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This Contest is now closed. All prizes have been awarded.
At the beginning of the year 2019, I took a Facebook poll to see if crocheters wanted a contest or giveaway this year. The winning poll vote was for a Crochet Large Amigurumi Contest. Some people asked if I could add some medium-sized crochet amigurumi, and I said yes.
Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest Rules
Everyone had beautiful crochet submissions and it was very difficult picking the top 7!!! I do have surprise packages that I will mail to all of the other people that entered the contest!! Just contact me via my blog: Contact email for Helenmay Crochet and give me your mailing address. You can also personal message me on Facebook: Personal message only please on Facebook. It is the contestant’s responsibility to contact me via my blog or Facebook in order to receive their prize. If I don’t hear back from any one of the contestants within 3 months then their prizes will become null and void. Thank you to everyone who participated in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 and congratulations to all of you!!!
1. This contest is only for people who have a USA or Canada mailing address. Void where prohibited. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. You must be at least 18 years of age to participate unless you have an email/letter from a parent/guardian giving permission to participate. The email/letter must include a phone number that I can call to confirm with the parent/guardian. I am not liable for anything related to this contest. I am not responsible for lost and/or damaged mail/prizes. If you participate in my contest then you agree to my guidelines/rules. Contest start date 4Feb19.
2. Helen Brady, aka Helenmay Crochet, will be picking 7 top winners on 1Sept19. If you participate in my contest, then you agree to my decision making for determining the winners. I will do my best to remain fair to the best of my ability. I will turn to my family, friends, and Facebook voters to help “a little” with my decision making, but crochet technical skill will be most important. Here is an idea of what I will be looking for in relation to the crochet technical skill: 1. Yarn choice 2. Photography/ Display of crochet work 3. How the finished crochet item appears. 4. Level of difficulty. 5. Size of the crochet item. 6. How many crochet items are completed. 7. Unique touches added to the crochet item or items. 8. If a parent/guardian allows their minor to participate in this contest, then I will consider their age as well. If I add any more items in my decision making, I will put it here: Last updated 2Sept19. Scroll down to see the winners!!
3. Eligible Crochet items for the contest:
Crochet Medium Sized German Shepherd Police Dog
Crochet Amigurumi Squirrel, Skunk, and/or, Cat
Crochet Large Mustang Horse and/or Large Unicorn
Crochet Medium-sized magical unicorn
Crochet Large Amigurumi Boxer Dog
Helenmay Crochet Precious Prayer Bear
Helenmay Crochet Magical Dragon
Crochet Adorable Large Bunny Rabbit
Crochet French Poodle Amigurumi Dog
Crochet Dalmation Amigurumi Firehouse Dog
Crochet Saint Bernard Medical Rescue Dog
Crochet Cute Cheetah Amigurumi
Crochet white and Bengal Tiger
Crochet Amigurumi Scottish Terrier Dog
BONUS ADDITIONS!!! Last updated 22Aug19
Helenmay Crochet Amigurumi Christmas Cardinal
Crochet Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Dog (written pattern only). No purchase necessary!!! This written pattern is available for free download on my blog only for a limited time (Until the end of the amigurumi contest for the year 2019). This written pattern will also still be available for purchase on Ravelry.
Helenmay Crochet Amigurumi Corgi Dog
Crochet amigurumi Jack Russell Terrier Dog
Helenmay Crochet Vintage Amigurumi Mexican Donkey
If you have already finished one of the above crochet items in the past, please re-submit the picture(s) to me so that I know you meet the guidelines/rules for the contest. I will display the contest pictures on this blog post and on Facebook. If you would like to see what I did for the Crochet Siberian Husky Dog Contest, here is the direct link: Crochet Siberian Husky Dog Contest 2018.
All people that participated in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 please contact me via my blog to receive your prizes: Helenmay Crochet Contact
4. There are 7 top prize winners:
- First Place Prize: Winner is Julie Garcia!!! Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook post and personal message. Julie Garcia requested a $200 Hobby Lobby Gift Card!! Julie contacted me via Facebook and said:
“Hi Helen today I received the gift bag from you and I love all of it.Thank you very much. I’m going to HB today when I get back, I will share picks of what I received from you as well as from Hobby Lobby. I’m so excited to go shopping. Thank you again Helen, I just can’t say it enough.”
