Knit a Square for a Chance at a Trip to VK Live

Here’s a fun contest I thought some of you might be interested in. Have you seen Nicky Epstein’s book Knit a Square, Create a Cuddly Creature? Here’s the book on Ravelry if you haven’t. The idea is that you knit a square with different details on it and then fold, sew and stuff it in such a way that it turns into an adorable animal.

Anyway, the folks at Vogue Knitting Live are hosting a contest for a knitter to design a new knit a square animal, with the top prize being a VIP package to a VK Live event in 2018 (this gets you four free classes but does not include transportation or lodging). Other top winners will receive gift bags full of Nicky Epstein goodies.

Designers from the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico can submit up to five knit or crochet animals whose bodies are based on squares of no larger than 24 inches. Other pieces may be added for legs and other details. Photos and design information are due by Oct. 2 and will be judged by the Vogue Knitting editorial team. Finalists will be asked to mail their animals and yarn ball bands so they can be displayed and judged at VK Live Seattle, where the winner will be announced. Check here for complete rules and entry forms.

What kind of animal would you like to make? I’d love to hear about it if you enter!

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I don’t know if it’s possible to look at the Snug Wrap from Sylvia Watts-Cherry and not smile. There’s so much fun stuff going on in it that if I had a bunch of sport weight yarn in my house I definitely would have cast this one on immediately after seeing it.

There’s stripes and circles of different sizes and colors, worked with intarsia. The wrap is worked sideways in both garter stitch and stockinette, so different sections also have different textures. Color blocking means you’ll use a lot of two main colors, and there are two more colors used for contrast throughout the piece.

As I mentioned, the project calls for sport weight yarn, and it’s already pretty big — 23.25 by 82 inches or 59 by 208 cm — so you probably wouldn’t want to use heavier yarn unless you just want to make it a super scarf. You could use even lighter yarn to make it more of a scarf than a shawl if you wanted.

The yarn used is a combination of Merino wool and recycled threads from La Bien Aimée’s yarn making process, so it’s a fun way to reduce waste while making something awesome.

The color motifs are depicted in charts in the pattern, but none of these are difficult so even if you’re new to chart reading you should be able to handle this pattern. The colors in the sample are so pretty but you can of course change it up with your favorites that will make you smile as you knit and wear this super fun pattern.

As usual, checking out the projects tab on Ravelry will show you some more fun color options. I love the idea of using jewel tones to give it a more wintry look, but the sky is the limit when it comes to color options.

You can find this pattern on Ravelry.

[Photo: Sylvia Watts-Cherry]

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