Renaissance Dyeing Knitting Design Competition, 2008

Renaissance Dyeing is announcing the start of its Knitting Design Competition today.

If you are interested in taking part here is a little information about what is going on.

There are three categories in this competition:

  • A - Lace.
  • B - Not Lace.
  • C - And the Anything Knitted with 5 x 25m skein category.

Designs submitted must use only Renaissance Dyeing products and be accompanied by all the information outlined in the guidelines.

  • You will need to buy the yarn you would like to use from the Renaissance Dyeing web-site. This is necessary to facilitate refunding.
  • On submitting your design you will receive a 20% refund for the yarn used, through Paypal.
  • As far as the use of wool and designs are concerned, there are no holds barred, but remember a pattern that requires 15 x 250 m of naturally dyed fine lace wool will probably not sell very well!
  • You will need to present the pattern/s in a format that will be ready for publication and which includes 2 or 3 images of your work.
  • The deadline for entries is September 29th 2008 .. no exceptions.

Now about what I am doing and will do:

  • I will ask 3 impartial, independent, knowledgeable people to judge the competition. Their decisions will be final.
  • So we can communicate I have started a Yahoo Group which you can find here. There is also a Ravelry group called “Renaissance Knitting Design Competition Group”. See the Group Badge below. By the way, the shawl on the badge was designed by Miriam of Mimknits
    • Group Badge
  • There will be a gallery to display images of all entries. The entrants’ permission will be sought before their designs are added.
  • The three winning designers, one from each of the three above categories will be offered the following.

EACH winning designer will receive:

  • 1) $US 100 of prize money or equivalent in their local currency.
  • 2) 100% refund of the purchasing price of the yarn used yarn.
  • 3) Winning designs will be sold in pdf. form on Renaissance Dyeing web-site. The pricing of the pattern will be decided together by the winners and Andie Luijk of Renaissance Dyeing. The winners will receive 90% of the pattern price.
  • 4) The winners will retain the right to sell their pattern elsewhere, at all times.

Renaissance Dyeing will sell ’kits’ at a reduced price to accompany the pattern. However it will NOT be a condition that the yarn is sold with the patterns.

All patterns received will remain the copyright of their designers whether winners or not.

Here you can download the information covered on this page and the Competition Guidelines

I have to the best of my endeavour tried to create a competition that will result in a trusting, fair, lasting and equal relationship between the participants and Renaissance Dyeing.

While sincerely wishing that you enjoy participating in the competition I cannot take responsibility for patterns lost in transit, any such like catastrophes or disappointed entrants.

Have fun !

Andie Luijk