The following is what was listed for the first place prize winnings:
Your choice of one: $200 e-gift card from Giftcards.com , Amazon e-gift card, Mary Maxim e-gift card, Etsy e-gift card, or I will mail you a $200 gift card from Joann craft store, Michaels craft store, Petco or Hobby Lobby. If you are from Canada, you have a choice of an Amazon Canada $200 e-gift card, or I can mail you a special crochet gift package of my choice valued at $200. The first-place winner will have an option of receiving a free online crochet course of their choice from JTHouse valuing $200 or less. The JTHouse first place prize choice would be instead of the previous prize choices mentioned. Only one first-place prize is awarded. I am not sponsored by JTHouse. I am not responsible for lost and/or damaged mailed items from JTHouse. I am not responsible for lost emails or online courses received by JTHouse. I am not responsible for anything related to your free JTHouse online crochet course. I am not sponsored by giftcards.com, Amazon, Mary Maxim, Etsy, Joann, Michaels, Petco, JTHouse, or Hobby Lobby. I am not responsible for lost e-cards or damaged/lost mail. I reserve the right to make changes as necessary. Void where prohibited. Last updated 02Sept19.
- Second Place Prize: Winner Marlene Morris!!! Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook post, Facebook personal message, and via email. Marlene is from Canada, and she said that she would love it if I created a $100 Hobby Lobby package to mail to her. Your choice of one: $100 e-gift card from Giftcards.com , Amazon e-gift card, Mary Maxim e-gift card, Etsy e-gift card, or I will mail you a $100 gift card from Joann craft store, Michaels craft store, Petco or Hobby Lobby. If you are from Canada, you have a choice of an Amazon Canada $100 e-gift card, or I can mail you a special crochet gift package of my choice valued at $100. I am not sponsored by giftcards.com, Amazon, Mary Maxim, Etsy, Joann, Michaels, Petco, or Hobby Lobby. I am not responsible for lost e-cards or damaged/lost mail.
Marlene said:
“Oh my goodness,Thank you so much . Wow I just dont know what to say. I am so happy.
Here are the pictures of her winnings that I posted before mailing:
What a day to shop for Marlene’s $100 prize winnings at Hobby Lobby!! I chose all of the yarn that I have used, or would love to use, from Hobby Lobby! So much fun picking yarn for Marlene!!
I have used “Ice Cream” yarn before for baby blankets, and I love it!! I chose enough yarn for a pink and a blue baby blanket with a white border for each. The white yarn that I chose for her has a sparkle to it and is absolutely gorgeous!! I have tons of crochet baby blanket patterns to choose from: Crochet Baby Blankets
Some of you may recognize the Yarn Bee Tender Touch yarn, this is the same yarn that I used for my “small” Siberian Husky Dogs: Crochet Siberian Husky Dog
this yarn would be good for crochet hats and/or scarves too!
I thought that the gorgeous blue yarn would be great for a shawl/poncho! My crochet super fine merino Butterfly Wings of Love Shawl would be perfect for this yarn!!
My favorite cotton yarn is “I Love This Cotton!” yarn. So, I had to include some in Marlene’s package. I chose the cotton yarn with sparkles!
You may recognize the “I Love This Yarn” Pinky toes colored yarn that I used for my Crochet Large Amigurumi Alpaca! I also included the fur colored yarn in “almond” and “soft pink” colors!
When I saw the Yarn Bee “Sugarwheel cotton sparkles,” I had to grab one for myself too…tee hee…I had fun crochet slipper socks in mind when I chose these yarns for Marlene!
This fun Hobby Lobby yarn package will be heading to Marlene in Canada soon!!
