Welcome to the Spring 2022 Make-along! Our make-alongs are a wonderful way to learn and grow in new ways. We accomplish that through learning knitting and crochet skills, accountability (to stick to your making goal!), round the clock support and connection with other like-minded makers. So we hope you’ll consider joining in!

About the pattern:

Take your knitting to the next level with this beautiful, sleek, and reversible brioche cardi. Newer to knitting or ever been curious about brioche? This might just be the design to teach you all the elusive ins and outs of brioche! Worked from the top down seamlessly, the Grow With Me Cardi is a raglan-style, cropped cardigan that showcases the contrast between Spun Cloud and Wildflower yarns using brioche, creating a bold branching and rooting effect as increases are added. It features an open V-neck, short cap sleeves, and choice of a flared or straight body. It’s such a perfect piece to throw over your shoulders that you won’t want to take it off!

Check out our Ravelry project page for this style and see the Grow With Me Cardi on a range of beautiful bodies!

Here’s what you can expect in our make-along:

~ Exclusive - These patterns will be exclusive to those that sign up for our MAL for 6 months. You will have access to all 4 patterns and video tutorial content forever through Teachable.

~ Round the clock help - Myself and the Knit Collage team are here to help you make your project a total success! Zoom help sessions with our teachers are here for you when you need it.

~ Bonuses (!!!) - This time around we are offering a whole bunch of bonus patterns: the Soulshine Cardi, the Botanical Floor Pillow, the Botanical Blanket, the Embroidered Kaleidoscope plus a discount to purchase yarn for any future project at 20% off.

We typically only offer videos for main styles, but as an extra bonus we will be adding video tutorials for the Embroidered Kaleidoscope Sweater.

~ Mindfulness - This includes all level restorative yoga classes (hosted by me and my yoga teacher Tara), blog posts (a collaboration with Emma of Bloom & Create) and events centered around freeing your creative spirit.

The kits will be available for ONE WEEK only. You’ll be able to purchase them from April 6th through the 13th. Then the patterns will not be available for another 6 to 12 months.

What comes in your kit:

• The yarn needed to complete this project, including 2-3 skeins Spun Cloud and 3-6 skeins of Wildflower.

• Make-along Guide with the pattern and all the info and resources you’ll need to be successful with your project. You will receive the Welcome Guide, MAL Schedule and Creativity/Design Workbook as a PDF download with your purchased kit asap. The pattern for the MAL designs and bonus styles will available and accessible via Teachable and Dropbox on April 25th, our official cast on day, not at the time of purchase.

• Muslin pouch, tapestry needle, 6 Cocoknits stitch markers, a Knit Collage label for you to personalize and sew onto your finished MAL piece, a RS progress keeper and a pretty embellished ribbon from Amy’s India travels tying it all together.

What’s not included:

• Hook & Needles - if you’d like these added to your kit, click here to see them.

Pattern details:

Skill Level: Advanced Beginner to Intermediate Knitter

Needle Size:

Size US 13 (9 mm) 32-40” / 80-100 cm circular needles or size needed to obtain gauge, plus additional needles of the same size for your preferred method of small circumference knitting

Sizes: 1 (2, 3, 4, 5)6, 7, 8, 9

To Fit Sizes:

35.75 (38.5, 42.5, 47.75, 50.5)55.75, 58.5, 63.75, 66.5”/ 89.5 (96.5, 106.5, 119.5, 126.5)139.5, 146.5, 159.5, 166.5 cm finished chest circumference

Gauge:

6 sts and 9 brioche rows = 4” / 10 cm in two-color brioche worked flat, steam blocked (see Pattern Notes for Brioche Gauge Swatch details)

Materials:

Main Color (MC): 2 (2, 2, 2, 2)3, 3, 3, 3 skeins Spun Cloud (100% wool; approx. 100 yds (92 m) / 200 g)

Contrast Color (CC): 3 (3, 3, 4, 4)4, 5, 5, 6 skeins Wildflower (100% cotton; approx. 60 yds (55 m) / 70 g)

Please note any modifications to size or length may require additional yarn.

Size 1 sample is shown in Spun Cloud French Vanilla with Wildflower Lotus Petal and Size 2 sample is shown in Spun Cloud Blush with Wildflower Midnight Amber

Pattern Designer: Christine M Young