UDPATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Connie who won the Ultra Alpaca and Rugged Knits giveaway. We’ll have more contests in the near future, so stay tuned!
In May, we shared a sneak peek into Andrea Rangel’s Rugged Knits book, which featured three Berroco yarns (read that post). We’re excited to have a copy of the book to giveaway to one lucky winner, but that’s not all! In addition to the physical copy of Rugged Knits, you could win the yarn to knit the Braided Brook Pullover—one bag of Berroco Ultra® Alpaca (that’s 10 skeins, or enough to knit any of the sizes in the pattern)—as well as a Berroco project bag. Here’s Andrea’s description of the Braided Brook Pullover:
This cozy cabled pullover is truly lush. Elaborate cables pop as an allover pattern, while a generous cowl neck creates practical elegance. Use a yarn such as Berroco Ultra Alpaca for warmth, stitch definition, and a very subtle halo. The sweater is worked in pieces, resulting in seams that offer stability and allow for more portable knitting. air your masterpiece with jeans for winter farm chores or a tulle skirt for a holiday party.
To enter, simply head over to the Berroco Ultra Alpaca page to check out this great yarn, then leave a comment here to tell us which color of Ultra Alpaca you’d like to use to knit this great cabled sweater. Comments are open until midnight EST on July 14, and is open to anyone around the world.
Would love to use the Lavender Mix to knit that sweater!
I really like this yarn..have used it for a few small projects. For a whole sweaterful, I would like Charcoal Mix, #6289
There are quite a few i like, but I think I narrowed it to smoky blue.
So many gorgeous colors, choosing just 1 is really hard. But I think I’d go with a neutral like Moonshadow or Barley. Or maybe Steel Cut Oats (my favorite breakfast!) or Lichen.
Grove Mix is my favorite, but the color I’d wear the most is probably the Salt and Pepper. And I love cabled sweaters!
I already have and love Emerald Mix but the Lobster Mix color looks amazing!
I love knitting cables! I would depart from my favorite gray, and use Lavendar Mix for this sweater.
One of the new colors- Blue Spruce Mix! This would be a perfect sweater for winter in Vermont. It has everything I love- cowl neck, a variety of cables, not too long.
They’re all so beautiful, but Cerulean Mix is calling my name
So many beautiful colors but I would chose Redwood Mix!
Love the cables! would like to use the barley colorway for the sweater.
I’d love to knit this sweater in Paprika
I like azure mix. Hopefully it is a good color to make the lovely cables pop.
I really love the Peat mix and Lobster Mix colorways
l’m a sucker for heathered yarns and Lobster Mix is making me happy right now.
So many beautiful colors but I would choose Redwood Mix!
I would knit it in Winter White or Merlot. Very nice sweater and thank you for the giveaway!
Zephyr!
Love this book and would love the Lobster Mix yarn.
I would use Pea Soup Mix.
Starry Night please!!!!! 🙂
I would love to knit this in Turquoise Mix!
I think Dungaree Mix would look great for this sweater (but I love all of the colors of this luscious yarn!)
I would love to knit this in Lobster Mix !
I would love to knit the sweater for myself in Merlot, but as a gift, I would probably knit it for my grandparent in Twilight!
So many great colors! I would probably stick with a neutral though. I loved Moonshadow.
Mahogany Mix looks like a gorgeous colorway.
I already have a few SQ of ultra alpaca in some exciting colours, this time I would choose a neutral, moo shadow, steel cut oats, or dependable light grey. They are all so lovely!
Braided Brook Pullover would look stunning in denim mix!
I love working with Ultra Alpaca and the pattern is beautiful. Cables are my favorite! There are so many wonderful colors to chose from but I think that I would love to knit the sweater in Cerulean Mix.
How can you not love the Oceanic Mix colourway! Just gorgeous!
Candied yam mix !
Sweet nectar mix is very pretty 🙂
Well, that was hard. I’d choose Denim Mix I think. But there are many I like, so I could change my mind!
I think this would look awesome in zephyr. Love this sweater!
Oh sweet nectar! I would love some sweet nectar!
Eggplant for me!
