So! You'd like to be in the draw for a three-months free subscription to Patterns Patch, where you get to enjoy all the benefits available to our members.

Well, you've certainly come to the right place. Here's what you need to do.

First, a brief overview ~ I'm sure you understand we cannot offer free membership for all. Patterns Patch couldn't run without members' subscriptions. However, what we will do is give three months free membership to the first email address drawn from those who request it.

Our offer of free membership is open to both current members of Patterns Patch and subscribers to our fortnightly Cross Stitch Tips & News letter.

How it works is like this. Somewhere in all future letters there will be a brief entry that
says, "If you'd like to try and win a free membership, reply to john(at)patternspatch.com with the word 'xxxxxx' in your email subject line". Note that this word changes with every future issue. Don't put in the 6 Xs shown in the example above ('xxxxxx').

At least one free membership will be drawn with each issue of the news letter:

• If the winner is already a member, then we'll refund you three month's subscriptions.
  

• If the winner is a non-member, but is a subscriber to the Cross Stitch Tips & News letter, then the prize is free access to the complete community for three months.
  

• IF there are sufficient requests, we'll draw a second, and possibly third prize of two and one month's memberships respectively.

Since we believe in rewarding perseverance your entries will be cumulative. Which means if this was the fourth time you've asked, you'll have four entries in the draw, whereas a member or subscriber who asks once will only have one entry in the draw... and only those who are in the current draw are eligible for entry.

So! If you'd like to be in with a chance of winning three-month's free membership, just ask me: john@patternspatch.com and put the mystery word (found in the current issue of the newsletter) in the subject line ~ please don't write anything else, I'll understand what it means.

The winner and any runners-up will be always be announced in the next issue.

I hope this is all clear. If not, please email any questions to me and they'll be included in the next issue, since it's rare for a query to be unique to a single person.