- Third Place Prize: Winner Leslie Passman!!! Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook post and personal message. Leslie Passman requested a $50 Hobby Lobby Gift Card! Your choice of one: $50 e-gift card from Giftcards.com , Amazon e-gift card, Mary Maxim e-gift card, Etsy e-gift card, or I will mail you a $50 gift card from Joann craft store, Michaels craft store, Petco or Hobby Lobby. If you are from Canada, you have a choice of an Amazon Canada $50 e-gift card, or I can mail you a special crochet gift package of my choice valued at $50. I am not sponsored by giftcards.com, Amazon, Mary Maxim, Etsy, Joann, Michaels, Petco, or Hobby Lobby. I am not responsible for lost e-cards or damaged/lost mail.
Leslie contacted me via my blog and said: “My package arrived today! I am so excited about everything in it! The first thing I saw was the Furls crochet hook. In honor of you sending it to me the first thing I will make with it is one of your patterns. I will use the blue safety eyes to make a siamese cat to look like my cat, Taz. My daughter suggested I make a ghost with the red eyes. 
The silver snowflakes will look good on some crocheted snowglobes I plan to make. I loved the tiny crochet bottle!! I will put it on a ribbon and hang it in my car. I will have a great time figuring out what to do with the fox buttons and the beads.
Along with the package, I got two other bonuses today. The Hobby Lobby gift card arrived and I got a notification for a $5 reward from Joann’s! So I am living high on the hog! 
Thank you so much! I appreciate your thoughtfulness in rewarding your followers and all the great effort you put into all your patterns! May God bless you!”
Bonus surprise!!! Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Place Prizes: $25 Etsy e-gift card OR Amazon e-gift card via email. (No mailed packages). You will have the option of a random surprise mailed package (as seen in the pictures below) instead of the Etsy e-gift card or Amazon e-giftcard. 🙂 The recipients that would have received a surprise gift package will receive the Etsy e-giftcard or Amazon e-gift card instead of the surprise gift package.
4th plaze prize winner is Susie Lafferty. Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook announcement and personal message. Susie Lafferty requested a $25 Amazon e-gift card!
5th place prize winner is Nicole Dickel. Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook announcement and personal message. Nicole chose the $25 Amazon e- gift card. Nicole said: “Thank you so much!! I enjoyed making all my crochet animals
of course I wouldn’t have been able to make them without your help!! You are awesome at what you do and I can’t wait to start something new
6th place prize winner is Mystic Missi. Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook announcement. Notified via email. Mystic Missi requested a $25 Amazon e-gift card!
7th place prize winner is Rose Bowles. Notified 2Sept19 via Facebook announcement. Requested a surprise package be mailed to her. Package mailed.
5. The top 7 winners for my Crochet Amigurumi Contest was announced on 2Sept19.
Everyone who participated in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 is eligible for a prize, please contact me via my blog. Here is the direct contact link: Helenmay Crochet Contact
The top 3 prize winners will also receive one of these free surprise packages, if they want to receive it. I am not sponsored by Furls crochet hooks, and I am not their affiliate:
Julie Garcia received one of these packages for First Place. Mailed 3Sept19.
Marlene Morris received one of these packages for Second Place. Mailed to Canada.
Leslie Passman received one of these packages for Third Place. Mailed 3Sept19.
In the bubble wrap: 1. A handmade glass jar pendant that includes a tiny crochet hook, granny square, and little balls of yarn. 2. Safety Doll eyes.
6. If you participate in this contest, you will also become a Helenmay Crochet Special Donor Member.
7. Some of you may know that I love to support local shops and locally handmade. I am signed up for “Yarning For You’s” free email newsletter, which informed me that 27Apr19 is supporting your local yarn store day. So, on 27Apr19 I am going to randomly pick one of my Crochet Amigurumi contestants for the year 2019 for a free surprise random giveaway from Yarning For You’s new online store valued at $100 or less (Winner may pick 2 or more items, but the total value is not to go over $100). They ship to Canada too. If I don’t hear back from the contestant after 7 days, I will pick another random person every 7 days until I have a winner. I am NOT sponsored by Yarning for You or Amazon. I am not responsible for lost/damaged mail. This is a random surprise free giveaway and I am not responsible for anything related to the free giveaway. Happy Crocheting everyone and Good Luck!!!! Happy Easter update!!!
