four holiday giveaways!
By Patricia Belyea
For the holidays, Okan Arts is featuring a giveaway with wonderful socks by This Night. Designed by owner Kate T. Williamson, these socks are inspired by a year spent studying art in Kyoto and Kate’s life-long love of socks. There are four pairs of socks for this giveaway—each valued at $17 – $19.
Kate, a New Yorker today, grew up in Reading PA. She works with the only remaining mill in her hometown to manufacture her perfect socks which are super soft and stay up without being too tight!
If you win, you choose which pair you want and Kate will ship your socks directly to you. Maybe a geometric pattern, maybe a botanical. Maybe a woman’s size, maybe a man’s. To see all of This Night’s designs +click here
THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED. The winners are Shirley W of Sacramento CA, Debbie VV of St Cloud MN, Kris K of La Conner WA, and Hilda K of Vancouver WA.
To participate in the holiday giveaway, answer this question in the Comment Box below: What’s one gift you hope to receive this holiday season?
HOW THIS GIVEAWAY WORKS: The Holiday 2017 giveaway drawing will be held at midnight PST on December 12, 2017. Okan Arts Giveaways are open to US residents (sorry to my Canadian and international friends), 18 and older, void where prohibited. One entry per person. Four lucky winners will be chosen with a random number drawing for a pair of This Night socks. The winners will be notified within 24 hours. Each winner must respond within one week of notification or her/his giveaway will be forfeited. A list of Okan Arts giveaway winners can be obtained at any time from Okan Arts. Thanks for participating!
To visit the This Night website +click here
To buy Kate’s book, A Year in Japan +click here
To buy a set of postcards with illustrations from Kate’s year in Japan +click here
Thank you Kate T. Williamson for the donation of the socks!
This is an unsponsored giveaway with no compensation given to Okan Arts.
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171 comments to “four holiday giveaways!”
Books – books and more books!!
Good health for my handsome fur pal Bunter.
I am quite blessed and can’t think of anything I personally “pine” for at the moment for myself, but would love to extend peace and healing to many of my family members that are struggling right now.
Peace on earth…and a pair of these socks!!!
Love those socks!!
I hope to get a pair of these socks and your new book! Thanks Patricia for doing these wonderful give-a-ways, we all love them.
A pretty bundle of fabric.
New socks. Love those socks,
My wish is to find on our Christmas tree a gift certificate to one of the yukata quilting workshops in La Conner. I guess I had better start hinting!
There really isn’t anything i want or need. I really like to see that others get what they want, i have everything i need or want. Those socks are beautiful. Why wear boring socks when you can wear fun socks?
A trip to LaConner. It’s been a number of years since I last visited. Love the socks
Snow on Christmas Eve. Icing on the cake for the evening of take-away Chinese dinner, and opening up presents by the fire.
I would like to receive a communication from my estranged grand daughter who has been gifted with numerous quilted items over the past 20 years.
Sock it to me!
I wish for peace, understanding, good health as this past year has been difficult with the loss of my young brother who has left behind two young adults and a loving family. May others share good health around our troubled world with harmony in their hearts and a joy for being alive(with warm feet of course!).Great sock design!
Peace and quiet with warm feet.
I hope to get a trip for next year, and some socks made in my hometown area of Reading, PA!
For Christmas I would like to receive SOCKS!!!
a good book
I’m putting Kate’s socks on my list!
Peace on Earth!
It would be a gift to see the president impeached.
to find the inspiration to quilt for 1 hour a day and exercise the same.
xox
With all of the hurt and upheaval that exists in the world right now, my main wish would be for peace on earth. I would love to see our country united and not one pitted against another.
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me. I love socks, I really do. All sorts of designs and colors. A pair would sure be a bountiful gift.
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For this Christmas I wish for bountiful work and a few pair of warm socks to keep my toesies cozy.
I’m hoping that all our family members who are coming for Christmas (19) have the best Christmas ever.
peppermint bark!
Love those sock. Peace & Love
Safe travel for my family, as well as peace and kindness in our world.
i hope someone sees these socks and buys me a pair…otherwise i will
need to buy them myself…they are so fun!
I hope to see my daughter and grandchildren. That will be the best present ever.
The gift I hope to receive this holiday season is a visit with my grand kids!
For Christmas this year I hope to receive a bag full of Kevin O’Brien fabrics to use in quilting. He is a Philadelphia based textile designer whose fabrics often carry a strong hint of Japanese culture.
It has been a challenging year – peace of mind and respite would be welcomed.
I hope to get books. I have a good list this year!
I have everything I need–and more. I guess I would want more depending of my current friendships and maybe some new friends.
What a fun giveaway! My niece is expecting a baby in two weeks. The gift we all hope to receive is a healthy happy baby!
I was hoping to get new winter wear – long johns (that double as pajamas), fleece hoodie, big puffy hat, and warm scarf.
I wish for a box of butter toffee, and a pair of socks.
