By Thread and By Needle - The Great October (Art) Giveaway

The Stag Lord - Polly Lind

**The tapestry will be going out to "lillie8302" - congratulations!**

Needles and pins,

Needles and pins,

Sew me a sail

To catch the wind.

(from Needles & Pins by Shel Silverstein)

It seems as though witches have always had pins or needles in their hands for one reason or another. A blessing, a dressing, a protection, a curse - a sharp thorn or a shard of bone worked well enough for all these things until clever souls manufactured the first metal needles around 7000-1200 BCE when copper, bronze, and iron (respectively) were fashioned into tools. Of course, what a witch does with their tools is what matters, and I am so impressed by what Polly Lind creates with her thorn and thread.

Polly Lind is a fabric artist living and practicing her art in New Zealand. She creates designs centered around folklore, nature, spiritual practices, and whatever moves her own creative spirit.

Polly has generously offered one of her enchanting tapestries up to our October fun. The Stag Lord is an ode to the wildness of the forest, the Stag Lord's domain. For Polly, this piece speaks to the wild of animal and spirit, and relates a message of strength, courage and the chaos of the wild, while also touching on the serenity and quietness of forests and wild spaces. This tapestry features a stag skull, a big horn sheep, a wild European boar, and an American badger.

If you would like The Stag Lord guarding your hallowed halls, a comment here counts as your entry. If the Blogger platform is being difficult or you are of a more private sort, feel free to use the contact option up top as a way to send in an entry. I will draw the name of the fortunate winner on Monday, October 17th at 9pm Pacific!

And please do visit Polly's website and take a look at her gorgeous work!

Legal Bits:

* This giveaway (or "sweepstakes") is open to all residents of Canada, (exluding Quebec residents) the USA, Great Britain, Europe, South America,  who are 18 years of age or older. This giveaway is void where prohitibited by law.  Please be aware of the contest/sweepstakes laws in your area.

*  Canadian residents will be subject to a skill testing question before being able to claim their prize (this is standard law in Canada).  The skill testing question will be in a form similar to: 1 + 2 - 1 =

*  This giveaway is not for profit and no purchase is necessary to enter.

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I have chosen all the books/cards featured this month myself.  I have not been paid to feature a book, nor have I been asked to advertise for anyone.  This giveaway is not endorsed or sponsored by anyone other than Rue and Hyssop.