Around the UK, the Creative Crafts shows are packed with knitting, crochet, papercraft and embroidery, plus the chance to 'Craft with a Celebrity'.

We have five pairs of tickets to be won at each of the four shows coming up this Spring: Five Lakes in Essex (14th-16th Feb), Malvern's Three Counties Showground (28th Feb-2nd Mar), Belfast's King's Hall Complex (18th-20th Apr), and the Bath and West Showground (25th-28th Apr).

The February issue of Simply Knitting (issue 102) appears in shops across the UK on Friday 28 December, but if you’re a subscriber it may have dropped through your letterbox already!

As always we have lots of giveaways for you to enter, with prizes ranging from show tickets to knitting books to cute crochet sets.

All you need to do is turn to the relevant page in the issue to find your keyword or details of how to enter. Good luck!

The closing date for all giveaways in this issue is 22 January 2013.

If you are seeking the special yarn offers in this issue, please scroll right to the bottom of this post.

Win Rico Patchwork Family crochet kits!

Rico’s cute stripy animals make fantastic gifts and are a great way to share a love of crochet. The menagerie includes Bruno the bear, Lenny the rabbit and Ted the sausage dog (pictured above), all emblazoned with rainbow colours! We have one of each to give away.

Issue 102 hits shops on Friday 28 December. Turn to page 17 to find this giveaway's keyword and enter the competition here.

You still have time to enter our special 100th issue competitions!

We’re 100 issues old, and to celebrate we’ve got more than 100 prizes up for grabs! 10 lucky readers will each win a wonderful bundle of knitting treasures.

Enter for your chance to win knitting books from Anova Books, patterns books from Bergère de France, yarn and pattern books from Rowan and Designer Yarns, yarn and patterns from Twilleys of Stamford, kits from Laughing Hens and Skein Queen, knitting needles from Black Sheep Wools, Symfonie circular needles from Knitpro, and fabulous yarns from yarn from Art Yarn, Artesano Yarns, Fyberspates, and Sirdar.

We have lots of yarn and book offers for you in Simply Knitting issue 100 - so you have no excuse for not getting stuck into some great knitting projects this month!

Save 15% on Sirdar Softspun Chunky, the yarn required for our A Touch of Frost cable poncho on page 9. To take advantage of this offer, order it from Knit and Sew and quote offer code KSWSOFTSPUN. Call 0845 094 0835 or visit www.knitandsew.co.uk. Valid until 27 November 2012.