Mahogany Mix is awesome! I also like Steele Cut Oats for a true classic. Really how can you pick a favorite with all those great colors. Thanks for the generous giveaway!
I thought about the comment regarding wearing with jeans, which I love and are my first choice in dressing in the cool to cold weather so I choose Merlot, 62121. I’d love to make this sweater.
This was a difficult decision for me as all the colors are beautiful, but I would choose Tea Rose as I am partial to soft pinks.
cardinal
Love the Starry Night Mix.
Grapefruit or Paprika or just about anything. Irwin green, lunar mix, couscous, (This may be why I have so much yarn. too much indecision. 🙂 )
I like Sweet Nectar
Briny Deep would be my choice.
Dungaree mix….
#6277 Peat Mix…Love it! Thank you
Paprika for sure!
I’m really drawn to periwinkle
I prefer dark colors and need to get away from gray, so I think I would go with Peat Mix. That looks like a lovely dark green with interesting tones :).
Moonshadow #6209 because it will show off the cables really well
Moonshadow #6209
Twilight blue! Or barley. Both colors missing from my current stash of sweaters.
I think Oceanic Mix, since I’m a teal kind of gal.
Royal. For sure.
Just learning to make combo cables……would love to try making a sweater like that…….all your colors are cool but the Concord Grape pulls me ……
Has to be Moonshadow to show off all that gorgeous cabling!!!!
I love the new starry night mix color. Would love to knit that up!
Concord Grape would be so much fun!
Oooh . . . Turquoise Mix is gorgeous!!!
Lobster all day! It would be beautiful with those cables!
Berry Pie mix, love the name and the colors. So many great colors to choose from, I see a long visit in the Stitches Midwest Webs booth in the near future!
Would step out of my comfort zone and go with Cameo!
Smoky Blue is gorgeous!
So many beautiful colors! For this sweater I would choose Smoky Blue.
I adore Moonshadow 6209! It is gorgeous!
Candied Yam Mix!
Starry night! Love all the colors though.
Gorgeous sweater! Peat Mix #6277 is just beautiful!
Blueberry Mix would be really nice!
I like Pink Berry Mix 62176.
Wow, what a lot of interesting colours! So hard to choose, but I do like Prune Mix 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win. This book looks really great. I think I like smoky blue for this sweater, although the eggplant is really rich and beautiful as well.
Those are beautiful yarns. I would love to use a whole bunch of them but my favorite is the Tiger’s Eye. It is unusual and lovely. Hope I win!
I would use the Mahogany Mix but there are so many beautiful colors that it is hard to choose just one. The cables on that sweater are fabulous!
The Paprila looks gorgeous!! I love that color!
I would do the sweater in Dijon.
I would have to go with Blueberry Mix. A second option would be Potting Soil Mix.
Beautiful color palette, soft, yummy Alpaca yarn. Ahhhh….. I would love Caribbean Mix or Grapefruit mix!
I really like Tiger’s eye mix to use for this sweater.
Those cables would be beautiful in Redwood Mix!!
Salt & Pepper, although choosing just one was lots harder than I anticipated. So many great colors!
I love the color peat mix! It would look fabulous in those cables
Hard to choose but I love the Peat mix color.
Boy, hard to choose one. I pick Cerulean Mix.
beautiful colors. If I won, I’d pick pea soup
I am picturing this sweater in Merlot. Perfect for fall/winter. I feel warmer already.
I would use indigo mix.
I’d love to use winter white for this snugly winter sweater! I think the cables would really pop!
I would choose a classic navy or the blue spruce mix!
Stary Night mix is gorgeous and I love all blue colors. I certain would use that! I think the Braided Brook. 🙂
Oh Incredible giveaway! I love Andrea’s designs. I would use Tiger’s Eye Mix.
Peat Mix most definitely! Absolutely Beautiful!
Masa! Or Blue Spruce Mix! Ahhhh so hard to decide
Oh charcoal mix is lovely and so is carob. Cobalt mix would be pretty too. what a great pattern and giveaway!
Oooohhhh this sweater would look fabulous in Beet Root, I am always one for the jewel tones.
