Stitch New York Giveaway

Update: Thank you for all the great comments about your favorite NYC icons! The randomly-selected winner has been chosen!

I have some big-city knitting cuteness to share today! Lauren O’Farrell, my fellow designer of strange knitted things, has a new book of patterns out! And it’s set in my favorite city…

A follow-up to Lauren’s 2011 book Stitch London, the new Stitch New York features adorably kooky versions of icons from the Big Apple for you to knit. Like that precious Woody Allen!

And taxis!

I actually had an unexpected role in this book, when Lauren showed up at my Brooklyn apartment and asked me to model some unusual garments on my stoop…

Don’t worry—I have no ambitions of quitting my day job.

The adorable creature with me is Bandit, my sister-in-law Jenna’s dog who was a perfect model for a number of dog costumes (because New Yorkers dress up their dogs for all occasions).

How cute is he!?! It’s bittersweet to see this silly face, because Bandit sadly passed away on January 1st this year, about five months after these photos were taken. He is sorely missed! But it makes me happy that he could be immortalized in hilarious costumes.

Lauren’s publisher David & Charles was nice enough to send me a copy of Stitch New York to give away, so one of you will get a copy! (And I’m sure the rest of you will buy it!) Just leave a comment on this post telling us about your favorite NYC icon. Please leave only one comment per person, and I’ll randomly pick a winner on Friday!

And if you haven’t read it, check out the interview I did with Lauren a couple years back. She’s fascinating!

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Comments (128)

#1 written by Michelle Radics
about 3 months ago

My favorite NYC icon is the Yellow Cab! Of course the old Checker Cab is the best… :)
#2 written by Patti B
about 3 months ago

I loved walking around busy busy Times Square on my one trip down to the city. A little bit crazy, but very fun people watching.
#3 written by Nataline
about 3 months ago

The New York Public Library. Absolutely breathtaking.
#4 written by jen
about 3 months ago

stoops, really. And people who know what they are.
#5 written by Amanda
about 3 months ago

stoops rool. I mean, rule. Love the King Kong!
#6 written by Zoe Cauvel
about 3 months ago

Such whimsical designs, love it!
#7 written by Amanda
about 3 months ago

Oh my gosh! I love them all!!! What a great capture of New York ;)
#8 written by Gabriella M
about 3 months ago

My favorite place and more recent icon of New York is the Highline. Such an incredibly beautiful, unique and inspiring place.
#9 written by Meggi Kennedy
about 3 months ago

Fun ideas with these patterns are rolling around in my head.
#10 written by Jen P
about 3 months ago

I moved to Brooklyn from Chicago this summer. My favorite icon is the Statue of Liberty. I get such a thrill seeing her from the G train; it’s a reminder that I’m now a New Yorker.
#11 written by Luisa Borja
about 3 months ago

In love <3
#12 written by Ina
about 3 months ago

The little lady liberty and the yellow cab are my favorite. My son likes all the items and he wants them all.
#13 written by Sara
about 3 months ago

The Statue of Liberty!!!! My favorite, but I love them all!
#14 written by Rosie
about 3 months ago

I LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s so cute, is that a crocodile? :-)
#15 written by Sylvia
about 3 months ago

Adorable!
#16 written by Shari
about 3 months ago

Cute! I knitted the pigeon from Knit London. Hope I win!
#17 written by victoria barton
about 3 months ago

I love the statue of liberty
#18 written by Ellen M
about 3 months ago

Grand Central Station. I commute and every time I walk through it, I always admire the incredible beauty of the building.
Thanks for the giveaway! Would love to knit some New Yawky stuff!
#19 written by Alexis
about 3 months ago

auuugh! i want to knit my city!
#20 written by Aimee
about 3 months ago

Oh man, I’m dying to knit a Statue of Liberty.
#21 written by Val
about 3 months ago

So exciting! I live the London book!
#22 written by Michelle
about 3 months ago

I’ve never been to New York City! But this book looks super cute! The taxi cab is super cute.
#23 written by Suzanne
about 3 months ago

Awesome patterns :-)
#24 written by Marykate
about 3 months ago

I love coney island. It’s still the only place where I got to step in salt water.
#25 written by Megan
about 3 months ago

Looks awesome. ..love king kong
#26 written by Rabbit
about 3 months ago

They are so utterly cute and adorable! Definitely getting that book in the future!
#27 written by Analiese
about 3 months ago

I love the Flatiron Building -Just saw it yesterday-Your book looks fabulous!
#28 written by Stephanie
about 3 months ago

NYC Taxi has my vote!
#29 written by Glenys
about 3 months ago

I would like to see Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum just cause of the architecture. :p
#30 written by Karen
about 3 months ago

