Hundreds of different yarn companies, needle brands, books, websites and designers were nominated to determine the finalists in the five categories offered for the 2012 Readers' Choice Awards, and in turn thousands of knitting enthusiasts cast their ballots to determine the winners.
On these pages you can learn a little more about who readers of About.com Knitting deemed the favorites in the categories of favorite yarn brand, favorite needle brand, best book of 2011, favorite knitting blog and favorite knitwear designer.
Thank you to everyone who participated and congratulations to the winners!