I love the pink berry mix. 😊
I would love the steel cut oats color 🙂
While I always love a grey, blue, or purple… That Grapefruit Mix is calling my name! It’ll show off the cables, go with all my black pants, be right in season with winter citrus, and shine bright enough to go straight through spring. Honestly I’d even wear it in July if weather permits! Thank you so much for offering this lovely giveaway.
I love the grays – the charcoal will be cozy for winter.
I’d love to knit that sweater in Brown Rice!
Brown rice!
I like the Pink Berry Mix!
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Irish moss, beautiful new color!
Where to start! I love the Ultra Alpaca color palette and it’s so hard to choose which one k would use. I settled on 6207 salt and pepper for its’ depth of tones and how it would look for both dress up or dress down. Thanks for the opportunity to win some quality yarn.
I would love to make and wear a cabled sweater in Barley colorway!
I would love to knit this in the Peat mix colorway! Heather green cables are my love!
I like the turquoise mix what beautiful yarn..I bet it feels great too
Wonderful patterns by Andrea Rangel. I would choose Cameo for the Braided Brook sweater.
Oh my! SO hard to choose, but I think Moonshadow would be the one for me!
It’s hard to choose, but I think the sweater would look beautiful in peat mix.
So many lovely colors to choose from it was hard to narrow it down but my choice would be the peat mix. The prune mix & lobster mix are intriguing too.
If I won, I’d pick either Blueberry mix or Charcoal mix. I love this yarn, I made a cardigan in Peat mix a few years ago and it wears like a dream!
I would like to use the Potting Soil mix for this jumper.
It was hard to pick just one but I would love to knit that sweater in Briny Deep.
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I love cables. All the blues and purples are so pretty!
I would love to knit it in “turqouise mix”!
I would pick indigo mix….although it was a difficult choice!
It would be a dream to win Pea Soup Mix for this project!!
I would choose Winter White.
This is an amazing giveaway. I would knit this in Winter White.
Very torn because they’re all beautiful but I think I would pick Zephyr
I would knit the pullover in Sweet Nectar Mix. 🙂
Beautiful sweater. I would like it just as shown in Patel Blue
I love green and blue hues, so I am definitely enjoying the new color blue spruce mix.
Love the color oceanic mix.
Pink berry mix – so pretty.
I would love to knit this in Cerulean Mix. Thanks for the great giveaway!
This is one of my favorite designs from the book! I think it would be beautiful in Cous Cous.
Beautiful! My first choice is Hudson from the tonal colorways.
These cables are just so gorgeous! Sweet Nectar Mix would show them off so beautifully. Thanks for such an awesome giveaway!
Redwood mix for me, please! 🙂
There are so many great choices, but I think this would look great in Barley!
Tiger’s Eye Mix!
I love Light Gray! It would highlight all the pattern details perfectly!
Looks so lovely! Blueberry Mix is my favorite one. I love this design so much!
Love the color Smoky Blue. It is as soft as a sigh.
It’s a beautiful sweater. Wonderful match for the yarn. I’ve been craving a rich tan sweater, like tigers eye mix.
Any blue would make me happy – but Briny Deep is really lovely!
I like the pea soup mix. I’m a green girl, and I think yhis colorway would show yhe cables nicely.
I love so many of them but today I’d pick Periwinkle Mix!
I would use Candied Yam Mix to knit these gorgeous cables!
What a yummy sweater! I absolutely love Ultra Alpaca, especially, Cobalt Mix!
Lobster Mix has always been my favorite Ultra Alpaca color–I have a lovely pair of mittens made from it. However, I think beetroot would be fabulous in cables.
barley, it would be a perfect gift for my mom, loves white sweaters, especially turtlenecks
you’ve got some great colors to choose from. With that many cables, I think a lighter color would be best. I’m having a hard time choosing between Lunar Mix and Zephyr.
Cameo!!!!
So many great colors, but truthfully I’d love to make it out of Steel Cut Oats because it’s a great neutral and I could use a nice neutral sweater.
I would like to try Lobster mix or Potting soil. But all the colors are awesome.
Flow
I would love to do this in Sweet nectar mix!
I’m in a pink mood lately, so Orchid or Rose Spice.
