !!
MN native TJ Oshie for an exciting win. But then there is one athlete in every sport to watch, Davis and White, Noelle Pikus-Pace, Gus Kenworthy. Then there are the ones I grew up with, Peggy Fleming, Brian Boitano, Dorothy Hamil, Mary Lou Retton. It’s impossible to pick just one!
Who is your favorite winter sports athlete? Phil Michelson
Gus Kenworthy!
I don’t have one.
Bodie Miller
Kelly Clark!
Being Canadian I would say I’m parcel to the women’s and men’s hockey teams. Also enjoying the curling both men and women’s.
All the Kansas basketball teams,especially KU, WSU and K-State. You all rock!
I like Jessica Schultz. We love watching curling.
My favorites are Meryl Davis and Charlie White in the figure-skating competition.
Kelly Clark
Shaun White, plus that skier named Gus something who saved all those puppies and is trying to get them sent to the US, he has a special place in my heart.
I like Shaun White even though he hasn’t had a great Olympics.
Bode Miller and the Jamaican Bobsled team…just for tenacity!
Jesus Christ because He ran the race and paid the price for me.
Enjoying watching all the wonderful Olympians… they are all winners!
Shaun White is a fave. Sigh. Not a good Olympics for him.
I really like Meryl Davis and Charlie White!
Bodie Miller, he stayed the course and grew.
Meryl White & Charlie Davis—ice skating pair!
Meryl Davis and Charlie White – superb ice dancers!
Bode Miller and Julia Mancuso!
Alex Carpenter
Meryl Davis & Charlie White
Julia Mancuso and Shaun White. But really I love watching them all!
I deeply admire Tessa Virtue. She is so classy and always smiling and has excelled in the sport she loves in spite of injuries and several painful surgeries. I wish her well in her future as she retires from ice dancing.
I haven’t watched much of the Olympics this year but I would vote for any of the Team USA athletes.. They Represent the United States Well… I do love Bobsledding and Curling…
Haven’t had much time to watch because I’m raising my grand babies and teaching my 3 year old granddaughter to knit . I have made lots of hats scarves and mittens this winter
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. Canadian Figure skaters!!
T J “–the real heroes wear Camo!”
I say Bravo!!! to all the winners and the ones who didn’t just because.
Junio Gilmore. Not only a great athlete but a champion sportsman!
Too many to name
My favorite athlete is Bodie Miller.
Shaun White.
The womans U.S. Hockey team for making it as far as they have and hope they get the gold
Meryl Davis and Charlie White, they are so sincere, just lovely people and wonderfully talented!
Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
SCOTT HAMILTON AS HE IS TRUE TO HIS SPORT CHOICE .ATRUE AMERICAN AND OLYMPIAN AND A TRUE HERO.
Scott Hamilton
Meryl Davis and Charlie White danced/skated so beautifully last night to My Fair Lady songs. They looked so comfortable out there. I’m hoping to win this contest because I’d like to learn more about Double knitting. I’ve done it, but I felt clumsy. I’m hoping to learn a better technique. Thanks for the opportunity!
Bode Miller!!
I like Peggy Flemming…..I saw her in Boston skating once long ago at an ice show.
I love Johnny Weir. He is not afraid to be unique and daring with his fashion designs.
I want to learn to knit. I crochet already but need some more choices in my crafting.
I love watching Olympic Skiing and have been routing for the US Ski team.
Love it!
U.S. Hockey team!
Meryl Davis and Charlie White – I love their story and they skate beautifully!
The Jamaican Bobsledding team!
I am hoping that all the U.S. Olympians win. They all have worked so very hard to get there and now they can let loose and really shine.
Apolo Ohno
Cute and talented!
I wasn’t ever much of a skeleton fan but after seeing the story about Noelle Pikus-Pace this past week, she is one of my new favorite Olympians. She has such a great attitude and is an inspiration to keep going after your dreams but keep your priorities straight. She’s the true spirit of the Olympics!
Scotty Hamilton who is a class act.
shaun white
The US Men’s and Women’s Hockey Teams
Bodies Miller
Ice dance team Davis and White!
I am going to have to say Antti Koskinen, the Finnish men’s snowboarding slopestyle coach caught on tv knitting at the top of the hill!
I love winter olympics! shaun white snowboard, oshie hockey, miller skiing,Meryl Davis and Charlie White skating…and on and on…
My Favorite Sports athlete Is Nancy Carrington. I Know She No Longer competes, When She Did I Would Sit in Front Of The Television And Think She Was A Princess. She Was So Beautiful And Talented. I Miss Athletes Like Her, Who Put All heart Into What They Do.