A sewing studio where I can put all my STUFF and finally get be able to SEW ALL DAY SURROUNDED bynp all my fabric in one place! Please Santa, I,ve been good…except for that trip to Hancocks!
My wish is for a sit-down quilting machine.
My wish is for more peace in the world.
I hope to have all my children under the same roof this year.
MY greatest gift would be a return to the protections that had been enacted to protect the environment by the EPA. Caring for our fragile planet is the most worthy goal I could wish for.It will benefit ourselves and our progeny.
I have a difficult time coming up with gift ideas for myself. It would probably have to be something to do with the outdoors, since I love to hike and run.
The socks are so cute! It’s nice to know what she is doing is not a dying art like so many other crafts. And it is in the USA- double blessing!
Peace on earth, and an end to hunger.
new books
A subscription for Quiltmania magazine.
I would love the bittersweet in blue.
that’s my favorite color and I’d always
have flowers around me – no matter
what the weather was. All of the
socks are so pretty. thanks for the
chance to win a pair.
Forgot to tell you what I want for Christmas – I’m at the
age where it is hard pick anything I’m really anxious
to get. I’m happy with whatever the kids (in their 50’s)
give me. It’s a show of love that they got me
something. thanks.
The only gift I want for Christmas is sharing time with my family especially my grandson who is a college student in faraway Hong Kong.
more kindness in the world but particularly in our country right now.
That family and friends have a safe and healthy Holiday
I would love some Sylvia Pippen patterns for Christmas
An academic position in the U.S. for my son who has just completed his doctorate after 10 years of post-graduate study and is applying for positions all over the country.
A little time for myself, in the form of my family members doing my chores for me!
The gift I would like is hope for the future. This year has been a tough one and it’s been difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
For Christmas this year, I am hoping for essential and flavor oils to play with!
Books
A Soda Stream, to help me give up soda and shed some extra pounds!!! I have become a sock collector and have never heard of these, but they sound and look FANTASTIC!! Can’t wait to add some to my collection!!
I wish for a very special new year for my son; good health and happiness for all.
My wish is for more kindness. These times are so divisive and trying. Kindness is vastly needed.
Hey! We live in Bethlehem – not too far from Reading!
My husband and I bought a Moravian Star light for our entryway. We are very blessed! We are blessed by our faith in God and the gift of salvation from Jesus. It is free to anyone who accepts Jesus into their heart.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Time with my family and a pair of these socks!
The best gift will be having my three grandkids here for Christmas.
Seeing family enjoy the gifts they receive from their folks.
On my wish list is fabric for a holiday quilt!
I’m just wanting my daughters to be home for Christmas.
A good imaging report for my hubby, that his broken femur has healed enough to move from walker to full weight on his injured leg.
I would like some quilting books.
A quilt ladder to display my quilts.
I’m hoping to receive fresh fruit for a gift from friends in the Pacific NW (apples and pears, yum!)
Good health for all my family and friends,
Snow!
Those are the kind of socks I need. 🙂
I like thoughtful surprises that I couldn’t have thought of myself! Like a pair of these socks surprising me! 🙂
I hope to receive a couple new quilt books for Christmas.
The one present I want for Christmas is my adult children home to visit. Since I know that is not going to happen, I will gladly settle for a pair of socks from This Night made in Reading PA (winterberry grey or bittersweet blue!) which is very close to where I grew up. Very very happy to see at least one Reading textile mill is up and running again. Lydia Reading
I’m hoping Santa brings me more beautiful fabric for quilt-making, and a wonderful, soft, warm pair of socks.
All I want for Christmas is time with family, time to create, sew, time with friends, and a beautiful pair of locally sourced socks!
For Christmas 2017, I would like love and peace to win in every corner of the planet.
I hope to receive fabric as a gift!!!
I hope to receive a gift card to a nearby quilt shop.
I want everyone to have a good time visiting .
SOX!
I would like a copy of Jaquie Gehring’s book called Walk so I can improve my quilting skills.
I can never have too many cool socks!
These days I’d like to see peace for all!
The best possible gift is the time spent with children, grandchildren and great grandchildren!
I’ve picked out a rolling carrier for my sewing machine.
Hoping for Pearce &compassion for all.
one gift I would like to receive would be photos of my grandchildren and their parents; pets are also welcome!
I would love to receive some nice, cheery, warm socks for Christmas!
May I enter your giveaways if I as a Canadian have an American mailing address?
Yes, that is fine Cher. We just need to ship to a US address as the customs issue with Canada and afar gets too sticky. Thanks for understanding, PB
Great looking Sox, fun designs and colors.
Nothing like a comfy pretty pair of socks!
Joy and Wonder! Just need to reprogram my mind to accept that!
Beloved family members gathered round, Castilian hot chocolate, and endless wags from our beloved dog, Luna.
Healing for those who are suffering and continued good times quilting!
I would most like to receive a gift card to IKEA so that I might purchase a few of their great organizational units for my creative room! Need to get my things in order for a new year of sewing!
I hope to have all of my family arrive home for Christmas.