I would choose Concord Grape for this beautiful sweater.
Ultra Alpaca is a wonderful yarn, and I would love to use it for one of Andrea’s patterns!
I love the Twilight Blue!,I especially love the darker cables,it makes them Pop.Beautiful sweater.
There are so many great colors iwhich makes it extra hard to choose online.
Since i have blue eyes I’m going with blue. IF you assure me the cables will still pop then perhaps Briny Blue but its a bit of a toss up with Zephyr. I feel like zephyr a bit of a cop out since it’s modeled in that, but I think it’s beautiful & might make my eyes pop too! So one of those.
Oh my Goodness! This is the very best cable sweater pattern I’ve seen (swooning). I would probably go for a lighter shade of Berroco’s Ultra Alpaca, such as Zephyr to showcase the cables -and- the yarn. Zephyr is such a lovely, light (yet bright) blue – I love it!
I think I’d like to try the Periwinkle Mix colorway. So delicious!
Ruby Mix!! They are all beautiful tho, really tough choice!
I think this pullover would look lovely in Mahogany Mix.
I have used other colors (mostly blue shades), so I would try something completely different this time–“Lobster Mix”
So hard to choose just one colour, but the Peat Mix definitely calls to me!
would use the masa ultra alpaca to knit this sweater!
I think it would be stunning in Tearose! Beautiful sweater, beautiful yarn!
Dijon would be my choice! Lovely yarn!
I would use the Garnet Mix, so beautiful for fall and winter knits!
Grapefruit mix would make such a happy, cheerful sweater and who doesn’t need cheering up in winter!
I think Lunar Mix would make a delicious version of this sweater.
You sure have a lot of colors, and I’ve knit with a few of them. Right now, Berry Pie Mix is calling my name!
I would choose the lovely “Pink Berry Mix 62176” colorway! It whispers please show me off in cables 😉
This East Coast Canadian lady would love to make this sweater in Lobster Mix. Would match almost anything.
I love so many favorites of ultra alpaca’s colors. I think the cables would be beautiful in Moonshadow.
Ultra Alpaca is one of my favorite yarns, so soft and warm. I’d love it in Mahogany Mix, anything henna colored really. Thanks for the chance to win!
Choosing a color was so difficult. I would make this from:
Light Gray
6206
Wow, so many colors to choose from! Since I am new to cables I think I would go with brown rice, a lighter color so I could see what I’m doing 🙂
Peat Mix (6277) looks like a winner for me! All the colorways are gorgeous and look so very squishable. <3
Beautiful pattern and such lovely colors to choose from…I would consider either Blueberry Mix or Irwyn Green Mix.
Either Blueberry or Irwyn Green
Cameo is lovely! I think the subdued shade would let these beautiful cables really pop 💖
I would use Starry Night Mix.
I would absolutely love to knit this in the Denim Mix. I love both the pattern and the yarn!
I’d use the Blueberry Mix for the beautiful braided brook pullover!
I love the Lobster Mix! What a great group of colors for a go-to all winter long sweater with those beautiful cables!
Oh Wow! What an incredible giveaway! And the yarn colours are absolutely beautiful! I would have a real hard time choosing….. But I might settle on either the Berry Mix, Blueberry Mix or Turquoise Mix.
OH My GOODNESS! What an amazing give away! I have all my fingers crossed even though I want to knit every pattern in this book! Starting with the Braided Brook Pullover! Love it! Same color as in the book…light blue would match with so much!
LOVE greens so my choice for this lovely sweater would be Peat Mix.
I would use Steel Cut Oats, such a complex colour! Thanks for the chance to win!
So many great yarn colours! Love the Caribbean mix!
It is hard to choose between Grove Mix, Melon Mix, and Seedling Mix, but, if I have to say one, I guess it is Grove Mix. I love the cabled sweater!
That sweater would look great in the Starry Night Mix of Ultra Alpaca!
It was hard to pick just one, but I would use Cerulean Mix!
So many beautiful colors to choose from but I think I like ruby mix the best 🙂
It’s so hard to chose just ONE colour!! I think I would pick Salt & Pepper simply because then it can go with everything in my wardrobe. But if I was forced to pick something more colourful, I would have to say Oceanic Mix….it’s so gorgeous!