I would love to win this!
Shaun White and the Finnish team are up on my list
All the athletes who even attempted to make it to the Winter Games, and those who are competing and making dreams come true. Congrats to the winning USA Ice Dancing Team!
I love the Russian pairs
Shaun White, a/k/a The Flying Tomato. Love the pattern and the yarn,. Thanks!
With all the excitement over our USA hockey team, I am reminded of Canadian Wayne Gretsky, an awesome skate!
My favorite winter sport athlete is skater Apollo Ohno.
Meryl Davis and Charlie White
sorry I dont have one.
Bode Miller
I don’t have a favorite.
Meryl Davis & Charlie White!
Ice dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White
Noelle Pikus-Pace
TJ Oshie!!
Jeremy Abbot 🙂
It may sound strange, but I love watching snowboarding and Kelly Clark. 😀
Since I’m a Blues fan it has to be TJ Oshie!!
Hands down—Bodie Miller. He’s become a class act over the years and he’s married to one too.
All the athletes are so good it’s hard to pick just one for a favorite, but I must say that my favorite winter sports athlete is my niece Jackie. She plays hockey on her school team as well as skis and skates every chance she gets. She is hoping to take it further when she gets out of high school.
Bode Miller
I really don’t have one.
I like Bode Miller, especially after being treated so rudely by a reporter after losing out on the gold medal.
BODE MILLER forever! [and Jimmy Beans Wool :)]
Currently, anyone who is on the US Olympic Curling team is my favorite.
I loved watching Jason Brown skate and he is from my home state- Illinois.
USA
I admire all of the athletes onTeam USA
I do not have a favorite just support and cheer for them all!
Our American Olympians are all my favorites – – they have worked so long and have sacrificed so much in their lives to represent us. Each and every one, medal winners or not, deserve our love and admiration as they wear the red, white and blue! 🙂
Meryl Davis and Charlie White are my absolute favorite!
Our favorite is TJ Oshie, determination at it’s best!
How can you choose one? They all work so hard.
I really enjoy watching Meryl Davis, theirs just something about her that’s so captivating!!
All of the winter Olympians!
Right now it’s Meryl Davis and Charlie White. I really like them all though!
My favorite Winter sports athlete is Bode Miller. I’m stoked he won a bronze medal yesterday, although it was very emotional for him.
I really like to cheer for the Jamaican Bobsled Team. They have trained in Evanston, Wyoming since before the Salt Lake City Games. (I lived in Wyoming for 28 years…) They may never win a medal, but they are dedicated to their sport, give back to their adopted community and embody the true Olympic Spirit.
Are you actually saying I have to have just one? There are too many great athletes at this years winter Olympics to just name one.
Evgeny Plyushchenko, legendary figure skater retiring during this Olympics – numerous back surgeries have taken their toll. Yet he will be remembered for competing in 4 Olympics – he is a champion.
My favorite is Bode Miller. He is so open and straightforward. And kinda cute, too.
Shaun White, USA!
Bode Miller,he the oldest Alpine medalist in Olympic history
Hes remarkable!!
don’t really have one routing for any of canada’s athletes
Davis and White in ice dancing. Just saw them win the gold medal. First Americans ever to win the gold!
I love them all but I always cheer for Shaun White since he is from my area. Love this cowl, one of my favoirte in the book!
I don’t follow sports, but I just love Picabo Street’s name!
Shaun White
That adorable young guy skater, I can’t remember his name but will never forget his big smile. Its his first time at the Olympics from US. Rocks his pony tail!
T. J. Oshie – he is a patriotic class act!
Tracy Gold
Gotta love Jason Brown!
Our local hockey team Tri-City Americans!
Charlotte Kalla
I enjoy Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
I love the skiing, especially the snowboard events. I was thrilled with Body’s win and saddened by his emotions.
Love the cowl, I’m just beginning to learn double knitting. It is so fun.
For me, it’s got to be the Jamaica Bobsleigh team. They may have come last in the competition, but they won everyone’s heart! They probably won’t need their wooly accessories when they go back home, though!
I love to watch MerylDavis and Charlie White!
Steve Holcolb
Bode Miller!
Mine would be ice skating Dorthy H.
TJ Oshie!
Patrick Chan by far!
I really don’t have “one” favorite sports figure. I feel that they are all GREAT athletes or they would not be at the Olympics.
OH!! I mean as long as they are from the USA !!! 🙂
My dog
My favorite athlete is Jeff Stoughton. I wish he would have been able to go to the olympics
Bodie Miller
Yikes! I’m not much of a sport follower, but I’d have to say that Kim- Yu-Na is very talented.