The socks are beautiful!
I would like a copy of Patricia’s new book. I bought one as a gift for my niece, but think I deserve one for myself.
As much as I know I shouldn’t ask for material things like I do, My number 1 thing I want besides health, happiness & peace on Earth…..I want a Circuit 2 plus cutter….and socks 🙂
I hope to have a peaceful gathering. With the political devision within my family please make it a good day.
I hope my husband will make some ruler racks for me to give my friends!
I’m looking forward to having my son and his family at our house for Christmas. It will be fun watching my Granddaughter, Ariah, opening her presents. I usually don’t get any surprise presents for Christmas. This year we bought a dishwasher after not having one for over a year! Can’t wait for it to be delivered.
The one gift would be to do a live video chat with my 2.5 year old granddaughter, watching her precious face with all the excitement of Christmas morning, since I can’t be there with her.
The ultimate soft comfortable cute colorful sock!
Wish for the family to get time together.
One gift: Ancestry DNA test
I hope to receive a quilting book. I’m giving socks but haven’t seen these before today. Will add them to my list.
A new pair of fun socks!
The only gift I can hope for this year is the time to stash bust. The socks look great, by the way!
A personal piano rendition of “When I`m Sixty Four” and a glass of champagne.
I would like hope for our country’s future and a new friend that likes to kayak and fish.
A phone call from my son who is living in Hong Kong
World Peace and kindnesses to our fellow travelers for this season AND forever!
I would love to receive an all-expense paid quilting workshop to study under one of my favorite quilters. There are so many wonderful quilters out there who are willing to share their knowledge and excite you about their techniques. The quilt may not last forever, but the memories will!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’d love to have someone make a donation to homeward pets in my name
There is a quilting book that I would really like.
I am hoping for a new left knee!
I don’t really get any presents so don’t expect any!
A kiss from my baby granddaughter who is just learning to pucker her lips to send a little love kiss!
I am hoping for another year of good health for my husband and me.
Peace for all mankind . . .
While I woul really enjoy a reclining loveseat, I do wish for my family to be healthy & welll throughout the season.
A neatly organized.sewing room!
I asked my husband to find me a match to earrings he bought for me. He worked so hard to find me the pair I wanted that were ethical and made by a small designer and I lost one. Trying to minimize waste in my life as much as possible, I just happened to find a link to exactly where he could find a match and (fingers crossed) I will have my favorite earrings to wear again!
Rest and relaxation!
Celebrating Christ’s birthday with family at a church service, and warm socks.
i HOPE THAT ALL MY FAMILY IS ABLE TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Since my children live so far apart, I hope that all of my sons will be home safe and happy for Christmas.
My one hope for Christmas is for a less divisive, less hateful, more inclusive United States of America.
Boy I could really use these socks. It is a high of 18 today!
Quilt supplies, books, socks, socks, socks and, of course, gathering family and friends together.
These socks would be a great gift.
Time with my family.
I hope my family stays safe and healthy.
What luck! On our family’s wish list I signed up for socks!
My Christmas wish is seeing our daughter and family at Christmas. We living far apart and I can’t wait to see everyone!
Peace, love and more quilting time!
Wallet
Anything is fine with me. angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom
My list is short, but socks have just been added!
The gift of FAMILY gathered together and renewing old memories.
I hope to get a gift certificate to a quilt store!!
Am looking forward to a new sewing machine.
Peace and Justice for all.
I would love to receive a serger for sewing clothing and quilts.
Hoping for the gift of time with all my family!
I am a very lucky girl and I have all the material items I could ever want or need. Peace on earth is my wish for all.
Would love to hear from my estranged sister.
Gift of warm sox…can’t sew if my feet are cold!
Peace of mind and happiness for all my loved ones
Books are on my christmas list.
Just being with my 5 children, 11 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. I am so lucky ro have this family
What a lovely giveaway !
My Christmas wish is for Peace on Earth as well as love & compassion for all !
sox, sox, and perhaps more sox!
I came to your LA Conner show last winter. My sister, who has her own sewing business, picked up scissors and I got a Japanese sash. Thanks for the Sox Web site as I need 9 pairs for gifts! Timely!
Let there be Peace for all souls.
Quilting supplies
The gift I most want is time with my extended family. My nephew and his girlfriend will be visiting from New Mexico and I would love to spend time with them.
I’m waiting for St. Francis to grace my garden. I hope my daughter hasn’t forgotten.
Thanks so much for the chance to win a pair. I love socks! If I could pick anything I’d want, it would be a longarm machine. Used is fine. Otherwise, I really don’t have any needs or wants, just peace and calm.
FABRIC!!!!! Always fabric. Then I can make quilts to share
A big hug from my son.
I hope for snuggles and calm (peace and love) for the holidays.
I hope for some quiet time to catch up on quilting!
I am looking forward to seeing a Lovely Lemon Tree delivered from Santa!
Would love visits from my friends and children. I do not need material things.
Indigo, lots of indigo!