Rockefeller center!! :)
#31 written by Jen Musatto
about 3 months ago

My favorite icon are the mimes in central park
#32 written by sarah coad
about 3 months ago

I loved the London book especially the pigeon knitting pattern. As an British person everything is amazing about new York. I love the statue of liberty
#33 written by C. Lo
about 3 months ago

That bulldog is filled with cuteness. My favorite NY icon would be Times Square. I want to see it in person some day!
#34 written by Quynh
about 3 months ago

Does the MOMA count? I can only hope to go there sometime soon.
#35 written by Jules
about 3 months ago

I love the alligators in the sewer myth about NYC. You know you’ve all heard it and wondered….hah!
#36 written by Sheila
about 3 months ago

I’ve been fascinated with art deco lately, so my current fave is the Empire State building.
#37 written by Carmen
about 3 months ago

Ack! I love the crocodile. The cab would be fun to knit too
#38 written by Myha
about 3 months ago

Omg Bandit was so adorable in that costume! Are those patterns in the book? I may just have to run out and get a copy myself!
#39 written by Ellie
about 3 months ago

My favourite NY landmark is the Chrysler Building. These projects look adorable!
#40 written by mesha
about 3 months ago

I love Times Square. But I feel a deep need to knit that King Kong. Maybe a sky scraper and some tiny air planes to go with it.
#41 written by Wendy
about 3 months ago

never had the chance to go and find out :( so probably the yellow taxis – so iconic!
#42 written by Jools Morgan-Jones
about 3 months ago

Oh I love King Kong – the expression on the tiny lady’s face is amazing, and Kong is just so cute! x
#43 written by Kayla
about 3 months ago

I love the sense of adventure that big cities bring, along with the historical backgrounds they provide.
#44 written by Beth
about 3 months ago

My favorite would be the globe that was originally part of the 1964 World’s Fair.

Or any hot dog or pretzel cart.
#45 written by mari
about 3 months ago

What a cute book! I love the photography!
#46 written by Lauren
about 3 months ago

I love going to the Highline Ballroom for concerts. They have a great dinner/snack menu if you can score a seat at one of the tables!
#47 written by Debbie H
about 3 months ago

Never been there, but I love the Statue of Liberty. thanks
#48 written by miranda
about 3 months ago

I would love to knit a yellow new.york.taxi
#49 written by KatRDH
about 3 months ago

The Empire State Building. It is a beautiful building and you can always use it as a landmark if you get lost!
#50 written by Erin
about 3 months ago

the beautiful stoop’s and the gorgeous old buildings. I’ve never been there, but would love to go one day!
#51 written by Faith
about 3 months ago

The Roosevelt Island tram!
#52 written by Deb
about 3 months ago

My favorite spot in NYC is the MOMA Sculpture Garden…but you gotta love those NYC taxis!!!
#53 written by Sally
about 3 months ago

Central Perk! I still watch ‘Friends’ repeats when they are on tv.
#54 written by Caroline
about 3 months ago

The charging bull on Wall Street, love the story of how he appeared one day. . .
#55 written by Sarah
about 3 months ago

It’s not exactly a NYC icon, but I absolutely love the Carroll Street bridge in Brooklyn, so charming!
#56 written by Kate
about 3 months ago

So much great stuff. Oh where to start?
#57 written by Jenny
about 3 months ago

I love the view from the Empire State Building at night – so pretty. Can’t wait to visit it again this June, would be amazing to whip up one of these cute patterns on the flight over! x
#58 written by Cathy
about 3 months ago

My favorite NYC icon is Yankee Stadium! Or the bat outside the stadium…
#59 written by Kerry
about 3 months ago

For me it has to be the 9/11 memorial <3
#60 written by Michelle
about 3 months ago

The statue of liberty because in Ghostbusters they controlled it with a nes arcade stick :D
#61 written by Emily
about 3 months ago

There are so many amazing places to visit in NYC. Central Park is one place I could go every time! What a cute book, I can’t wait to knit up some Taxis!
#62 written by Emily
about 3 months ago

Ahhhh Central Park! My favorite NYC landmark. What a great book!
#63 written by pistachios
about 3 months ago

metropolitan museum!
#64 written by Amy
about 3 months ago

My favorite New York City icon is Rockefeller center because it’s just so pretty there and great for people watching! The designs in this book look adorable!
#65 written by Brooke
about 3 months ago

Central Park!!
#66 written by Koko
about 3 months ago

My favorite NYC icon? That’s gotta be a hard one. The two I like are the famous yellow taxis and Lady Liberty, of course! If I had to pick, though, then I would pick Lady Liberty. The Whovians DO say that she’s a Weeping Angel, though… *shiver*
#67 written by Lorna DeSantis
about 3 months ago

