The Minnesota Knitters’ Guild wants you to show off your knitwear designer skills!

We are looking for a pattern for the Abacus Dyeworks yarn that will be given to everyone who attends the Guild’s Great Guild Getaway on October 11 - 13, 2019. If you’ve never designed before this is a chance to give it a try, and if you done lots of designing, this is a chance to show the Guild what you’ve got.

Pattern Requirements: We are looking for a pattern for a one-size fits most, wearable accessory that uses the GGG two-skein bundle. The pattern should be workable by an advanced beginner to intermediate knitter.

Appropriate items for this collection include: shawls, stoles, scarves, mittens, gloves, fingerless mittens, hats, socks, cowls and wraps.

Yarn Details: Two 50g skeins of Abacus Dyeworks Authentic Sock, 75% merino/25% nylon/polyamide, 463 yards total for both skeins. The special Getaway colorway is pictured below and called Campfire. 

The two skeins include one of the multicolor and one of the ash grey.

Prize: 
$200 
or 
Free registration for the Great Guild Getaway 
(Registration includes a double room for Friday and Saturday night as well as meals. Any additional classes, services, or purchases incurred during the Great Guild Getaway will be at winner’s expense.)

Deadlines: 
Submissions Due: May 21, 2019 
Winner Announced: June 18, 2019 
Sample and Pattern in Editable Format Due: August 2, 2019 
Great Guild Getaway Dates: October 11 - 13, 2019

Submission Requirements: One paragraph written description, sketch of design, and designer contact information. Also include a swatch or a picture of your swatch showing any special knit textures or patterns using a yarn of similar weight. (See an example of a submission on Ravelry.) Patterns should be original and not be previously published anywhere.

Submissions can be emailed as a pdf or word document to membershipmkg@gmail.com or delivered in person to Kathy Lewinski at the April or May Guild meeting.

Rights: The Minnesota Knitters’ Guild will give printed copies of the winning pattern to all attendees of the Great Guild Getaway October 11 - 13, 2019. The pattern will also be available as a free pdf download in the members only portion of the MKG website in perpetuity. The designer retains the copyright to the pattern and will have the right to distribute or sell it wherever they wish starting November 1, 2019. The designer is responsible for guaranteeing that their pattern is original and does not break anyone else’s copyright. Any copyright issues that arise are the designer’s responsibility.

Other Information:

• You must be a current member of the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild to enter the contest.
• Members of the Minnesota Knitters’ Guild board or the Great Guild Getaway committee are not eligible to win.
• You are not eligible to enter if you have won a Minnesota Knitters’ Guild pattern design contest in the last year.
• Kathy Lewinski will be available at the April meeting to answer questions and help with submissions.
• Submissions will be judged by members of the Getaway committee for originality of design, general appeal, how they meet the pattern requirements, and effective use of the yarn.
• All decisions are final.
• The Guild will provide a two-skein bundle of the Abacus Dyeworks yarn in the Getaway colorway or similar in June to the winner to knit a sample of the pattern.
• The Guild will provide tech editing of the pattern (tech editing by aersknits), assistance with pdf creation, photography of sample if needed, and printing of the pattern for the Great Guild Getaway. If the designer chooses to use their own tech editor, graphic designer, or photographer, it will be at their own cost.
• The sample will be on display at the Great Guild Getaway. The sample will be returned to the designer after the Great Guild Getaway.

Please email Kathy Lewinski at membershipmkg@gmail.com with any questions.