FALL 2023
Color-Block Make-Along
6 weeks of color, community, & prizes
FRIDAY, OCT. 13 – FRIDAY, NOV. 24
Instagram & Discord
Pick one of my knitting or sewing patterns and color-block it! You can choose from a pattern designed with color-blocking (Mooncrush, Chroma, Gatherer, etc,) or you can choose any other of my patterns and get creative with your own color-blocking!
Share your project on Instagram or Discord anytime during the 6-week MAL. You can join with an already in-progress project and there is no requirement to finish your project by the end of the MAL. The only goal is to have fun, and to inspire and be inspired by other color-blocking makers!
Win prizes!!! Every week there will be 4 winners selected at random — one grand prize and 3 runners-up. Winners will be selected on alternating weeks from Instagram and Discord. Scroll down to check out my awesome MAL sponsors & sneak peek the prizes!
Join on Instagram with the hashtag
Join the Discord server here:
Looking for yarn???
Modus Operandi Fibers is offering sweater quantity discounts based on designs and yardage to minimize the price difference of yarn from the smallest the largest sizes for the duration of the MAL. Rin specializes in botanically dyed yarns in a rich, cohesive palette — perfect for choosing colors that both pop and go together!
Check out MAL yarns from Modus Operandi!
PATTERN INSPO
CHROMA is a cozy color-blocked pullover with a relaxed fit, a statement piece equally suited for a day of TV on the couch or a picnic on a crisp autumn afternoon.
MOONLESS is a simple relaxed-fit, reversible pullover with the contrast color splashed across one sleeve and the back.
GATHERER is a sleeveless dress and top pattern designed for drape and drama in lightweight fabrics.
MOONCRUSH is a cool color-blocked day dream of a sweater, designed for play in both the knitting and the wearing
View tank pattern on Ravelry
View pullover pattern on Ravelry
WOOLFORK is a wardrobe staple designed for adaptability in sewing and wearing, with options for a dress, tunic, or crop top.
SPONSORS
I reached out to some of my favorite small creative businesses for sponsoring this MAL and providing our amazing prizes! These are all folks I have worked with who offer products I love and use all the time.
I am so grateful for their support, and I hope you will join me in following and supporting them as well!
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Modus Operandi Fibers specializes in yarns and fabrics naturally dyed with leaves, roots, flowers, and seeds in Nashville, TN. Rin puts together the most beautiful & cohesive color palettes for her yarns, making them the ideal choice for color-block projects!
→ Check out the Modus Operandi website here
→ Follow @mofibers on Instagram here
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Geo-Metry DK offers stunning and unique leather knitting goods. Based in Denmark, Georgiana designs and produces pieces that are as functional as they are beautiful. I have two of her bags and they are my go-to bags for both knitting and everyday use!
→ Check out the Geo-Metry DK website here
→ Follow @geo_metry_dk on Instagram here
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Scarf Shop is a Minneapolis-based studio that dyes scarves, socks, hats, and totes by hand in small batches. They offer an incredible array of rich and complex colors, and their cotton socks are my very favorite socks in the world!
→ Check out the Scarf Shop website here
→ Follow @shopscarfshop on Instagram here
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Black Squirrel Berkeley is my local yarn shop here in California, and they ship worldwide! They stock some of today’s most popular indie dyers and a range of gorgeous non-superwash wools that I especially love for sweater knitting.
→ Check out the Black Squirrel website here
→ Follow @blacksquirrelberkeley on Instagram here
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