Grand Central terminal is my favorite NYC icon
#68 written by Rebecca Leung
about 3 months ago

It has to be 30 Rockefeller Plaza! My favorite tv shows are filmed here :D
#69 written by Terry Schwartz
about 3 months ago

Love NY. Lots of family live there. Gotta go with King Kong and his lady friend :)
#70 written by Seanna Lea
about 3 months ago

I love Central Park, though mostly the times I’ve been to NY I like walking down 5th Avenue at all times of day doing some serious people watching.
#71 written by sophi
about 3 months ago

My favorite NYC icon is the amazing small off off broadway theatres. And these small small New York Knits!
#72 written by Tish
about 3 months ago

Lady Liberty. This book is definitely on my list. I live in CO now but lived at West Point, NY for 13yrs. My 2 youngest girls were born in NY and are die hard Rangers and Yankees fans (my husband roots for the BoSox and the Bruins- makes for some fun insults during baseball and hockey seasons), and love NY memorabilia. This Christmas I got my daughter Mary a build your own NYC paper book and she spent her college winter break happily cutting out and assembling such NYC icons as a taxi, hot dog cart and horse-drawn carriage as well as various well known buildings (Flatiron, Rock Ctr) with an exacto knife, sharp scissors, a toothpick and glue. She knits too.
#73 written by Jess
about 3 months ago

Got to be the Empire State Building for me!
#74 written by Mistyhw
about 3 months ago

New York icon???
i guess the underground pipes…..just like in the movies where they walk along a tunnel of water to hide.
It’s where the real NYC icons are ‘NYC DEPARTMENT OF WATER’
#75 written by Sophia
about 3 months ago

The Metropolitan Museum of Art! So many cool things!!!!! :D
#76 written by Megan B.
about 3 months ago

statue of liberty
#77 written by radioactivegan
about 3 months ago

I love the knitted king kong! He looks super cute, but I’d have to knit a nice, tall building for him to climb.
#78 written by Keelie
about 3 months ago

I LOVVEEE the King Kong and the guy with the glasses!!! SO SUPER ADORABLE
#79 written by Stephanie H.
about 3 months ago

The Met! Oh those stairs! The art!
#80 written by Ellie
about 3 months ago

statue of liberty!!! :)
#81 written by Maryanne
about 3 months ago

My favorite NYC icon is the Chrysler Building. Just got back from a trip to NYC and it was lots of fun!
#82 written by Barbara
about 3 months ago

The Statue of Liberty.
#83 written by Renee
about 3 months ago

My favourite would have to be Woody Allen! I can see myself knitting a bunch as gifts, too.
#84 written by Dad
about 3 months ago

Since I cannot enter contests anyway, I just want to say the New York City is the only city I’ve been to that is as large as it is in my imagination.
#85 written by Mari N.
about 3 months ago

Hmm. . .I think I have too many favorites. I remember loving to walk around during holiday season to see all the awesome window displays with my family when I was a kid. Seeing a play on Broadway was a super-big deal, too. Maybe I’ll go with the taxis, though. I loved them enough to paint a pair of sneakers to look like checkered cabs when I was in high school.
#86 written by KateMet
about 3 months ago

I love visiting my sister-in-law in the city. The whole island is an icon. But I’m looking forward to knitting that cockroach. That’s too funny, and I know that my sister-in-law is going to enjoy receiving gifts from this book.
#87 written by Odeth vazquez
about 3 months ago

Moma for sure
#88 written by Kathy
about 3 months ago

My favorite New York icon has always been the Chrysler Building. And also Central Park, but it would be hard to knit a Central Park.
#89 written by Beth Rudo
about 3 months ago

The Empire State Building is my favorite icon of New York.
#90 written by Michelle
about 3 months ago

I love the theatres in Times Square.
#91 written by bloepper
about 3 months ago

gaaa! too cute. i need to import some knitted NYC glamour (i see you, miss golighlty) to this small German town. times square is the strongest image of the city for me – it’s what really gave me the feeling that the city never sleeps. heck, it never even gets dark there.
#92 written by Nadya Marimont
about 3 months ago

The Statue of Liberty.
#93 written by Mary Elaine Henderson
about 3 months ago

I can’t wait to try them all. It will be the as close to NYC as I can get.
#94 written by Kate
about 3 months ago

I’ve never been to New York so I don’t know but I’ve always wanted to go there.
#95 written by Sarah
about 3 months ago

