Would You Rather KAL
This April 2025, join us for a playful knit-along where we’ll bring Would You Rather? to life—one stitch at a time! As you knit, you'll answer thought-provoking (or just plain silly) questions directly into your project.
You can use any pattern you like, but we have recommendations for simple shawls (and a hat) designed to create a blank canvas for your answers.
I'm collecting all the details here so they are all in one place, but please come visit our Ravelry group to be part of the fun.
How the KAL Works
Cast-on: April 1 (but a little early or late is ok too!)
Prizes: Fun giveaways along the way to keep us all motivated!
Community: Hosted in our Ravelry group, where you can share progress, chat, and see how others are answering their Would You Rather? prompts.
Relaxed Pace: Knit at your own speed—whether you finish in April or take your time, everyone is welcome!
Fun: The main goal of the knit-along is FUN, so please feel free to adapt in any way that works for you (including skipping the questions altogether)!
Choose Your Project
I've called it a knit-along, but all crafts are welcome. There’s no wrong pattern so pick something that you will enjoy!
ROUND TRIP stripes are designed with two matching halves so you can get a pair of matching socks.
This colour map shows how the stripes are laid out in the skein, with four repeats of the striping pattern. For two-at-a-time socks, you will want to wind your yarn into two halves, with two repeats of each colour in each half. You’ll cut the yarn at the dark blue between the cyan and green stripes.
I recommend a simple pattern like Rye Socks by Tin Can Knits so that you can use it as a canvas to answer the Would You Rather questions. Below, I’ve got one suggestion for how to incorporate your answers to the questions, but please feel free to make it your own.
SHAWL stripes are designed specifically to be knit into a triangular (or semi-circular) shawl. I’ve done the math so the stripes will come out wide and even.
This colour map shows how the stripes are laid out in the skein. You’ll want to wind your ball to cast on with the green end (little bit of dark blue, then medium green, the blue, then light green, etc).
I recommend a simple pattern like Hydrogen Shawl by Catherine Gamroth so that you can use it as a canvas to answer the Would You Rather questions. Below, I’ve got one suggestion for how to incorporate your answers to the questions, but please feel free to make it your own (e.g. a lace motif on either the left or right side of the shawl).
Shawls with a side-to-side construction will also “work”, and of course a cowl or a Musselburgh hat could be fun.
Would You Rather?
Every question has the format “Would you rather A or B?”
If your answer is A, work purl stitches on the LEFT side (the left side while you are knitting, regardless of which way it will be worn).
If your answer is B, work purl stitches on the RIGHT side.
Stripe 1 (dark green): Would you rather cast on 1000 stitches or bind off 1000 stitches?
Stripe 2 (light green): Would you rather knit lace or knit cables?
Stripe 3 (yellow): Would you rather only knit with one colour ever again or only knit stripes?
Stripe 4 (peach): Would you rather always get gauge the first try or never lose at yarn chicken?
Stripe 5 (pink): Would you rather only knit with lace weight or only knit with super bulky yarn?
Stripe 6 (purple): Would you rather have ends that weave themselves in or have knits that block themselves?
Stripe 7 (light blue): Would you rather have a bottomless project bag that always has everything you need or two extra hours a day just for knitting?
Stripe 8 (bright blue): Would you rather never drop a stitch or never mis-count your stitches?