🎄 Sleigh the Holiday Make-Along 2025 — Holiday Festive Fun!
It’s that time of year again, yarn friends… when our project bags start looking a lot more jolly and our WIPs get a little more sparkly! 🎁✨ I’m thrilled to invite you to this year’s Sleigh the Holiday Make-Along—a FREE seasonal event from me (Marly Bird!) designed to keep your hands stitching and your heart full of holiday joy.
Whether you’re a knitter, crocheter, or proud BiCrafty beast, this event is for YOU.
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🎄 Countdown to Christmas 🎄
Until Christmas Morning! 🎄
🤴 Start your handmade gifts now — December comes faster than you think! 🎅
❄️ What is the Sleigh the Holiday Make-Along 2025?
This is a totally FREE make-along event, designed to help you create a beautiful seasonal project alongside a joyful, supportive community.
In 2025, you get to choose your sleigh lane:
- Dancer's Delight Knit Cowl: like pattern on Ravelry
- Vixen's Vibe Crochet Cowl: like pattern on Ravelry
Each pattern will be released on the blog during the event—so if you want to join in, all you need is yarn, your favorite tools, and a little holiday spirit!
And yes... it’s a mystery make-along!
You won’t know exactly what the projects look like until the clues (aka pattern sections) start releasing—but that’s half the fun! ✨
You will get your supply list right after you sign up, so you’ll know exactly what yarn, hooks/needles, and notions to gather before we get started.
Cowl Free Pattern Links
The sections of the pattern will be linked below. Each section will go live at 12:30 pm ET!
Dancer's Delight Knit Cowl Free Links
- July 11 - Edging: https://marlybird.com/dancers-delight-knit-cowl-pattern-edging/
- July 14 - Chart 1: https://marlybird.com/dancers-delight-knit-cowl-chart-1/
- July 16 - Chart 2: https://marlybird.com/dixens-delight-knit-cowl-chart-2/
- July 18 - Chart 3: https://marlybird.com/dancers-delight-knit-cowl-chart-3/
- July 21 - Charts 4 & 5: https://marlybird.com/dancers-delight-knit-cowl-charts-4-and-5/
- July 25 - Final Edging: https://marlybird.com/dancers-delight-knit-cowl-final-edging/
Vixen's Vibe Crochet Cowl Free Links
- July 11 - Edging: https://marlybird.com/vixen-vibe-crochet-cowl-edging/
- July 14 - Chart 1: https://marlybird.com/vixens-vibe-crochet-cowl-chart-1/
- July 16 - Chart 2: https://marlybird.com/vixens-vibe-crochet-cowl-chart-2/
- July 18 - Chart 3: https://marlybird.com/vixens-vibe-crochet-cowl-chart-3/
- July 21 - Charts 4 & 5: https://marlybird.com/vixens-vibe-crochet-cowl-chart-4-5/
- July 25 - Finishing: https://marlybird.com/vixens-vibe-crochet-cowl-final-edging/
🧶 Go Beyond the Free Cowl Pattern with the Pattern Upgrade!!
Remember, the make-along is free.
Ready to take your make-along to the next level? Whether you're knitting Dancer’s Delight or crocheting Vixen’s Vibe, the Pattern Upgrade gives you exclusive access to bonus materials that make your holiday stitching even more magical. ✨
🧶 With the Pattern Upgrade, you’ll unlock:
For the Knit Cowl (Dancer’s Delight):
✅ 5 Additional Stranded Colorwork Charts
✅ A Bonus Gauge Swatch Pattern – test your yarn and stitch up something useful!
✅ Full Video Tutorials for Every Step
✅ Ad-Free Printable PDF of the Entire Pattern at the conclusion of the event
✅ Stitch Fiddle Links for color customization and row tracker
✅ Unlimited Access to your content in the Marly Bird House
For the Crochet Cowl (Vixen’s Vibe):
✅ 3 Additional Stranded Colorwork Charts
✅ A Bonus Gauge Swatch Pattern – stylish and practical!
✅ Step-by-Step Video Tutorials
✅ Ad-Free, Printable Full Pattern PDF at the conclusion of the event
✅ Stitch Fiddle Links for color customization and row tracker
✅ Unlimited Access to your content in the Marly Bird House
❣️Please note: if you get the VIP Experience this cowl upgrade is already included.
✨ The Pattern Upgrade is just $12 for a limited time (regular price $20!)
This is perfect for you if you love to learn visually, want the convenience of everything in one place, or just like to support the event ❤️
🎉 BUT WAIT! Maybe You Want it ALL? Go VIP!
Skip the Ugly — Make the CUTE! VIP Experience for Sleigh the Holidays 🎄
Get MORE THAN just the cowl pattern upgrade for this make-along with the VIP. If you’re ready to go all in on the holiday fun, treat yourself to the VIP Experience! You’ll get:
Sleigh the Season in a Handmade Holiday Sweater
Tired of digging through store racks trying to find a Christmas sweater that’s cute, comfortable, and actually you?
This year, sleigh the season in a handmade holiday sweater you’ll be proud to show off! 💃🧶
Categories: Crochet, Free Patterns, Knitting, Make-Alongs, Marly Bird Premium Patterns, Our Free Patterns, Pattern, Uncategorized
The One and Only, Marly
Marly is a knitwear and crochet designer (and yarn addict) that is here to help you learn how to knit and crochet in a way that's fun and approachable.
For the knit cowl, do you possibly mean that we’ll need white, black and blue, not brown? The Kenai skein looks blue to me……
Hello Kenai is the main color we used. But you could use any main color you wish. However, some of the motifs used require white, black and/or brown. So having those three colors are suggested or you could end up with something that is pink when it should be brown (for exmple)
I just purchased the VIP crochet experience and can’t seem to find the measurements for the various sizes for the sweater. Can you help? Thanks! I would like to know to order my yarn!
Hello, the sizing for the sweaters is in the supply module / supply lesson
Thanks for the info I did sign up for VIP Looking forward to joining on the 11