A Knitter’s Riddle (3KCBWDAY5)

EDIT: Please see Saturday’s blog post for clarification and help with the puzzle. Small edits have been made to the puzle since it was first posted, to help you to solve it.

3KCBWDAY5My First is in Knit, but is not in Crochet

(I don’t do the C-thing, two sticks are the way.)

My second’s in one Quincy, but not in the other

(I cannot help being a Brooklyn Tweed lover!)

My Third fades in Autumn, but glows in the Grey,

(as Aestlight’s a shawl for all times of the day.)

The Fourth’s in a sleeper yet not in awake

(I’ll Comfort-eat Pi, but I’ll also eat cake)

To find my Fifth, put some Icing on top

We won’t find what we need at Ye Olde Tea Shoppe.

Hannelore’s the lass who is keeping My Last

I think she chilled it ‘neath the Ferns, in the grass.

 

The item you seek is both long and is lace

It comes from a knitter’s most challenging place.

 

My parts are all Projects, my whole is in Q,

If you un-Ravel the clues, then it’s easy to do.

 

What am I?

 

I would consider it very poor form and rather bad taste to suggest that this post be nominated but, you may need this link for another post elsewhere ;-) There are many fabulously creative posts out there today so click the Knit Crochet Blog Week banner to pull up a Google search, and go see some more.

If you leave a comment here please do not include the answer (don’t spoil the fun).

If you wish to enter, please use this submission form:

Entry is open to all. I entry per person. Participation for the prize closes Midnight UTC May 4th 2012. Competition will be voided if the answer is posted by anybody in the Comments section. Email entry ONLY, please – via the submission form. The Solution will be posted on May 5th.

I’ll pick a winner randomly and one day I’ll send the knitted item to you. It won’t be soon, but it will be within 365 days.

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18 Responses to “A Knitter’s Riddle (3KCBWDAY5)”

  1. Samantha April 27, 2012 at 8:19 am #

    A riddle! Very clever :) I’m really struggling to think of something that will fit within the time I have. I have loads of ideas for things that will take me forever to do.

    • Beth April 27, 2012 at 9:18 am #

      I struggled too, for the same reason. I has grand ideas, but no time. I shall keep the ideas on file for next year.

  2. Sue April 27, 2012 at 9:17 am #

    Nice one a riddle, too tired today to work it out, I’ll come back to it

    • Beth April 27, 2012 at 9:19 am #

      Oh, thanks for the prompt – I’ll need to nominate a closing date. Will edit the post

  3. Derya April 27, 2012 at 10:11 am #

    I sent in my guess. What a fab idea for Day 5! :)

  4. Liz April 27, 2012 at 10:22 am #

    Awesome! I’m going to have to come back and solve this when I’m not at work! :)

  5. Suddenexpression April 27, 2012 at 2:01 pm #

    I guess I’m not great at riddles because I have NO IDEA. But, I definitely LOVE the post. Very clever!

    • SandaySpinner April 27, 2012 at 4:21 pm #

      Thank you! You have a week to figure it out in, something may come to mind in the next few days maybe.

  6. PprmntMochaMama April 27, 2012 at 3:57 pm #

    That was so utterly cute! I’m rubbish at riddles but I had to give it a shot.

    • SandaySpinner April 27, 2012 at 4:20 pm #

      Thank you. Sadly, your answer needed to be something more specific than you gave.

  7. Kell April 28, 2012 at 1:16 am #

    What a clever riddle. I’m a little brain dead right now, and it’s way too clever for me to figure out. I’ll come back later. But great post and entry for Day 5!

  8. Liz H April 30, 2012 at 8:15 pm #

    Took me a while, but with the help of the later explaining post I think I got there.

  9. anji May 2, 2012 at 6:13 pm #

    Oh, I think I figured it out! It took me a bit to figure out how it worked, but now I hope I got it right

    • SandaySpinner May 2, 2012 at 7:14 pm #

      Thanks for having a go, Anji. Come back Saturday to see if you have the correct answer…

  10. Marie/Underground Crafter May 4, 2012 at 2:58 pm #

    I’m so bad at these things. My head hurts just thinking about it. But it is a great idea!

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