{"id":2497,"date":"2016-11-22T00:35:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=2497"},"modified":"2016-11-22T00:35:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T00:35:04","slug":"the-gift-a-long-starts-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/the-gift-a-long-starts-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gift-A-long starts Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/groups\/indie-design-gift-a-long\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2498\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yarnball-300x300.png\" alt=\"Emblem of Indie Gift-A-Long\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yarnball-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yarnball-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yarnball-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/yarnball.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I used to scrapbook a lot, I loved how I basically gave myself stickers for getting my photographs in an accessible format.<\/p>\n<p>We can all do that for each other if we knit or crochet little gifts starting tomorrow, here&#8217;s how:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/indie-design-gift-a-long\/topics\">Join the Gift-A-Long<\/a>, then <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ravelry.com\/discuss\/indie-design-gift-a-long\/3525456\/\">get %25 off participating designer&#8217;s participating patterns<\/a>, chat up the forums for fun, encouragement, games, and prizes.\u00a0 I joined the first year to market my patterns and interact with other designers, and I got a pretty set of stitch markers in the mail, because even I counted as a GAL prize person when I finished knitting my father-in-law a scarf!<\/p>\n<p>See, lots of &#8216;stickers&#8217; for doing what I knew I needed to do anyway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I used to scrapbook a lot, I loved how I basically gave myself stickers for getting my photographs in an accessible format. 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