I would knit this in Denim mix.
So many choices…a tough decision, but ended up choosing when the name caught my eye….Irish moss it is for me, what a great prize. And the sweater pattern is beautiful, would love to be able to work those cables!
I love Ultra Alpaca, and I love so many of the colors, it makes it difficult to choose. I’ve narrowed it down to Seedling Mix, with Redwood a close second. Thank you for this opportunity!
Oh gosh they are ALL beautiful, hard to pick a single color. I’ve used Berroco Ultra Alpaca becfore and it is magnificant to work with.
Seedling Mix!
Blue Spruce Mix looks so rich!
I love them all especially the blues and greens such as oceanic mix!!
Lavender Mix is so pretty
I would like Mahogany Mix for a sweater for myself
The wonderful Oceanic Mix
Would love to knit a rugged sweater with indigo mix.
I’ll choose Lichen Mix!
Sweet nectar mic
Such beautiful colors! I’d use Prune Mix for this sweater.
Salt and pepper!
This sweater in Cerulean mix would be beautiful
Love that blue! Either that or classic barley
I love this blue color, but I am thinking I would do it in Irish Miss. So pretty!
I love the periwinkle mix color. I hope I win 🙂
The mixed gray is so pretty! Thank you for this opportunity!
Pretty pattern. I’d love the challenge. I’d pick Tiger’s Eye Mix.
The beet root speaks to me. Would love to knit with it!
Not only do I love the color Lobster Mix, I love the name too!
I would love to knit this sweater in concord grape.
What a lovely sweater and ultra alpaca is a fabulous yarn!
Wow! So many beautiful choices. I particularly like, lichen, periwinkle and potting soil.
I love this yarn so mucm.I’m actually use it for knit a cardigan. Everybody tells me how the yarn is beautiful ! I amost can’t wait to the next winter 😉
Peat Mix would be stunning!!
So hard to decide but any of the blues especially Twilight blue or Indigo mix. Thank you so much for offering this contest!
Beautiful yarn and wonderful to knit with!! I would choose Starry Night Mix 🙂
I love this sweater! I think it would be perfect in stone washed!
Pass the Salt and Pepper please 😉
I think I like Cardinal, although there are a lot of nice colors, but I’m partial to reds.
Stone washed would really do this sweater justice!
So pretty!!!
Sweet nectar mix all the way 😍😍 I just love it!!!
Would like to make this in either moon shadow or salt & pepper. Ive used ultra alpaca on the Na Craga sweater and also on one that I designed. Love this yarn!!
I love cabled sweaters! I think I would like to knit it in Cardinal for a bright shot of color in a dreary winter.
I love all blue one. The Royal or Denim are my favorite . The pattern is so beautiful too
How lovely! The Elderberry Road cardi in Blackstone Tweed Wild Rose would make me a perfect classroom sweater… just delightful!
I would love to win this, I buy your yarn all the time,I’ve actually just started making a blanket with the vintage, and love me the knitting books, the more you know
I forgot to leave what color that I would use to knit with it would be the NEW Tea Rose
62114, such a beautiful Color
Love ultra alpaca! I have a great entrelac blanket in lavender purple grey cream and green on my couch right now
For this cabled sweater I would choose Lobster Mix or Cerulean Mix-tough to decide!!
I love many : Twilight blue, Indigo Mix, Blue violet, Lavender Mix, Concorde grape
Thank you ❣
I like Cardinal although there are lots of nice colors, but I’m partial to reds.
Tiger’s Eye!
I’d like to use the Candied Yam mix….burnt orange is a great color to brighten an autumn or winter wardrobe 😊
I’d knit it in candied yams mix! Love it!’
OMG!!! That cabled sweater! Swoon….
Have not tried this yarn but is sounds and looks awesome.
Pink berry mix looks like it would be perfect for me. Has just the right hints of pink and purple.
Wow, it so beautiful Thank you ❤️
I started saying in moon shadow, then I saw barley and found it also nice and so scrolling down I liked one color after the other.! This is really difficult. I think depending on the age and sex as well as the season all colors would work great and simply be suggestive of different moods.
