you all voted and your vote was heard. for a variety of reasons you all would like to move onto a new theme for this month and maybe revisit the september patterns in the future so thats what we are gonna do!

THIS MONTHS THEME IS THE DARK ARTS!
well obvy. halloween is fast approaching and what could be creapier than some of moldy voldy followers right?! since every one has already started their "other" (hurumph) holiday crafting and are all very busy (i totally feel ya.) im going to run this month like movie month. basicly you make any item relating back to dark wizards, dark arts, death eaters. voldemort, etc. and share it here and you will be entered in the drawing for the prize. 

HERES THE CATCH
1) your item must be made from a free pattern available on the web. you can alter it all you want to make it fit the theme like duplicate stitch a dark mark on it if you want. but the starting point must be a free web pattern.
2) you must link that free pattern in your post here with a picture of your project before october 31st at midnight central time.
3) your item must be knitted, crocheted, or spun (yes this is a knitting store people! you can do spinning projects and enter those too. do we have any spinners here?) OR it can be a knitting or crochet accessory (think hook roll, or stitch markers, etc)
4) dont forget to include "october free pattern challenge" in your tags

HERES A BONUS!
anyone that alters a pattern and shares their new technique or embellishment how tos here gets their name in the drawing TWICE! yup. if you add a dark mark to a purse and share your graph for how you did that your name goes in the pot two times for the prize. WOO HOO! trick or treat!

TO GET YA STARTED WHY NOT TRY SOME OF THESE PATTERNS
KNIT
the dark mark bag           Dark mark illusion knit scarf

CROCHET
voldemort finger puppet               naginni ok not really but it could be!

THE PRIZE
this months prize will be donated by the wonderful dragonsinger954 and i will update this post with a picture of what it is as soon as i get one. its gonna be somethin great! dont you worry :0) also you get a cool button for your blog saying you won a challenge here (also made by dragonsinger) and a cool starknuts button made by the wonderful ofenjen