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Hop On the Read Along Knit Along!

March 6, 2017 1 Comment

Join the Read Along Knit Along, make a pair of fun socks & enter to win a bundle of prizes!

The Read Along Knit Along has begun! It’s not too late to cast on the Rick & Roll Socks and crack open a copy of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. RALKAL is a really fun and relaxed knit along, with only a few ground rules:

  • Join us on Ravelry in the discussion group
    • Discuss the pattern in this thread
    • Discuss part 1 of the book in this one
    • Discuss part 2 here
  • Read the book by April 1 – at 278 pages, it’s a quick read!
  • Knit a pair of Rick & Roll Socks by April 1 (Or at least one sock – RALKAL is a judgement free zone!)
  • Enter to win a skein of ColorPurl sock yarn in Deep Space – the exact yarn the Rick & Roll Socks were designed with – & a copy of Barbara Walker’s A Treasury of Knitting Patterns – the stitch dictionary in which I found the rick rack rib stitch featured in this design. The entry form is available at the bottom of this post. :)

Really, that’s all there’s to it! It’s a blast, and we just kicked off over the weekend. Both the socks and books are quick, so this is a low-impact, high-reward kinda knit along. We’d love to have you join in.

ColorPurl High Street Yarn in the Deep Space colorway - a rich combination of royal blue and navy hues.

Enter to win yarn & the BEST knitting stitch dictionary

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The yarn for the giveaway was provided by ColorPurl & the book was provided by me. Follow Colorpurl on Instagram to see some awesome, colorful photos of yarn. 

Filed Under: Giveaways, Reviews & Sponsored, Knit Along Tagged With: knit along, ralkal, read along knit along, rick and roll socks, rick rack stitch, rickrack ribbing

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a craft book author & content creator in love with primary colors & vintage vibes. She specializes in knitting, crochet, latch hook and macramé, and her first book, Latch Hook: 12 Projects for the Modern Maker, is out now!

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  1. MariposaKnits

    March 6, 2017 at 3:38 pm

    These stocks looks so fun to knit!

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