Wow, it so beautiful. Thank you ❤️
I’d love to see this cabled sweater in the new color, Paprika.
Merlot would be lovely.
Just love the Dijon color for a bright sweater for fall or Orchid for an everyday choice.
It’s hard to pick but I think I would go with ‘paprika’ because I have way too many blue sweaters.
Oh, Cerulean Mix would be awesome!
Bonjour, je choisirais la couleur Blueberry Mix pour tricoter ce chandail. Je connais déjà cette laine car je l’ai déjà acheté pour faire un foulard. I will choose the# 6288, Blueberry Mix. It is a great yarn!
Cerulean Mix is awesome!!! It would be so hard to pick with so many beautiful color choices!!!
I absolutely love using Ultra Alpaca! There are so many great colorways but I really like the idea of this cabled sweater in Candied Yam Mix. It reminds me of late fall in Virginia, cool nights, hot cider, around a firepit ♡
I would be happy to make a sweater in any of these colours but my absolute fav would be Briny Deep #62104
I think the light grey would show the stitches beautifully. I do love some of the ‘mix’ colors too.
I love Potting Soil mix!
Twiilight blue or azure mix… So many lovely colors, it’s hard to choose 🙂
Oh my. Such beautiful blues! Love this yarn.
I think I’d like that one done in Winter White! Love that combo with jeans in the fall.
I love all things Berroco.
Azue mix or twilight blue… So difficult to choose!
I love the Stone Washed Mix.
I would love to knit this in Starry Night Mix!
What a beautiful pattern. I recently heard Andrea on The Yarnthing podcast and loved hearing her talk about her designs in this book.
It’s a tossup between mahogany and peat mix. It’s very difficult to choose when there are so many beautiful colors!
Cameo Wow
I love Ultra Alpaca! I would use light gray (#6206) for this sweater. Stunning cables. Thank you for the chance to win!
I would use Lobster Mix! Great color and I live in Maine!
So lovely, like them all!!
I love Paprika!
Wow, love the colour names, potting soil mix or Lobster mix, or turquoise mix!!!!!
I’ve had my eye on Pea Soup Mix for a while now. Its the perfect outdoor colour to wear whilst gardening, walking the dog and child wrangling. My sweaters need to cope with life as lived!
So many beautiful colors but I would choose Barley!
I would love to try the new blue spruce mix.
Difficult ro make a choice, all the colours are so beautiful, but I ended up picking the Garnet Mix because I just need that tone in my wardrobe.
Perfect sweater paired with a good book in front of a fireplace with a glass of red wine! So need to make this using Chianti of course!
Such a beautiful sweater! I would do it in Orchid!
The colors are all stunning-not flat like some yarns. I would love the denim mix.
I think I would go with the lobster mix.
Oh, that’s such a gorgeous sweater. I think it would be lovely in lavender mix.
I think the Starry Night Mix would be nice.for the cables.
Love the cover sweater. Looks great for camping and outdoor adventures!
Love to use Briny
I would use Briny
Gorgeous yarn! I would use Lichen Mix.
Gorgeous yarn to go with a gorgeous pattern! I would use Salt & Pepper. Thanks for the chance to win.
I’ve long admired the mixed colourways in the Ultra Alpaca palette, rich and well-balanced. Lobster Mix?! I have to find that new one for the name alone! But for this sweater, I think Paprika — lively and warm for fall, solid so the cables can take centre stage.
I just got my yarn and book!! Wow! It’s even more beautiful in person! There will be enough for myself and a sweater for my first grandson due in december. I am one very happy knitter!!
Berroco Who all won? I have been keeping up with my emails to see who won, but never received one with the winners.
On Tue, Jul 19, 2016 at 11:49 AM, berroco design studio wrote:
> Connie Kline commented: “I just got my yarn and book!! Wow! It’s even more > beautiful in person! There will be enough for myself and a sweater for my > first grandson due in december. I am one very happy knitter!!” >
Hi Deborah! Connie won the giveaway—sorry, I meant to update the post and haven’t had a chance to. Thank you for reminding me.