Knitting a sweater is ten times better with friends at your side. The Rhinebeck Sweater KAL is a community of multi-level knitters cheering each other on and helping each stitch of the way. Designer Anne Hanson will lead you with tips, educational content, and lots of FUN. Plus, stay tuned for a new sweater design, exclusive giveaway prizes and two virtual meetings each week, beginning on August 5, 2023.
Wrap it up by showing off your lovely new sweater at the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival in October! Whether you're an avid sweater knitter or it’s your first time, the Rhinebeck Sweater KAL is a great way to learn and challenge yourself with a fun group of knitting friends while making week-by-week progress.
The rules are simple: use either one of our Bare Naked Wools yarns OR a Knitspot pattern OR both — the choice is completely up to you! While prizes are awarded to projects started and finished during the KAL timeframe, we welcome those with projects-in-progress to join us too!
We'll be using Ravelry forums as well as Zoom video meetings to chat and show off our in-progress projects. Register today for $17 and get a Knitspot sweater design for FREE and the chance to win one of the giveaways below. Pattern discount codes will start going out on August 2, 2023.
Rhinebeck Sweater KAL Giveaways:
Grand Prize: $50 BNW Gift Certificate
2nd Prize: 1 FREE Knitspot eBook
3rd Prize: 1 FREE Knitspot Pattern
What do you need to do for a chance to win these great giveaway prizes?
- Cast on a new sweater project on 8/5/23 or later and complete it by 10/08/23
- Use either a Knitspot design or Bare Naked Wools yarn
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Post your new FO in the Ravelry Project Forum on or before 10/08/23
***Knitters are welcome to participate by continuing a Knitspot or BNW sweater project in progress (cast on before the start date), but will not be eligible for prizes
Want the chance to be featured on our social media page or in a newsletter?
- Tag @barenakedwools and/or @knitspot on IG or FB and use the hashtags below
- Working on a Rhinebeck Sweater KAL pattern, we want to see your projects! Use the hashtag #RhinebeckSweaterKAL
- Take a picture of yourself wearing your sweater at Rhinebeck and post it on social media (Instagram or Facebook) with the hashtag #KnitspotFO
- Using Bare Naked Wools yarn? Post your in-progress and/or finished project on social media (Instagram or Facebook) with the hashtag #barenakedwools
Knitting a sweater with little rules is a fun way to break out of your knitting comfort zone and try out new techniques, new fibers, and new sizes! Participants just need to use a Knitspot sweater pattern OR a Bare Naked Wools yarn to knit their project to participate. Whether you're knitting for yourself or someone else, you can also choose to use both our yarn and our patterns — the choice is completely up to you!
While prizes are awarded to projects started and finished during the KAL timeframe, we welcome those with projects-in-progress to join us too!
Rhinebeck Sweater KAL Starts: August 5, 2023
Links for the Ravelry group threads, free sweater discount code, zoom link and meeting times to be sent to participants via email during the first week of August.
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