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Winter Design Challenge

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What is the Winter Design Challenge?

Join us in celebrating 30 years of creativity & crafting excellence

The best way to grow your design skills is to make whatever you place on your needles, your own. That advice has held me in good stead for over 30 years as a teacher, knitwear designer, and author. Liberate your creativity by allowing yourself to interpret, reimagine, and play with existing patterns. I invite you to sign up for the Winter Design Challenge.

In this challenge, I want to highlight both accessory & garment designers, allowing them to shine in their strengths, especially when I turn up the heat this winter. That is why I’ve created two categories for designers to choose from. See the details for each category below:

Accessories

 

6 Accessories
Participants must use the patterns in KDW and Duets to design and knit 6 different accessories that can be chosen from the options listed below:

  • Capelet

  • Cowl

  • Gloves (fingered or fingerless)

  • Hat

  • Scarf

  • Shawl

  • Socks

The 2 winners of this category will receive $1,000.

Garment & Accessories

 

1 Garment & 5 Accessories

Participants must use the patterns in KDW and Duets to design and knit 5 different accessories from the options below. The garment must be a pullover.

  • Capelet

  • Cowl

  • Gloves (fingered or fingerless)

  • Hat

  • Scarf

  • Shawl

  • Socks

The winner of this category will receive $1,500.

Final Submission

Complete the form below that corresponds to the category you are competing in. Submissions will not be accepted after 11:59 p.m. EDT on March 25th. 

Contact Us
You are welcome to submit any WDC-specific questions below throughout the competition.

Thanks for submitting!

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