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The Batty About Bats Beret and Knit-a-long!

Lizzie Violet

Hello all! Today we will unofficially celebrate the launch of my very first knitting pattern, The Batty About Bats Beret! I wouldn’t be able to celebrate without also hosting a knit-a-long! The knit-a-long will begin on October 1st! If you are interested in joining the knit-a-long, please keep reading!

The Batty About Bats Beret is based on beret patterns of the 1930s and inspired by Halloween publicity photos, taken of starlets of the time, including Clara Bow! I have chosen to adorn the spooky beret with bats. Why? I may be obsessed with them!

The Batty About Bats Beret is knit in the round with worsted weight yarn and is suitable for advanced beginners and above. However, if you are a beginner and are confident in the swirling mysteries of this beret, then please give it a try!

The Batty About Bats Beret Knit-a-long will be hosted on Discord and Ravelry (please see links below). The knit-a-long will run from October 1st until October 31st (the most spookiest day of the year). The beret is a quick knit and you should be able to finish it in a few days!

Links:

Discord: First you will need to join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/yPeZRJpWpk0 ). Once you do, you can join the knit-a-long here: https://discord.com/channels/815228151965810718/1152309501131751527

Ravelry: https://www.ravelry.com/discuss/killer-kitsch-lizzie/topics/4276628 

Where to buy the pattern: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/batty-about-bats-beret 

Use the discount code BattyAboutBats for 20% off the pattern. (until October 7, 2023)

If you join the knit-a-long, please use hashtag #battyaboutbatsberetKAL when posting on Instagram. I would love to share your photos!

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The Miss Bow Collection launch and a CONTEST!

Lizzie Violet

Exciting NEWS! Not only does Killer Kitsch Designs have a new collection, but we are also having a contest and it’s in collaboration with Heather Babcock, the author of the novel Filthy Sugar! You can win both a copy of the novel and the one of a kind beret & scarf set inspired by the main character Wanda Wiggles!

The new collection is called The Miss Bow Collection and is inspired by Clara Bow! Clara was both a Silent Film and Pre-code movie star! She is famously known to wear berets in many of her photos and movies! When I came up with the theme for the collection, I knew Filthy Sugar had to be part of the contest! Filthy Sugar is the debut novel of the incredibly talented and sassy Heather Babcock! 

Here is a blurb about the novel!

“Set in the mid-1930s, Filthy Sugar tells the story of Wanda Whittle, a nineteen-year-old dreamer who models fur coats in an uptown department store, but who lives in a crowded rooming house with her hard-working widowed mother and shrewd older sister, Evelyn, in the “slums” behind the city’s marketplace; a world where ‘death is always close but life is stubborn’. After a chance encounter with the proprietor of the Apple Bottom Burlesque Theatre, Wanda is thrust into a world of glitter and grit.”

Wanna know how to win the Wanda Wiggles set AND a copy of Filthy Sugar, head over to the @killerkitsch13 Instagram account!