Right now, the Highline is my fave.
#96 written by Karla
about 3 months ago

I think my favorite New York icon is probably the Statue of Liberty.
#97 written by Irit
about 3 months ago

The Chrysler Building is an architectural masterpiece, but the best NYC icon is the street hotdogs – although I have yet to eat one! ;-)
#98 written by Joanna
about 3 months ago

The Woody Allen miniature is simply the best! There’s no bigger personality in the Big Apple besides him, and of course I had to choose him, because who wouldn’t pick a man with glasses?!
#99 written by erin
about 3 months ago

Statue of libedrty but I guess it has universal appeal… Big fan of the guggenheim as well.
#100 written by Kelly
about 2 months ago

As far as icons go, I love Central Park! And that is such a cute book :)
#101 written by Abby
about 2 months ago

I think the Empire State Building is mine! :)
#102 written by sweetbabyfrog
about 2 months ago

Central Park!
#103 written by Joy
about 2 months ago

Does Knitty City count?? Best lys as far as I’m concerned :-)
#104 written by ellie
about 2 months ago

oh my god! i was flying back from new york yesterday and my flight was delayed so i was looking in a bookshop in the terminal and saw this book! i thought i definitely had to get it because it was new york themed and i didnt think i could find it in cali. i bought the book and was sitting at lunch when i looked at your blog and saw this. i thought it was the coolest thing that you had posted about it and i got the book without even knowing!!!!
#105 written by Brin
about 2 months ago

This I so CUTE! I love the little lady! I have never been to NYC but I would love to have a little knitted pice of it!!
#106 written by venessa
about 2 months ago

the subway. it’s always bustling with energy.
#107 written by Tiny
about 2 months ago

I love the ubways! They’re so fun to ride on!
#108 written by Juliana
about 2 months ago

I love my beautiful Audrey Hepburn! ;)
#109 written by Hannahtheknitter
about 2 months ago

I don’t live in New York, in fact i live in england, so I had to do a little researching on places to check they are in New York. However, St Patricks cathedral is a great piece of building and such a awesome structure! Definitely St. Pat!
#110 written by Isabelle
about 2 months ago

That doggy outfit is just too cute! WANT!
#111 written by Cara
about 2 months ago

The little Statue of Liberty is fantastic!
#112 written by LaurenS
about 2 months ago

The cockroach makes me laugh! I’ve spent a lot of time in NYC rent controlled apartments :)
#113 written by molly
about 2 months ago

I always give my spare change to the alligators in the sewer. They are using it to bribe the mayor to make alligator purses illegal. So, New York knitted alligators are my favorite icon.
#114 written by stephanie.yanik_live
about 2 months ago

I don’t what would be my favorite. I’ve never gotten to NY yet to visit (hopefully someday!). I LOVE the little taxi cab soo cute!
#115 written by Heather
about 2 months ago

Never been to New York but I would love to go Tiffany and co.
#116 written by Brin
about 2 months ago

Happy Valentine heather!
#117 written by Julia
about 2 months ago

The Woody Allen is awesome! This book looks so cool!
#118 written by Angi
about 2 months ago

Haven’t been to NYC, but would love to see Central Park.
#119 written by Rikke
about 2 months ago

The statue of liberty! Or the taxis…
#120 written by Tracey
about 2 months ago

great idea for a book! i can’t wait to see it in it’s entirety.

my favorite new york icon is the subway (does that count?).
#121 written by Lisa N.
about 2 months ago

My favorite icon is the Statue of Liberty. I’ve never been to NY, but I’d love to knit a small piece of it!
#122 written by Darcy
about 2 months ago

The Empire State Building when you go up to the top it is like a melting pot of cultural languages people from all over the world come to stand at the top and take in the amazing views of New York.
I was lucky enough to go 3 years ago and I talked to a longtime resident of NewYork she told me she remembered it as a child and how you could go up for just a nickel.
The Empire State Building is one of the 7 wonders of the world and was the tallest in New York for 40 years.Darcy/knottyknitter40 Rav ID
#123 written by Rebecca
about 2 months ago

The Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center is the first thing that comes to my mind. Another knit book to add to my list!
#124 written by VocaLizard
about 2 months ago

Love the look of the new book! The Statue of Liberty is the best of the lot and the first thing I’d knit!
#125 written by mari
about 2 months ago

Statue of liberty
#126 written by Donna
about 2 months ago

I’m with the Statue of Liberty bunch
#127 written by Michigan
about 2 months ago

The Statue of Liberty
#128 written by Anna
about 2 months ago

Thank you, everyone, for entering the giveaway! I’m about to choose a winner, so I’m going to cut off the eligible comments at #127.

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