Beanie creations makes for hot competition

IT’S time to pull on your thinking caps and start designing a winter cap that you want to see being worn around the country.

Interknit’s ‘Lockdown 2020’ competition is encouraging budding fashion designers to channel their experiences dealing with COVID-19 into the form of a beanie.

The winning design will be manufactured at Ballarat based knitwear makers factory and sold across Australia.

Managing director Andrew Blaszak said the competition aims to bring support and awareness to Australian businesses during these tough times.

“Throughout this time in lockdown, we’ve all noticed the importance of supporting Australian products,” he said.

“With this competition, our contestants have the chance to become a part of something Australian made.”

People of all ages can submit a design for free to the contest, with no technical knitting experience required.

The winning designer will receive one manufactured beanie with their creation, a $100 gift voucher to spend both instore and online at Interknit, plus the opportunity to direct 15 per cent of beanie profits to a charity of their choice.

Mr Blaszak said designs can be submitted through any medium.

“We don’t expect you to submit a knitted beanie, we just want the blueprints for a beanie,” he said.

“This means that you can send in a drawing of your beanie, or a design that you’ve created on the computer.”

Beanie designs can be submitted until 11.59pm on Thursday, 30 April with the shortlisted designs announced the very next day.

The general public will then vote on the best beanie, with voting closing on Sunday, 10 May. The winner will be announced on Monday, 11 May.

To view the rules and conditions of the competition, or to download a blank template to canvass your design on, visit interknit.com.au/competition.