To see the winner of the “Support Your Local Yarn Shop” free surprise random giveaway, here is the direct link to the video: Free Random Surprise Giveaway for LYS day 27Apr19!
8. I held a random free surprise on Facebook for members that are participating in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019!!! I asked contestants to contact me via my blog if one person wanted to receive the ebook for free on 20Aug19 and the winner was announced on 21Aug19!! I randomly picked Julie Garcia who won a Matelassé Afghan Collection ebook by Priscilla Hewitt!! Congratulations Julie!!
9. Up to 20 people (Top 3 prize winners, and 17 other people) participating in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 will receive a surprise from me, Helenmay, via postal mail (similar to what I did for my Crochet Siberian Husky Dog Contest in the year 2018). The top 3 prize winners will also receive this surprise from me in addition to their main prizes. Everyone may not receive the same surprise gifts. The surprise will be mailed only to the people that want to receive it. I am not responsible for lost or damaged mail. I am not responsible for anything related to the surprise gift that the participants will receive for free. The following pictures are of the surprise packages. Each participant in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest will receive one randomly if they contact me via my blog (Up to 17 only and excluding the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th place prize winners.).
Random packages that have been mailed already:
- Abbey McCabe to receive a special surprise package for participating in my contest (Permission given via email from her father). I made a special package for Abbey because she is the only minor that participated in my crochet amigurumi contest. Mailed 3Sept19.
- Sandra Small mailed a random surprise package on 3Sept19. Sandra contacted me via my blog and said:
Hi Helen,When I got home my package was in the mail yesterday! I want to thank you very much. Just love everything in the package! Especially the very cute crochet hook! It was very sweet of you!Have a great weekend!Sandra aka Sandy
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- Claudia Weber-Niebergall mailed a random surprise package on 3Sept19. Claudia contacted me via my blog and said: “Hi Helen, I received your surprise. I love it all, thank you so much.”
- Sherry West mailed a random surprise package on 3Sept19. Sherry contacted me via Facebook and said: “Good day, I just wanted to let you know that I received my package. I absolutely loved every piece you chose for me!!! Thank you so very much!! I also thank you for the collar for my dog!! I have 3 doxies and one is a rescue. If I can I will send pictures of them. Thank you again so much!!!!
“This is my Belle she is 15 years old”
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My Harley (my rescue) he is 6 years old
5. Marion Conley mailed a random surprise package on 13Sept19.
6. Heidi Wilcox mailed a random surprise package on 28Oct19. Heidi said: “Just received today, thank you so much!”
If I don’t hear from any of the contestants by 31Dec19, their prizes will become null and void. The Helenmay Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 started in February 2019 and people understood to read the rules/guidelines if they chose to participate in the contest, and they agreed to abide by the rules/guidelines. They were aware that the deadline was 1Sept19.
In the bubble wrap: 1. A handmade glass jar pendant with a tiny crochet hook, granny square, and tiny balls of yarn. 2. Safety doll eyes.
A surprise addition to 2 of the surprise packages at random! One has the Aunt Martha’s Iron-on Transfers and another package has the stork embroidery scissors!!! Added 27Aug19. I don’t even remember which surprise packages I added them to.
Any updates will be posted here. Last update: 15SEPT19.
It is the contestant’s responsibility to make sure that their pictures are included and that they have read, and understand, the rules for eligibility. If you don’t see the crochet picture that you wanted to be submitted for the contest, please contact me immediately before the deadline 1SEPT19.
The following are pictures submitted for the contest at this time:
Here are the winners of the top 7 prizes!!!!
First place winner: Julie Garcia!!!
Not only did Julie Garcia make 2 excellent crochet large horses, but “Raven” was definitely a show stopper. I also loved her crochet Donkey and Large Great Dane. Her crochet squirrel tail was extremely difficult to make and turned out gorgeous. You will see that she submitted other crochet picture entries too that were all very good!!!
