A while back I had this super cool idea - to have something like a knit-a-long (KAL) but based around design! I started a thread in the Budding Designers Group on Ravelry, and the DAL - Design-A-Long was born!
Here's the premise: Four times a year, I'll post a theme up here and on Ravelry. If you want to participate, you sign up here or on Ravelry, and post a picture that is related to the theme that inspires you. After one week, the pictures are compiled and I'll post up a mood board - from that mood board, participants each design and knit an original piece.
The ultimate goal of this is to give new designers a body of work and get used to the design process, and to flex the creativity of established designers. Unlike other challenges out there, the timeline is a longer one, which means that your work can be as big as you want.
Anyway, if you're interested, drop me a line and check out the group on Ravelry! I'm trying to figure out how to make a button do-hickey thing... and writing the rules.
Also, you can vote for the upcoming theme in this thread.
I'm going to compile a list of participants and try to figure out prizes, graphics, etc. If anyone wants to donate prizes let me know!
Here's the premise: Four times a year, I'll post a theme up here and on Ravelry. If you want to participate, you sign up here or on Ravelry, and post a picture that is related to the theme that inspires you. After one week, the pictures are compiled and I'll post up a mood board - from that mood board, participants each design and knit an original piece.
The ultimate goal of this is to give new designers a body of work and get used to the design process, and to flex the creativity of established designers. Unlike other challenges out there, the timeline is a longer one, which means that your work can be as big as you want.
Anyway, if you're interested, drop me a line and check out the group on Ravelry! I'm trying to figure out how to make a button do-hickey thing... and writing the rules.
Also, you can vote for the upcoming theme in this thread.
I'm going to compile a list of participants and try to figure out prizes, graphics, etc. If anyone wants to donate prizes let me know!
Hi Alyssa! I'm very excited about this! I linked to your post over on my blog.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I'll be watching from the sidelines because I can't handle deadlines, however relaxed they may be.
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