The WOVEMBER WAL

Following suggestions made in our Ravelry group we will be running a WAL this Wovember. A WAL is a “Wool-Along” which works exactly like a KAL, “Knit-Along” but which (unlike a KAL) also includes spinning, weaving, crochet or any other making craft which utilises wool. If you want to join the WOVEMBER WAL simply select your proposed 100% WOOL project and set a timescale for the month. You could:

Knit something in 100% WOOL yarn

Crochet something in 100% WOOL yarn

Sew something in 100% WOOL cloth

Weave something in 100% WOOL yarns

Felt something in 100% WOOL yarns

Complete a personal spinning challenge using 100% WOOL fibres

Come up with ingenious other WOOL based making activity

The point of the WAL is to celebrate the diversity of what we can do with WOOL, to share what we discover about this amazing textile as we work with it, and to encourage each other as we go.

We thought that in addition to sharing THE JOY OF WOOL, we could also showcase a range of WIPs + comments in the “Working with Wool” section of the Wovember.

This is how you participate in the WOVEMBER WAL:

identify a 100% WOOL project which you would like to work on during WOVEMBER

assemble necessary items (knitting needles, spindles, looms, crochet hooks, sewing thread etc.)

WORK ON YOUR WAL PROJECT THROUGHOUT WOVEMBER

On 15th WOVEMBER photograph your project in progress and email it to wovember[at]gmail[dot]com with your name, what you are working on, the WOOL that you are working with, and a sentence describing the experience so far

Send a photo of your completed project in on 30th WOVEMBER for the end-of-month WAL showcase!

Please note, if you are currently part way through a 100% WOOL project, you can also use the WAL as an incentive to finish it.

There will be three prizes awarded for participation in the WAL:

The Golden Fleece Award

The Sheepy Rainbow Award

The Ewe-sain Bolt Award

The Golden Fleece Award will be bestowed on the sheepiest project – i.e. the project that from materials through to concept, most thoroughly celebrates the inspirational and material qualities of THE SHEEP

The Sheepy Rainbow Award will be bestowed on the project which most creatively exploits the palette of colours provided by natural sheeps’ wool shades

The Ewe-sain Bolt Award (name shamelessly plagiarised from this) will be awarded to the crafter with the fastest fingers, i.e. to the greatest technical feat of WOOLWORK completed during the WAL

Prizes will likely consist of 100% WOOL-COVERED brooches to be posted out to you in December, plus Internet fame and Glory. You can advertise your participation in the WAL on your website using this specially crafted website badge!