Second Place winner: Marlene Morris
My Crochet Bulldog is not easy to make and Marlene made two of them that are really adorable! She also made an excellent Jack Russell Terrier and Large Great Dane dog! She also made an incredible crochet squirrel, skunk, and cat set!!!
Third Place Winner: Leslie Passman
Leslie made an incredible Crochet Marine Bulldog!!! Her Black Beauty Horse is simply stunning!!! She also made an adorable crochet duck!!
Fourth Place winner: Susie Lafferty
Susie made a lot of adorable crochet cuties! I loved all of her crochet submissions! Her crochet bunny rabbits, Crochet Donkey, crochet dalmatian dog, crochet hound dog, crochet afghan dog, and crochet squirrel and crochet cat!!! Excellent crochet job!
Fifth Place winner: Nicole Dickel
Nicole had a lot of crochet beauties too! I loved her large crochet horse. It was simply stunning. She had a beautiful Afghan dog, hound dog, and medium-sized unicorn too!!
Sixth place winner: Mystic Missi.
Mystic Missi made an adorable crochet German Shepherd Dog and a Crochet Marine Bulldog! I loved the unique way that she added a light to crochet rudolph’s nose!!
Seventh Place Winner: Rose Bowles.
Rose made an adorable large crochet horse and medium-sized unicorns!
Everyone had beautiful crochet submissions and it was very difficult picking the top 7!!! I do have surprise packages that I will mail to all of the other people that entered the contest!! Just contact me via my blog: Contact email for Helenmay Crochet and give me your mailing address. You can also personal message me on Facebook: Personal message only please on Facebook.
Please contact me via my blog to receive your free random package if you participated in my Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019, here is my direct contact link: Helenmay Crochet Contact
If I don’t hear from any of the contestants by 31Dec19, their prizes will become null and void. The Helenmay Crochet Outstanding Amigurumi Contest for the year 2019 started in February 2019 and people understood to read the rules/guidelines if they chose to participate in the contest, and they agreed to abide by the rules/guidelines. They were aware that the deadline was 1Sept19.
If I have any remaining unclaimed prize packages, I just wanted to let everyone know that they will be packaged up along with some yarn and sent to a charity on 1Jan2020.
Current update:
I made up a gift crochet package for the above charity (I removed the name. You will see why in a moment), and it was received 17Jan20 according to the USPS tracking#. I used to advertise this charity site, but I decided to remove it because of this reason: I first emailed the person associated with the charity site months before the end of the year asking if they would be interested in receiving a package with crochet items in it that I had leftover from this contest. The person responded to my email immediately saying that they would love it. That is wonderful right? So, I mailed the package to them at the end of the year. The tracking said that they received the package, but I never heard anything from them after that. I sent them an email asking if they liked the package, and I still haven’t heard from them to this date 10Feb20. So, that is why I am removing their name. I guess nobody taught them any manners.
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Where do you want us to submit the pictures for the large and medium Amigurumi contest? On Facebook or is there a place specifically on the blog?
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Hi Leslie! You can contact me through my blog. At the top of my HOME page you will find a “Contact” link. You can also message me on Facebook. I have two public Facebook pages. One of the Facebook pages is a Helenmay Crochet Facebook Group. Here are the direct Facebook links: 1. Public Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/helenmaycrochet/?ref=bookmarks and 2. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1603416073308144/
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How do I post a picture on this blog? Copy and paste?
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Hi Leslie! I am sorry that I didn’t get this comment until now. I am not sure if there was a glitch in the server. At the top of the HOME page you will see a contact button. You can send pictures through the contact button via email. You can also share the pictures with me on Facebook. 🙂
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Everything was so pretty. I’m not even sure if I made anything that qualified, but I loved looking at the photos
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Thank you very much heartfeltdesigns! If you didn’t make one of the qualifying amigurumi on the list, your picture is in my “Most Shared Crochet Pictures During the Year 2019 Free Giveaway.”
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