2023 Christmas in July Make Along

This year, I’ll be working together with 26 fabulous designers for the fifth annual Christmas in July Make Along. It’s already been half a decade since I started this and I’ve had the pleasure to team up with such amazing bloggers each year. We bring a month-long event with a variety of unique winter holiday patterns, including crochet, knitting, and sewing projects. Not only will you get the chance to make these projects, but you can also enter to win a prize from some of our favorite companies. This post has everything you’ll need to know for the Christmas in July Make Along, so read on for details.

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This is the main post for the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along. Read on for more details including:

  • How the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Works,
  • How To Join the 2023 Christmas in July Make along,
  • 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Schedule,
  • 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Giveaway Prizes, and
  • Enter the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Giveaway.

If you want to know about the patterns we’ve released in the past years of this event, all of them are linked below.

How the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Works

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Twenty-seven bloggers have teamed up to bring you a month full of free patterns to kick start the handmade holiday season — including crochet, knitting, and sewing projects. There’s something new to make every day in July. Each week will have a theme.

Week 1 (July 1-7): Babies, Kids, and Teens
Week 2 (July 8-14): Women
Week 3 (July 15-21): Gifts for Anyone
Week 4 (July 22-28): Home
Week 5 (July 29-31): Pets

We’ve partnered with nine fabulous craft companies to bring wonderful prizes to you! Scroll down for more details including the full schedule and how to enter the giveaway by Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern for your chance to win a prize from Eucalan, Fox & Pine Stitches, GlassEyesOnline, Hartiful, KennyClayCo, KnitPal, Knitter’s Relief Balm, Search Press North America, and seashellcrafter.

How To Join the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along

  • You can join in by crocheting, knitting, sewing, or making the projects as you have time.
  • Share your progress and post pictures of your finished projects. Tag your projects and posts #CIJMakeAlong2023 on all social media.
  • If you’d like to chat with other crafters, join the Underground Crafters Facebook group.
  • If you need more handmade holiday inspiration, check out the weekly roundups with even more free patterns for gift ideas.
  • By the end of the Make Along, you’ll have up to 31 awesome projects. Get ready for the handmade holiday season while having fun with us!
  • Use this button below on your Ravelry project pages or elsewhere on social media. Right click (on desktop) or tap and hold (on mobile) to save.
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2023 Christmas in July Make Along Schedule

This list will be updated during the Make Along to include links to each pattern and roundup as it is released.

2023 Christmas in July Make Along Giveaway Prizes

After all this holiday crafting, you may need a gift for yourself, so we partnered with nine awesome companies to bring you the chance to win one of nine great prizes! Scroll down for more details on the prizes from Eucalan, Fox & Pine Stitches, GlassEyesOnline, Hartiful, KennyClayCo, KnitPal, Knitter’s Relief Balm, Search Press North America, and seashellcrafter and to enter the giveaway by Friday, August 4, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern for your chance to win a prize.

Eucalan is providing one lucky winner with a prize package valued at $45. Eucalan is ideal for gently washing your handmade projects or your delicates.Inside the package you’ll find a 100mL Grapefruit Eucalan Delicate Wash Bottle; four 5mL Eucalan Delicate Wash Pods in Lavender, Eucalyptus, Unscented, and Jasmine; a Eucalan Stain Treating Towelette; 5 Takumi Velvet Knitting Needles 4.5 mm (18cm long); Flex Knitting Needle 5.5 mm (51cm long); and a Bamboo Premium Crochet Hook 3.75mm. Show your support by following Eucalan on Facebook | Instagram.

Fox & Pine Stitches will provide one lucky winner with a yarn-themed ornament. Add a yarn-lover touch to your holiday decorations! Show your support by following Tara on Etsy | Facebook I Instagram.

GlassEyesOnline will provide one lucky winner with an Amigurumi Safety Eyes and Nose Assortment set. You can use these high quality eyes and noses for crochet, sewing, and other dolls and critter makes. Show your support by following GlassEyesOnline on Etsy I Facebook I Instagram.

Hartiful is providing one lucky winner with the winner’s choice of any in-stock, crafty-themed Hartiful Original enamel pin. Show your maker’s pride while adding one of Kayleigh’s designs to your pin collection! Show your support by following Kayleigh on Facebook | Instagram.

KennyClayCo is providing one lucky winner with their choice of any in stock yarn bowl. These yarn bowls are handmade by a third-generation potter. They’re ceramic, making them long-lasting and an absolutely gorgeous addition to your crochet or knitting corner. Show your support by following KennyClayCo on Etsy and the family business on Instagram.

KnitPal is providing one lucky winner with a pack of 4 skeins of Retro-Glam yarn in the winner’s choice of in-stock color. That’s 1,280 yards/400 grams of a light (#3/DK) weight acrylic and polyester, shiny metallic yarn with a super-soft, airy feel and a glossy sheen. Show your support by following KnitPal on Facebook and Instagram.

Knitter’s Relief Balm will provide one lucky winner with their choice of Knitter’s Relief Balm original or with CBD oil in the 2 oz size. Knitter’s Relief Balm is all natural and chemical free. The no-mess tube makes it easy to apply so you can keep crocheting (or knitting). Want to grab some Knitter’s Relief Balm right now? Enjoy $10 OFF your next purchase! Just put Knitter’s Relief Balm with CBD 2oz in your cart and at checkout use coupon code: CROCHETALONG.

One lucky winner will get my review copies of four fabulous Search Press North America knitting books: Viking Knits: Over 40 Scandi knits for men, women & children (available from indie booksellers on Bookshop or through Amazon) by Lasse Matberg, All-New Twenty to Make: Flowers to Knit (Bookshop | Amazon) and Knit a Mini Safari: 20 tiny animals to knit (Bookshop | Amazon) by Sachiyo Ichii, and the Pocket Book of Knitting (Bookshop | Amazon) by Claire Gelder. Search Press North America brings books from the UK’s leading art and craft publisher to North America. Show your support by following Search Press North America on Facebook | Instagram.

seashellcrafter is providing one lucky winner with their choice of in-stock yarn tension ring. These beautiful and adjustable handcrafted rings make it easier for beginners to control their yarn tension for crocheting or knitting, and make it possible to maintain even tension without wrapping yarn around your fingers or hand. Show your support by following Janelle on Facebook | Instagram.

Continue on to learn how to enter the giveaway for your chance to win one of these fabulous prizes!

Enter the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along Giveaway

  • This is the giveaway for the 2023 Christmas in July Make Along hosted and organized by Underground Crafter.
  • Enter the giveaway using any of the options on the Rafflecopter widget below by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on Friday, August 4, 2023.
  • Nine winners will be chosen from the entries at random to win a prize. Each will win one of the 9 prizes listed above.
  • Winners will be contacted approximately one week after the entries close. Winners will have three (3) days to claim their prizes. If winners do not respond within three days, prizes will be awarded to alternates.
  • By entering this giveaway, you are agreeing to share your contact information with Rafflecopter and/or Underground Crafter. You can read the Rafflecopter Privacy Policy here and the Underground Crafter Privacy Policy here to understand how this information is used.
  • The names of winners will be made available in list form by request from Underground Crafter.
  • This giveaway is open worldwide, except where prohibited by law.
  • Don’t forget to join the fun in the Underground Crafters Facebook group, too!
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3 thoughts on “2023 Christmas in July Make Along”

  1. Just trying to join and get started. Love that I have until Aug to select fun / needed pattern, make, and post.

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