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Knitmas is Coming!!

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Ah, Knitmas…

🎶 It’s the most wonderful tiiiiiiiiiime of the year 🎶

The Twelve Days of Knitmas Mystery Knit-Along(MKAL) is our annual let’s-spend-this-awkward-post-holiday-time-knitting-together-and-shaking-off-the-stress-of-the-season MKAL. It is a twelve-day knit-along full of fun and friendship, and at the end of it, you have a beautiful project to gift or keep.

To join in the fun, simply sign up for our email list, and you’ll receive one “clue” every day for twelve days, beginning on December 26th, with directions from cast-on to bind-off. These emails also contain wonderful freebies, discounts, and random fun bits and bobs from us, Nomadic Knits, and our amazing collaborators.

 

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This year, we’re offering five beautifully curated kits from Emma’s Yarn, available for purchase on our website.

  • A Willie Nice Knitmas gives me all the On the Road Again vibes and has me itching for a desert Knitmas.
  • Merry Knitmas, Baby is the perfect Knitmas confection for those of us who like it on the sweeter side.
  • Knitmas Kisses is where it gets extra sweet. And maybe a little spicy😘
  • Funky Knitmas is fun, fun, FUNKY all the way!
  • Knitmas All Over Again has a classic vibe to keep you Knitmas’ing into the New Year.Twelve_Days_of_Knitmas_Swag_Bag

 Kits are now on sale!

 

Each kit comes with a full 100g skein of the Main Color in Practically Perfect Sock, four coordinating 20g skeins of Practically Perfect Smalls, and a beautiful Knitmas swag bag.  Swag bags contain a Little Bee Lip Balm from Love and Leche,  holographic Knitmas stickers, and some yummy chocolates, all packaged in a beautiful little drawstring bag that is perfect for holding all of your knitting must-have’s.

 

How do we get the clues?

Sign up for our email list to get the clues delivered to your inbox first thing every morning (around 4am EST). Every email will include a fun freebie from us to you – patterns, recipes, discount codes from our friends in the knitting community, etc.

We also release the clues daily on Ravelry; it will show up in your Ravelry library every morning around 7am EST. (It’s later than the email updates because we have to release it manually, whereas we can automate our email schedule.) The Ravelry updates won’t include our fun freebies, so we hope you’ll sign up for the emails as well.

If you are a Ravelry user, we’d be thrilled if you showed the pattern some love by favoriting it and adding it to your library! It helps more knitters see the pattern so they can join in. We love seeing knitters from around the world join in; each year, we hope to see our list of states and countries grow.

Where can I participate?

We’ll be hanging out in our Facebook group, Nomadic Knits : Knit the World!, and would love for you to join us there! We have a wonderfully kind community where all are welcome. We’ll be following and sharing posts on Instagram using #twelvedaysofknitmasmkal, and you’ll be eligible to win prizes there, too. (Your profile must be public for us to see the pictures.)

Can you give us any hints?

Absolutely! We’d love for you to be ready with your yarn and needles so you can cast on with us on Day One. 

This year’s Knitmas project is a gorgeous, squishy cowl that will be loooong (think long-enough-to-pull-up-and-keep-your-head-warm, long) and full of beautiful motifs to keep your fingers happily knitting row after row!

The cowl will require 400-700 yards of fingering-weight yarn: one full-size skein Main Color and four mini-skeins of Contrast Colors. You can knit along using any yarn you like, so feel free to go stash-diving or put an advent kit to good use.

You will need a 24” circular needle, or your preferred needle for knitting in the round, in the size required to achieve gauge: 24 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches in Stockinette. Suggested needle sizes are US5 & US6.

The shape of this project makes it easy to customize the length; the stitch count doesn’t change as the cowl progresses, so you can adjust the length of each section as you go. If there’s a stitch pattern that you love, keep going with it as long as you like. If there’s a stitch pattern that’s just not your jam, skip it. You can just knit an inch or two, skip the whole day, or substitute a stitch pattern from a previous day.

For those of you who are already panicking just thinking about modifying a MKAL, have no fear! Those options are there for people who love making modifications and can be completely ignored if you prefer to knit the pattern as written.

Can you help me choose colorway combinations?

Sure! We’ve curated five kits featuring Emma’s Yarn in Practically Perfect Sock. If you look at the kits, you’ll see a wide variety of colors in a range of contrasts. They are a great reference when choosing your own colors.

For stash divers, here’s a guide for creating your own combination:

The Twelve Days of Knitmas MKAL contains simple lace and colorwork sections. If you enjoy high-contrast colorwork, be sure that at least one of your CCs is in high contrast to your MC. If you prefer a more subtle contrast, choose a kit with softer contrasts for a more delicate effect. If you are unsure if your yarn has high or low contrast, take a black-and-white picture of all skeins together. This will make your contrast level clear.

Another consideration is lace; you may want to have a solid or tonal color on deck to show off any lace panels. Again, if you love the look of an intense or busy colorway over lace, go for it!

The MKAL doesn’t instruct you on which colors to use on a particular day or section of the pattern. That will be up to you! Each section will list the required amount of yarn so you can be sure you have enough of each color.

Please remember – this is just knitting, and there are no hard and fast rules for color selections. Choose what makes your heart happy. 

We want this experience to be fun, not stressful. There are twelve days of clues, but it isn’t a race. The goal is to enjoy your knitting and have something fun and relaxing to look forward to each morning. The KAL will “officially” run through the end of January, but anyone who participates will be eligible to win prizes. We’ve been known to give prizes to enthusiastic cheerleaders as well, so join us in sharing your love for everyone’s projects, even if you’re not knitting along.

Speaking of prizes…

We have some exciting treats up our sleeve this year, but I’m not going to spill ALL the beans quite yet.  I will say that there will be yarn, and books, and knitting needles, oh my!

What about the rest of the details?

Stay tuned for more info – the best way to ensure you don’t miss a single bit of Knitmas fun is to sign up for the emails. You can also keep an eye on our blog posts and the Ravelry page for updates. We’ll be sharing more details next week so you can be ready to cast-on on December 26th!

THIS PART IS IMPORTANT 
(so important that we’re going to repeat it right before the MKAL begins😉)

Please add [email protected] to your contact list. The biggest problem people run into during the MKAL is not receiving their emails. If you add us to your contacts, there is a much lower chance of your emails going into your spam or promotions folder. Many of the discounts being offered have expiration dates, so even if you’re a bit behind on your project, open your email every day so you don’t miss out on any of these amazing deals from our collaborators!

We will include the day’s instructions in each email along with a PDF in case you prefer to print your pattern.

If you run into trouble with your email or accidentally delete it, we won’t be able to re-send it. (We would love to, but there are only two of us and thousands of you!) But don’t despair; we will also be updating pattern info on Ravelry AND here on the blog! We gave this system a try last year, and it seemed to help more people participate in the fun.💖

I can’t wait to knit(mas) with you! 

Becky

Nomadic Knitshttps://nomadicknits.com

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