I recently joined in a new event called the Uplift Make Along. It’s a make along with a focus on smaller, independent designers. When joining you chose a porject to work on from a designer you feel need a bit more promotion and attention. You share your project and hopefully in doing so, create a buzz around the designer and their work. Anyone can join in and there is a good mix of knitters, crocheters and designers taking part. It has been running for a while already but it is not too late to join in still! It runs until the end of June.
My chosen project is the Scoop Shop Cardi by JP Knits and I have been loving it! As with most things at the moment it is taking me forever to finish, but I am enjoying the process and as Alma most likely won’t need it until autumn, there’s no rush!
The design has a nice mix of textures and techniques making it a challenging and interesting knit. I have picked up some new skills too, a hand knitted tubular cast on was not something I had done before and I have enjoyed getting to grips with it.
If you fancy giving it a go, here’s a link to the designers website.